fracture crack cracking | the act of cracking something |
brain surgery | any surgical procedure involving the brain |
split-brain technique | brain surgery on animals in which the corpus callosum (and sometimes the optic chiasm) is severed so that communication between the cerebral hemispheres is interrupted |
crack fling go pass whirl offer | a usually brief attempt, he took a crack at it, I gave it a whirl |
brain drain | depletion or loss of intellectual and technical personnel |
hard sell | forceful and insistent advertising |
hard tick ixodid | ticks having a hard shield on the back and mouth parts that project from the head |
brain coral | massive reef-building coral having a convoluted and furrowed surface |
quahog quahaug hard-shell clam hard clam round clam Venus mercenaria Mercenaria mercenaria | an edible American clam, the heavy shells were used as money by some American Indians |
hard-shell crab | edible crab that has not recently molted and so has a hard shell |
crack crack cocaine tornado | a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted, highly addictive |
disk drive disc drive hard drive Winchester drive | computer hardware that holds and spins a magnetic or optical disk and reads and writes information on it |
gap crack | a narrow opening, he opened the window a crack |
hard disc hard disk fixed disk | a rigid magnetic disk mounted permanently in a drive unit |
hard drug | a narcotic that is considered relatively strong and likely to cause addiction |
hard hat tin hat safety hat | a lightweight protective helmet (plastic or metal) worn by construction workers |
hard shoulder | a paved strip beside a motorway (for stopping in emergencies) |
teaser | a device for teasing wool, a teaser is used to disentangle the fibers |
tormenter tormentor teaser | a flat at each side of the stage to prevent the audience from seeing into the wings |
crack | a blemish resulting from a break without complete separation of the parts, there was a crack in the mirror |
hard palate | the bony part of the roof of the mouth |
brain cell | a nerve cell in the brain |
left hemisphere left brain | the cerebral hemisphere to the left of the corpus callosum that controls the right half of the body |
right hemisphere right brain | the cerebral hemisphere to the right of the corpus callosum that controls the left half of the body |
rhinencephalon olfactory brain | a center in the cerebral hemispheres that governs the sense of smell in lower animals, in humans it seems to mediate complex emotional behavior |
brain encephalon | that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers, enclosed within the skull, continuous with the spinal cord |
limbic system visceral brain limbic brain | a system of functionally related neural structures in the brain that are involved in emotional behavior |
brainstem brain-stem brain stem | the part of the brain continuous with the spinal cord and comprising the medulla oblongata and pons and midbrain and parts of the hypothalamus |
mind head brain psyche nous | that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings, the seat of the faculty of reason, his mind wandered, I couldn't get his words out of my head |
brain brainpower learning ability mental capacity mentality wit | mental ability, he's got plenty of brains but no common sense |
brain science | the branch of neuroscience concerned with the brain |
hard line | a firm and uncompromising stance or position, the governor took a hard line on drugs |
hard copy | (computer science) matter that is held in a computer and is typed or printed on paper, he ran off a hard copy of the report |
teaser | an attention-getting opening presented at the start of a television show |
hard news | news that deals with serious topics or events |
wisecrack crack sally quip | witty remark |
puzzle puzzler mystifier teaser | a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution, he loved to solve chessmate puzzles, that's a real puzzler |
riddle conundrum enigma brain-teaser | a difficult problem |
teaser | an advertisement that offers something free in order to arouse customers' interest |
crack cracking snap | a sudden sharp noise, the crack of a whip, he heard the cracking of the ice, he can hear the snap of a twig |
hard candy | candy that is brittle, you can break a tooth on that hard candy |
brain | the brain of certain animals used as meat |
calf's brain | the brain of a calf eaten as meat |
hard roll Vienna roll | yeastaised roll with a hard crust |
quahaug quahog hard-shell clam round clam | Atlantic coast round clams with hard shells, large clams usually used for chowders or other clam dishes |
roe hard roe | fish eggs or egg-filled ovary, having a grainy texture |
hard sauce | butter and sugar creamed together with brandy or other flavoring and served with rich puddings |
hard-boiled egg hardooked egg | an egg boiled gently until both the white and the yolk solidify |
liquor spirits booze hard drink hard liquor John Barleycorn strong drink | an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented |
hard cider | alcoholic drink from fermented cider, `cider' and `cyder' are European (especially British) usages for the fermented beverage |