| BRITTLE | • brittle adj. Inflexible; liable to break, snap, or shatter easily under stress, pressure, or impact. • brittle adj. Not physically tough or tenacious; apt to break or crumble when bending. • brittle adj. (Archaeology) Said of rocks and minerals with a conchoidal fracture; capable of being knapped or flaked. |
| BRITTLEBUSH | • brittlebush n. A shrub native to deserts in the southwestern US and northern Mexico, Encelia farinosa. |
| BRITTLEBUSHES | • brittlebushes n. Plural of brittlebush. |
| BRITTLED | • brittled v. Simple past tense and past participle of brittle. • BRITTLE v. to become fragile. |
| BRITTLELY | • brittlely adv. In a brittle way. • BRITTLE adv. frail. |
| BRITTLENESS | • brittleness n. The property by virtue of which a material is fractured without appreciable deformation by the application of load. • brittleness n. The state of being brittle; aptness to break; fragility. • BRITTLENESS n. the state of being brittle. |
| BRITTLENESSES | • brittlenesses n. Plural of brittleness. • BRITTLENESS n. the state of being brittle. |
| BRITTLER | • brittler adj. Comparative form of brittle: more brittle. • BRITTLE adj. frail. |
| BRITTLES | • brittles n. Plural of brittle. • brittles v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brittle. • Brittles prop.n. Plural of Brittle. |
| BRITTLEST | • brittlest adj. Superlative form of brittle: most brittle. • BRITTLE adj. frail. |
| EMBRITTLE | • embrittle v. (Intransitive) To become brittle. • embrittle v. (Transitive) To make (something) brittle. • EMBRITTLE v. (archaic) to make or become brittle. |
| EMBRITTLED | • embrittled v. Simple past tense and past participle of embrittle. • EMBRITTLE v. (archaic) to make or become brittle. |
| EMBRITTLEMENT | • embrittlement n. The process of being embrittled; loss of flexibility or elasticity of a material. • EMBRITTLEMENT n. the act of embrittling. |
| EMBRITTLEMENTS | • embrittlements n. Plural of embrittlement. • EMBRITTLEMENT n. the act of embrittling. |
| EMBRITTLES | • embrittles v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of embrittle. • EMBRITTLE v. (archaic) to make or become brittle. |