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  • English Word Broncho-pneumonia Definition Inflammation of the bronchi and lungs; catarrhal pneumonia.
  • English Word Bronchocele Definition See Goiter.
  • English Word Bronchophony Definition A modification of the voice sounds, by which they are intensified and heightened in pitch; -- observed in auscultation of the chest in certain cases of intro-thoracic disease.
  • English Word Bronchotome Definition An instrument for cutting into the bronchial tubes.
  • English Word Bronchotomy Definition An incision into the windpipe or larynx, including the operations of tracheotomy and laryngotomy.
  • English Word Bronchus Definition One of the subdivisions of the trachea or windpipe; esp. one of the two primary divisions.
  • English Word Bronco Definition Same as Broncho.
  • English Word Brond Definition A sword.
  • English Word Brontolite Definition Alt. of Brontolith
  • English Word Brontolith Definition An aerolite.
  • English Word Brontology Definition A treatise upon thunder.
  • English Word Brontosaurus Definition A genus of American jurassic dinosaurs. A length of sixty feet is believed to have been attained by these reptiles.
  • English Word Brontotherium Definition A genus of large extinct mammals from the miocene strata of western North America. They were allied to the rhinoceros, but the skull bears a pair of powerful horn cores in front of the orbits, and the fore feet were four-toed. See Illustration in Appendix.
  • English Word Brontozoum Definition An extinct animal of large size, known from its three-toed footprints in Mesozoic sandstone.
  • English Word Bronze Definition An alloy of copper and tin, to which small proportions of other metals, especially zinc, are sometimes added. It is hard and sonorous, and is used for statues, bells, cannon, etc., the proportions of the ingredients being varied to suit the particular purposes. The varieties containing the higher proportions of tin are brittle, as in bell metal and speculum metal.
  • English Word Bronze Definition A statue, bust, etc., cast in bronze.
  • English Word Bronze Definition A yellowish or reddish brown, the color of bronze; also, a pigment or powder for imitating bronze.
  • English Word Bronze Definition Boldness; impudence; "brass."
  • English Word Bronze Definition To give an appearance of bronze to, by a coating of bronze powder, or by other means; to make of the color of bronze; as, to bronze plaster casts; to bronze coins or medals.
  • English Word Bronze Definition To make hard or unfeeling; to brazen.
  • English Word Bronzed Definition of Bronze
  • English Word Bronzewing Definition An Australian pigeon of the genus Phaps, of several species; -- so called from its bronze plumage.
  • English Word Bronzine Definition A metal so prepared as to have the appearance of bronze.
  • English Word Bronzine Definition Made of bronzine; resembling bronze; bronzelike.
  • English Word Bronzing Definition of Bronze
  • English Word Bronzing Definition The act or art of communicating to articles in metal, wood, clay, plaster, etc., the appearance of bronze by means of bronze powders, or imitative painting, or by chemical processes.
  • English Word Bronzing Definition A material for bronzing.
  • English Word Bronzist Definition One who makes, imitates, collects, or deals in, bronzes.
  • English Word Bronzite Definition A variety of enstatite, often having a bronzelike luster. It is a silicate of magnesia and iron, of the pyroxene family.
  • English Word Bronzy Definition Like bronze.