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breech--n.The buttocks.
brethren--n.pl. Members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like.
brevity--n.Shortness of duration.
bric-a-brac--n.Objects of curiosity or for decoration.
bridle--n.The head-harness of a horse consisting of a head-stall, a bit, and the reins.
brigade--n.A body of troops consisting of two or more regiments.
brigadier--n.General officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.
brigand--n.One who lives by robbery and plunder.
brimstone--n.Sulfur.
brine--n.Water saturated with salt.
bristle--n.One of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc.
Britannia--n.The United Kingdom of Great Britain.
Briticism--n.A word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of Great Britain or the British.
brittle--adj.Fragile.
broach--v.To mention, for the first time.
broadcast--adj.Disseminated far and wide.
brogan--n.A coarse, heavy shoe.
brogue--n.Any dialectic pronunciation of English, especially that of the Irish people.
brokerage--n.The business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker.
bromine--n.A dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor.
bronchitis--n.Inflammation of the bronchial tubes.
bronchus--n.Either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs.
brooch--n.An article of jewelry fastened by a hinged pin and hook on the underside.
brotherhood--n.Spiritual or social fellowship or solidarity.
browbeat--v. To overwhelm, or attempt to do so, by stern,haughty, or rude address or manner.
brusque--adj.Somewhat rough or rude in manner or speech.
buffoon--n.A clown.
buffoonery--n.Low drollery, coarse jokes, etc.
bulbous--adj.Of, or pertaining to, or like a bulb.
bullock--n.An ox.
bulrush--n.Any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water.
bulwark--n.Anything that gives security or defense.
bumper--n.A cup or glass filled to the brim, especially one to be drunk as a toast orhealth.
bumptious--adj.Full of offensive and aggressive self-conceit.
bungle--v.To execute clumsily.
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