Brassy (a.) Of or pertaining to brass; having the nature, appearance, or hardness, of brass.
Brassy (a.) Impudent; impudently bold.
Brast (v. t. & i.) To burst.
Brat (n.) A coarse garment or cloak; also, coarse clothing, in general.
Brat (n.) A coarse kind of apron for keeping the clothes clean; a bib.
Brat (n.) A child; an offspring; -- formerly used in a good sense, but now usually in a contemptuous sense.
Brat (n.) The young of an animal.
Brat (n.) A thin bed of coal mixed with pyrites or carbonate of lime.
Bratsche (n.) The tenor viola, or viola.
Brattice (n.) A wall of separation in a shaft or gallery used for ventilation.
Brattice (n.) Planking to support a roof or wall.
Brattishing (n.) See Brattice, n.
Brattishing (n.) Carved openwork, as of a shrine, battlement, or parapet.
Braunite (n.) A native oxide of manganese, of dark brownish black color. It was named from a Mr. Braun of Gotha.
Bravade (n.) Bravado.
Bravadoes (pl. ) of Bravado
Bravado (n.) Boastful and threatening behavior; a boastful menace.
Brave (superl.) Bold; courageous; daring; intrepid; -- opposed to cowardly; as, a brave man; a brave act.
Brave (superl.) Having any sort of superiority or excellence; -- especially such as in conspicuous.
Brave (superl.) Making a fine show or display.
Brave (n.) A brave person; one who is daring.
Brave (n.) Specifically, an Indian warrior.
Brave (n.) A man daring beyond discretion; a bully.
Brave (n.) A challenge; a defiance; bravado.
Braved (imp. & p. p.) of Brave
Braving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Brave
Brave (v. t.) To encounter with courage and fortitude; to set at defiance; to defy; to dare.
Brave (v. t.) To adorn; to make fine or showy.
Bravely (adv.) In a brave manner; courageously; gallantly; valiantly; splendidly; nobly.
Bravely (adv.) Finely; gaudily; gayly; showily.
Bravely (adv.) Well; thrivingly; prosperously.
Braveness (n.) The quality of state or being brave.
Bravery (n.) The quality of being brave; fearless; intrepidity.
Bravery (n.) The act of braving; defiance; bravado.
Bravery (n.) Splendor; magnificence; showy appearance; ostentation; fine dress.
Bravery (n.) A showy person; a fine gentleman; a beau.
Braving (n.) A bravado; a boast.
Bravingly (adv.) In a defiant manner.
Bravoes (pl. ) of Bravo
Bravo (a.) A daring villain; a bandit; one who sets law at defiance; a professional assassin or murderer.
Bravo (interj.) Well done! excellent! an exclamation expressive of applause.
Bravura (n.) A florid, brilliant style of music, written for effect, to show the range and flexibility of a singer's voice, or the technical force and skill of a performer; virtuoso music.
Brawled (imp. & p. p.) of Brawl
Brawling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Brawl
Brawl (v. i.) To quarrel noisily and outrageously.
Brawl (v. i.) To complain loudly; to scold.
Brawl (v. i.) To make a loud confused noise, as the water of a rapid stream running over stones.
Brawl (n.) A noisy quarrel; loud, angry contention; a wrangle; a tumult; as, a drunken brawl.
Brawler (n.) One that brawls; wrangler.
Brawling (a.) Quarreling; quarrelsome; noisy.
Brawling (a.) Making a loud confused noise. See Brawl, v. i., 3.
Brawlingly (adv.) In a brawling manner.
Brawn (n.) A muscle; flesh.
Brawn (n.) Full, strong muscles, esp. of the arm or leg, muscular strength; a protuberant muscular part of the body; sometimes, the arm.
Brawn (n.) The flesh of a boar; also, the salted and prepared flesh of a boar.
Brawn (n.) A boar.
Brawned (a.) Brawny; strong; muscular.
Brawner (n.) A boor killed for the table.
Brawniness (n.) The quality or state of being brawny.
Brawny (a.) Having large, strong muscles; muscular; fleshy; strong.
Braxy (n.) A disease of sheep. The term is variously applied in different localities.
Braxy (n.) A diseased sheep, or its mutton.
Brayed (imp. & p. p.) of Bray
Braying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bray
Bray (v. t.) To pound, beat, rub, or grind small or fine.
Bray (v. i.) To utter a loud, harsh cry, as an ass.
Bray (v. i.) To make a harsh, grating, or discordant noise.
Bray (v. t.) To make or utter with a loud, discordant, or harsh and grating sound.
Bray (n.) The harsh cry of an ass; also, any harsh, grating, or discordant sound.
Bray (n.) A bank; the slope of a hill; a hill. See Brae, which is now the usual spelling.
Brayer (n.) An implement for braying and spreading ink in hand printing.
Brayer (n.) One that brays like an ass.
Braying (a.) Making a harsh noise; blaring.
Brazed (imp. & p. p.) of Braze
Brazing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Braze
Braze (v. i.) To solder with hard solder, esp. with an alloy of copper and zinc; as, to braze the seams of a copper pipe.
Braze (v. i.) To harden.
Braze (v. t.) To cover or ornament with brass.
Brazen (a.) Pertaining to, made of, or resembling, brass.
Brazen (a.) Sounding harsh and loud, like resounding brass.
Brazen (a.) Impudent; immodest; shameless; having a front like brass; as, a brazen countenance.
Brazened (imp. & p. p.) of Brazen
Brazening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Brazen
Brazen (v. t.) To carry through impudently or shamelessly; as, to brazen the matter through.
Brazen-browed (a.) Shamelessly impudent.
Brazenface (n.) An impudent or shameless person.
Brazenfaced (a.) Impudent; shameless.
Brazenly (adv.) In a bold, impudent manner.
Brazenness (n.) The quality or state of being brazen.
Brazier (n.) Same as Brasier.
Braziletto (n.) See Brazil wood.
Brazilian (a.) Of or pertaining to Brazil.
Brazilian (n.) A native or an inhabitant of Brazil.
Brazilin (n.) 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.
Brazil nut () An oily, three-sided nut, the seed of the Bertholletia excelsa; the cream nut.
Brazil wood () The wood of the oriental Caesalpinia Sapan; -- so called before the discovery of America.
Brazil wood () A very heavy wood of a reddish color, imported from Brazil and other tropical countries, for cabinet-work, and for dyeing. The best is the heartwood of Caesalpinia echinata, a leguminous tree; but other trees also yield it. An inferior sort comes from Jamaica, the timber of C. Braziliensis and C. crista. This is often distinguished as Braziletto , but the better kind is also frequently so named.
Breach (n.) The act of breaking, in a figurative sense.
Breach (n.) Specifically: A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment; as, a breach of contract; a breach of promise.
Breach (n.) A gap or opening made made by breaking or battering, as in a wall or fortification; the space between the parts of a solid body rent by violence; a break; a rupture.