Any of a group of ray-finned fish of the family Polypteridae in the order Polypteriformes.
blcher
bocher
bochur
borsch
brache
brachs
branch
branch
noun
(Mormonism) A local congregation of the LDS Church that is not large enough to form a ward; see Wikipedia article on ward in LDS church.
(chiefly Southern US) A creek or stream which flows into a larger river.
(computing) A group of related files in a source control system, including for example source code, build scripts, and media such as images.
(computing) A sequence of code that is conditionally executed.
(geometry) One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance.
(nautical) A certificate given by Trinity House to a pilot qualified to take navigational control of a ship in British waters.
(rail transport) A branch line.
A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such a line.
A location of an organization with several locations.
An area in business or of knowledge, research.
Any of the parts of something that divides like the branch of a tree.
The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing.
verb
(intransitive) To arise from the trunk or a larger branch of a tree.
(intransitive) To produce branches.
(intransitive, computing) To jump to a different location in a program, especially as the result of a conditional statement.
(transitive) To strip of branches.
(transitive, colloquial) To discipline (a union member) at a branch meeting.
(transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) divide into separate parts or subdivisions.
breach
breach
noun
(archaic) A bruise; a wound.
(archaic) A hernia; a rupture.
(figurative) A difference in opinions, social class etc.
(law) A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment
A breaking of waters, as over a vessel or a coastal defence; the waters themselves
A breaking out upon; an assault.
A breaking up of amicable relations, a falling-out.
A gap or opening made by breaking or battering, as in a wall, fortification or levee / embankment; the space between the parts of a solid body rent by violence
The act of breaking, in a figurative sense.
verb
(intransitive, of a whale) To leap out of the water.
(law, informal, transitive, usually passive) To charge or convict (someone) of breaching the terms of a bail, probation, recognizance, etc.
(transitive) To make a breach in.
(transitive) To violate or break.
(transitive, nautical, of the sea) To break into a ship or into a coastal defence.
brecht
breech
breech
adj
(obstetrics) Born, or having been born, breech.
adv
(obstetrics, of birth) With the hips coming out before the head.
noun
(firearms) The part of a cannon or other firearm behind the chamber.
(historical, now only in the plural) A garment whose purpose is to cover or clothe the buttocks.
(nautical) The external angle of knee timber, the inside of which is called the throat.
(now rare) The buttocks or backside.
(obstetrics) A breech birth.
verb
(dated, transitive) To beat or spank on the buttocks.
(dated, transitive) To dress in breeches. (especially) To dress a boy in breeches or trousers for the first time (the breeching ceremony).
(poetic, transitive, obsolete) To cover as if with breeches.
(transitive) To fasten with breeching.
(transitive) To fit or furnish with a breech.
broach
broach
noun
(architecture, UK, dialect) A spire rising from a tower.
(masonry) A broad chisel for stone-cutting.
A series of chisel points mounted on one piece of steel. For example, the toothed stone chisel shown here.
A spit for cooking food.
A spit-like start on the head of a young stag.
Alternative spelling of brooch
An awl; a bodkin; also, a wooden rod or pin, sharpened at each end, used by thatchers.
The pin in a lock which enters the barrel of the key.
The stick from which candle wicks are suspended for dipping.
verb
(intransitive) To be turned sideways to oncoming waves, especially large or breaking waves.
(nautical, intransitive, of a submerged submarine, torpedo, or similar) To break the surface of the water.
(transitive) To cause to turn sideways to oncoming waves, especially large or breaking waves (usually followed by to; also figurative).
(transitive) To make a hole in, especially a cask of liquor, and put in a tap in order to draw the liquid.
(transitive) To open, to make an opening into; to pierce.
(transitive, figuratively) To begin discussion about (something).
broche
broche
noun
Obsolete form of brooch.
verb
Obsolete form of broach.
brocho
brocht
brooch
brooch
noun
A painting all of one colour, such as a sepia painting.
A piece of ornamental jewellery having a pin allowing it to be fixed to garments worn on the upper body.
verb
(transitive) To adorn as with a brooch.
brunch
brunch
noun
A meal eaten later in the day than breakfast and earlier than lunch, and often consisting of typical foods from both of those meals.
verb
To eat brunch.
bsarch
bucher
bursch
bursch
noun
(archaic) A German university student.
chaber
cherub
cherub
noun
(biblical) A winged creature attending God, described by Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite (c. 5th–6th century) as the second highest order of angels, ranked above thrones and below seraphim; similar to a lamassu in the pre-exilic texts of the Hebrew Bible, more humanoid in later texts.
(figuratively) A person, especially a child, seen as being particularly angelic or innocent.
An artistic depiction of such a being, typically in the form of a winged child or a child's head with wings but no body.