Phrase Hound found 67 phrases and 52 compound words that contain brains. The most common are listed below. Open brains in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 67
- battle of the brainsA showdown between people of high intellect.
- brains trustA group of experts who discuss events in public, especially on television or radio.
- bird brainsplural of bird brain: Someone who is not intelligent.
- Boltzmann brainsplural of Boltzmann brain: A hypothetical self-aware entity that arises due to random fluctuations of spacetime.
- triune brainsplural of triune brain: A discredited model of the brain according to which the reptilian complex, the paleomammalian complex (limbic system), and the neomammalian complex (neocortex) are each independently conscious, as structures …
- more money than brainsWealthy, but lacking the wisdom to spend that wealth wisely.
- after-brainsplural of after-brain: A posterior subdivision of the hindbrain; the myelencephalon.
- brains trustsplural of brains trust: A group of experts who discuss events in public, especially on television or radio.
- bubble brainsplural of bubble brain: An incredibly unintelligent person.
- car brainsplural of car brain: A supposed condition suffered by someone who believes in the superiority of cars as a means of transport, at the expense of bicycles and public transit.
- der-brainsplural of der-brain: A fool.
- Jupiter brainsplural of Jupiter brain: A hypothetical megastructure in space, designed to function as a very powerful supercomputer, that is equal in mass and the energy capacity of a gas giant.
- left brainsplural of left brain: The left cerebral hemisphere; the part of the brain popularly associated with analysis and computation.
- middle-brainsplural of middle-brain: A part of the brain located rostral to the pons and caudal to the thalamus and the basal ganglia, composed of the tectum (dorsal portion) and the tegmentum (ventral portion).
- peripheral brainsplural of peripheral brain: Any hardware (i.e. handheld, computer, laptop) containing vast amounts of information, which is in constant flux and is important to the owner but not so important as to be stored in wetware.
- permanent brainsplural of permanent brain: In turn-based games, the feature of an artificial intelligence opponent that allows it to evaluate and plan its moves even during another player's turn.
- right brainsplural of right brain: The right cerebral hemisphere; the part of the brain popularly associated with creativity.
- second brainsplural of second brain: The enteric nervous system.
- split brainsplural of split brain: A type of disconnection syndrome when the corpus callosum connecting the two hemispheres of the brain is severed to some degree.
- yellow brainsplural of yellow brain: Tremella mesenterica.
- feather-brainsplural of feather-brain: A feather-brained or stupid person, especially a woman.
- lame brainsplural of lame brain: A fool.
- lizard brainsplural of lizard brain: The most primitive part of the brain; the brain stem.
- pea-brainsplural of pea-brain: A stupid or clumsy person; a cretin.
- duh-brainsplural of duh-brain: A fool.
Compound words 52
- brainstemAlternative spelling of brain stem: The part of the brain that connects the spinal cord to the cerebrum and the rest of the forebrain.
- scatterbrainsplural of scatterbrain: A flighty, disorganized or forgetful person.
- afterbrainsplural of afterbrain: A posterior subdivision of the hindbrain; the myelencephalon.
- airbrainsplural of airbrain: An airhead; a foolish, silly, or unintelligent person.
- beanbrainsplural of beanbrain: A stupid person; an idiot
- beetlebrainsplural of beetlebrain: A stupid person.
- betweenbrainsplural of betweenbrain
- birdbrainsplural of birdbrain: Someone who is not intelligent.
- brainscansplural of brainscan: A scan of the brain, for example using computed tomography.
- brainspacesplural of brainspace: One's capacity to focus on various tasks.