| brisk |
active or energetic; lively; quick. [3 definitions] |
| brisket |
in livestock, the part of the chest adjacent to the ribs, or the meat derived from it. |
| brisling |
a small fish of the northeastern Atlantic; sprat. |
| bristle |
a short, stiff hair, esp. on an animal. [6 definitions] |
| bristlecone pine |
a small pine growing at high altitudes in the western United States that is the longest-lived conifer known, some specimens being over four thousand years old. |
| bristle worm |
a segmented worm of the class Polychaeta with bristled appendages. |
| Bristol board |
a fine-grained, heavy pasteboard used by artists, printers, and the like. |
| Brit |
(informal) a person from Great Britain; Briton. |
| brit |
the young of herring. [2 definitions] |
| Britain |
the main island of the United Kingdom, located off the northwest coast of France and occupied by England, Scotland, and Wales; Great Britain. [2 definitions] |
| Britannia |
Great Britain or the British Empire, often represented as a seated, helmeted woman holding a trident. [3 definitions] |
| Britannia metal |
an alloy of tin, copper, antimony, and other metals, similar to pewter and used for tableware. |
| Britannic |
of Great Britain; British. [2 definitions] |
| britches |
(informal) trousers; breeches. |
| Brith |
(Hebrew) see "Brith Milah." |
| Brith Milah |
(Hebrew) the Jewish practice of circumcising boys eight days after birth; Brith; Berith. |
| Briticism |
a word, phrase, or idiom characteristic of or belonging exclusively to the English language as used in Great Britain. |
| British |
of or pertaining to Great Britain or the United Kingdom, or its people, culture, language, or the like. [4 definitions] |
| British Columbia |
a Canadian province on the Pacific coast. |
| British Commonwealth |
see "commonwealth." |
| British East India Company |
a British company that carried on trade with the East Indies from 1600 to 1874 under the sanction of a royal government charter. |