Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter B - Page 88
Brutality (n.) The quality of being brutal; inhumanity; savageness; pitilessness.
Brutality (n.) An inhuman act.
The . . . brutalities exercised in war. -- Brougham.
Brutality (n.) The trait of extreme cruelty [syn: ferociousness, brutality, viciousness, savagery].
Brutality (n.) A brutal barbarous savage act [syn: brutality, barbarity, barbarism, savagery].
Brutalization (n.) The act or process of making brutal; state of being brutalized.
Brutalization (n.) The condition of being treated in a cruel and savage manner [syn: brutalization, brutalisation].
Brutalization (n.) The activity of treating someone savagely or viciously [syn: brutalization, brutalisation].
Brutalization (n.) An act that makes people cruel or lacking normal human qualities [syn: brutalization, brutalisation, animalization, animalisation].
Brutalized (imp. & p. p.) of Brutalize.
Brutalizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Brutalize.
Brutalize (v. t.) To make brutal; beasty; unfeeling; or inhuman.
Brutalize (v. i.) To become brutal, inhuman, barbarous, or coarse and beasty. [R.]
He mixed . . . with his countrymen, brutalized with them in their habits and manners. -- Addison.
Brutalize (v.) Treat brutally [syn: brutalize, brutalise].
Brutalize (v.) Make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman; "Life in the camps had brutalized him" [syn: brutalize, brutalise, animalize, animalise].
Brutalize (v.) Become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling [syn: brutalize, brutalise, animalize, animalise].
Brutally (adv.) In a brutal manner; cruelly.
Brutally (adv.) In a vicious manner; "he was viciously attacked" [syn: viciously, brutally, savagely].
Brute (a.) 畜生的；畜生般的；殘忍的；蠻橫的；淫蕩的 Not having sensation; senseless; inanimate; unconscious; without intelligence or volition; as, the brute earth; the brute powers of nature.
Brute (a.) Not possessing reason, irrational; unthinking; as, a brute beast; the brute creation.
A creature . . . not prone And brute as other creatures, but endued With sanctity of reason. -- Milton.
Brute (a.) Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, a brute beast. Hence: Brutal; cruel; fierce; ferocious; savage; pitiless; as, brute violence. -- Macaulay.
The influence of capital and mere brute labor. -- Playfair.
Brute (a.) Having the physical powers predominating over the mental; coarse; unpolished; unintelligent.
A great brute farmer from Liddesdale. -- Sir W. Scott.
Brute (a.) Rough; uncivilized; unfeeling. [R.]
Brute force, The application of predominantly physical effort to achieve a goal that could be accomplished with less effort if more carefully considered. Figuratively, repetitive or strenuous application of an obvious or simple tactic, as contrasted with a more clever stratagem achieving the same goal with less effort; -- as, the first prime numbers were discovered by the brute force repetition of the Sieve of Eratosthenes.
Brute (n.) 獸；畜生；人面獸心的人，殘暴的人 An animal destitute of human reason; any animal not human; esp. a quadruped; a beast.
Brutes may be considered as either a["e]rial, terrestrial, aquatic, or amphibious. -- Locke.
Brute (n.) A brutal person; a savage in heart or manners; as unfeeling or coarse person.
An ill-natured brute of a husband. -- Franklin.
Syn: See Beast.
Brute (v. t.) To report; to bruit. [Obs.]
Brute (a.) Resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility; "beastly desires"; "a bestial nature"; "brute force"; "a dull and brutish man"; "bestial treatment of prisoners" [syn: {beastly}, {bestial}, {brute(a)}, {brutish}, {brutal}].
Brute (n.) A cruelly rapacious person [syn: {beast}, {wolf}, {savage}, {brute}, {wildcat}].
Brute (n.) A living organism characterized by voluntary movement [syn: {animal}, {animate being}, {beast}, {brute}, {creature}, {fauna}].
Brute, (n.) See HUSBAND.
Brutely (adv.) In a rude or violent manner.
Bruteness (n.) Brutality. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Bruteness (n.) Insensibility. "The bruteness of nature." -- Emerson.
Brutified (imp. & p. p.) of Brutify.
Brutifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Brutify.
Brutify (v. t.) To make like a brute; to make senseless, stupid, or unfeeling; to brutalize.
Any man not quite brutified and void of sense. -- Barrow.
Brutish (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a brute or brutes; of a cruel, gross, and stupid nature; coarse; unfeeling; unintelligent.
O, let all provocation Take every brutish shape it can devise. -- Leigh Hunt.
Man may . . . render himself brutish, but it is in vain that he would seek to take the rank and density of the brute. -I. Taylor.
Syn: Insensible; stupid; unfeeling; savage; cruel; brutal; barbarous; inhuman; ferocious; gross; carnal; sensual; bestial. -- Bru"tish*ly, adv. -- Bru"tish*ness, n.
Brutish (a.) Resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility; "beastly desires"; "a bestial nature"; "brute force"; "a dull and brutish man"; "bestial treatment of prisoners" [syn: beastly, bestial, brute(a), brutish, brutal].
Brutism (n.) The nature or characteristic qualities or actions of a brute; extreme stupidity, or beastly vulgarity.
Bruting (n.) Browsing. [Obs.] -- Evelyn.
Bryological (a.) Relating to
bryology; as, bryological studies.
Bryologist (n.) One versed in bryology.
Bryology (n.) That part of botany which relates to mosses.
Bryonin (n.) (Chem.) A bitter principle obtained from the root of the bryony ({Bryonia alba and Bryonia dioica). It is a white, or slightly colored, substance, and is emetic and cathartic.
Bryony (n.) (Bot.) The common name of several cucurbitaceous plants of the genus Bryonia. The root of Bryonia. The root of Bryonia alba ({rough bryony or white bryony) and of Bryonia dioica is a strong, irritating cathartic.
Black bryony, A plant ({Tamus communis"> Black bryony, a plant ({Tamus communis) so named from its
dark glossy leaves and black root; black bindweed.
Bryony (n.) A vine of the genus Bryonia having large leaves and small flowers and yielding acrid juice with emetic and purgative properties [syn: bryony, briony]
Bryophyta (n. pl.) See Cryptogamia.
Bryozoa (n. pl.) A class of Molluscoidea, including minute animals which by budding form compound colonies; -- called also Polyzoa.
Bryozoan (a.) Of or pertaining to the Bryozoa.
Bryozoan (n.) One of the Bryozoa.
Bryozoum (n.) An individual zooid of a bryozoan coralline, of which there may be two or more kinds in a single colony. The zooecia usually have a wreath of tentacles around the mouth, and a well developed stomach and intestinal canal; but these parts are lacking in the other zooids (Avicularia, Ooecia, etc.).
Buansuah (n.) The wild dog of northern India (Cuon primaevus), supposed by some to be an ancestral species of the domestic dog.
Buat (n.) A lantern; also, the moon.
Bub (n.) Strong malt liquor.
Bub (n.) A young brother; a little boy; -- a familiar term of address of a small boy.
Bub (v. t.) To throw out in bubbles; to bubble.
Bubale (n.) A large antelope (Alcelaphus bubalis) of Egypt and the Desert of Sahara, supposed by some to be the fallow deer of the Bible.
Bubaline (a.) Resembling a buffalo.
Bubble (n.) A thin film of liquid inflated with air or gas; as, a soap bubble; bubbles on the surface of a river.
Bubble (n.) A small quantity of air or gas within a liquid body; as, bubbles rising in champagne or aerated waters.
Bubble (n.) A globule of air, or globular vacuum, in a transparent solid; as, bubbles in window glass, or in a lens.
Bubble (n.) A small, hollow, floating bead or globe, formerly used for testing the strength of spirits.
Bubble (n.) The globule of air in the spirit tube of a level.
Bubble (n.) Anything that wants firmness or solidity; that which is more specious than real; a false show; a cheat or fraud; a delusive scheme; an empty project; a dishonest speculation; as, the South Sea bubble.
Bubble (n.) A person deceived by an empty project; a gull.
Bubbled (imp. & p. p.) of Bubble.
Bubbling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bubble.
Bubble (n.) To rise in bubbles, as liquids when boiling or agitated; to contain bubbles.
Bubble (n.) To run with a gurgling noise, as if forming bubbles; as, a bubbling stream.
Bubble (n.) To sing with a gurgling or warbling sound.
Bubbler (v. t.) To cheat; to deceive.
Bubbler (n.) One who cheats.
Bubbler (n.) A fish of the Ohio river; -- so called from the noise it makes.
Bubble shell () A marine univalve shell of the genus Bulla and allied genera, belonging to the Tectibranchiata.
Bubbling Jock () The male wild turkey, the gobbler; -- so called in allusion to its notes.
Bubbly (a.) Abounding in bubbles; bubbling.
Bubby (n.) A woman's breast.
Bubby (n.) Bub; -- a term of familiar or affectionate address to a small boy.
Buboes (n. pl. ) of Bubo.
Bubo (n.) An inflammation, with enlargement, of a lymphatic gland, esp. in the groin, as in syphilis.
Bubonic (a.) Of or pertaining to a bubo or buboes; characterized by buboes.
Bubonocele (n.) An inguinal hernia; esp. that incomplete variety in which the hernial pouch descends only as far as the groin, forming a swelling there like a bubo.
Bubukle (n.) A red pimple.
Buccal (a.) Of or pertaining to the mouth or cheeks.
Buccaneer (n.) A robber upon the sea; a pirate; -- a term applied especially to the piratical adventurers who made depredations on the Spaniards in America in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Buccaneer (v. i.) To act the part of a buccaneer; to live as a piratical adventurer or sea robber.
Buccaneerish (a.) Like a buccaneer; piratical.
Buccinal (a.) Shaped or sounding like a trumpet; trumpetlike.
Buccinator (n.) A muscle of the cheek; -- so called from its use in blowing wind instruments.
Buccinoid (a.) Resembling the genus Buccinum, or pertaining to the Buccinidae, a family of marine univalve shells. See Whelk, and Prosobranchiata.
Buccinum (n.) A genus of large univalve mollusks abundant in the arctic seas. It includes the common whelk (B. undatum).
Bucentaur (n.) A fabulous monster, half ox, half man.
Bucentaur (n.) The state barge of Venice, used by the doge in the ceremony of espousing the Adriatic.
Buceros (n.) A genus of large perching birds; the hornbills.
Bucharest (n.) 布加勒斯特 Bucharest is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, at 44°25′57″N 26°06′14″E Coordinates: 44°25′57″N 26°06′14″E, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than 60 km (37.3 mi) north of the Danube River and the Bulgarian border.
Bucharest was first mentioned in documents in 1459. It became the capital of Romania in 1862 and is the centre of Romanian media, culture, and art. Its architecture is a mix of historical (neo-classical), interbellum (Bauhaus and art deco), communist-era and modern. In the period between the two World Wars, the city's elegant architecture and the sophistication of its elite earned Bucharest the nickname of "Little Paris" (Micul Paris). [8] Although buildings and districts in the historic city centre were heavily damaged or destroyed by war, earthquakes, and above all Nicolae Ceaușescu's program of systematization, many survived. In recent years, the city has been experiencing an economic and cultural boom. [9] In 2016, the historical city centre was listed as "endangered" by the World Monuments Watch. [10]
According to the 2011 census, 1,883,425 inhabitants live within the city limits, [6] a decrease from the 2002 census. [3] The urban area extends beyond the limits of Bucharest proper and has a population of about 1.9 million people. [11] Adding the satellite towns around the urban area, the proposed metropolitan area of Bucharest would have a population of 2.27 million people. [12] According to Eurostat, Bucharest has a larger urban zone of 2,403,107 residents (as of 2014). [5] Bucharest is the sixth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits, after London, Berlin, Madrid, Rome, and Paris.
Economically, Bucharest is the most prosperous city in Romania [13] and is one of the main industrial centres and transportation hubs of Eastern Europe. The city has big convention facilities, educational institutes, cultural venues, traditional "shopping arcades", and recreational areas.
The city proper is administratively known as the "Municipality of Bucharest" (Municipiul București), and has the same administrative level as that of a national county, being further subdivided into six sectors, each governed by a local mayor.
Bucholzite (n.) Same as Fibrolite.
Buchu (n.) A South African shrub (Barosma) with small leaves that are dotted with oil glands; also, the leaves themselves, which are used in medicine for diseases of the urinary organs, etc. Several species furnish the leaves.
Compare: Sawhorse
Sawhorse (n.) A kind of rack, shaped like a double St. Andrew's cross, on which sticks of wood are laid for sawing by hand; -- called also buck, and sawbuck.
Buck (n.) Lye or suds in which cloth is soaked in the operation of bleaching, or in which clothes are washed.
Buck (n.) The cloth or clothes soaked or washed. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Bucked (imp. & p. p.) of Buck.
Bucking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Buck.
Buck (v. t.) To soak, steep, or boil, in lye or suds; -- a process in bleaching.
Buck (v. t.) To wash (clothes) in lye or suds, or, in later usage, by beating them on stones in running water.
Buck (v. t.) (Mining) To break up or pulverize, as ores.
Buck (n.) The male of deer, especially fallow deer and antelopes, or of goats, sheep, hares, and rabbits.
Note: A male fallow deer is called a fawn in his first year; a pricket in his second; a sorel in his third; a sore in his fourth; a buck of the first head in his fifth; and a great buck in his sixth. The female of the fallow deer is termed a doe. The male of the red deer is termed a stag or hart and not a buck, and the female is called a hind. -- Brande & C.
Buck (n.) A gay, dashing young fellow; a fop; a dandy.
The leading bucks of the day. -- Thackeray.
Buck (n.) A male Indian or negro. [Colloq. U.S.]
Note: The word buck is much used in composition for the names of antelopes; as, bush buck, spring buck.
Blue buck. See under Blue.
Water buck, A South African variety of antelope ({Kobus ellipsiprymnus). See Illust. of Antelope.
Buck (v. i.) To copulate, as bucks and does.
Buck (v. i.) To spring with quick plunging leaps, descending with the fore legs rigid and the head held as low down as possible; -- said of a vicious horse or mule.
Buck (v. t.) (Mil.) To subject to a mode of punishment which consists in tying the wrists together, passing the arms over the bent knees, and putting a stick across the arms and in the angle formed by the knees.
Buck (v. t.) To throw by bucking. See Buck, v. i., 2.
The brute that he was riding had nearly bucked him out of the saddle. -- W. E. Norris.
Buck (n.) A frame on which firewood is sawed; a sawhorse; a sawbuck.
Buck saw, A saw set in a frame and used for sawing wood on a sawhorse.
Buck (n.) The beech tree.
[Scot.]
Buck mast, The mast or fruit of the beech tree. -- Johnson.
Buck (n.) A gymnastic horse without pommels and with one end elongated; used lengthwise for vaulting [syn: vaulting horse, long horse, buck].
Buck (n.) A piece of paper money worth one dollar [syn: dollar, dollar bill, one dollar bill, buck, clam].
Buck (n.) United States author whose novels drew on her experiences as a missionary in China (1892-1973) [syn: Buck, Pearl Buck, Pearl Sydenstricker Buck].
Buck (n.) A framework for holding wood that is being sawed [syn: sawhorse, horse, sawbuck, buck].
Buck (n.) Mature male of various mammals (especially deer or antelope).
Buck (v.) To strive with determination; "John is bucking for a promotion".
Buck (v.) Resist; "buck the trend" [syn: buck, go against].
Buck (v.) Move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office" [syn: tear, shoot, shoot down, charge, buck].
Buck (v.) Jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched; "the yung filly bucked" [syn: buck, jerk, hitch].
Buck-basket (n.) A basket in which clothes are carried to the wash. -- Shak.
Buckbean, Buck bean, () (Bot.) A perennial plant ({Menyanthes trifoliata) of Europe and America which grows in moist and boggy places, having racemes of white, reddish, or purplish flowers and intensely bitter trifoliate leaves, sometimes used in medicine; marsh trefoil; -- called also bog bean. It often roots at the water margin and spreads across the surface.
Syn: water shamrock, bogbean, bog myrtle, marsh trefoil, Menyanthes trifoliata.
Buckboard (n.) A four-wheeled vehicle, having a long elastic board or frame resting on the bolsters or axletrees, and a seat or seats placed transversely upon it; -- called also buck wagon.
Buckboard (n.) An open horse-drawn carriage with four wheels; has a seat attached to a flexible board between the two axles.
Bucker (n.) (Mining) One who bucks ore.