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- Brach - n. - A bitch of the hound kind.
- Brachelytra - n. pl. - A group of beetles having short elytra, as the rove beetles.
- Brachia - n. pl. - See Brachium.
- Brachial - a. - Pertaining or belonging to the arm; as, the brachial artery; the brachial nerve.
- Brachial - a. - Of the nature of an arm; resembling an arm.
- Brachiata - n. pl. - A division of the Crinoidea, including those furnished with long jointed arms. See Crinoidea.
- Brachiate - a. - Having branches in pairs, decussated, all nearly horizontal, and each pair at right angles with the next, as in the maple and lilac.
- Brachioganoid - n. - One of the Brachioganoidei.
- Brachioganoidei - n. pl. - An order of ganoid fishes of which the bichir of Africa is a living example. See Crossopterygii.
- Brachiolaria - n. pl. - A peculiar early larval stage of certain starfishes, having a bilateral structure, and swimming by means of bands of vibrating cilia.
- Brachiopod - n. - One of the Brachiopoda, or its shell.
- Brachiopoda - n. - A class of Molluscoidea having a symmetrical bivalve shell, often attached by a fleshy peduncle.
- Brachium - n. - The upper arm; the segment of the fore limb between the shoulder and the elbow.
- Brachman - n. - See Brahman.
- Brachycatalectic - n. - A verse wanting two syllables at its termination.
- Brachycephalic - a. - Alt. of Brachycephalous
- Brachycephalism - n. - The state or condition of being brachycephalic; shortness of head.
- Brachycephalous - a. - Having the skull short in proportion to its breadth; shortheaded; -- in distinction from dolichocephalic.
- Brachycephaly - n. - Alt. of Brachycephalism
- Brachyceral - a. - Having short antennae, as certain insects.
- Brachydiagonal - a. - Pertaining to the shorter diagonal, as of a rhombic prism.
- Brachydiagonal - n. - The shorter of the diagonals in a rhombic prism.
- Brachydome - n. - A dome parallel to the shorter lateral axis. See Dome.
- Brachygrapher - n. - A writer in short hand; a stenographer.
- Brachygraphy - n. - Stenography.