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- BREECHCLOUTA breechcloth or loincloth.
- BREECHESplural of breech
- BREECHINGThe ceremony of dressing a boy in trousers for the first time.
- BREEDTo produce offspring sexually; to bear young.
- BREEDINGPropagation of offspring through sexual reproduction.
- BREEKSPants, breeches.
- BREEZILYIn a breezy manner.
- BREEZYWith a breeze blowing, with a lively wind, pleasantly windy.
- BREGMAThe anatomical structure on the skull where the coronal suture and sagittal suture meet.
- BREHONA judge or lawgiver in ancient Celtic Ireland.
- BRELOQUEA seal or charm for a watchchain.
- BREMEOf the sea, wind, etc.: fierce; raging; stormy, tempestuous.
- BREMSSTRAHLUNGThe electromagnetic radiation produced by the deceleration of a charged particle, such as an electron, when it is deflected by another charged particle, such as an atomic nucleus.
- BRENTo burn (to set ablaze).
- BRESAOLAAir-dried salt-cured beef fillet that has been aged about 2-3 months until it becomes very hard and a dark red, almost purple colour.
- BREVEA semicircular diacritical mark (˘) placed above a vowel, commonly used to mark its quantity as short.
- BREVETA military document entitling a commissioned officer to hold a higher rank temporarily, but without an increase in pay.
- BREVETCYThe rank or condition of a breveted officer; a temporary promoted rank.
- BREVIATEA short account, brief statement; a summary, abridgement or precis
- BREVITYThe quality of being brief in duration.
- BREWTo make tea or coffee by mixing tea leaves or coffee beans with hot water.
- BREWEDsimple past and past participle of brew
- BREWERA person who brews (vocationally or avocationally); especially, one whose occupation is to prepare malt liquors, usually as part of an alemaking or beermaking process.
- BREWINGpresent participle and gerund of brew
- BREWISa kind of broth thickened with bread or meal
- BREWMASTERA person in charge of beer production at a brewery
- BREWSKIBeer.
- BRIARAny of many plants with thorny stems growing in dense clusters, such as many in the Rosa, Rubus, and Smilax genera.
- BRIAREDCovered in briars.
- BRIARYLike a briar; thorny.
- BRICKA hardened rectangular block of mud, clay etc., used for building.
- BRICKBATSSmall rocky particles moving as a group in space, especially as forming rings around planets.
- BRICKEDNot functional, broken, especially permanently.
- BRICKENMade of brick.
- BRICKFIELDA place where bricks are made, particularly a field or other open site; a brickyard.
- BRICKIEA bricklayer.
- BRICKLAYINGThe act of building a wall by laying bricks, usually with cement between the surfaces of the bricks.
- BRICKLEAlternative form of breakle.
- BRICKYCovered with brick.
- BRICOLAGEConstruction using whatever materials were available at the time.
- BRICOLEA kind of traces with hooks and rings, used to drag manoeuvre guns where horses cannot be used.
- BRIDALA wedding feast or festival; a wedding.
- BRIDEA woman in the context of her own wedding; one who is going to marry or has just been married.
- BRIDESMANA male friend or companion of the bridegroom, having various ceremonial duties at a wedding.
- BRIDEWEALTHSynonym of bride price.
- 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
- BRIDIEA Scottish meat pastry, similar to a Cornish pasty.
- BRIDLEThe headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins.
- BRIDLEWAYA path for riding a horse (which is controlled by a bridle).
- BRIDOONA type of snaffle bit, with small rings, usually used on a double bridle in conjunction with a curb bit.
- BRIEAn originally French variety of soft cheese made from cow's milk.
- BRIEFOf short duration; happening quickly.
- BRIEFCASEA case used for carrying documents, especially for business.
- BRIEFINGA concise summary of a current situation
- BRIEFLESSLacking briefs (clients)
- BRIEFLYIn a brief manner, summarily.
- BRIEFNESSThe characteristic of being brief.
- BRIGA two-masted vessel, square-rigged on both foremast and mainmast.
- BRIGADEA group of people organized for a common purpose.
- BRIGADIERAn army rank; an officer commanding a brigade.
- BRIGALOWAny of various Australian acacia trees, especially Acacia harpophylla of New South Wales and Queensland.
- BRIGANDAn outlaw or bandit.
- BRIGANDRYSynonym of brigandage.
- BRIGHTEmitting much light; visually dazzling; luminous, lucent, radiant.
- BRIGHTENTo make bright or brighter in color.
- BRIGHTLYIn a bright manner.
- BRIGHTNESSThe quality of being bright.
- BRIGHTSBold or vivid colours; also, clothes, cosmetics, etc., with such colours.
- BRIGHTSOMEMarked by brightness or brilliance; resplendent in appearance; shining.
- BRIGUEIntrigue; secretive machinations.
- BRILLA type of flatfish, Scophthalmus rhombus.
- BRILLOBrilliant; excellent.
- BRIMOriginally, a border or edge of a sea, a river, or other body of water; now, any border or edge. The topmost lip or rim of a container, or a natural feature shaped like a container
- BRIMFULFilled to maximum capacity.
- BRIMFULNESSQuality of being brimful.
- BRIMINGOriginally, a border or edge of a sea, a river, or other body of water; now, any border or edge. The topmost lip or rim of a container, or a natural feature shaped like a container
- BRIMINGSOriginally, a border or edge of a sea, a river, or other body of water; now, any border or edge. The topmost lip or rim of a container, or a natural feature shaped like a container
- BRIMSTONEThe sulfur of hell; hell, damnation.
- BRIMSTONYContaining or resembling brimstone; sulphurous.
- BRINOne of the radiating sticks of a fan. The outermost are larger and longer, and are called panaches.
- BRINDLEA streaky colouration in animals.
- BRINESalt water; water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt; a salt-and-water solution for pickling.
- BRINELESSNot having any brine.
- BRINGTo transport toward somebody/somewhere.
- BRINISHBriny; somewhat salty.
- BRINJALAn aubergine or eggplant.
- BRINKThe edge, margin, or border of a steep place, as of a precipice; a bank or edge.
- BRINYOf, relating to, resembling, or containing brine (“water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt”), such as seawater or tears; salty.
- BRIOVigour or vivacity.
- BRIOCHEA type of light sweet pastry or bun of French origin.
- BRIOSVigour or vivacity.
- BRIQUETAlternative form of briquette in all its senses.
- BRISRitual male circumcision; the ceremony in which this is performed.
- BRISANCEThe shattering effect of the energy released in an explosion.
- BRISANTHaving a shattering effect.
- BRISEA tract of land that has been left untilled for a long time.
- BRISKFull of liveliness and activity; characterized by quickness of motion or action.
- BRISKENTo become, or make, brisk; to hasten.
- BRISKETThe chest of an animal.
- BRISKLYFast, quickly, swiftly.