Vocabulary : Bromatology to Bromine

Bromatology : The science of aliments.
Brome : See Bromine.
Brome grass : A genus (Bromus) of grasses, one species of which is the chess or cheat.
Bromeliaceous : Pertaining to, or resembling, a family of endogenous and mostly epiphytic or saxicolous plants of which the genera Tillandsia and Billbergia are examples. The pineapple, though terrestrial, is also of this family.
Bromic : Of, pertaining to, or containing, bromine; -- said of those compounds of bromine in which this element has a valence of five, or the next to its highest; as, bromic acid.

Bromid, paper : A sensitized paper coated with gelatin impregnated with bromide of silver, used in contact printing and in enlarging.
Bromide : A compound of bromine with a positive radical. ;; A person who is conventional and commonplace in his habits of thought and conversation. [Slang] ;; Alt. of Bromid, paper
Bromidiom : A conventional comment or saying, such as those characteristic of bromides.
Brominate : See Bromate, v. t.
Bromine : One of the elements, related in its chemical qualities to chlorine and iodine. Atomic weight 79.8. Symbol Br. It is a deep reddish brown liquid of a very disagreeable odor, emitting a brownish vapor at the ordinary temperature. In combination it is found in minute quantities in sea water, and in many saline springs. It occurs also in the mineral bromyrite.

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