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Brockton, Massachusetts
Brockton, Massachusetts: a Plymouth County city of about 106,000 south of Boston, incorporated as North Bridgewater in 1821, renamed 1874, a historic shoemaking center, "City of Champions," and home to one of the largest Cape Verdean communities in the United States.
Brockway McMillan
Brockway McMillan (1915–2016) was an American mathematician who worked on information theory at Bell Labs, served as Under Secretary of the Air Force, and directed the National Reconnaissance Office.
Brodalumab
Brodalumab (Siliq, Kyntheum, KHK4827) is a fully human anti-IL-17 receptor A monoclonal antibody for moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis, approved in Japan (2016), the US (2017), and EU (2017), with a US boxed warning for suicidality and REMS distribution.
Broderick Crawford
Broderick Crawford (1911–1986), American actor; Oscar winner as Willie Stark in All the King's Men (1949) and star of the syndicated TV series Highway Patrol as Chief Dan Mathews.
Brodgar Oil and Gas Field
Brodgar is a high-pressure, high-temperature gas-condensate field in blocks 21/3a and 21/3b of the UK Central North Sea, tied back to the Britannia platform and producing since 2008.
Brodick Castle
Brodick Castle is a category A listed country house and former 13th-century fortress on the Isle of Arran, Scotland, a Hamilton family seat remodelled by James Gillespie Graham in 1844 and owned by the National Trust for Scotland since 1957.
Brodie helmet
Brodie helmet, also called tin hat or Helmet Steel Mk I: shallow wide-brimmed steel combat helmet patented by John Leopold Brodie, adopted by Britain in September 1915, issued to all ranks from 1916, copied by the US as the M1917.
Brodie Kemp
Brodie Kemp (born 2001) is a Carlton AFL footballer, pick 17 in the 2019 draft from Bendigo Pioneers; a 192cm swingman who overcame ACL and Achilles injuries to become a key defender then marking forward.
Brodie knob
A Brodie knob, also called a suicide knob, is a rotating handle clamped to a steering wheel rim so the wheel can be turned with one hand.
Brodie Lee
Brodie Lee (Jonathan Huber, 1979–2020), also Luke Harper in WWE, American wrestler from Rochester; Wyatt Family member, AEW Dark Order leader and TNT Champion; died at 41 of a lung condition.
Brodie Smith (ultimate)
Brodie Smith, American ultimate frisbee player and trick shot YouTuber; won 2010 college title with Florida and club titles with Doublewide (2012) and Johnny Bravo (2014); played in the AUDL's first game; not the Adelaide Crows AFL footballer of the same name.
Brodieia
Brodieia (Brodiceras) is an extinct genus of Toarcian, Early Jurassic ammonites in the family Phymatoceratidae, established by Buckman in 1898 with type species Brodieia curva, known from Europe, Morocco, and western North America.
Brodifacoum
Brodifacoum, a second-generation anticoagulant rodenticide (superwarfarin, Talon), inhibits vitamin K epoxide reductase, kills warfarin-resistant rodents after single feeding, persists over 100 days, restricted to professional use in the US, antidote vitamin K1.
Brodmann area
A Brodmann area, part of Brodmann's classification, is a numbered region of the cerebral cortex defined by cellular structure, introduced by Korbinian Brodmann in 1909.
Brody (Броди)
Brody (Броди) is a city in Lviv oblast, Ukraine, near the Galychyna-Volyn-Podillia junction: Koniecpolski fortress town (1629), Austrian free-trade town 1779-1880, once Galicia's most Jewish city, destroyed Jewish community in the Holocaust.
Brody Dalle
Brody Dalle, born Bree Joanna Alice Robinson (also reported as Bree Leslie Pucilowski), Australian singer-guitarist of the Distillers, Spinnerette, and solo album Diploid Love.
Brody Jenner
Brody Jenner (Sam Brody Jenner, born 1983) is an American reality TV personality, model, and DJ, son of Caitlyn Jenner and Linda Thompson, known for The Princes of Malibu, The Hills, Bromance, Keeping Up with the Kardashians, and The Hills: New Beginnings.
Brody King
Brody King (Nathan Blauvelt, born 1987) is an American professional wrestler and musician, currently signed to All Elite Wrestling and the frontman of the hardcore band God's Hate.
Brody myopathy
Brody myopathy (Brody disease, OMIM 601003) is a rare autosomal recessive myopathy from ATP2A1/SERCA1 mutations causing exercise-induced delayed muscle relaxation, stiffness, and cramps, electrically silent on EMG, distinct from Brody syndrome without ATP2A1 mutations.
Brody Stevens
Brody Stevens (Steven James Brody, 1970-2019) was an American stand-up comedian and actor from the San Fernando Valley, known for energetic confrontational sets, warm-up work, Hangover roles, and the series Enjoy It!.
Broetje-Automation
Broetje-Automation is a German manufacturer of automated drilling, riveting, and assembly systems for aircraft construction, headquartered in Rastede and part of Shanghai Electric Group since 2015.
Broforce
Broforce: 2D run-and-gun platformer by Free Lives, published by Devolver Digital, released October 15, 2015 after April 2014 Early Access. Parody action heroes, destructible terrain, 4-player co-op; final Broforce Forever update August 2023.
Brogan Finlay
Brogan Finlay, also known as Uriah Connors, is an American wrestler on WWE NXT, son of Fit Finlay and brother of David Finlay; debuted 2021, signed WWE December 2023.
Broglio di Trebisacce
Broglio di Trebisacce is a protohistoric settlement in the Sibaritide, northern Calabria, occupied c. 1600–700 BC, first Calabrian site revealing Bronze Age and Mycenaean evidence, excavated by Renato Peroni from 1979.
Broglio Space Center
The Broglio Space Center (Centro Spaziale Luigi Broglio) is an Italian Space Agency facility near Malindi, Kenya, that launched nine satellites from offshore platforms between 1967 and 1988.
Brogue shoe
Brogue shoe: a leather shoe defined by broguing, decorative punched perforations and pinking, from Gaelic bróg. Originated in Ireland and Scotland as water-draining outdoor footwear; types include quarter, semi, full (wingtip), and longwing brogues.
Brohug
BROHUG is a Swedish bass house DJ trio of Christopher Lunde, Niklas Lunde, and John Dahlbäck, formed in Stockholm in 2016 and known for releases on Tchami's Confession label.
Broiler
Broiler: chicken specially bred for fast meat production, reaching market weight in about six weeks with the best feed conversion of any land animal; central to the vertically integrated global poultry industry and its welfare debates.
Broiler industry
The broiler industry is the branch of agriculture that raises broilers, chickens bred to grow fast for meat, and processes them into chicken meat.
Brokdorf nuclear power plant
Brokdorf nuclear power plant (Kernkraftwerk Brokdorf) was a pressurized water reactor in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, that generated electricity from 1986 until its shutdown on 31 December 2021.