Brobdingnag |
in Jonathan Swift's eighteenth-century novel Gulliver's Travels, a land inhabited by giants. |
Brobdingnagian |
huge; enormous; gigantic. [3 definitions] |
brocade |
a fabric woven with a raised pattern. [2 definitions] |
broccoli |
a cultivated subspecies of the cabbage, or the green flower buds and flowering stalk of this plant used for food. |
brochette |
a small skewer or spit used for cooking. |
brochure |
a small booklet or pamphlet, esp. one that contains pictures and is used for advertising purposes. |
brogan |
a stout, ankle-high work shoe. |
brogue1 |
a dialectal pronunciation, esp. an Irish accent. |
brogue2 |
a strong laced shoe, usu. having decorative perforations. |
broil1 |
to cook at high temperature with heat coming from one direction, as on a grill or in an oven. [6 definitions] |
broil2 |
a rowdy quarrel or brawl. [2 definitions] |
broiler |
a device used for broiling food, such as a grill, pan, or compartment in a stove. [2 definitions] |
broiling |
causing the physical sensation of extreme heat. |
broke |
past tense of break. [2 definitions] |
broken |
cracked or smashed into separate pieces, or no longer able to function. [9 definitions] |
broken-down |
weak or shattered from disease or age. |
broken-hearted |
full of intense grief or disappointment. |
broker |
a person whose business is to negotiate buying and selling, esp. of stocks or real estate, on another's behalf. [2 definitions] |
brokerage |
the business of a broker. [2 definitions] |
bromate |
any salt of bromic acid. |
bromeliad |
any of several plants of the pineapple family, usu. having stiff leaves and spikes of bright flowers, and sometimes growing non-parasitically on other plants. |