Contentious; quarrelsome.

To contend for; to canvass; to solicit.

A breach; ruin; downfall; peril.

A fish allied to the turbot (Rhombus levis), much esteemed in England for food; -- called also bret, pearl, prill. See Bret.

Brilliancy.

The quality of being brilliant; splendor; glitter; great brightness, whether in a literal or figurative sense.

In a gay, showy, and sparkling style.

A diamond or other gem of the finest cut, formed into faces and facets, so as to reflect and refract the light, by which it is rendered more brilliant. It has at the middle, or top, a principal face, called the table, which is surrounded by a number of sloping facets forming a bizet; below, it has a small face or collet, parallel to the table, connected with the girdle by a pavilion of elongated facets. It is thus distinguished from the rose diamond, which is entirely covered with facets on the surface, and is flat below.

An oily composition used to make the hair manageable and glossy.

In a brilliant manner.

Brilliancy; splendor; glitter.

The hair on the eyelids of a horse.

Fierce; sharp; cold. See Breme.

Full to the brim; completely full; ready to overflow.

Having no brim; as, brimless caps.

Having a brim; -- usually in composition.

A brimful bowl; a bumper.

Full to the brim; overflowing.

Made of, or pertaining to, brimstone; as, brimstone matches.

Containing or resembling brimstone; sulphurous.

One of the radiating sticks of a fan. The outermost are larger and longer, and are called panaches.

Of a gray or tawny color with streaks of darker hue; streaked; brindled.

Brindled.

Having dark streaks or spots on a gray or tawny ground; brinded.

To steep or saturate in brine.

To convey to the place where the speaker is or is to be; to bear from a more distant to a nearer place; to fetch.

One who brings.

The state or quality of being briny; saltness; brinishness.

Like brine; somewhat salt; saltish.

State or quality of being brinish.

A rough-haired East Indian variety of the greyhound.

The edge, margin, or border of a steep place, as of a precipice; a bank or edge, as of a river or pit; a verge; a border; as, the brink of a chasm. Also Fig.

the policy or practise of pushing a dangerous situation to the brink of disaster (to the limits of safety), in order to achieve the most advantageous outcome; -- used especially of diplomatic maneuvers in crisis situations, and originally applied to the policies of John Foster Dulles under President Eisenhower.

Of or pertaining to brine, or to the sea; partaking of the nature of brine; salt; as, a briny taste; the briny flood.

A light sweet pastry (cake, bun or roll) made with flour, butter, yeast, and eggs.

An oval or pearshaped diamond having its entire surface cut in triangular facets.

See Bryony.

a type of antacid sold over-the-counter.

A block of compacted charcoal, coal dust, or peat, etc., used as a fuel. Charcoal briquettes are a common fuel used for the outdoor barbecue grill.

the Jewish rite of circumcision.

the shattering or crushing effect of a sudden release of energy as in an explosion; -- used especially as a measure of such a shattering power, applied to high explosives.

of or pertaining to brisance.

To make or become lively; to enliven; to animate; to take, or cause to take, an erect or bold attitude; -- usually with up.

to become brisk.

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.

In a brisk manner; nimbly.

Liveliness; vigor in action; quickness; gayety; vivacity; effervescence.

a small fatty European fish; usually smoked or canned.

To rise or stand erect, like bristles.

Terminating in a very fine, sharp point, as some leaves.

Resembling a bristle in form; as, a bristle-shaped leaf.

grasses of grasslands and woodlands having large gracefully arching spikes with long bristles beneath each spikelet.

resembling a bristle in stiffness.

An insect of the genera Lepisma, Campodea, etc., belonging to the Thysanura.

The quality or state of having bristles.

Thick set with bristles, or with hairs resembling bristles; rough.

A seaport city in the west of England.

Any part of a rampart or parapet which deviates from the general direction.

A white-metal alloy of tin, antimony, bismuth, copper, etc. It somewhat resembles silver, and is used for table ware. Called also Britannia metal.

Of or pertaining to Great Britain; British; as, her Britannic Majesty.

A word, phrase, or idiom peculiar to Great Britain; any manner of using a word or words that is peculiar to Great Britain.

People of Great Britain.

An Englishman; a subject or inhabitant of Great Britain, esp. one in the British military or naval service.

an expression that is limited to English as spoken by Englishmen (especially as contrasted with American English).

British. A native of Great Britain.

the people of Great Britain.

the young of a herring or sprat or similar fish.

The young of the common herring; also, a small species of herring; the sprat. The minute marine animals (chiefly Entomostraca) upon which the right whales feed.

Easily broken; apt to break; fragile; not tough or tenacious-- contrast to flexible; usually hard -->.

fragrant rounded shrub of SW US and adjacent Mexico having brittle stems and small crowded blue-green leaves and yellow flowers; produces a resin used in incense and varnish and in folk medicine.

In a brittle manner.

Aptness to break; fragility.

A long carriage, with a calash top, so constructed as to give space for reclining at night, when used on a journey.

The breeze fly. See Breeze.

To spit; to pierce as with a spit.

A spit; a broach.

The broad part of anything; as, the broad of an oar.

An ancient military weapon; a battle-ax.

Having a broad brim.

having a broad head.

Having horns spreading widely.

Having broad, or relatively broad, leaves, in contrast to needlelike or scalelike leaves.

incapable of being shocked. Opposite of shockable.

same as big-shouldered.

to collide with the broad side of.

an Old World upright plant grown esp. for its large flat edible seeds but also as fodder.

A wild duck (Aythya marila, or Fuligula marila), which appears in large numbers on the eastern coast of the United States, in autumn; -- called also bluebill, blackhead, raft duck, and scaup duck. See Scaup duck.

A hat with a very broad brim, like those worn by men of the society of Friends.

to cast or disperse in all directions, as seed from the hand in sowing; to diffuse widely.

someone who broadcasts on radio or television.

the medium that disseminates via telecommunications; radio and television.

A fine smooth-faced woolen cloth for men's garments, usually of double width (i.e., a yard and a half); -- so called in distinction from woolens three quarters of a yard wide.

To make broad or broader; to render more broad or comprehensive.

Rather broad; moderately broad.

A tree (Terminalia latifolia) of Jamaica, the wood of which is used for boards, scantling, shingles, etc; -- sometimes called the almond tree, from the shape of its fruit.

In a broad manner.

One of the Eurylaimid/, a family of East Indian passerine birds.

The condition or quality of being broad; breadth; coarseness; grossness.

An old English gold coin, broader than a guinea, as a Carolus or Jacobus.

To stamp with the broad seal; to make sure; to guarantee or warrant.

The side of a ship above the water line, from the bow to the quarter.

Widespread.

Spreading widely.

A sword with a broad blade and a cutting edge; a claymore.

the fur of a very young karakul lamb.

a street in Manhattan famous for its restaurants and its theaters in the Times Square area. At its intersection with Seventh Avenue, it forms Times Square, an area with impressive displays of bright lights, particularly advertising; it is considered by some to be the cultural center of New York City.

Breadthwise.

A peculiar brad-shaped spike, to be driven alongside the end of an abutting timber to prevent its slipping.

Colossal; of extraordinary height; gigantic. A giant.

Silk stuff, woven with gold and silver threads, or ornamented with raised flowers, foliage, etc.; -- also applied to other stuffs thus wrought and enriched.

Woven or worked, as brocade, with gold and silver, or with raised flowers, etc.

See Brokkerage.

An elementary principle or maximum; a short, proverbial rule, in law, ethics, or metaphysics.

A kind of coarse brocade, or figured fabric, used chiefly for tapestry, linings for carriages, etc.

Same as Brocatel.

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.

A basic sulphate of copper, occurring in emerald-green crystals.

See Broach, n.

A small spit or skewer.

A printed and stitched book containing only a few leaves; a pamphlet; a single sheet folded to make four pages.