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Home Dictionary Name: brittleBrittlely
In a brittle manner...
Benzoin
A resinous substance dry and brittle obtained from the Styrax benzoin a tree of Sumatra Java etc having a fragrant odor and slightly aromatic taste It is used in the preparation of benzoic acid in medicine and as a perfume...
Bismuth
One of the elements a metal of a reddish white color crystallizing in rhombohedrons It is somewhat harder than lead and rather brittle masses show broad cleavage surfaces when broken across It melts at 507deg Fahr being easily fused in the flame of a candle It is found in a native state and as a constituent of some minerals Specific gravity 98 Atomic weight 2075 Symbol Bi...
Brickle
Brittle easily broken...
Brickleness
Brittleness...
Brittle
Easily broken apt to break fragile not tough or tenacious...
brittlebush
fragrant rounded shrub of SW US and adjacent Mexico having brittle stems and small crowded blue green leaves and yellow flowers produces a resin used in incense and varnish and in folk medicine...
Brittleness
Aptness to break fragility...
Brittle star
Any species of ophiuran starfishes See Ophiuroidea...
Bronze
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...
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