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Brooding
- verb - be in a huff and display one's displeasure; "She is pouting because she didn't get what she wanted"
- be in a huff; be silent or sullen
- deeply or seriously thoughtful; "Byron lives on not only in his poetry, but also in his creation of the 'Byronic hero' - the persona of a brooding melancholy young man";
- hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing; "The terrible vision brooded over her all day long"
- persistent morbid meditation on a problem
- sit on (eggs); "Birds brood"; "The female covers the eggs"
- sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body
- think moodily or anxiously about something
Brookite
- - A mineral consisting of titanic oxide, and hence identical with rutile and octahedrite in composition, but crystallizing in the orthorhombic system.
Brooming
- verb - finish with a broom
- sweep with a broom or as if with a broom; "Sweep the crumbs off the table"; "Sweep under the bed"
Brownian
- - Pertaining to Dr. Robert Brown, who first demonstrated (about 1827) the commonness of the motion described below.
Brownies
- noun - (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
- a junior Girl Scout
- square or bar of very rich chocolate cake usually with nuts
Browning
- verb - cooking to a brown crispiness over a fire or on a grill; "proper toasting should brown both sides of a piece of bread"
- English poet and husband of Elizabeth Barrett Browning noted for his dramatic monologues (1812-1889)
- English poet best remembered for love sonnets written to her husband Robert Browning (1806-1861)
- fry in a pan until it changes color; "brown the meat in the pan"
- make brown in color; "the draught browned the leaves on the trees in the yard"
- United States inventor of firearms (especially automatic pistols and repeating rifles and a machine gun called the Peacemaker) (1855-1926)
Brownish
- adjective - of a color similar to that of wood or earth
Brownism
- - The views or teachings of Robert Brown of the Brownists.