| borachte | A large leather bottle for liquors, etc, made of the skin of a goat or other animal. Hence: A drunkard. "You're an absolute borachio." (Congreve) Origin: Sp. Borracha a leather bottle for wine, borracho drunk, fr. Borra a lamb. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| boracic | Pertaining to, or produced from, borax; containing boron; boric; as, boracic acid. Origin: Cf. F. Boracique. See Borax. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| boracic acid | H3BO3;a very weak acid, used as an antiseptic dusting powder, in saturated solution as a collyrium, and with glycerin in aphthae and stomatitis. Synonym: boracic acid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| boracite | <chemical> A mineral of a white or gray colour occurring massive and in isometric crystals; in composition it is a magnesium borate with magnesium chloride. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| boracous | <chemistry> Relating to, or obtained from, borax; containing borax. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| borage | <botany> A mucilaginous plant of the genus Borago (B. Officinalis), which is used, especially. In France, as a demulcent and diaphoretic. Origin: OE. Borage (cf. F. Bourrache, It. Borraggine, borrace, LL. Borago, borrago, LGr), fr. LL. Borra, F. Bourre, hair of beasts, flock; so called from its hairy leaves. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| boraginaceous | <botany> Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a family of plants (Boraginaceae) which includes the borage, heliotrope, beggar's lice, and many pestiferous plants. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| boragineous | <botany> Relating to the Borage tribe; boraginaceous. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| boranes | The collective name for the boron hydrides, which are analogous to the alkanes and silanes. Numerous boranes are known. Some have high calorific values and are used in high-energy fuels. (12 Dec 1998) |
| borate | <chemistry> A salt formed by the combination of boric acid with a base or positive radical. Origin: From Boric. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| borated | Mixed or impregnated with borax or boric acid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| borates | Inorganic or organic salts and esters of boric acid. (12 Dec 1998) |
| borax | A white or gray crystalline salt, with a slight alkaline taste, used as a flux, in soldering metals, making enamels, fixing colours on porcelain, and as a soap. It occurs native in certain mineral springs, and is made from the boric acid of hot springs in Tuscany. It was originally obtained from a lake in Thibet, and was sent to Europe under the name of tincal. Borax is a pyroborate or tetraborate of sodium, Na2B4O7.10H2O. Borax bead. <chemistry> See Bead. Origin: OE. Boras, fr. F. Borax, earlier spelt borras; cf. LL. Borax, Sp. Borraj; all fr. Ar. Brag, fr. Pers. Brah. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| borborygm | <medicine> A rumbling or gurgling noise produced by wind in the bowels. Origin: F. Borborygme, fr. Gr, fr. To rumble in the bowels. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| borborygmi | <clinical sign> The rumbling, gurgling, tinkling noises heard on auscultation of the abdomen in conditions of increased intestinal peristalsis. (27 Sep 1997) |