| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| brabbler | noun | A clamorous, quarrelsome, noisy fellow; a wrangler. |
| braccate | adjective | Furnished with feathers which conceal the feet. |
| bracelet | noun | An ornamental band or ring, for the wrist or the arm; in modern times, an ornament encircling the wrist, worn by women or girls., A piece of defensive armor for the arm. |
| brachial | adjective | Pertaining or belonging to the arm; as, the brachial artery; the brachial nerve., Of the nature of an arm; resembling an arm. |
| bracchia | plural | of Brachium |
| brachium | noun | The upper arm; the segment of the fore limb between the shoulder and the elbow. |
| brachman | noun | See Brahman. |
| brackish | adjective | Saltish, or salt in a moderate degree, as water in saline soil. |
| bracteal | adjective | Having the nature or appearance of a bract. |
| bractlet | noun | A bract on the stalk of a single flower, which is itself on a main stalk that support several flowers. |
| brad awl | A straight awl with chisel edge, used to make holes for brads, etc. | |
| bragging | present participle & vb. noun | of Brag |
| braggart | verb i. | A boaster., Boastful. |
| bragless | adjective | Without bragging. |
| brahmans | plural | of Brahmin |
| brahmins | plural | of Brahmin |
| brahmani | noun | Any Brahman woman. |
| braiding | present participle & vb. noun | of Braid, The act of making or using braids., Braids, collectively; trimming. |
| braining | present participle & vb. noun | of Brain |
| brainish | adjective | Hot-headed; furious. |
| brainpan | noun | The bones which inclose the brain; the skull; the cranium. |
| brakemen | plural | of Brakeman |
| brakeman | noun | A man in charge of a brake or brakes., The man in charge of the winding (or hoisting) engine for a mine. |
| brambled | adjective | Overgrown with brambles. |
| braminic | See Brahman, Brachmanic, etc. | |
| brancard | noun | A litter on which a person may be carried. |
| branches | plural | of Branch |
| branched | imp. & past participle | of Branch |
| brancher | noun | That which shoots forth branches; one who shows growth in various directions., A young hawk when it begins to leave the nest and take to the branches. |
| branchia | noun | A gill; a respiratory organ for breathing the air contained in water, such as many aquatic and semiaquatic animals have. |
| branding | present participle & vb. noun | of Brand |
| brandied | adjective | Mingled with brandy; made stronger by the addition of brandy; flavored or treated with brandy; as, brandied peaches. |
| brandish | noun | To move or wave, as a weapon; to raise and move in various directions; to shake or flourish., To play with; to flourish; as, to brandish syllogisms., A flourish, as with a weapon, whip, etc. |
| brandlin | noun | Same as Branlin, fish and worm. |
| brandies | plural | of Brandy |
| brangled | imp. & past participle | of Brangle |
| brangler | noun | A quarrelsome person. |
| bran-new | adjective | See Brand-new. |
| brantail | noun | The European redstart; — so called from the red color of its tail. |
| branular | adjective | Relating to the brain; cerebral. |
| brassage | noun | A sum formerly levied to pay the expense of coinage; — now called seigniorage. |
| brassart | noun | Armor for the arm; — generally used for the whole arm from the shoulder to the wrist, and consisting, in the 15th and 16th centuries, of many parts. |
| brassets | noun | See Brassart. |
| brassica | noun | A genus of plants embracing several species and varieties differing much in appearance and qualities: such as the common cabbage (B. oleracea), broccoli, cauliflowers, etc.; the wild turnip (B. campestris); the common turnip (B. rapa); the rape or coleseed (B. napus), etc. |
| bratsche | noun | The tenor viola, or viola. |
| brattice | noun | A wall of separation in a shaft or gallery used for ventilation., Planking to support a roof or wall. |
| braunite | noun | A native oxide of manganese, of dark brownish black color. It was named from a Mr. Braun of Gotha. |
| brawling | present participle & vb. noun | of Brawl, Quarreling; quarrelsome; noisy., Making a loud confused noise. See Brawl, v. i., 3. |
| brazened | imp. & past participle | of Brazen |
| brazenly | adverb | In a bold, impudent manner. |
| brazilin | noun | A substance contained in both Brazil wood and Sapan wood, from which it is extracted as a yellow crystalline substance which is white when pure. It is colored intensely red by alkalies. |
| breached | imp. & past participle | of Breach |
| breaking | present participle & vb. noun | of Break |
| breakage | noun | The act of breaking; a break; a breaking; also, articles broken., An allowance or compensation for things broken accidentally, as in transportation or use. |
| breakman | noun | See Brakeman. |
| break-up | noun | Disruption; a separation and dispersion of the parts or members; as, a break-up of an assembly or dinner party; a break-up of the government. |
| breaming | present participle & vb. noun | of Bream |
| breasted | imp. & past participle | of Breast, Having a breast; — used in composition with qualifying words, in either a literal or a metaphorical sense; as, a single-breasted coat. |
| breathed | imp. & past participle | of Breathe |
| breather | noun | One who breathes. Hence: (a) One who lives.(b) One who utters. (c) One who animates or inspires., That which puts one out of breath, as violent exercise. |
| breeched | imp. & past participle | of Breech |
| breeches | noun pl. | A garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs; smallclothes., Trousers; pantaloons. |
| breeding | present participle & vb. noun | of Breed, The act or process of generating or bearing., The raising or improving of any kind of domestic animals; as, farmers should pay attention to breeding., Nurture; education; formation of manners., Deportment or behavior in the external offices and decorums of social life; manners; knowledge of, or training in, the ceremonies, or polite observances of society., Descent; pedigree; extraction. |
| brenning | present participle & vb. noun | of Brenne |
| brennage | noun | A tribute which tenants paid to their lord, in lieu of bran, which they were obliged to furnish for his hounds. |
| brethren | noun | pl. of Brother., of Brother, of Brother |
| brettice | noun | The wooden boarding used in supporting the roofs and walls of coal mines. See Brattice. |
| brevetcy | noun | The rank or condition of a brevet officer. |
| breviary | noun | An abridgment; a compend; an epitome; a brief account or summary., A book containing the daily public or canonical prayers of the Roman Catholic or of the Greek Church for the seven canonical hours, namely, matins and lauds, the first, third, sixth, and ninth hours, vespers, and compline; — distinguished from the missal. |
| breviate | noun | A short compend; a summary; a brief statement., A lawyer’s brief., To abbreviate. |
| breviped | adjective | Having short legs., A breviped bird. |
| brevipen | noun | A brevipennate bird. |
| brezilin | noun | See Brazilin. |
| briarean | adjective | Pertaining to, or resembling, Briareus, a giant fabled to have a hundred hands; hence, hundred-handed or many-handed. |
| bribable | adjective | Capable of being bribed. |
| bricking | present participle & vb. noun | of Brick, of Brisk |
| brickbat | noun | A piece or fragment of a brick. See Bat, 4. |
| bridalty | noun | Celebration of the nuptial feast. |
| bridebed | noun | The marriage bed. |
| brideman | noun | See Bridesmaid, Bridesman. |
| bridging | present participle & vb. noun | of Bridge |
| bridling | present participle & vb. noun | of Bridle |
| briefman | noun | One who makes a brief., A copier of a manuscript. |
| brigaded | imp. & past participle | of Brigade |
| brighten | adjective | To make bright or brighter; to make to shine; to increase the luster of; to give a brighter hue to., To make illustrious, or more distinguished; to add luster or splendor to., To improve or relieve by dispelling gloom or removing that which obscures and darkens; to shed light upon; to make cheerful; as, to brighten one’s prospects., To make acute or witty; to enliven., To grow bright, or more bright; to become less dark or gloomy; to clear up; to become bright or cheerful. |
| brightly | adverb | Brilliantly; splendidly; with luster; as, brightly shining armor., With lively intelligence; intelligently. |
| brimming | present participle & vb. noun | of Brim, Full to the brim; overflowing. |
| brimless | adjective | Having no brim; as, brimless caps. |
| brindled | adjective | Having dark streaks or spots on a gray or tawny ground; brinded. |
| bringing | present participle & vb. noun | of Bring |
| bristled | imp. & past participle | of Bristle |
| britzska | noun | A long carriage, with a calash top, so constructed as to give space for reclining at night, when used on a journey. |
| broached | imp. & past participle | of Broach |
| broacher | noun | A spit; a broach., One who broaches, opens, or utters; a first publisher or promoter. |
| broadish | adjective | Rather broad; moderately broad. |
| brocaded | adjective | Woven or worked, as brocade, with gold and silver, or with raised flowers, etc., Dressed in brocade. |
| brocatel | noun | A kind of coarse brocade, or figured fabric, used chiefly for tapestry, linings for carriages, etc., A marble, clouded and veined with white, gray, yellow, and red, in which the yellow usually prevails. It is also called Siena marble, from its locality. |
| broccoli | noun | A plant of the Cabbage species (Brassica oleracea) of many varieties, resembling the cauliflower. The “curd,” or flowering head, is the part used for food. |
| brochure | verb t. | A printed and stitched book containing only a few leaves; a pamphlet. |
| brockish | adjective | Beastly; brutal. |
| brodekin | noun | A buskin or half-boot. |
| broidery | noun | Embroidery. |
| broiling | present participle & vb. noun | of Broil, Excessively hot; as, a broiling sun., The act of causing anything to broil. |
| brokenly | adverb | In a broken, interrupted manner; in a broken state; in broken language. |
| brokerly | adjective | Mean; servile. |
| bromlife | noun | A carbonate of baryta and lime, intermediate between witherite and strontianite; — called also alstonite. |
| bromuret | noun | See Bromide. |
| bronchia | noun pl. | The bronchial tubes which arise from the branching of the trachea, esp. the subdivision of the bronchi. |
| bronchic | adjective | Bronchial. |
| bronchus | noun | One of the subdivisions of the trachea or windpipe; esp. one of the two primary divisions. |
| bronzing | present participle & vb. noun | of Bronze, The act or art of communicating to articles in metal, wood, clay, plaster, etc., the appearance of bronze by means of bronze powders, or imitative painting, or by chemical processes., A material for bronzing. |
| bronzine | noun | A metal so prepared as to have the appearance of bronze., Made of bronzine; resembling bronze; bronzelike. |
| bronzist | noun | One who makes, imitates, collects, or deals in, bronzes. |
| bronzite | noun | A variety of enstatite, often having a bronzelike luster. It is a silicate of magnesia and iron, of the pyroxene family. |
| brooding | present participle & vb. noun | of Brood |
| brooking | present participle & vb. noun | of Brook |
| brookite | noun | A mineral consisting of titanic oxide, and hence identical with rutile and octahedrite in composition, but crystallizing in the orthorhombic system. |
| brooklet | noun | A small brook. |
| brothers | plural | of Brother, of Brother |
| brougham | noun | A light, close carriage, with seats inside for two or four, and the fore wheels so arranged as to turn short. |
| browbeat | imp. | of Browbeat, To depress or bear down with haughty, stern looks, or with arrogant speech and dogmatic assertions; to abash or disconcert by impudent or abusive words or looks; to bully; as, to browbeat witnesses. |
| browdyng | noun | Embroidery. |
| browless | adjective | Without shame. |
| browning | present participle & vb. noun | of Brown, The act or operation of giving a brown color, as to gun barrels, etc., A smooth coat of brown mortar, usually the second coat, and the preparation for the finishing coat of plaster. |
| brownian | adjective | Pertaining to Dr. Robert Brown, who first demonstrated (about 1827) the commonness of the motion described below. |
| brownish | adjective | Somewhat brown. |
| brownism | noun | The views or teachings of Robert Brown of the Brownists., The doctrines of the Brunonian system of medicine. See Brunonian. |
| brownist | noun | A follower of Robert Brown, of England, in the 16th century, who taught that every church is complete and independent in itself when organized, and consists of members meeting in one place, having full power to elect and depose its officers., One who advocates the Brunonian system of medicine. |
| browpost | noun | A beam that goes across a building. |
| browsing | present participle & vb. noun | of Browse, Browse; also, a place abounding with shrubs where animals may browse. |
| browspot | noun | A rounded organ between the eyes of the frog; the interocular gland. |
| bruising | present participle & vb. noun | of Bruise |
| bruiting | present participle & vb. noun | of Bruit |
| brumaire | noun | The second month of the calendar adopted by the first French republic. It began thirty days after the autumnal equinox. See Vendemiaire. |
| brunette | adjective | A girl or woman with a somewhat brown or dark complexion., Having a dark tint. |
| brushing | present participle & vb. noun | of Brush, Constructed or used to brush with; as a brushing machine., Brisk; light; as, a brushing gallop. |
| brushite | noun | A white or gray crystalline mineral consisting of the acid phosphate of calcium. |
| brussels | noun | A city of Belgium, giving its name to a kind of carpet, a kind of lace, etc. |
| brustled | imp. & past participle | of Brustle |
| brutally | adverb | In a brutal manner; cruelly. |
| bryology | noun | That part of botany which relates to mosses. |
| bryozoan | adjective | Of or pertaining to the Bryozoa., One of the Bryozoa. |
| bryozoum | noun | An individual zooid of a bryozoan coralline, of which there may be two or more kinds in a single colony. The zooecia usually have a wreath of tentacles around the mouth, and a well developed stomach and intestinal canal; but these parts are lacking in the other zooids (Avicularia, Ooecia, etc.). |