| bromate | (v) react with bromine, Syn. brominate |
| bromate | (v) treat with bromine, Syn. brominate |
| brome | (n) any of various woodland and meadow grasses of the genus Bromus; native to temperate regions, Syn. bromegrass |
| bromelia | (n) the type genus of the family Bromeliaceae which includes tropical American plants with deeply cleft calyx |
| bromeliaceae | (n) a family of tropical American plants of order Xyridales including several (as the pineapple) of economic importance, Syn. family Bromeliaceae, pineapple family |
| bromic | (adj) relating to or containing bromine (especially pentavalent bromine) |
| bromic acid | (n) an unstable acid used as an oxidizing agent |
| bromide | (n) any of the salts of hydrobromic acid; formerly used as a sedative but now generally replaced by safer drugs |
| bromidic | (adj) given to uttering bromides |
| bromidic | (adj) dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality, Syn. platitudinous, corny, platitudinal |
| Broma | n. [ NL., fr. Gr. brw^ma food, bibrw`skein to eat. ] 1. (Med.) Aliment; food. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. A light form of prepared cocoa (or cacao), or the drink made from it. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Bromal | n. [ Bromine + aldehyde. ] (Chem.) An oily, colorless fluid, CBr3.COH, related to bromoform, as chloral is to chloroform, and obtained by the action of bromine on alcohol. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Bromalin | n. [ From Bromine. ] (Pharm.) A colorless or white crystalline compound, (CH2)6N4C2H5Br, used as a sedative in epilepsy. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] |
| Bromanil | n. [ Bromine + aniline. ] (Chem.) A substance analogous to chloranil but containing bromine in place of chlorine. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] |
| Bromate | n. (Chem.) A salt of bromic acid. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Bromate | v. t. (Med.) To combine or impregnate with bromine; as, bromated camphor. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Bromatologist | n. One versed in the science of foods. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Bromatology | n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, food + -logy. ] The science of aliments. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Brome | ‖n. [ F. ] (Chem.) See Bromine. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Brome grass | [ L. bromos a kind of oats, Gr. &unr_;. ] (Bot.) A genus (Bromus) of grasses, one species of which is the chess or cheat. [ 1913 Webster ] |
