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- BRAIZEA European marine fish, Pagrus pagrus, allied to the American scup; the becker. The name is sometimes applied to the related species.
- BRAKEA device used to slow or stop the motion of a wheel, or of a vehicle, usually by friction (although other resistive forces, such as electromagnetic fields or aerodynamic drag, can
- BRAKEMANA railroad employee responsible for a train's brakes, couplings etc.
- BRAKIESTOvergrown with bracken or brushwood
- BRAKYOvergrown with bracken or brushwood
- BRAMBLEAny of many closely related thorny plants in the genus Rubus including the blackberry and likely not including the raspberry proper.
- BRAMBLEDOvergrown with brambles.
- BRAMBLYCovered in brambles
- BRAMEIntense passion or emotion; vexation.
- BRAMESIntense passion or emotion; vexation.
- 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.
- BRANCHEDHaving branches, or specific kinds of branches.
- BRANCHIAA gill or other organ having the same function.
- BRANCHIALOf, pertaining to, or resembling gills; of or pertaining to the embryonic branchial arches and clefts from which the gills arise.
- BRANCHIATEFurnished with branchiae; gilled, having gills.
- BRANCHIOPODAny of the very many aquatic crustaceans of the class Branchiopoda, such as the fairy shrimps and water fleas.
- BRANCHLIKEresembling a branch of a tree
- BRANCHYHaving many branches.
- BRANDA mark or scar made by burning with a hot iron, especially to mark cattle or to classify the contents of a cask.
- BRANDISHTo move or swing a weapon back and forth, particularly if demonstrating anger, threat or skill.
- BRANDYAn alcoholic liquor distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice.
- BRANEA hypothetical object extending across a number of (often specified) spatial dimensions, with strings in string theory seen as one-dimensional examples.
- BRANGLEA squabble.
- BRANKA metal bridle formerly used as a torture device to hold the head of a scold and restrain the tongue.
- BRANKIESTshowy
- BRANKSA punishment device, especially for scolding women, consisting of a cage to enclose the head, with a metal gag for the mouth; a scold's bridle.
- BRANKYshowy
- BRANLEA dance of French origin dating from the 16th century, performed by couples in a circle or a line; the music for this dance.
- BRANSLEObsolete form of branle.
- BRANTAny of several wild geese, of the genus Branta, that breed in the Arctic, but especially the brent goose, Branta bernicla.
- BRASCOA lavatory: a room for urination and defecation.
- BRASHOverly bold or self-assertive to the point of being insensitive, tactless or impudent; shameless.
- BRASHLYIn a brash manner.
- BRASHYbrash, stormy
- BRASSIEA wooden-headed golf club with a brass base plate, similar to a modern two wood.
- BRASSIERESynonym of bra.
- BRASSILYIn a brassy manner.
- BRATA human child.
- BRATLINGA little brat.
- BRATTLETo rattle; to make a scampering noise.
- BRATTYCharacteristic of a brat; unruly and impolite.
- BRAUNITEA silicate mineral containing divalent and trivalent manganese and forming grey-black tetragonal crystals.
- BRAVAAlternative form of bravo spoken to a female performer
- BRAVADOA swaggering show of defiance or courage.
- BRAVEStrong in the face of fear; courageous.
- BRAVELYIn a brave manner.
- BRAVOAlternative letter-case form of Bravo of the ICAO/NATO radiotelephony alphabet.
- BRAWLA disorderly argument or fight, usually with a large number of people involved.
- BRAWLEROne who brawls, engages in noisy, unseemly fights.
- BRAWLYHaving or characterised by brawls.
- BRAWNStrong muscles or lean flesh, especially of the arm, leg or thumb.
- BRAWNILYIn a brawny manner.
- BRAWNYCharacterized by brawn; muscular, thewy; strong.
- BRAYOf an animal (now chiefly of animals related to the ass or donkey, and the camel): to make its cry.
- BRAZASSynonym of estado, a traditional Spanish unit of length equivalent to about 1.67 m.
- BRAZETo cover with brass, or as with brass.
- BRAZENMade of brass.
- BRAZENLYIn a brazen (shamelessly shocking and offensive) manner.
- BRAZILWOODA Brazilian timber tree (Paubrasilia echinata, syn. Caesalpinia echinata), used primarily to make bows for string instruments.
- BREACHA gap or opening made by breaking or battering, as in a wall, fortification or levee / embankment; the space between the parts of a solid body rent by violence.
- BREADA foodstuff made by baking dough made from cereals.
- BREADLINEA line of people waiting to receive food from a charity.
- BREADNUTA tree, Brosimum alicastrum, native to Latin America
- BREADSTICKA long, very slender loaf of crisp bread smaller than a baguette; for example, grissini from Italy and rosquilletas from Spain.
- BREADTHThe extent or measure of how broad or wide something is; width.
- BREADTHWAYSbreadthwise
- BREADTHWISEdirected across the breadth of an object or place.
- BREADYResembling bread.
- BREAKTo separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.
- BREAKAGEThe act of breaking.
- BREAKDANCEThe art, or an instance, of breakdancing.
- BREAKDOWNA failure, particularly one which is mechanical in nature.
- BREAKFASTThe first meal of the day, usually eaten in the morning.
- BREAKOUTAn escape from prison.
- BREAKPOINTA point in a program at which operation may be interrupted during debugging so that the state of the program at that point can be investigated.
- BREAKSplural of break
- BREAKTIMEA break for a worker or workers that splits a period of work.
- BREAKUPThe act of breaking up; disintegration or division.
- 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.
- BREASTEDHaving a breast, or breasts.
- BREASTFEEDTo feed (a baby) milk via the breasts; to suckle; to nurse.
- BREASTPINAn ornamental pin attached to clothing in a person's upper chest area; a brooch.
- BREATHThe act or process of breathing.
- BREATHALYSEAlternative spelling of breathalyze.
- BREATHALYZETo estimate the alcohol content of a person's blood by using a breathalyzer
- BREATHETo draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases.
- BREATHEDsimple past and past participle of breathe
- BREATHFULThat breathes; alive.
- BREATHILYIn a breathy manner.
- BREATHINESSThe state or quality of being breathy.
- BREATHINGverbal noun of breathe: The act of respiration; a single instance of this.
- BREATHYAccompanied by audible breathing.
- BREDsimple past and past participle of breed
- BREDEOrnamental embroidery.
- BREDIEA thick stew of meat and vegetables.
- BREEThe eyelid.
- BREECHA garment whose purpose is to cover or clothe the buttocks.
- BREECHCLOTHAn apron-like garment held on by a belt tied around the waist to cover the loins; a loincloth.