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Bracken
- noun - fern of southeastern Asia; not hardy in cold temperate regions
- large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan
Bracket
- noun - a category falling within certain defined limits
- a support projecting from a wall (as to hold a shelf)
- classify or group
- either of two punctuation marks (`<' or `>') used in computer programming and sometimes used to enclose textual material
- either of two punctuation marks ([ or ]) used to enclose textual material
- place into brackets; "Please bracket this remark"
- support with brackets; "bracket bookshelves"
Bracted
- adjective - having bracts
Brocket
- noun - male red deer in its second year
- small South American deer with unbranched antlers
Cracked
- verb -
- break into simpler molecules by means of heat; "The petroleum cracked"
- break partially but keep its integrity; "The glass cracked"
- break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension; "The pipe snapped"
- cause to become cracked; "heat and light cracked the back of the leather chair"
- gain unauthorized access computers with malicious intentions; "she cracked my password"; "crack a safe"
- hit forcefully; deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise; "The teacher cracked him across the face with a ruler"
- informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; "it used to drive my husband barmy"
- make a sharp sound; "his fingers snapped"
- make a very sharp explosive sound; "His gun cracked"
- of paint or varnish; having the appearance of alligator hide
- pass through (a barrier); "Registrations cracked through the 30,000 mark in the county"
- reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking
Cracker
- noun - a party favor consisting of a paper roll (usually containing candy or a small favor) that pops when pulled at both ends
- a poor White person in the southern United States
- a programmer who cracks (gains unauthorized access to) computers, typically to do malicious things; "crackers are often mistakenly called hackers"
- a thin crisp wafer made of flour and water with or without leavening and shortening; unsweetened or semisweet
- firework consisting of a small explosive charge and fuse in a heavy paper casing
Creches
- noun - a hospital where foundlings (infant children of unknown parents) are taken in and cared for
- a representation of Christ's nativity in the stable at Bethlehem
- Nursery
Cricked
- verb - twist (a body part) into a strained position; "crick your neck"