brown algae | algae having the chlorophyll masked by brown and yellow pigments |
brown thrasher brown thrush Toxostoma rufums | common large songbird of eastern United States having reddish-brown plumage |
brown creeper American creeper Certhia americana | a common creeper in North America with a downurved bill |
kingfisher | nonpasserine large-headed bird with a short tail and long sharp bill, usually crested and brightolored, feed mostly on fish |
Eurasian kingfisher Alcedo atthis | small kingfisher with greenish-blue and orange plumage |
belted kingfisher Ceryle alcyon | greyish-blue North American kingfisher with a chestnut band on its chest |
hooded merganser hooded sheldrake Lophodytes cucullatus | small North American duck with a high circular crest on the male's head |
brown snail Helix aspersa | serious garden pest having a brown shell with paler zigzag markings, nearly cosmopolitan in distribution |
hooded seal bladdernose Cystophora cristata | medium-sized blackish-grey seal with large inflatable sac on the head, of Arctic and northern Atlantic waters |
brown hyena strand wolf Hyaena brunnea | of southern Africa |
brown bear bruin Ursus arctos | large ferocious bear of Eurasia |
Alaskan brown bear Kodiak bear Kodiak Ursus middendorffi Ursus arctos middendorffi | brown bear of coastal Alaska and British Columbia |
brown bat | any of numerous medium to small insectivorous bats found worldwide in caves and trees and buildings |
little brown bat little brown myotis Myotis leucifugus | the small common North American bat, widely distributed |
big brown bat Eptesicus fuscus | rather large North American brown bat, widely distributed |
serotine European brown bat Eptesicus serotinus | common brown bat of Europe |
brown soft scale Coccus hesperidum | pest on citrus trees |
brown lacewing hemerobiid hemerobiid fly | small darkolored lacewing fly |
browntail brown-tail moth Euproctis phaeorrhoea | small brown and white European moth introduced into eastern United States, pest of various shade and fruit trees |
brown rat Norway rat Rattus norvegicus | common domestic rat, serious pest worldwide |
brown lemming Lemmus trimucronatus | of northwestern Canada and Alaska |
Brown Swiss | large hardy brown breed of dairy cattle from Switzerland |
hooded skunk Mephitis macroura | of Mexico and southernmost parts of southwestern United States |
brown bullhead | freshwater catfish of eastern United States |
brown trout salmon trout Salmo trutta | speckled trout of European rivers, introduced in North America |
Brown University Brown | a university in Rhode Island |
capote hooded cloak | a long cloak with a hood that can be pulled over the head |
capote hooded coat | a long overcoat with a hood that can be pulled over the head |
brown brownness | an orange of low brightness and saturation |
Vandyke brown | a moderate brown color |
chocolate coffee deep brown umber burnt umber | a medium brown to dark-brown color |
light brown | a brown that is light but unsaturated |
dun greyish brown grayish brown fawn | a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color, she wore dun |
reddish brown sepia burnt sienna Venetian red mahogany | a shade of brown with a tinge of red |
yellowish brown raw sienna buff caramel caramel brown | a medium to dark tan color |
olive brown | a shade of brown tinged with green |
brown study | a state of deep absorption or thoughtfulness |
brown sugar | unrefined or only partly refined sugar |
brown Betty | baked pudding of apples and breadcrumbs |
brown bread Boston brown bread | dark steamed bread made of cornmeal wheat and flour with molasses and soda and milk or water |
dark bread whole wheat bread whole meal bread brown bread | bread made with whole wheat flour |
brown rice | unpolished rice retaining the yellowish-brown outer layer |
brown sauce sauce Espagnole | bouillon or beef stock thickened with butter and flour roux and variously seasoned with herbs or Worcestershire etc. |
Chinese brown sauce brown sauce | a sauce based on soy sauce |
Lyonnaise sauce brown onion sauce | brown sauce with sauteed chopped onions and parsley and dry white wine or vinegar |
brown butter beurre noisette | clarified butter browned slowly and seasoned with vinegar or lemon juice and capers |
Father Brown | a Catholic priest who was the hero of detective stories by G. K. Chesterton |
Baum Frank Baum Lyman Frank Brown | United States writer of children's books (-) |
Brown John Brown | abolitionist who was hanged after leading an unsuccessful raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (-) |
Brown Robert Brown | Scottish botanist who first observed the movement of small particles in fluids now known a Brownian motion (-) |