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- BRANThe broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain, separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting; the coarse, chaffy part of ground grain.
- BRANCHThe woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing.
- BRANDA mark or scar made by burning with a hot iron, especially to mark cattle or to classify the contents of a cask.
- BRAWNStrong muscles or lean flesh, especially of the arm, leg or thumb.
- BRAYOf an animal (now chiefly of animals related to the ass or donkey, and the camel): to make its cry.
- BREADA foodstuff made by baking dough made from cereals.
- BREAKTo separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.
- BREAMA European fresh-water cyprinoid fish of the genus Abramis, little valued as food. Several species are known.
- BREASTEither of the two organs on the front of a female human's chest, which contain the mammary glands; also the analogous organs in males.
- BREEDTo produce offspring sexually; to bear young.
- BREWTo make tea or coffee by mixing tea leaves or coffee beans with hot water.
- BRIDGEA construction or natural feature that spans a divide. A construction spanning a waterway, ravine, or valley from a height, allowing for the passage of vehicles, pedestrians, train
- BRIEFOf short duration; happening quickly.
- BRIGHTEmitting much light; visually dazzling; luminous, lucent, radiant.
- BRINESalt water; water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt; a salt-and-water solution for pickling.
- BRINGTo transport toward somebody/somewhere.
- BRINKThe edge, margin, or border of a steep place, as of a precipice; a bank or edge.
- BRISTLEA stiff or coarse hair on a nonhuman mammal or on a plant.
- BRITTo break in pieces; divide.
- BROODThe young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time by the same mother.
- BROOKTo bear; endure; support; put up with; tolerate.
- BROOMA domestic utensil with fibers bound together at the end of a long handle, used for sweeping.
- BROTHWater in which food (meat, vegetable, etc.) has been boiled.
- BROWThe bony ridge over the eyes, upon which the eyebrows are located.
- BROWNA colour like that of chocolate or coffee.
- BROWSETo scan, to casually look through in order to find items of interest, especially without knowledge of what to look for beforehand.
- BRUISETo strike (a person), originally with something flat or heavy, but now specifically in such a way as to discolour the skin without breaking it; to contuse.
- BRUITHearsay, rumour; talk; an instance of this.
- BRUMEMist, fog, vapour.
- BRUMOUSFoggy or misty; wintry.
- BRUSHAn implement consisting of multiple more or less flexible bristles or other filaments attached to a handle, used for any of various purposes including cleaning, painting, and arran
- BRUTEWithout reason or intelligence (of animals).
- BUCKTHORNAny of several, often thorny shrubs or small trees, especially the buckthorn family (Rhamnaceae), especially genus Rhamnus, especially common buckthorn or purging buckthorn (Rhamnu
- BUDGETThe amount of money or resources earmarked for a particular institution, activity or timeframe.
- BUILDTo form (something) by combining materials or parts.
- BULKSize, specifically, volume.
- BULLERTo boil or seethe.
- BUNCHA group of similar things, either growing together, or in a cluster or clump, usually fastened together.
- BUNIONA bump or bulge on the first joint of the big toe caused by the swelling of a sac of fluid under the skin.
- BUNKERA hardened shelter, often partly buried or fully underground, designed to protect the inhabitants from falling bombs or other attacks.
- BUOYA float moored in water to mark a location, warn of danger, indicate a navigational channel or for other purposes A lifebuoy; a life preserver.
- BURDENA heavy load.
- BURGEONA bud, sprout, or shoot.
- BURNA physical injury caused by heat, cold, electricity, radiation or caustic chemicals.
- BURNISHTo make (something, such as a surface) bright, shiny, and smooth by, or as if by, rubbing; to polish, to shine.
- BURSTTo break from internal pressure.
- BURYTo ritualistically inter in a grave or tomb.
- BUSHA woody plant distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, being usually less than six metres tall; a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category.
- BUSHELA dry measure, containing four pecks, eight gallons, or thirty-two quarts; equivalent in volume to approximately 0.0364 cubic meters (imperial bushel) or 0.0352 cubic meters (U.S.
- BUSSA kiss.
- BUTCHERA person who prepares and sells meat (and sometimes also slaughters the animals).
- BUTTThe larger or thicker end of something; the blunt end, in distinction from the sharp or narrow end. The buttocks or anus .
- CADENCEThe act or state of declining or sinking.
- CAIRNA rounded or conical heap of stones erected by early inhabitants of the British Isles, apparently as a sepulchral monument.
- CALAMITOUSCausing or involving calamity; disastrous.
- CALAMUSSweet flag (Acorus calamus).
- CALENDARAny system by which time is divided into days, weeks, months, and years.
- CALENDSOften with initial capital: the first day of a month.
- CALIDWarm, hot.
- CALLTo reach out with one's voice. To request, summon, or beckon.
- CAMERAA device for taking still or moving pictures or photographs.
- CAMPAn outdoor place acting as temporary accommodation in tents or other simple structures.
- CANTLEA splinter, slice, or sliver broken off something.
- CAPITALISMA socio-economic system based on private ownership of resources, and capital and their exploitation for profit. An economic system based on private control of the means of producti
- CAPTAINA chief or leader.
- CAPTIVEOne who has been captured or is otherwise confined.
- CARBONThe chemical element (symbol C) with an atomic number of 6. It can be found in pure form for example as graphite, a black, shiny and very soft material, or diamond, a colourless, t
- CARBONADOMeat or fish that has been scored and broiled.
- CAREClose attention; concern; responsibility.
- CARESSAn act of endearment; any act or expression of affection; an embracing, or touching, with tenderness.
- CARIOUSHaving caries (bone or tooth decay); decayed, rotten.
- CARNYXA bronze wind instrument used by Iron Age Celts (c. 200 B.C.E. – 200 C.E.) as a type of battle trumpet; held vertically when played, it was shaped like an elongated S with a mouthp
- CARPELA constituent part of a flower pistil: the female reproductive organs in a flower. A carpel is composed of an ovary, a style, and a stigma, although some flowers have carpels witho
- CARTA small, open, wheeled vehicle, drawn or pushed by a person or animal, often with two wheels on one axle, more often used for transporting goods than passengers.
- CARVETo cut.
- CASHMoney in the form of notes or bills and coins, as opposed to checks, credit or electronic transactions.
- CASTEAny of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies or similar found historically in other cultures.
- CASTLEA large residential building or compound that is fortified and contains many defences; in previous ages often inhabited by a nobleman or king. Also, a house or mansion with some of
- CAVEATA warning.
- CEDETo give up; yield to another. [with to]
- CEILIDHAn informal social gathering, especially one where traditional Irish or Scottish folk music is played, with dancing and storytelling.
- CENSOROne of the two magistrates who originally administered the census of citizens, and by Classical times (between the 8th century B.C.E. and the 6th century C.E.) was a high judge of
- CENTA subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries. Symbol: ¢.
- CERAMICMade of material produced by the high-temperature firing of inorganic, nonmetallic rocks and minerals.
- CEREALA type of grass (such as wheat, rice or oats) cultivated for its edible grains.
- CEREMONIOUSAccording to the required or usual ceremonies, formalities, or rituals; specifically , to ceremonial laws in the Bible.
- CHAINA series of interconnected rings or links usually made of metal.
- CHAMOISA short-horned goat antelope native to mountainous terrain in southern Europe; Rupicapra rupicapra.
- CHAMPAGNEA sparkling white wine made from a blend of grapes, especially Chardonnay and pinot, produced in Champagne, France, by the méthode champenoise.
- CHANGETo become something different.
- CHAREAlternative form of char ("turn, task, chore, worker").
- CHARIOTA two-wheeled horse-drawn cart, used in Bronze Age and Early Iron Age warfare.
- CHARYCareful, cautious, shy, wary.
- CHATELAINEThe mistress of a castle or large household.
- CHAWDRONThe entrails of an animal, especially when used as a food ingredient; offal.
- CHEEKThe soft skin on each side of the face, below the eyes; the outer surface of the sides of the oral cavity.
- CHEFThe presiding cook in the kitchen of a large household.
- CHEMISEA loose shirtlike undergarment, especially for women.
- CHERISHTo treat with affection, care, and tenderness; to nurture or protect with care.
- CHEVROTAINAny of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae, native to tropical rainforests of South and Southeast Asia, and Central and West Africa.