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Stelliferous :: Stelleridean (n.) A starfish, or brittle star..

Red-short :: Red-short (a.) Hot-short; brittle when red-hot; -- said of certain kinds of iron.

Crisp :: Crisp (a.) To make crisp or brittle, as in cooking..

Hot-short :: Hot-short (a.) More or less brittle when heated; as, hot-short iron..

Bismuth :: Bismuth (n.) One of the elements; a metal of a reddish white color, crystallizing in rhombohedrons. It is somewhat harder than lead, and rather brittle; masses show broad cleavage surfaces when broken across. It melts at 507¡ Fahr., being easily fused in the flame of a candle. It is found in a native state, and as a constituent of some minerals. Specific gravity 9.8. Atomic weight 207.5. Symbol Bi..

Brotelness :: Brotelness (n.) Brittleness.

Frush :: Frush (a.) Easily broken; brittle; crisp.

Tin :: Tin (n.) An elementary substance found as an oxide in the mineral cassiterite, and reduced as a soft white crystalline metal, malleable at ordinary temperatures, but brittle when heated. It is not easily oxidized in the air, and is used chiefly to coat iron to protect it from rusting, in the form of tin foil with mercury to form the reflective surface of mirrors, and in solder, bronze, speculum metal, and other alloys. Its compounds are designated as stannous, or stannic. Symbol Sn (Stannum). At

Tenacity :: Tenacity (n.) That quality of bodies which keeps them from parting without considerable force; cohesiveness; the effect of attraction; -- as distinguished from brittleness, fragility, mobility, etc..

Malleability :: Malleability (n.) The quality or state of being malleable; -- opposed to friability and brittleness.

Iridium :: Iridium (n.) A rare metallic element, of the same group as platinum, which it much resembles, being silver-white, but harder, and brittle, and indifferent to most corrosive agents. With the exception of osmium, it is the heaviest substance known, its specific gravity being 22.4. Symbol Ir. Atomic weight 192.5..

Brittle Star :: Brittle star () Any species of ophiuran starfishes. See Ophiuroidea.

Redsear :: Redsear (v. i.) To be brittle when red-hot; to be red-short.

Margarite :: Margarite (n.) A mineral related to the micas, but low in silica and yielding brittle folia with pearly luster..

Cracknel :: Cracknel (v. t.) A hard brittle cake or biscuit.

Tough :: Tough (superl.) Having the quality of flexibility without brittleness; yielding to force without breaking; capable of resisting great strain; as, the ligaments of animals are remarkably tough..

Hornstone :: Hornstone (n.) A siliceous stone, a variety of quartz, closely resembling flint, but more brittle; -- called also chert..

Brickle :: Brickle (a.) Brittle; easily broken.

Brittle :: Brittle (a.) Easily broken; apt to break; fragile; not tough or tenacious.

Crumpy :: Crumpy (a.) Brittle; crisp.

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