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A GERMAN SCIENCE READER. 



Beziehung, f., reference, connection. 



Bezirk, m., section. 



Bibliothek, f., library. 



biegen, to bend. 



biegsam, adj., pliant. 



bieten, to offer. 



bilden, to form. 



Bildung, f., formation. 



billig, adj., cheap, just. 



Bindesubstanz, f., connective tissue. 



Biss, m., bite. 



bias sbla u , adj . , pale blue. 



blattbildend, adj., leaf-forming. 



Bleichen, n., bleaching. 



Blitzableiter, m., lightning conduc- 

 tor. 



Block, m., block, fragment. 



bloss, adj., bare, naked, mere ; adv., 

 merely. 



blosslegen, to lay bare, to expose. 



Blutader, f., -vein. 



bliitenlos, adj., flowerless. 



Bliitenpflanze, f., phcenogam. 



Blutgefass, n., blood-vessel. 



Blutkuchen, m., blood-clot. 



Blutserum, n., serum of the blood. 



Boden, m., ground, bottom, soil. 



Bodenflache, f., surface of the 

 ground. 



Boden verhaltnis, n., character of the 

 ground. 



Bogen, m., arc, bow. 



Braunkohlenlager, m. , bed of lignite. 



Brei, vs\.,pap. 



Breite, f., breadth, latitude. 



brennbar, adj., combustible. 



Brennmaterial, n., material for 

 com bust ion, fuel. 



Brennstoff, m ,fuel. 



Bruchstiick, n., fragment. 



B ru ch t e il, m . , fraction, fragment. 

 Brustkasten, m., chest-cavity, thorax. 

 Brut, f., brood. 

 Bucht, i.,bay. 



Buttersaure, f., butyric acid. 

 Biindel, n., bundle. 



c. 



C., abbreviation for Centigrad. 

 calciniert, adj., calcined. 

 Calorimetrie, f., measurement of 



heat. 



Cm., abbreviation for Centimeter, 

 chemisch, adj., chemical. 

 Chlor, n., chlorine. 

 Chlorcalcium, n., chloride of lime. 

 Compromiss, m., compromise. 

 construieren, to constrtict. 

 d., for das, in d. h., das heisst, that 



is. 



D. 



Damm, m., dam, dyke. 

 Dampf, m., steam, vapor. 

 dampfformig, adj., gaseous. 

 Darm, m., intestine. 

 Darmkanal, m., intestinal canal. 

 darstellen, to represent. 

 Darstellung, f., representation. 

 Darstellungsmittel, n., means of 



presentation. 



darthun, to exhibit, to prove. 

 Dasein, n., being, existence. 

 Dauer, ., duration. 

 dauern, to endure, to abide. 

 Decke, f., cover. 



