Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
bribing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Bribe |
bribery |
noun |
Robbery; extortion., The act or practice of giving or taking bribes; the act of influencing the official or political action of another by corrupt inducements. |
bricked |
imp. & past participle |
of Brick, of Brisk |
brickle |
adjective |
Brittle; easily broken. |
bricole |
noun |
A kind of traces with hooks and rings, with which men drag and maneuver guns where horses can not be used. |
bridged |
imp. & past participle |
of Bridge |
bridgey |
adjective |
Full of bridges. |
bridled |
imp. & past participle |
of Bridle |
bridler |
noun |
One who bridles; one who restrains and governs, as with a bridle. |
bridoon |
noun |
The snaffle and rein of a military bridle, which acts independently of the bit, at the pleasure of the rider. It is used in connection with a curb bit, which has its own rein. |
briefly |
adverb |
Concisely; in few words. |
briered |
adjective |
Set with briers. |
brigade |
noun |
A body of troops, whether cavalry, artillery, infantry, or mixed, consisting of two or more regiments, under the command of a brigadier general., Any body of persons organized for acting or marching together under authority; as, a fire brigade., To form into a brigade, or into brigades. |
brigand |
noun |
A light-armed, irregular foot soldier., A lawless fellow who lives by plunder; one of a band of robbers; especially, one of a gang living in mountain retreats; a highwayman; a freebooter. |
brigose |
noun |
Contentious; quarrelsome. |
brimmed |
imp. & past participle |
of Brim, Having a brim; — usually in composition., Full to, or level with, the brim. |
brimful |
adjective |
Full to the brim; completely full; ready to overflow. |
brimmer |
noun |
A brimful bowl; a bumper. |
brinded |
adjective |
Of a gray or tawny color with streaks of darker hue; streaked; brindled. |
brindle |
noun |
The state of being brindled., A brindled color; also, that which is brindled., Brindled. |
bringer |
noun |
One who brings. |
brinish |
adjective |
Like brine; somewhat salt; saltish. |
brisket |
noun |
That part of the breast of an animal which extends from the fore legs back beneath the ribs; also applied to the fore part of a horse, from the shoulders to the bottom of the chest. |
briskly |
adverb |
In a brisk manner; nimbly. |
bristle |
noun |
A short, stiff, coarse hair, as on the back of swine., A stiff, sharp, roundish hair., To erect the bristles of; to cause to stand up, as the bristles of an angry hog; — sometimes with up., To fix a bristle to; as, to bristle a thread., To rise or stand erect, like bristles., To appear as if covered with bristles; to have standing, thick and erect, like bristles., To show defiance or indignation. |
bristly |
adjective |
Thick set with bristles, or with hairs resembling bristles; rough. |
bristol |
noun |
A seaport city in the west of England. |
brisure |
noun |
Any part of a rampart or parapet which deviates from the general direction., A mark of cadency or difference. |
british |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to Great Britain or to its inhabitants; — sometimes restricted to the original inhabitants., People of Great Britain. |
brittle |
adjective |
Easily broken; apt to break; fragile; not tough or tenacious. |