branch (noun)
81legislative branch, the — legislative ,branch, the noun the part of government that makes and changes laws. The other parts of government are the executive branch and the judicial branch …
82root-and-branch — formal root and branch if something is changed or removed root and branch, it is changed or removed completely because it is bad. These proposals amount to a root and branch reform of the system. (always before noun) …
83olive branch — UK / US noun [singular] something that someone does in order to show that they want to stop arguing. The olive branch is often used as a sign meaning peace extend an olive branch: He extended an olive branch to community leaders by offering to… …
84an|a|branch — «AN uh branch, brahnch», noun. 1. a stream that branches off from a larger stream and loses itself in sand, gravel, and the like. 2. a stream that branches off from a river and reenters it lower down, forming an island. ╂[< ana (stomosing)… …
85em|branch|ment — «ehm BRANCH muhnt», noun. 1. the act or state of branching off or out: »the embranchment of a river. SYNONYM(S): ramification. 2. a branch …
86sub|branch — «SUHB BRANCH, BRAHNCH», noun. 1. a subdivision of a branch. 2. = subphylum. (Cf. ↑subphylum) …
87un|der|branch — «UHN duhr BRANCH, BRAHNCH», noun. Obsolete. a twig or branchlet …
88e|las|mo|branch — «ih LAS muh brangk, LAZ », noun, adjective. –n. any one of a class of fishes whose skeletons are formed of cartilage and whose gills are thin and platelike; chondrichthian. Sharks and rays are elasmobranchs. –adj. of or belonging to the… …
89la|mel|li|branch — «luh MEHL uh brangk», noun, adjective. –n. a mollusk having thin, platelike gills and a headless body enclosed in a shell whose two parts are connected by a hinge; pelecypod. Lamellibranchs are a class of mollusks that include oysters, clams, and …
90lo|pho|branch — «LOH fuh brangk, LOF uh », adjective, noun. –adj. of or belonging to an order of teleost marine fishes having tuftlike gills, including the sea horses and pipefishes. –n. a lophobranch fish. ╂[< New Latin Lophobranchii the former order name… …
