Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
bricklayer |
noun |
One whose occupation is to build with bricks. |
brickmaker |
noun |
One whose occupation is to make bricks. |
bridegroom |
noun |
A man newly married, or just about to be married. |
bridesmaid |
noun |
A female friend who attends on a bride at her wedding. |
bridestake |
noun |
A stake or post set in the ground, for guests at a wedding to dance round. |
bridgehead |
noun |
A fortification commanding the extremity of a bridge nearest the enemy, to insure the preservation and usefulness of the bridge, and prevent the enemy from crossing; a tete-de-pont. |
bridgeless |
adjective |
Having no bridge; not bridged. |
bridgetree |
noun |
The beam which supports the spindle socket of the runner in a grinding mill. |
brigandage |
noun |
Life and practice of brigands; highway robbery; plunder. |
brigandine |
noun |
A coast of armor for the body, consisting of scales or plates, sometimes overlapping each other, generally of metal, and sewed to linen or other material. It was worn in the Middle Ages. |
brigandish |
adjective |
Like a brigand or freebooter; robberlike. |
brigandism |
noun |
Brigandage. |
brigantine |
noun |
A practical vessel., A two-masted, square-rigged vessel, differing from a brig in that she does not carry a square mainsail., See Brigandine. |
brightened |
imp. & past participle |
of Brighten |
brightness |
noun |
The quality or state of being bright; splendor; luster; brilliancy; clearness., Acuteness (of the faculties); sharpness 9wit. |
brightsome |
adjective |
Bright; clear; luminous; brilliant. |