(mythology) A purported zoophyte, half-animal and half-plant, said to grow in the form of a sheep.
The golden chicken fern or woolly fern (Cibotium barometz), the rhizomes of which are covered in furry brown hair; the legend (sense 1) is supposed to have arisen because, when inverted, the rhizomes with stalks growing out of them resemble lambs.
baronize
baronize
verb
(transitive) To confer the status of baron upon.
bergholz
bizzarro
blazoner
blazoner
noun
A slanderer.
One who blazons (describes) coats of arms; a herald.
One who blazons:
One who makes widely known or proclaims.
blazonry
blazonry
noun
A coat of arms; an armorial bearing or bearings.
An artistic representation or display.
Blazon.
blowzier
blowzier
adj
comparative form of blowzy: more blowzy
borazons
bozzaris
brabazon
bracozzo
bragozzo
brazoria
brazoria
Proper noun
a city in Texas, USA.
bromized
bromized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bromize
bromizer
bromizer
noun
(photography) A bromide added to a collodion or gelatin emulsion.
bromizes
bromizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bromize
bronzers
bronzers
noun
plural of bronzer
bronzier
bronzier
adj
comparative form of bronzy: more bronzy
bronzify
bronzify
verb
(transitive) To turn into bronze.
(transitive, intransitive) To make or become bronze in colour, as by tanning.
bronzine
bronzine
noun
A metal made to look like bronze.
bronzing
bronzing
noun
(metallurgy) The process of coating items with bronze.
Late-season damage to citrus fruit caused by rust mites.
The process of giving something the appearance of bronze.
verb
present participle of bronze
bronzino
bronzite
bronzite
noun
(mineralogy) A variety of enstatite, often with a bronze-like lustre.
broozled
bryozoan
bryozoan
adj
(zoology) Pertaining to the Bryozoa.
noun
(zoology) A member of the phylum Bryozoa of aquatic, usually colonial invertebrates.
bryozoon
bryozoon
noun
A polyzoon; a tiny animal that forms compound colonies.
bryozoum
bryozoum
noun
A bryozoon.
buzzword
buzzword
noun
(derogatory) A word drawn from, or imitative of, technical jargon, used more to impress others than to convey meaning.
byronize
embronze
embronze
verb
(poetic, transitive) To colour in imitation of bronze.
(poetic, transitive) To embody in bronze; to set up a bronze representation of, as of a person.
garbanzo
garbanzo
noun
A seed of this plant; the chickpea.
An edible pulse, Cicer arietinum, of the family Leguminosae or Fabaceae and subfamilies Faboideae or Papilionoideae, with white or purple-blue flowers and small feathery leaves on both sides of the stem and pods containing two to three peas.
nonzebra
ozobrome
rambooze
rambooze
noun
(obsolete) A drink made from wine, ale (or milk), sugar, etc.
rebronze
rebronze
verb
(transitive) To bronze again.
rhizobia
rhizobia
noun
plural of rhizobium
robotize
robotize
verb
(transitive) To automate, especially by making use of robots.
(transitive) To give something (or someone) the characteristics of a robot.