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Bravo All Stars The Bravo All Stars were a Pop supergroup, who came together for a once-off single titled "Let The Music Heal Your Soul". The group is named after a German publication called BRAVO, which is one of the world's best-selling youth magazines.
Bravo class submarine The Project 690 Kefal (Mullet) class (known in the West by its NATO reporting name Bravo class) was a design of military submarines that were built in the Soviet Union. The boats were designed for use in ASW exercises, but could also be employed in a combat role.
Bravo Telecom Bravo Telecom is Saudi Arabia and the GCC’s first and only specialized wireless operator offering specialized communications solutions. Built on Motorola’s integrated Digital Enhanced Network (iDEN) platform, Bravo provides instantaneous, cost effective and secure communications through a range of Push to Do and digital cellular services.
Bravo Two Zero Bravo Two Zero (B20) was the name given to an eight-man British Special Air Service patrol that was tasked with severing the main communication line between Baghdad and north-west Iraq and finding and destroying Iraqi Scud missile launchers during the Gulf War. Bravo Two Zero was the patrol's callsign.
Bravo Two Zero (film) Bravo Two Zero is a 1999 television film based on the British SAS patrol of the same name charged with finding Iraqi Scud missile launchers during the Gulf War. Based on the book by Andy McNab, it was directed by Tom Clegg.
Bravo Zulu Bravo Zulu is a naval signal, conveyed by flaghoist or voice radio, meaning "well done"; it has also passed into the spoken and written vocabulary. It can be combined with the "negative" signal, spoken or written NEGAT, to say "NEGAT Bravo Zulu", or "not well done".
Bravoman Bravoman or Bioboxer (complete Japanese title: 超絶 隣人 ă™ă©ăśăĽăžăł, Chozetsu Rinjin Beraboh Man, roughly translated Unequaled Man Beraboh Man, sometimes referred to as Berabow Man) is a humorous combination of a platformer and a beat-em-up arcade game originally developed by Namco for the arcades as Beraboh Man in 1988 and later translated to English and ported to the NEC TurboGrafx, Duo and PC Engine as Bravoman in 1990, which is also the most popular version of the game to date.
Bravura In classical music, a bravura is a virtuosic passage intended to show off the skill of a performer, generally as a solo, and often in a cadenza. It can also be used as an adjective ("a bravura passage"), or refer to a performance of extraordinary virtuosity.
Brawby Brawby is a village and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England, situated at the confluence of the River Seven and the River Rye, about eight miles south-west of Pickering. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 164.
Brawl Brothers Brawl Brothers is a 2D side-scrolling fighting game for the Super Nintendo and is the American version of Jaleco's Rushing Beat Ran. It is the second game in the Rushing Beat series which is similar to Final Fight.
Brawl of the Wild The Brawl of the Wild is an annual college football rivalry game between the University of Montana Grizzlies and the Montana State University Fighting Bobcats. The rivalry began on November 26, 1897 when the two teams played in Bozeman, Montana, home of the Montana State, with Montana prevailing by the score of 18-6.
Brawlin, New South Wales Brawlin is a community in the north east part of the Riverina and situated about 12 kilometres south from Cootamundra and 29 kilometres north from Coolac. It has a population within a 7 kilometre radius of approximately 613 people.
Braxis Braxis is a small, cold celestial body in the StarCraft universe (it is not yet known whether it is a moon or a planet). It is probably the inhabited world closest to Earth, since the United Earth Directorate expeditionary force travelled there first.
Braxton County High School Braxton County High School (BCHS) is a high school located in Sutton, West Virginia, United States. However visitors might not realize that its address is officially Sutton, since it is directly off the Flatwoods exit on I-79.
Braxton Hicks Braxton Hicks' contractions, also known as false labour (British English, false labor in American English) or practice contractions. Braxton Hicks are sporadic uterine contractions that actually start at about 6 weeks, although one may not feel them that early.
Bray Head Bray Head (Irish: Ceann Bré) is a hill (241 m/790 ft) in North County Wicklow, Ireland, between the towns of Bray and Greystones. It forms part of the Wicklow Mountains and is a popular spot with hill-walkers.
Bray Studios (UK) Bray Studios is a film and television studio next to the River Thames at Water Oakley in the civil parish of Bray, near Windsor in the English county of Berkshire. It is best known for its association with Hammer Film Productions and contains four stages, plus offices and workshops.
Bray Unknowns F.C. Bray Unknowns were a football club who played in the Football League of Ireland for nineteen seasons from 1924/25 to 1942/43. Having played their first five league seasons in Woodbrook in south county Dublin, they then moved back to Bray where they played their home games for the remainder of their time in the league at the Carlisle Grounds.
Braylon Edwards Braylon Jamal Edwards (born February 21, 1983 in Detroit, Michigan) is a current American football wide receiver for the Cleveland Browns. His father, Stanley, played football at the University of Michigan (1977-81) and in the NFL with the Houston Oilers (1982-86) and Detroit Lions (1987).
Brayton Fire Training Field Brayton Fire Training Field is a 120 acre (496,000 m²) facility in College Station, Texas where firefighters come from all over the world to train in high-rise rescue, aircraft firefighting, passenger train emergency response, structural collapse/heavy rescue and other mass-casualty emergencies. The facility is the largest in the United States and includes full-scale buildings, towers, tanks, industrial plant structures and a ship that are used during life-like training simulations.
Brazier A brazier is a container for fire, generally taking the form of an upright standing or hanging metal bowl or box. Used for holding burning coal as well as fires, a brazier allows for a source of light, heat, or cooking.
Brazier (burger) Brazier, is a brand name of hamburgers and hot dogs that was created by the Twin Cities area-based Dairy Queen restaurants. The DQ began selling them under that name in 1958, and the brand is still being used as of 2007.
Braziguayans Braziguayans (brasiguaio in Portuguese) as they are known in Paraguay to Brazilians and their descendants, trace their history to Southeastern Paraguayan departments of Canindeyú & Alto Paraná, which border with Brazil. This emmigration occurred c.
Brazil (mythical island) Brazil, also known as Hy-Brazil or several other variants, is a phantom island which features in many Irish myths. It was said to be cloaked in mist, except for one day each seven years, when it became visible but could still not be reached.
Brazil (operating system) Brazil, was the 'code name' for what became the Fourth Edition of the Plan 9 from Bell Labs operating system; it was designed for high-performance networks. One of its main purposes was to minimize overhead for multimedia operations and take advantage of high-speed networking and computer hardware.
Brazil and weapons of mass destruction Based on Brazil's history, it is believed that the country does not possess any weapons of mass destruction. Although a covert nuclear weapons program was pursued by Brazil under a military government in the 1980s, it was ended after the rise of an elected government in 1985.
Brazil at the 2006 Winter Olympics Brazil sent 10 competitors to the 2006 Winter Olympics, in Turin, Italy, half of which consisting of the Men's Bobsleigh team — although following the exclusion of Armando dos Santos from the Bobsleigh team due to a doping incident, the number dropped to nine athletes.
Brazil Antarctic Geopolitics Brazilian Antarctica (Antártica Brasileira) is the name of the Antarctic territory south of 60°S, and from 28°W to 53°W, designated by Brazil in 1986 as its 'Zone of interest'. While the substance of that designation has never been precisely defined, it is not a sovereignty claim, and therefore does not formally contradict the Argentine and British claims geographically overlapping with that zone.
Brazil Current The Brazil Current is a warm water current that flows southward along the Brazilian south coast to the mouth of the RĂo de la Plata. This current is caused by diversion of a portion of the Atlantic South Equatorial Current from where that current meets the South American continent.
Brazil nut effect The phenomenon in which the biggest particles end up on the surface when a granular material containing a mixture of objects of different sizes is shaken is known as the brazil nut effect. The term was based on the observation that, when a container of mixed nuts is opened after it has been shaken, the brazil nuts tend to be on top.
Brazil pr Brazil PR is an Oxford, UK based public relations company. Founded in 2003, the company is famed for numerous PR campaigns, including the launch of 118 118, the Honda Civic 2006 launch and the revival of many lost consumer brands.
Brazil: Cinema, Sex and the Generals Brazil: Cinema, Sex and the Generals (1985) is a documentary directed by Simon Hartog that examines Brazilian filmmakers who used the pornochanchada genre to escape censorship of their socially critical films during dictatorial rule in Brazil.
Brazilian Adventure Brazilian Adventure is a book by Peter Fleming about his search for the lost Colonel Percy Fawcett in the Brazilian jungle. Fawcett along with his son and another companion had disappeared while searching for a lost civilization in 1925.
Brazilian Baptist Convention The Brazilian Baptist Convention or Convenção Batista Brasileira is the oldest Baptist group in Brazil. The first Baptist missionary in Brazil appears to have been Thomas Jefferson Bowen, who served there for the Southern Baptist Convention from 1859 to 1861.
Brazilian Carnival The Brazilian Carnival () is an annual celebration in Brazil held forty days before Easter and marking the start of Lent. During Lent, Roman Catholics, which constitute the majority in Brazil, are to abstain from bodily pleasures.
Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church The Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church (ICAB - Igreja CatĂłlica ApostĂłlica Brasileira) is a national catholic church established in 1945 by Brazilian Bishop Dom Carlos Duarte Costa, a former Roman Catholic bishop of Botucatu, who had been redesignated as the titular Bishop of Maura (an extinct diocese of North Africa), for administrative reasons.
Brazilian Communist Party (1992) Brazilian Communist Party (in Portuguese, Partido Comunista Brasileiro) is a political party in Brazil. It was founded in 1992 by a minority grouping within the original Brazilian Communist Party which in its tenth congress decided to abandon communism and take the name 'Popular Socialist Party'.
Brazilian Computer Society The Brazilian Computer Society () was established in 1978, as a scientific and educational organization dedicated to the advancement of Computer Science in Brazil and the associated technologies and applications. SBC is a leading forum for researchers, students and computing professionals working in the various fields of Computer Science and Information Technology, being the largest computer society in South America.
Brazilian Declaration of Independence Brazilian War of Independence in 1821-1825 was fought between colonial Brazil and Portugal. Although the war was not completely bloodless, it was a much less bloody conflict than most wars for independence in Latin-America.
Brazilian Democratic Movement The Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB) was a centrist political party in Brazil that existed from 1965 to 1979. It was formed in 1965, when the military government that overthrew President JoĂŁo Goulart abolished all existing political parties and replaced them with its own party, the National Renewal Alliance Party (ARENA), and the MDB as the official party of the opposition, and join members of diferent parties.
Brazilian Democratic Movement Party The Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (Portuguese: Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, PMDB) is the successor of the Brazilian Democratic Movement. It is largely a centrist party with no fixed ideology, including a range of liberals as well as the former guerilla movement MR-8.
Brazilian Duck The Brazilian Duck or Brazilian Teal (Amazonetta brasiliensis) is the only duck in the genus Amazonetta. It was formerly considered a "perching duck", but more recent analyses indicate that it belongs to a clade of South American dabbling ducks which also includes the Crested Duck, the Bronze-winged Duck, and possibly the steamer ducks (Johnson & Sorenson, 1999).
Brazilian embroidery Brazilian embroidery is a type of surface embroidery that uses rayon thread instead of cotton or wool. It is called "Brazilian" embroidery because the use of high-sheen rayon thread in embroidery was first popularized in Brazil, where rayon was widely manufactured.
Brazilian Expeditionary Force (FEB) The Brazilian Expeditionary Force (Portuguese: Força Expedicionária Brasileira, or FEB) was the 25,300-man force formed by the Brazilian Navy, Army and Air Force that fought alongside the Allied forces in the Italian Campaign of World War II.
Brazilian folklore Brazilian Folklore was imortalized by Monteiro Lobato, ironically, shortly before Brazil's population turned mainly urban. Today these myths are seen more as archetypal Brazilian popular culture, rather than culture itself.
Brazilian football match-fixing scandal Máfia do Apito (literally meaning Whistle's Mafia), sometimes called Escândalo do Apito (meaning Whistle's Scandal), was the name given by the Brazilian press to the football match-fixing scandal denounced by Veja magazine on September 23, 2005.
Brazilian Federal Police The PolĂcia Federal or Departamento de PolĂcia Federal or the Brazilian Federal Police is the police of the federal government of Brazil, whose main assignments are: the investigations of crimes against the Federal Government or its organs and companies, the combat of international drug trafficking, and immigration and Border control police (including airport and naval police).
Brazilian Football Confederation The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) or Confederação Brasileira de Futebol in Portuguese is the governing body of football in Brazil, and was founded on August 20, 1914 as Confederação Brasileira de Desportos (CBD), meaning Brazilian Sports Confederation. Its first president was Ălvaro Zamith.
Brazilian Football Songs Many songs are used to express and love of Brazilians for Football (soccer) and commemorate the country victories into the FIFA World Cup. Though foreign fans and broadcasters usually play Aquarela do Brasil in Brazilian matches, these are rarely associated to the game in Brazil.
Brazilian Football State Championship The Brazilian Football State Championships are competitions carried out in every state of Brazil. As the state championships are very old competitions, they are very traditional, and are almost important as the national leagues.
Brazilian general election, 1998 The Brazilian general elections of 1998 resulted in the re-election of Fernando Henrique Cardoso. The amendment that allowed a president to serve two consecutive terms had been passed by Congress the previous year.
Brazilian general election, 2006 In 2006, Brazil held general elections in two rounds. The first one occurred on October 1, in which eligible voters chose the president of the country and the governors of the 26 states and of the Federal District.
Brazilian General Command for Aerospace Technology (CTA) The Brazilian General Command for Aerospace Technology (Comando-Geral de Tecnologia Aerospacial - CTA) is the national military research center for aviation and space flight of the Federative Republic of Brazil and subordinated to the Brazilian Air Force.
Brazilian Girls Brazilian Girls are a quartet from New York City known for their eclectic blend of electronic dance music with everything from samba and reggae to house and lounge styles. The band has described their sound as "melting pop.
Brazilian Guitar Quartet The Brazilian Guitar Quartet was formed in 1998 to interpret the repertoire for four guitars and make transcriptions of works form diverse periods and styles. The quartet plays with a contagious joy and enthusiasm.
Brazilian hip hop Brazilian hip hop is one of the world's major hip hop scenes, with active rap, break dance, and graffiti scenes, especially in SĂŁo Paulo, where groups tend to have a more international style, influenced by old school hip hop and gangsta rap.
Brazilian Highlands The Brazilian Highlands (or Planalto Brasileiro) are an extensive geographical region, covering most of the eastern, southern and central portions of Brazil, in all approximately half of the country's land area, or some 4,000,000 km² (1,544,000 sq mi). In addition, the vast majority of Brazil's population (186,112,794 2004 est.
Brazilian Ice Sports Federation The Brazilian Ice Sports Federation (Confederação Brasileira de Desportos no Gelo, CBDG) was founded by president Eric Maleson and affiliated to the Brazilian Olympic Committee in 1999. The federation qualified 7 athletes for the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in 2002 (5 bobsled athletes and 2 luge athletes) and a 4-man bobsled team for the 2006 Games in Torino.
Brazilian Institute of Family Law The Brazilian Institute of Family Law or IBDFAM (from Instituto Brasileiro de Direito de FamĂlia, in Portuguese) is a non-profit civil association founded on October 25, 1997, in the city of Belo Horizonte, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, during the First Congress of Brazilian Family Law.
Brazilian Integralism Brazilian Integralism (Portuguese: Integralismo brasileiro) was a Brazilian fascist political movement created in April 1933. Founded and led by PlĂnio Salgado, a literary figure who was relatively famous during the 1922 Modern Art Week, the movement had adopted all characteristics of European, specifically Italian, fascism, differentiating itself from some forms of fascism in that Salgado did not preach racism (they even had as their slogan: "Union of all races and all people").
Brazilian jazz Brazilian jazz is the term for the style of jazz popular or associated with Brazil. The style is sometimes seen as a Brazilian outgrowth of cool jazz as many of the early populists of jazz in Brazil were associated with that sub-genre.
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) is a martial art and combat sport that focuses on grappling and especially ground fighting with the goal of gaining a dominant position from which to force an attacker to submit. The system developed from a modified version of Judo including some techniques from Japanese Jujutsu and with a focus on ne-waza (ground technique).
Brazilian law Brazilian law derives from Portuguese civil law and is based on statutes and, partly and more recently, stare decisis. According to the judiciary structure framed in the Brazilian Constitution, judicial power is divided between the State judicial branch and the Federal judicial branch, each having a different jurisdiction.
Brazilian Labour Party The Brazilian Labour Party (PTB) (Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro) is the name of two different parties, first a historical one and secondly a present-day party. The former was a leftist political party that arose in 1945 supported by followers of GetĂşlio Vargas and later dissolved after 1964 military coup.
Brazilian mythology The term Brazilian Mythology is used to describe a series of cultural elements of diverse origin that are found in Brazil, comprising folk tales, traditions, characters and beliefs regarding places, peoples and entities. It is a subset of the Brazilian folklore.
Brazilian Marine Corps The Brazilian Marine Corps (Portuguese: Corpo de Fuzileiros Navais do Brasil; literally, the Corps of Naval Fusiliers of Brazil) is the marine corps of Brazil, and the amphibious warfare unit of the Brazilian Navy.
Brazilian Medical Association Associação Médica Brasileira (Brazilian Medical Association, in Portuguese language) is the national class association of physicians in Brazil. With more than 140,000 associates, is the second largest in the Americas, just after the American Medical Association.
Brazilian Mercantile and Futures Exchange The Brazilian Mercantile and Futures Exchange (Bolsa de Mercadorias & Futuros, BM&F)Bolsa is the Portuguese and Spanish term for "stock exchange". In French the term is bourse and in Italian, borsa is Brazil's derivatives exchange, based in SĂŁo Paulo.
Brazilian Military Junta A Military Junta or Junta Militar ruled Brazil from August 31 to October 30, 1969, between the sudden illness of the President Artur da Costa e Silva and the oath of EmĂlio GarrastazĂş MĂ©dici. At that time, Brazil was in the peak of a dictatorship, and civilians were not allowed to rule the country.
Brazilian national anthem The melody of the Brazilian national anthem (from Portuguese: Hino Nacional Brasileiro) was composed by Francisco Manoel da Silva in 1822 and had been given at least two sets of lyrics before a decree of 1922 gave it the definitive lyrics, by Joaquim OsĂłrio Duque Estrada, after several changes were made to his proposal, written in 1909. In style, the music resembles early Romantic Italian music such as that of Gioacchino Rossini.
Brazilian Naval School The Brazilian Naval School (Escola Naval) is a school of the Brazilian Navy, the Brazilian equivalent of the US Naval Academy, located in Rio de Janeiro, on the Villegagnon Island just inside the Guanabara Bay.
Brazilian Navy The Brazilian Navy (Portuguese: Marinha do Brasil) is the navy of Brazil. It is the largest navy in Latin America, with a 27,307-ton aircraft carrier, the NAeL SĂŁo Paulo (formerly FS Foch of the French Navy), some American and British-built frigates, a few locally-built corvettes, coastal diesel-electric submarines (with a nuclear submarine under development) and many other river and coastal patrol craft.
Brazilian Order of Scientific Merit The Ordem Nacional do MĂ©rito CientĂfico (National Order of Scientific Merit, in Portuguese language) is a honor bestowed upon Brazilian and foreign personalities recognized for their scientific and technical contributions to the cause and development of science in Brazil.
Brazilian pepper Brazilian Pepper (Schinus terebinthifolius; also known as Aroeira or Florida Holly) is a sprawling shrub or small tree (7-10 m tall) that is native to subtropical and tropical South America, in southeastern Brazil, northern Argentina and Paraguay.
Brazilian Portuguese Brazilian Portuguese is a collective name for the varieties of Portuguese written and spoken by virtually all the 188 million inhabitants of Brazil and by a couple million Brazilian immigrants and temporary workers in other countries, mainly in Canada, United States, Portugal, Paraguay and Japan. The term includes
Brazilian rocket explosion On August 22, 2003, a massive explosion destroyed a Brazilian Space Agency VLS-1 (VLS-1 V03) rocket as it stood on its launch pad at the Alcântara Launching Center in the state of Maranhão in northern Brazil. Twenty-one people, standing on the launch pad, died when one of the rocket's four first stage motors ignited accidentally.
Brazilian sharpnose shark The Brazilian sharpnose shark, Rhizoprionodon lalandii, is a requiem shark of the family Carcharhinidae, found in the tropical waters of the western Atlantic Ocean between latitudes 13° N and 33° S, at depths of between 3 and 70 m. Its length is up to about 77 cm.
Brazilian space program The Brazilian space program is the most advanced space program in Latin America, with significant capabilities in launch vehicles, launch sites, and satellite manufacturing. It is based at the National Institute for Space Research (INPE), under the Ministry of Science and Technology (MCT).
Brazilian Scouts Association The UniĂŁo dos Escoteiros do Brasil (UEB, Union of Scouts of Brazil) is the national Scouting organization in Brazil. Scouting in Brazil was founded in 1910 and was among the charter members of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1922.
Brazilian Society for Health Informatics Created in November 1983 in Campinas, during the First Brazilian Congress on Health Informatics, this professional society has the mission of promoting the development and the interchange of ideas and results in the fields devoted to the information technologies applied to the health sciences (Medical informatics, Telemedicine, Bioinformatics, etc.).
Brazilian Street Carnaval The Brazilian Street Carnaval is an annual event in Long Beach, California that emulates the Rio-Style carnaval parades and bands that happen in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil during their carnaval in February or March. Founded in 1996, it takes place on the third Sunday of September and brings together the members of the Los Angeles County Brazilian community of several thousand people.
Brazilian Tapir The Brazilian Tapir (anta in Portuguese), also known as the Lowland Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) is one of four species in the tapir family, along with the Mountain Tapir, the Malayan Tapir, and the Baird's Tapir.
Brazilian Union for Interlingua The Brazilian Union for Interlingua (UniĂŁo Brasileira prĂł InterlĂngua, UBI) is the national Interlingua organization in Brazil. The UBI, founded at the first Brazilian Interlingua Conference in 1990, teaches and promotes Interlingua in all South American countries.
Brazilian waxing Brazilian waxing is a type of waxing involving the bikini area. This procedure involves the complete removal of hair from the buttocks and adjacent to the anus, perineum and vulva (labia majora and mons pubis).
Brazilian whiteknee tarantula The Brazilian whiteknee tarantula (Acanthoscurria geniculata) is a burrowing terrestrial species native to Brazil. It is commonly referred to as the whiteknee tarantula, giant whiteknee tarantula, giant white knee tarantula, and Brazilian giant whiteknee tarantula, among other permutations.
Brazilian Women's Articulation The Brazilian Women's Articulation (in Portuguese Articulação das Mulheres Brasileiras) links women's organizations in Brazil's 26 states and its federal district. It was created to organize the Brazilian feminist movement's preparation and follow up to the 1995 Beijing Women's Conference.
Brazilian-Canadian Sizable Brazilian emigration to Canada is too recent to have produced an extensive literature. No one knows how many Brazilians were involved in the immigrant flood of the late 1980s nor how many returned to the homeland.
Brazilianist Brazilianist (also Brasilianist, Brasilianista or Brazilianista) typically is a non-Brazilian scholar, usually from North America but not exclusively, who specializes in studying, researching, teaching and publishing about Brazilian history, culture, politics and language(s).
Brazilwood Brazilwood (or Pau-Brasil, sometimes known as Pernambuco) - Chaesalpinia echinatais - a dense, orange-red wood (which takes a high shine), and it is the premier wood used for making bows for string instruments from the violin family. The wood also yields a red dye called brazilin, which oxidizes to brazilein.
Brazing Brazing is a joining process whereby a non-ferrous filler metal or alloy is heated to melting temperature (above 450°C; 800°F) and distributed between two or more close-fitting parts by capillary action. At its liquid temperature, the molten filler metal and flux interacts with a thin layer of the base metal, cooling to form an exceptionally strong, sealed joint due to grain structure interaction.
Brazos Island Brazos Island is a barrier island on the Gulf Coast of Texas in the United States, south of the town of South Padre Island. The island is also known as Brazos Santiago Island, a reference to the town of Brazos Santiago, the first Spanish settlement on the island.
Brazos Mountains The Brazos Mountains is a range in far northern Rio Arriba County, in northern New Mexico in the southwestern United States. A high crest runs from the border with Colorado for over 20 miles (32 km) in a south-southeasterly direction.
Brazos River The Brazos River, originally called, the Rio Brazos de Dios which can be translated as "The River of God's Arms". is the 11th longest river in the United States at 2060 km (1280 miles) from its source of Blackwater Draw, Curry County, New Mexico to its mouth at the Gulf of Mexico with a 116,000 km² (44,800 sq mi) drainage basin.
Brazos River Authority The Brazos River Authority was created in 1929 by the Texas Legislature as a quasi-governmental entity to manage the Brazos River as a water resource in Texas.Brazos River Authority from the Texas Handbook Online It was originally named the Brazos River Conservation and Reclamation District and renamed to the current name in 1953.
Brazosport High School Brazosport High School is a secondary school located at the intersection of State Highway 288 and West 2nd Street in Freeport, Texas. It handles grades nine through twelve and is part of the Brazosport Independent School District.
Brazzaville Conference of 1944 After the defeat of France and the alignment of many West Africans with the Free French, Charles de Gaulle recognized the need to revise the relationship between France and its colonies in Africa. In January 1944, Free French politicians and high-ranking colonial officials from the French African colonies met in Brazzaville (in present-day Republic of the Congo).
BrĂĽcke von Andau The BrĂĽcke von Andau (Bridge At Andau) is a small bridge over the Einserkanal, a small river which partially represents the border to Hungary. It is located next to the village Andau (Burgenland, Austria) on the Austrian-Hungarian border.
BrĂĽggen Glacier BrĂĽggen Glacier, also known as PĂo XI Glacier, is in southern Chile and is the largest western outflow from the Southern Patagonian Ice Field. Now about 57 km in length, it is the longest glacier in the southern hemisphere outside of Antarctica.
BrĂĽhl's Terrace BrĂĽhl's Terrace (BrĂĽhlsche Terrasse) in Dresden, Germany, north of the recently rebuilt Neumarkt Square, is one of the favourite inner-city places of both locals and tourists for walking, people-watching, and having a coffee.
BrĂĽnig-Napf-Reuss line The BrĂĽnig-Napf-Reuss line forms a geographical boundary in traditional Swiss culture (Kulturgrenze). Running from the BrĂĽnig Pass along the Napf region to the Reuss River (which joins the Aare at Brugg), it partly separates western (Bernese German) and eastern (Zurich German) varieties of High Alemannic, although some places east of the line belong to the western dialect group (Schwyz, Zug).
Bravo class submarine The Project 690 Kefal (Mullet) class (known in the West by its NATO reporting name Bravo class) was a design of military submarines that were built in the Soviet Union. The boats were designed for use in ASW exercises, but could also be employed in a combat role.
Bravo Telecom Bravo Telecom is Saudi Arabia and the GCC’s first and only specialized wireless operator offering specialized communications solutions. Built on Motorola’s integrated Digital Enhanced Network (iDEN) platform, Bravo provides instantaneous, cost effective and secure communications through a range of Push to Do and digital cellular services.
Bravo Two Zero Bravo Two Zero (B20) was the name given to an eight-man British Special Air Service patrol that was tasked with severing the main communication line between Baghdad and north-west Iraq and finding and destroying Iraqi Scud missile launchers during the Gulf War. Bravo Two Zero was the patrol's callsign.
Bravo Two Zero (film) Bravo Two Zero is a 1999 television film based on the British SAS patrol of the same name charged with finding Iraqi Scud missile launchers during the Gulf War. Based on the book by Andy McNab, it was directed by Tom Clegg.
Bravo Zulu Bravo Zulu is a naval signal, conveyed by flaghoist or voice radio, meaning "well done"; it has also passed into the spoken and written vocabulary. It can be combined with the "negative" signal, spoken or written NEGAT, to say "NEGAT Bravo Zulu", or "not well done".
Bravoman Bravoman or Bioboxer (complete Japanese title: 超絶 隣人 ă™ă©ăśăĽăžăł, Chozetsu Rinjin Beraboh Man, roughly translated Unequaled Man Beraboh Man, sometimes referred to as Berabow Man) is a humorous combination of a platformer and a beat-em-up arcade game originally developed by Namco for the arcades as Beraboh Man in 1988 and later translated to English and ported to the NEC TurboGrafx, Duo and PC Engine as Bravoman in 1990, which is also the most popular version of the game to date.
Bravura In classical music, a bravura is a virtuosic passage intended to show off the skill of a performer, generally as a solo, and often in a cadenza. It can also be used as an adjective ("a bravura passage"), or refer to a performance of extraordinary virtuosity.
Brawby Brawby is a village and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England, situated at the confluence of the River Seven and the River Rye, about eight miles south-west of Pickering. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 164.
Brawl Brothers Brawl Brothers is a 2D side-scrolling fighting game for the Super Nintendo and is the American version of Jaleco's Rushing Beat Ran. It is the second game in the Rushing Beat series which is similar to Final Fight.
Brawl of the Wild The Brawl of the Wild is an annual college football rivalry game between the University of Montana Grizzlies and the Montana State University Fighting Bobcats. The rivalry began on November 26, 1897 when the two teams played in Bozeman, Montana, home of the Montana State, with Montana prevailing by the score of 18-6.
Brawlin, New South Wales Brawlin is a community in the north east part of the Riverina and situated about 12 kilometres south from Cootamundra and 29 kilometres north from Coolac. It has a population within a 7 kilometre radius of approximately 613 people.
Braxis Braxis is a small, cold celestial body in the StarCraft universe (it is not yet known whether it is a moon or a planet). It is probably the inhabited world closest to Earth, since the United Earth Directorate expeditionary force travelled there first.
Braxton County High School Braxton County High School (BCHS) is a high school located in Sutton, West Virginia, United States. However visitors might not realize that its address is officially Sutton, since it is directly off the Flatwoods exit on I-79.
Braxton Hicks Braxton Hicks' contractions, also known as false labour (British English, false labor in American English) or practice contractions. Braxton Hicks are sporadic uterine contractions that actually start at about 6 weeks, although one may not feel them that early.
Bray Head Bray Head (Irish: Ceann Bré) is a hill (241 m/790 ft) in North County Wicklow, Ireland, between the towns of Bray and Greystones. It forms part of the Wicklow Mountains and is a popular spot with hill-walkers.
Bray Studios (UK) Bray Studios is a film and television studio next to the River Thames at Water Oakley in the civil parish of Bray, near Windsor in the English county of Berkshire. It is best known for its association with Hammer Film Productions and contains four stages, plus offices and workshops.
Bray Unknowns F.C. Bray Unknowns were a football club who played in the Football League of Ireland for nineteen seasons from 1924/25 to 1942/43. Having played their first five league seasons in Woodbrook in south county Dublin, they then moved back to Bray where they played their home games for the remainder of their time in the league at the Carlisle Grounds.
Braylon Edwards Braylon Jamal Edwards (born February 21, 1983 in Detroit, Michigan) is a current American football wide receiver for the Cleveland Browns. His father, Stanley, played football at the University of Michigan (1977-81) and in the NFL with the Houston Oilers (1982-86) and Detroit Lions (1987).
Brayton Fire Training Field Brayton Fire Training Field is a 120 acre (496,000 m²) facility in College Station, Texas where firefighters come from all over the world to train in high-rise rescue, aircraft firefighting, passenger train emergency response, structural collapse/heavy rescue and other mass-casualty emergencies. The facility is the largest in the United States and includes full-scale buildings, towers, tanks, industrial plant structures and a ship that are used during life-like training simulations.
Brazier A brazier is a container for fire, generally taking the form of an upright standing or hanging metal bowl or box. Used for holding burning coal as well as fires, a brazier allows for a source of light, heat, or cooking.
Brazier (burger) Brazier, is a brand name of hamburgers and hot dogs that was created by the Twin Cities area-based Dairy Queen restaurants. The DQ began selling them under that name in 1958, and the brand is still being used as of 2007.
Braziguayans Braziguayans (brasiguaio in Portuguese) as they are known in Paraguay to Brazilians and their descendants, trace their history to Southeastern Paraguayan departments of Canindeyú & Alto Paraná, which border with Brazil. This emmigration occurred c.
Brazil (mythical island) Brazil, also known as Hy-Brazil or several other variants, is a phantom island which features in many Irish myths. It was said to be cloaked in mist, except for one day each seven years, when it became visible but could still not be reached.
Brazil (operating system) Brazil, was the 'code name' for what became the Fourth Edition of the Plan 9 from Bell Labs operating system; it was designed for high-performance networks. One of its main purposes was to minimize overhead for multimedia operations and take advantage of high-speed networking and computer hardware.
Brazil and weapons of mass destruction Based on Brazil's history, it is believed that the country does not possess any weapons of mass destruction. Although a covert nuclear weapons program was pursued by Brazil under a military government in the 1980s, it was ended after the rise of an elected government in 1985.
Brazil at the 2006 Winter Olympics Brazil sent 10 competitors to the 2006 Winter Olympics, in Turin, Italy, half of which consisting of the Men's Bobsleigh team — although following the exclusion of Armando dos Santos from the Bobsleigh team due to a doping incident, the number dropped to nine athletes.
Brazil Antarctic Geopolitics Brazilian Antarctica (Antártica Brasileira) is the name of the Antarctic territory south of 60°S, and from 28°W to 53°W, designated by Brazil in 1986 as its 'Zone of interest'. While the substance of that designation has never been precisely defined, it is not a sovereignty claim, and therefore does not formally contradict the Argentine and British claims geographically overlapping with that zone.
Brazil Current The Brazil Current is a warm water current that flows southward along the Brazilian south coast to the mouth of the RĂo de la Plata. This current is caused by diversion of a portion of the Atlantic South Equatorial Current from where that current meets the South American continent.
Brazil nut effect The phenomenon in which the biggest particles end up on the surface when a granular material containing a mixture of objects of different sizes is shaken is known as the brazil nut effect. The term was based on the observation that, when a container of mixed nuts is opened after it has been shaken, the brazil nuts tend to be on top.
Brazil pr Brazil PR is an Oxford, UK based public relations company. Founded in 2003, the company is famed for numerous PR campaigns, including the launch of 118 118, the Honda Civic 2006 launch and the revival of many lost consumer brands.
Brazil: Cinema, Sex and the Generals Brazil: Cinema, Sex and the Generals (1985) is a documentary directed by Simon Hartog that examines Brazilian filmmakers who used the pornochanchada genre to escape censorship of their socially critical films during dictatorial rule in Brazil.
Brazilian Adventure Brazilian Adventure is a book by Peter Fleming about his search for the lost Colonel Percy Fawcett in the Brazilian jungle. Fawcett along with his son and another companion had disappeared while searching for a lost civilization in 1925.
Brazilian Baptist Convention The Brazilian Baptist Convention or Convenção Batista Brasileira is the oldest Baptist group in Brazil. The first Baptist missionary in Brazil appears to have been Thomas Jefferson Bowen, who served there for the Southern Baptist Convention from 1859 to 1861.
Brazilian Carnival The Brazilian Carnival () is an annual celebration in Brazil held forty days before Easter and marking the start of Lent. During Lent, Roman Catholics, which constitute the majority in Brazil, are to abstain from bodily pleasures.
Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church The Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church (ICAB - Igreja CatĂłlica ApostĂłlica Brasileira) is a national catholic church established in 1945 by Brazilian Bishop Dom Carlos Duarte Costa, a former Roman Catholic bishop of Botucatu, who had been redesignated as the titular Bishop of Maura (an extinct diocese of North Africa), for administrative reasons.
Brazilian Communist Party (1992) Brazilian Communist Party (in Portuguese, Partido Comunista Brasileiro) is a political party in Brazil. It was founded in 1992 by a minority grouping within the original Brazilian Communist Party which in its tenth congress decided to abandon communism and take the name 'Popular Socialist Party'.
Brazilian Computer Society The Brazilian Computer Society () was established in 1978, as a scientific and educational organization dedicated to the advancement of Computer Science in Brazil and the associated technologies and applications. SBC is a leading forum for researchers, students and computing professionals working in the various fields of Computer Science and Information Technology, being the largest computer society in South America.
Brazilian Declaration of Independence Brazilian War of Independence in 1821-1825 was fought between colonial Brazil and Portugal. Although the war was not completely bloodless, it was a much less bloody conflict than most wars for independence in Latin-America.
Brazilian Democratic Movement The Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB) was a centrist political party in Brazil that existed from 1965 to 1979. It was formed in 1965, when the military government that overthrew President JoĂŁo Goulart abolished all existing political parties and replaced them with its own party, the National Renewal Alliance Party (ARENA), and the MDB as the official party of the opposition, and join members of diferent parties.
Brazilian Democratic Movement Party The Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (Portuguese: Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, PMDB) is the successor of the Brazilian Democratic Movement. It is largely a centrist party with no fixed ideology, including a range of liberals as well as the former guerilla movement MR-8.
Brazilian Duck The Brazilian Duck or Brazilian Teal (Amazonetta brasiliensis) is the only duck in the genus Amazonetta. It was formerly considered a "perching duck", but more recent analyses indicate that it belongs to a clade of South American dabbling ducks which also includes the Crested Duck, the Bronze-winged Duck, and possibly the steamer ducks (Johnson & Sorenson, 1999).
Brazilian embroidery Brazilian embroidery is a type of surface embroidery that uses rayon thread instead of cotton or wool. It is called "Brazilian" embroidery because the use of high-sheen rayon thread in embroidery was first popularized in Brazil, where rayon was widely manufactured.
Brazilian Expeditionary Force (FEB) The Brazilian Expeditionary Force (Portuguese: Força Expedicionária Brasileira, or FEB) was the 25,300-man force formed by the Brazilian Navy, Army and Air Force that fought alongside the Allied forces in the Italian Campaign of World War II.
Brazilian folklore Brazilian Folklore was imortalized by Monteiro Lobato, ironically, shortly before Brazil's population turned mainly urban. Today these myths are seen more as archetypal Brazilian popular culture, rather than culture itself.
Brazilian football match-fixing scandal Máfia do Apito (literally meaning Whistle's Mafia), sometimes called Escândalo do Apito (meaning Whistle's Scandal), was the name given by the Brazilian press to the football match-fixing scandal denounced by Veja magazine on September 23, 2005.
Brazilian Federal Police The PolĂcia Federal or Departamento de PolĂcia Federal or the Brazilian Federal Police is the police of the federal government of Brazil, whose main assignments are: the investigations of crimes against the Federal Government or its organs and companies, the combat of international drug trafficking, and immigration and Border control police (including airport and naval police).
Brazilian Football Confederation The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) or Confederação Brasileira de Futebol in Portuguese is the governing body of football in Brazil, and was founded on August 20, 1914 as Confederação Brasileira de Desportos (CBD), meaning Brazilian Sports Confederation. Its first president was Ălvaro Zamith.
Brazilian Football Songs Many songs are used to express and love of Brazilians for Football (soccer) and commemorate the country victories into the FIFA World Cup. Though foreign fans and broadcasters usually play Aquarela do Brasil in Brazilian matches, these are rarely associated to the game in Brazil.
Brazilian Football State Championship The Brazilian Football State Championships are competitions carried out in every state of Brazil. As the state championships are very old competitions, they are very traditional, and are almost important as the national leagues.
Brazilian general election, 1998 The Brazilian general elections of 1998 resulted in the re-election of Fernando Henrique Cardoso. The amendment that allowed a president to serve two consecutive terms had been passed by Congress the previous year.
Brazilian general election, 2006 In 2006, Brazil held general elections in two rounds. The first one occurred on October 1, in which eligible voters chose the president of the country and the governors of the 26 states and of the Federal District.
Brazilian General Command for Aerospace Technology (CTA) The Brazilian General Command for Aerospace Technology (Comando-Geral de Tecnologia Aerospacial - CTA) is the national military research center for aviation and space flight of the Federative Republic of Brazil and subordinated to the Brazilian Air Force.
Brazilian Girls Brazilian Girls are a quartet from New York City known for their eclectic blend of electronic dance music with everything from samba and reggae to house and lounge styles. The band has described their sound as "melting pop.
Brazilian Guitar Quartet The Brazilian Guitar Quartet was formed in 1998 to interpret the repertoire for four guitars and make transcriptions of works form diverse periods and styles. The quartet plays with a contagious joy and enthusiasm.
Brazilian hip hop Brazilian hip hop is one of the world's major hip hop scenes, with active rap, break dance, and graffiti scenes, especially in SĂŁo Paulo, where groups tend to have a more international style, influenced by old school hip hop and gangsta rap.
Brazilian Highlands The Brazilian Highlands (or Planalto Brasileiro) are an extensive geographical region, covering most of the eastern, southern and central portions of Brazil, in all approximately half of the country's land area, or some 4,000,000 km² (1,544,000 sq mi). In addition, the vast majority of Brazil's population (186,112,794 2004 est.
Brazilian Ice Sports Federation The Brazilian Ice Sports Federation (Confederação Brasileira de Desportos no Gelo, CBDG) was founded by president Eric Maleson and affiliated to the Brazilian Olympic Committee in 1999. The federation qualified 7 athletes for the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in 2002 (5 bobsled athletes and 2 luge athletes) and a 4-man bobsled team for the 2006 Games in Torino.
Brazilian Institute of Family Law The Brazilian Institute of Family Law or IBDFAM (from Instituto Brasileiro de Direito de FamĂlia, in Portuguese) is a non-profit civil association founded on October 25, 1997, in the city of Belo Horizonte, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, during the First Congress of Brazilian Family Law.
Brazilian Integralism Brazilian Integralism (Portuguese: Integralismo brasileiro) was a Brazilian fascist political movement created in April 1933. Founded and led by PlĂnio Salgado, a literary figure who was relatively famous during the 1922 Modern Art Week, the movement had adopted all characteristics of European, specifically Italian, fascism, differentiating itself from some forms of fascism in that Salgado did not preach racism (they even had as their slogan: "Union of all races and all people").
Brazilian jazz Brazilian jazz is the term for the style of jazz popular or associated with Brazil. The style is sometimes seen as a Brazilian outgrowth of cool jazz as many of the early populists of jazz in Brazil were associated with that sub-genre.
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) is a martial art and combat sport that focuses on grappling and especially ground fighting with the goal of gaining a dominant position from which to force an attacker to submit. The system developed from a modified version of Judo including some techniques from Japanese Jujutsu and with a focus on ne-waza (ground technique).
Brazilian law Brazilian law derives from Portuguese civil law and is based on statutes and, partly and more recently, stare decisis. According to the judiciary structure framed in the Brazilian Constitution, judicial power is divided between the State judicial branch and the Federal judicial branch, each having a different jurisdiction.
Brazilian Labour Party The Brazilian Labour Party (PTB) (Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro) is the name of two different parties, first a historical one and secondly a present-day party. The former was a leftist political party that arose in 1945 supported by followers of GetĂşlio Vargas and later dissolved after 1964 military coup.
Brazilian mythology The term Brazilian Mythology is used to describe a series of cultural elements of diverse origin that are found in Brazil, comprising folk tales, traditions, characters and beliefs regarding places, peoples and entities. It is a subset of the Brazilian folklore.
Brazilian Marine Corps The Brazilian Marine Corps (Portuguese: Corpo de Fuzileiros Navais do Brasil; literally, the Corps of Naval Fusiliers of Brazil) is the marine corps of Brazil, and the amphibious warfare unit of the Brazilian Navy.
Brazilian Medical Association Associação Médica Brasileira (Brazilian Medical Association, in Portuguese language) is the national class association of physicians in Brazil. With more than 140,000 associates, is the second largest in the Americas, just after the American Medical Association.
Brazilian Mercantile and Futures Exchange The Brazilian Mercantile and Futures Exchange (Bolsa de Mercadorias & Futuros, BM&F)Bolsa is the Portuguese and Spanish term for "stock exchange". In French the term is bourse and in Italian, borsa is Brazil's derivatives exchange, based in SĂŁo Paulo.
Brazilian Military Junta A Military Junta or Junta Militar ruled Brazil from August 31 to October 30, 1969, between the sudden illness of the President Artur da Costa e Silva and the oath of EmĂlio GarrastazĂş MĂ©dici. At that time, Brazil was in the peak of a dictatorship, and civilians were not allowed to rule the country.
Brazilian national anthem The melody of the Brazilian national anthem (from Portuguese: Hino Nacional Brasileiro) was composed by Francisco Manoel da Silva in 1822 and had been given at least two sets of lyrics before a decree of 1922 gave it the definitive lyrics, by Joaquim OsĂłrio Duque Estrada, after several changes were made to his proposal, written in 1909. In style, the music resembles early Romantic Italian music such as that of Gioacchino Rossini.
Brazilian Naval School The Brazilian Naval School (Escola Naval) is a school of the Brazilian Navy, the Brazilian equivalent of the US Naval Academy, located in Rio de Janeiro, on the Villegagnon Island just inside the Guanabara Bay.
Brazilian Navy The Brazilian Navy (Portuguese: Marinha do Brasil) is the navy of Brazil. It is the largest navy in Latin America, with a 27,307-ton aircraft carrier, the NAeL SĂŁo Paulo (formerly FS Foch of the French Navy), some American and British-built frigates, a few locally-built corvettes, coastal diesel-electric submarines (with a nuclear submarine under development) and many other river and coastal patrol craft.
Brazilian Order of Scientific Merit The Ordem Nacional do MĂ©rito CientĂfico (National Order of Scientific Merit, in Portuguese language) is a honor bestowed upon Brazilian and foreign personalities recognized for their scientific and technical contributions to the cause and development of science in Brazil.
Brazilian pepper Brazilian Pepper (Schinus terebinthifolius; also known as Aroeira or Florida Holly) is a sprawling shrub or small tree (7-10 m tall) that is native to subtropical and tropical South America, in southeastern Brazil, northern Argentina and Paraguay.
Brazilian Portuguese Brazilian Portuguese is a collective name for the varieties of Portuguese written and spoken by virtually all the 188 million inhabitants of Brazil and by a couple million Brazilian immigrants and temporary workers in other countries, mainly in Canada, United States, Portugal, Paraguay and Japan. The term includes
Brazilian rocket explosion On August 22, 2003, a massive explosion destroyed a Brazilian Space Agency VLS-1 (VLS-1 V03) rocket as it stood on its launch pad at the Alcântara Launching Center in the state of Maranhão in northern Brazil. Twenty-one people, standing on the launch pad, died when one of the rocket's four first stage motors ignited accidentally.
Brazilian sharpnose shark The Brazilian sharpnose shark, Rhizoprionodon lalandii, is a requiem shark of the family Carcharhinidae, found in the tropical waters of the western Atlantic Ocean between latitudes 13° N and 33° S, at depths of between 3 and 70 m. Its length is up to about 77 cm.
Brazilian space program The Brazilian space program is the most advanced space program in Latin America, with significant capabilities in launch vehicles, launch sites, and satellite manufacturing. It is based at the National Institute for Space Research (INPE), under the Ministry of Science and Technology (MCT).
Brazilian Scouts Association The UniĂŁo dos Escoteiros do Brasil (UEB, Union of Scouts of Brazil) is the national Scouting organization in Brazil. Scouting in Brazil was founded in 1910 and was among the charter members of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1922.
Brazilian Society for Health Informatics Created in November 1983 in Campinas, during the First Brazilian Congress on Health Informatics, this professional society has the mission of promoting the development and the interchange of ideas and results in the fields devoted to the information technologies applied to the health sciences (Medical informatics, Telemedicine, Bioinformatics, etc.).
Brazilian Street Carnaval The Brazilian Street Carnaval is an annual event in Long Beach, California that emulates the Rio-Style carnaval parades and bands that happen in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil during their carnaval in February or March. Founded in 1996, it takes place on the third Sunday of September and brings together the members of the Los Angeles County Brazilian community of several thousand people.
Brazilian Tapir The Brazilian Tapir (anta in Portuguese), also known as the Lowland Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) is one of four species in the tapir family, along with the Mountain Tapir, the Malayan Tapir, and the Baird's Tapir.
Brazilian Union for Interlingua The Brazilian Union for Interlingua (UniĂŁo Brasileira prĂł InterlĂngua, UBI) is the national Interlingua organization in Brazil. The UBI, founded at the first Brazilian Interlingua Conference in 1990, teaches and promotes Interlingua in all South American countries.
Brazilian waxing Brazilian waxing is a type of waxing involving the bikini area. This procedure involves the complete removal of hair from the buttocks and adjacent to the anus, perineum and vulva (labia majora and mons pubis).
Brazilian whiteknee tarantula The Brazilian whiteknee tarantula (Acanthoscurria geniculata) is a burrowing terrestrial species native to Brazil. It is commonly referred to as the whiteknee tarantula, giant whiteknee tarantula, giant white knee tarantula, and Brazilian giant whiteknee tarantula, among other permutations.
Brazilian Women's Articulation The Brazilian Women's Articulation (in Portuguese Articulação das Mulheres Brasileiras) links women's organizations in Brazil's 26 states and its federal district. It was created to organize the Brazilian feminist movement's preparation and follow up to the 1995 Beijing Women's Conference.
Brazilian-Canadian Sizable Brazilian emigration to Canada is too recent to have produced an extensive literature. No one knows how many Brazilians were involved in the immigrant flood of the late 1980s nor how many returned to the homeland.
Brazilianist Brazilianist (also Brasilianist, Brasilianista or Brazilianista) typically is a non-Brazilian scholar, usually from North America but not exclusively, who specializes in studying, researching, teaching and publishing about Brazilian history, culture, politics and language(s).
Brazilwood Brazilwood (or Pau-Brasil, sometimes known as Pernambuco) - Chaesalpinia echinatais - a dense, orange-red wood (which takes a high shine), and it is the premier wood used for making bows for string instruments from the violin family. The wood also yields a red dye called brazilin, which oxidizes to brazilein.
Brazing Brazing is a joining process whereby a non-ferrous filler metal or alloy is heated to melting temperature (above 450°C; 800°F) and distributed between two or more close-fitting parts by capillary action. At its liquid temperature, the molten filler metal and flux interacts with a thin layer of the base metal, cooling to form an exceptionally strong, sealed joint due to grain structure interaction.
Brazos Island Brazos Island is a barrier island on the Gulf Coast of Texas in the United States, south of the town of South Padre Island. The island is also known as Brazos Santiago Island, a reference to the town of Brazos Santiago, the first Spanish settlement on the island.
Brazos Mountains The Brazos Mountains is a range in far northern Rio Arriba County, in northern New Mexico in the southwestern United States. A high crest runs from the border with Colorado for over 20 miles (32 km) in a south-southeasterly direction.
Brazos River The Brazos River, originally called, the Rio Brazos de Dios which can be translated as "The River of God's Arms". is the 11th longest river in the United States at 2060 km (1280 miles) from its source of Blackwater Draw, Curry County, New Mexico to its mouth at the Gulf of Mexico with a 116,000 km² (44,800 sq mi) drainage basin.
Brazos River Authority The Brazos River Authority was created in 1929 by the Texas Legislature as a quasi-governmental entity to manage the Brazos River as a water resource in Texas.Brazos River Authority from the Texas Handbook Online It was originally named the Brazos River Conservation and Reclamation District and renamed to the current name in 1953.
Brazosport High School Brazosport High School is a secondary school located at the intersection of State Highway 288 and West 2nd Street in Freeport, Texas. It handles grades nine through twelve and is part of the Brazosport Independent School District.
Brazzaville Conference of 1944 After the defeat of France and the alignment of many West Africans with the Free French, Charles de Gaulle recognized the need to revise the relationship between France and its colonies in Africa. In January 1944, Free French politicians and high-ranking colonial officials from the French African colonies met in Brazzaville (in present-day Republic of the Congo).
BrĂĽcke von Andau The BrĂĽcke von Andau (Bridge At Andau) is a small bridge over the Einserkanal, a small river which partially represents the border to Hungary. It is located next to the village Andau (Burgenland, Austria) on the Austrian-Hungarian border.
BrĂĽggen Glacier BrĂĽggen Glacier, also known as PĂo XI Glacier, is in southern Chile and is the largest western outflow from the Southern Patagonian Ice Field. Now about 57 km in length, it is the longest glacier in the southern hemisphere outside of Antarctica.
BrĂĽhl's Terrace BrĂĽhl's Terrace (BrĂĽhlsche Terrasse) in Dresden, Germany, north of the recently rebuilt Neumarkt Square, is one of the favourite inner-city places of both locals and tourists for walking, people-watching, and having a coffee.
BrĂĽnig-Napf-Reuss line The BrĂĽnig-Napf-Reuss line forms a geographical boundary in traditional Swiss culture (Kulturgrenze). Running from the BrĂĽnig Pass along the Napf region to the Reuss River (which joins the Aare at Brugg), it partly separates western (Bernese German) and eastern (Zurich German) varieties of High Alemannic, although some places east of the line belong to the western dialect group (Schwyz, Zug).
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