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brain-dead (in medicine: having irreversible cessation of brain activity) adjective | (Nynorsk) hjernedød, hjernedaudadjective |
brain drain [brain drains] (emigration of educated people) noun [UK: breɪn dreɪn] [US: ˈbreɪn ˈdreɪn] | (Bokmål) hjernefluktnoun |
brain stem [brain stems] (part of the brain that connects the spinal cord to the forebrain and cerebrum) noun [UK: breɪn stem] [US: ˈbreɪn ˈstem] | (Bokmål) hjernestammenoun |
brain tumor [brain tumors] (an intracranial growth of abnormal and uncontrolled cell division) noun [UK: breɪn ˈtuː.mə(r)] [US: ˈbreɪn ˈtuː.mər] | hjernesvulstnoun |
brain-washing (form of indoctrination) noun [UK: breɪn ˈwɒʃ.ɪŋ] [US: ˈbreɪn ˈwɑːʃ.ɪŋ] | (Bokmål) hjernevasknoun (Nynorsk) hjernevasknoun |
brainstorming (method of problem solving) noun [UK: ˈbreɪn.stɔːm.ɪŋ] [US: ˈbreɪn.ˌstɔːrm.ɪŋ] | idédugnadnoun |
breaking strain (amount of strain which can break something) noun | (Bokmål) bruddstyrkenoun |
constrain [constrained, constraining, constrains] (to force; to compel; to oblige) verb [UK: kən.ˈstreɪn] [US: kən.ˈstreɪn] | begrenseverb |
constraint [constraints] (mathematics: condition to a solution) noun [UK: kən.ˈstreɪnt] [US: kən.ˈstreɪnt] | (Bokmål) beskrankningnoun |
constraint [constraints] (something that constrains) noun [UK: kən.ˈstreɪnt] [US: kən.ˈstreɪnt] | (Bokmål) begrensningnoun |
drain [drains] (conduit for liquids) noun [UK: dreɪn] [US: ˈdreɪn] | (Bokmål) avløpnoun (Nynorsk) avlaupnoun |
drain [drains] (conduit for rainwater) noun [UK: dreɪn] [US: ˈdreɪn] | (Bokmål) kumnoun |
drain [drained, draining, drains] (to lose liquid) verb [UK: dreɪn] [US: ˈdreɪn] | |
drainage [drainages] (removal of fluid) noun [UK: ˈdreɪ.nɪdʒ] [US: ˈdreɪ.nədʒ] | (Bokmål) dreneringnoun |
drainage basin [drainage basins] (topographic region in which all water drains to a common outlet) noun [UK: ˈdreɪ.nɪdʒ ˈbeɪs.n̩] [US: ˈdreɪ.nədʒ ˈbeɪs.n̩] | (Bokmål) nedbørfeltnoun (Nynorsk) nedbørfeltnoun |
drainage pipe (conduit for removal of water) noun | (Bokmål) dreneringsrørnoun (Nynorsk) dreneringsrøyrnoun |
drainage system (pattern formed by the streams, rivers, and lakes in a particular drainage basin) noun | |
entrainment [entrainments] (mixing of fluids) noun [UK: entrˈeɪnmənt] [US: entrˈeɪnmənt] | medrivningnoun |
express train (a train making limited stops) noun [UK: ɪk.ˈspres treɪn] [US: ɪk.ˈspres ˈtreɪn] | (Bokmål) ekspresstognoun (Nynorsk) ekspresstognoun |
goods train (train used for transportation of goods) noun [UK: ɡʊdz treɪn] [US: ˈɡʊdz ˈtreɪn] | (Bokmål) godstognoun (Nynorsk) godstognoun |
grain [grains] (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) noun [UK: ɡreɪn] [US: ˈɡreɪn] | kornnoun |
it never rains but it pours (unfortunate events occur in quantity) phrase [UK: ɪt ˈne.və(r) reɪnz bʌt ɪt pɔːz] [US: ˈɪt ˈne.vər ˈreɪnz ˈbət ˈɪt ˈpɔːrz] | (Bokmål) en ulykke kommer sjelden alene (a misfortune seldom comes alone)phrase (Nynorsk) ei ulykke kjem sjeldan aleine (a misfortune seldom comes alone)phrase |
local train (train or train service serving all or almost all stations along its route) noun [UK: ˈləʊk.l̩ treɪn] [US: ˈloʊk.l̩ ˈtreɪn] | regiontognoun |
Lorraine (former region in Grand Est, France) proper noun [UK: lə.ˈreɪn] [US: lə.ˈreɪn] | (Bokmål) Lorraineproper noun (Nynorsk) Lorraineproper noun |
midbrain [midbrains] (part of brain) noun [UK: mˈɪdbreɪn] [US: mˈɪdbreɪn] | mesencephalonnoun |
migraine [migraines] (headache usually affecting only one side of the head) noun [UK: ˈmiː.ɡreɪn] [US: ˈmaɪ.ˌɡren] | (Bokmål) migrenenoun (Nynorsk) migrenenoun |
moraine [moraines] (accumulation of rocks and debris) noun [UK: mɒ.ˈreɪn] [US: mə.ˈreɪn] | (Bokmål) morenenoun (Nynorsk) morenenoun |
passenger train (type of train) noun [UK: ˈpæ.sɪn.dʒə(r) treɪn] [US: ˈpæ.sən.dʒər ˈtreɪn] | (Bokmål) passasjertognoun (Nynorsk) passasjertognoun |