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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.
British Empire the collective name for the lands formerly ruled by the British monarch.
Britisher a native of Great Britain, esp. of England, or a descendant thereof; Englishman or Englishwoman.
British Honduras the name of Belize prior to independence in 1981.
British Isles Great Britain, Ireland, and the adjacent smaller islands, collectively.
Britishism Briticism. [2 definitions]
British thermal unit a unit of heat equal to the amount needed to raise the temperature of one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit, or equal to about 252 calories. (abbr.: Btu)
British West Indies the Caribbean islands that are members of the Commonwealth, such as Jamaica, the Bahamas, Barbados, and Trinidad and Tobago.
Briton a native or citizen of the United Kingdom, esp. England, or a descendant thereof; Britisher. [2 definitions]
Brittany the westernmost, coastal region of France, formerly a province.
brittle easily broken, esp. along smooth fracture lines. [4 definitions]