Nouns

Words that name people, places, things, or ideas

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brickwork

noun

masonry done with bricks and mortar

brilliancy

noun

a quality that outshines the usual

brigandine

noun

a medieval coat of chain mail consisting of metal rings sewn...

brinkmanship

noun

the policy of pushing a dangerous situation to the brink of...

bristliness

noun

the quality of being covered with prickly thorns or spines

brininess

noun

the relative proportion of salt in a solution

brisling

noun

small herring processed like a sardine

briskness

noun

liveliness and eagerness

bristletail

noun

small wingless insect with a long bristlelike tail

britishism

noun

a custom that is peculiar to England or its citizens

briarwood

noun

wood from the hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea; us...

brittlebush

noun

fragrant rounded shrub of southwestern United States and adj...

briticism

noun

an expression that is used in Great Britain (especially as c...

brittleness

noun

firm but easily broken

briard

noun

old French breed of large strong usually black dogs having a...

brierwood

noun

wood from the hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea; us...

bricole

noun

an engine that provided medieval artillery used during siege...

briarroot

noun

hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea

briquet

noun

a block made from charcoal or coal dust and burned as fuel

brisance

noun

the shattering or crushing effect of a sudden release of ene...

bridoon

noun

a bit resembling a snaffle bit; used with a separate curb

briony

noun

a vine of the genus Bryonia having large leaves and small fl...

broadaxe

noun

a large ax with a broad cutting blade

broadbill

noun

freshwater duck of the northern hemisphere having a broad fl...

broadsheet

noun

an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet)...

broadtail

noun

hardy coarse-haired sheep of central Asia; lambs are valued...

broadax

noun

a large ax with a broad cutting blade

broadcloth

noun

a closely woven silk or synthetic fabric with a narrow cross...

broadloom

noun

a carpet woven on a wide loom to obviate the need for seams

broglie

noun

French nuclear physicist who generalized the wave-particle d...

brobdingnag

noun

a land imagined by Jonathan Swift where everything was enorm...

bromeosin

noun

a red fluorescent dye resulting from the action of bromine o...

brome

noun

any of various woodland and meadow grasses of the genus Brom...

bronchoscope

noun

a slender tubular instrument used to examine the bronchial t...

bronchiole

noun

any of the smallest bronchial ducts; ending in alveoli

broncho

noun

an unbroken or imperfectly broken mustang

bronchopneumonia

noun

pneumonia characterized by acute inflammation of the walls o...

bronchospasm

noun

a spasm of the bronchi that makes exhalation difficult and n...

bronchus

noun

either of the two main branches of the trachea

broncobuster

noun

a person who breaks horses

brooder

noun

apparatus consisting of a box designed to maintain a constan...

brooklime

noun

plant of western North America and northeastern Asia having...

broodmare

noun

a female horse used for breeding

brooklet

noun

a small brook

broomcorn

noun

tall grasses grown for the elongated stiff-branched panicle...

brookweed

noun

water pimpernel of Europe to China

brotula

noun

deep-sea fishes

brownness

noun

an orange of low brightness and saturation

brougham

noun

a sedan that has no roof over the driver's seat

brownshirt

noun

a member of the Nazi SA which wore brown uniforms