| brownout |
a curtailment or reduction of available electrical power in a neighborhood or city. |
| brown recluse spider |
a highly poisonous, medium-sized brown spider that has a dark, violin-shaped mark on its body. |
| brown rice |
unpolished rice that has kept the yellowish bran layers and germ. |
| brownshirt |
(often cap.) a member of the militia in Nazi Germany; storm trooper. [2 definitions] |
| brownstone |
a dark reddish brown stone used as a building material. [2 definitions] |
| brown study |
a condition of being completely lost in thought or reverie. |
| brown sugar |
unrefined or partially refined sugar whose crystals have kept a thin coating of dark syrup. |
| brown trout |
a brownish trout with red-spotted sides, native to Europe and widely naturalized in U.S. streams. |
| browse |
to examine items in a leisurely way. [6 definitions] |
| browser |
a computer program that locates and displays web pages; web browser. |
| brucellosis |
a bacteria-induced disease that causes recurring fever and pains in the joints in people and abortions in cattle; undulant fever; Malta fever; Mediterranean fever. |
| bruin |
a bear. |
| bruise |
to wound or damage without causing a break or rupture. [4 definitions] |
| bruiser |
(informal) a large, strong, potentially dangerous person. |
| bruit |
to talk of widely (usu. used passively). |
| brunch |
a meal that serves as both breakfast and lunch, usu. eaten in the late morning. [2 definitions] |
| Brunei |
an independent Asian country under British protection, on the north coast of Borneo. |
| brunet |
having a dark color, as hair, eyes, skin, or the like. [2 definitions] |
| brunette |
having a dark color, as hair, eyes, skin, or the like. [2 definitions] |
| Brunhild |
in the anonymous German medieval epic The Nibelungenlied, the queen of Iceland. |
| brunt |
the main part of a force or stress. |