Brownish (a.) Somewhat brown.
Brownism (n.) The views or teachings of Robert Brown of the Brownists.
Brownism (n.) The doctrines of the Brunonian system of medicine. See Brunonian.
Brownist (n.) 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.
Brownist (n.) One who advocates the Brunonian system of medicine.
Brownness (n.) The quality or state of being brown.
Brownstone (n.) A dark variety of sandstone, much used for building purposes.
Brown thrush () A common American singing bird (Harporhynchus rufus), allied to the mocking bird; -- also called brown thrasher.
Brownwort (n.) A species of figwort or Scrophularia (S. vernalis), and other species of the same genus, mostly perennials with inconspicuous coarse flowers.
Browny (a.) Brown or, somewhat brown.
Browpost (n.) A beam that goes across a building.
Browse (n.) The tender branches or twigs of trees and shrubs, fit for the food of cattle and other animals; green food.
Browsed (imp. & p. p.) of Browse
Browsing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Browse
Browse (n.) To eat or nibble off, as the tender branches of trees, shrubs, etc.; -- said of cattle, sheep, deer, and some other animals.
Browse (n.) To feed on, as pasture; to pasture on; to graze.
Browse (v. i.) To feed on the tender branches or shoots of shrubs or trees, as do cattle, sheep, and deer.
Browse (v. i.) To pasture; to feed; to nibble.
Browser (n.) An animal that browses.
Browsewood (n.) Shrubs and bushes upon which animals browse.
Browsing (n.) Browse; also, a place abounding with shrubs where animals may browse.
Browspot (n.) A rounded organ between the eyes of the frog; the interocular gland.
Bruang (n.) The Malayan sun bear.
Brucine (n.) A powerful vegetable alkaloid, found, associated with strychnine, in the seeds of different species of Strychnos, especially in the Nux vomica. It is less powerful than strychnine. Called also brucia and brucina.
Brucite (n.) A white, pearly mineral, occurring thin and foliated, like talc, and also fibrous; a native magnesium hydrate.
Brucite (n.) The mineral chondrodite.
Bruckeled (a.) Wet and dirty; begrimed.
Bruh (n.) The rhesus monkey. See Rhesus.
Bruin (a.) A bear; -- so called in popular tales and fables.
Bruised (imp. & p. p.) of Bruise
Bruising (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bruise
Bruise (v. t.) To injure, as by a blow or collision, without laceration; to contuse; as, to bruise one's finger with a hammer; to bruise the bark of a tree with a stone; to bruise an apple by letting it fall.
Bruise (v. t.) To break; as in a mortar; to bray, as minerals, roots, etc.; to crush.
Bruise (v. i.) To fight with the fists; to box.
Bruise (n.) An injury to the flesh of animals, or to plants, fruit, etc., with a blunt or heavy instrument, or by collision with some other body; a contusion; as, a bruise on the head; bruises on fruit.
Bruiser (n.) One who, or that which, bruises.
Bruiser (n.) A boxer; a pugilist.
Bruiser (n.) A concave tool used in grinding lenses or the speculums of telescopes.
Bruisewort (n.) A plant supposed to heal bruises, as the true daisy, the soapwort, and the comfrey.
Bruit (n.) Report; rumor; fame.
Bruit (n.) An abnormal sound of several kinds, heard on auscultation.
Bruited (imp. & p. p.) of Bruit
Bruiting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bruit
Bruit (v. t.) To report; to noise abroad.
Brumaire (n.) The second month of the calendar adopted by the first French republic. It began thirty days after the autumnal equinox. See Vendemiaire.
Brumal (a.) Of or pertaining to winter.
Brume (n.) Mist; fog; vapors.
Brummagem (a.) Counterfeit; gaudy but worthless; sham.
Brumous (a.) Foggy; misty.
Brun (n.) Same as Brun, a brook.
Brunette (a.) A girl or woman with a somewhat brown or dark complexion.
Brunette (a.) Having a dark tint.
Brunion (n.) A nectarine.
Brunonian (a.) Pertaining to, or invented by, Brown; -- a term applied to a system of medicine promulgated in the 18th century by John Brown, of Scotland, the fundamental doctrine of which was, that life is a state of excitation produced by the normal action of external agents upon the body, and that disease consists in excess or deficiency of excitation.
Brunswick black () See Japan black.
Brunswick green () An oxychloride of copper, used as a green pigment; also, a carbonate of copper similarly employed.
Brunt (v. t.) The heat, or utmost violence, of an onset; the strength or greatest fury of any contention; as, the brunt of a battle.
Brunt (v. t.) The force of a blow; shock; collision.
Brush (n.) An instrument composed of bristles, or other like material, set in a suitable back or handle, as of wood, bone, or ivory, and used for various purposes, as in removing dust from clothes, laying on colors, etc. Brushes have different shapes and names according to their use; as, clothes brush, paint brush, tooth brush, etc.
Brush (n.) The bushy tail of a fox.
Brush (n.) A tuft of hair on the mandibles.
Brush (n.) Branches of trees lopped off; brushwood.
Brush (n.) A thicket of shrubs or small trees; the shrubs and small trees in a wood; underbrush.
Brush (n.) A bundle of flexible wires or thin plates of metal, used to conduct an electrical current to or from the commutator of a dynamo, electric motor, or similar apparatus.
Brush (n.) The act of brushing; as, to give one's clothes a brush; a rubbing or grazing with a quick motion; a light touch; as, we got a brush from the wheel as it passed.
Brush (n.) A skirmish; a slight encounter; a shock or collision; as, to have a brush with an enemy.
Brush (n.) A short contest, or trial, of speed.
Brushed (imp. & p. p.) of Brush
Brushing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Brush
Brush (n.) To apply a brush to, according to its particular use; to rub, smooth, clean, paint, etc., with a brush.
Brush (n.) To touch in passing, or to pass lightly over, as with a brush.
Brush (n.) To remove or gather by brushing, or by an act like that of brushing, or by passing lightly over, as wind; -- commonly with off.
Brush (v. i.) To move nimbly in haste; to move so lightly as scarcely to be perceived; as, to brush by.
Brusher (n.) One who, or that which, brushes.
Brushiness (n.) The quality of resembling a brush; brushlike condition; shagginess.
Brushing (a.) Constructed or used to brush with; as a brushing machine.
Brushing (a.) Brisk; light; as, a brushing gallop.
Brushite (n.) A white or gray crystalline mineral consisting of the acid phosphate of calcium.
Brush turkey () A large, edible, gregarious bird of Australia (Talegalla Lathami) of the family Megapodidae. Also applied to several allied species of New Guinea.
Brush wheel () A wheel without teeth, used to turn a similar one by the friction of bristles or something brushlike or soft attached to the circumference.
Brush wheel () A circular revolving brush used by turners, lapidaries, silversmiths, etc., for polishing.
Brushwood (n.) Brush; a thicket or coppice of small trees and shrubs.
Brushwood (n.) Small branches of trees cut off.
Brushy (a.) Resembling a brush; shaggy; rough.
Brusk (a.) Same as Brusque.
Brusque (a.) Rough and prompt in manner; blunt; abrupt; bluff; as, a brusque man; a brusque style.
Brusqueness (n.) Quality of being brusque; roughness joined with promptness; bluntness.
Brussels (n.) A city of Belgium, giving its name to a kind of carpet, a kind of lace, etc.
Brustled (imp. & p. p.) of Brustle
Brustling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Brustle
Brustle (v. i.) To crackle; to rustle, as a silk garment.
Brustle (v. i.) To make a show of fierceness or defiance; to bristle.
Brustle (n.) A bristle.
Brut (n.) To browse.
Brut (n.) See Birt.
Bruta (n.) See Edentata.
Brutal (a.) Of or pertaining to a brute; as, brutal nature.
Brutal (a.) Like a brute; savage; cruel; inhuman; brutish; unfeeling; merciless; gross; as, brutal manners.
Brutalism (n.) Brutish quality; brutality.
Brutalities (pl. ) of Brutality