brainˈpan noun

The cranium

brainˈpower noun

Intellectual ability

brainˈsick adjective

Diseased in the understanding, deranged

brainˈsickly adverb (Shakespeare).

brainˈsickness noun

brainˈstem noun

The stem-like part of the brain connecting the spinal cord with the cerebral hemispheres, and controlling certain major functions, eg the operation of the heart and lungs and the ability to be conscious

brainˈstorm noun (informal)

1. A sudden disturbance of the mind
2. A sudden inspiration

brainˈstorming noun (orig US)

The practice of thrashing out a problem, developing a strategy, etc by intensive group discussion in which ideas are put forward in an extempore manner

brains trust noun

1. A committee of experts
2. A number of reputedly well-informed persons chosen to answer questions of general interest in public and without preparation, usu on radio or television

brainˈteaser noun (informal)

A difficult puzzle or problem

brainˈwash transitive verb

To subject (a person) to systematic indoctrination or mental pressure to make him or her change his or her views or confess to a crime, etc

brainˈwashing noun

brainˈwave noun

1. An electrical impulse produced by the brain
2. A sudden bright idea (informal)

on the brain (informal)

As an obsession

pick someone's brains see under pick¹

pan¹ /pan/

1. Any broad, shallow container used in the home, in the arts or in industry
2. A saucepan
3. Anything of similar shape, such as the upper part of the skull (brain-pan) or the patella (knee-pan)
4. A lavatory bowl
5. A hollow in the ground, a basin, in which water collects in the rainy season, leaving a salt deposit on evaporation
6. A salt pan
7. A saltworks
8. The part of a firelock that holds the priming
9. A hard layer (hard-pan) in or under the soil
10. A small ice floe
11. A hollow metal drum as played in a steel band
12. A panful
13. The face (slang)

1. To wash in a goldminer's pan
2. To obtain by evaporating in a pan
3. To yield
4. To obtain
5. To cook and serve in a pan
6. To review or criticize harshly (informal)

1. To wash earth for gold
2. To yield gold (usu with out)
3. To result, turn out (with out)
4. To come to an end, be exhausted (with out)
5. To cake
6. To enlarge or embellish in speech

panˈful noun (pl panˈfuls)

pannˈikel noun (obsolete)

A pannicle

pannˈikin noun

1. A small metal cup
2. A little pan or saucer
3. Enough to fill a cup

pannˈing noun

1. Washing for gold
2. The gold so obtained
3. Harsh criticism (informal)

panˈcake noun

1. A thin flat round cake of eggs, flour, sugar, and milk, fried in a pan
2. Pancake make-up
3. An aircraft descent made in an emergency with the wheels up and landing flat on the belly of the aircraft (also adjective)

intransitive verb

1. To descend or alight in such a way
2. (of a building) to collapse concertina-like

transitive verb

To cause to make a pancake (descent or landing)

pancake bell noun

A church bell rung on Shrove Tuesday, taken as the signal for pancake-making

Pancake Day or Pancake Tuesday noun

Shrove Tuesday

pancake ice noun

Polar sea ice in thin flat slabs, found as winter draws near

pancake make-up noun

Cosmetic in cake form, moist, or moistened before application

pan drop noun (Scot)

A hard smooth peppermint sweet made in a revolving pan

panˈ-fry transitive verb

To fry in a shallow pan

panˈhandle noun

A strip of territory stretching out from the main body like the handle of a pan

intransitive verb and transitive verb (US)

To beg (from someone) esp on the street

panˈhandler noun

pan loaf noun (Scot)

A loaf baked in an individual tin, with a crust all round, opp to a plain loaf

panˈstick noun

Foundation make-up like pancake make-up but in stick form

flash in the pan

1. A mere flash in the pan of a flintlock without discharge
2. A fitful show of beginning without accomplishing anything
3. A brief success