| brush2 |
a thick growth of small trees, shrubs, or bushes. [2 definitions] |
| brush fire |
a fire in an area of bushes and shrubs. [2 definitions] |
| brush-off |
(informal) an abrupt dismissal or rejection. |
| brush off |
to casually refuse to talk with (someone); quickly dismiss. |
| brush up on |
to study again to bring one's knowledge up to date or to remember what might have been forgotten; review. |
| brushwood |
branches that have been chopped or broken off trees or bushes. [2 definitions] |
| brushwork |
work done with a brush, as in painting. [2 definitions] |
| brusque |
impolitely abrupt in speech or actions; curt. |
| Brussels |
the capital of Belgium. |
| Brussels sprout |
a green vegetable resembling a small head of cabbage that grows among other heads along a tall stalk of a plant. [2 definitions] |
| Brussels sprouts |
the small green edible heads that grow on the stem of a plant that is a type of cabbage. [2 definitions] |
| brutal |
exceptionally savage, merciless, or cruel. [3 definitions] |
| brutality |
the condition or quality of being brutal or very cruel. [2 definitions] |
| brutalize |
to treat savagely, mercilessly, or cruelly. [2 definitions] |
| brute |
any nonhuman animal, esp. a mammal. [5 definitions] |
| brutish |
being unfeeling, brutal, very stupid, or the like; savage. |
| bruxism |
the unconscious habit of grinding one's teeth, either while sleeping or waking. |
| bryology |
the branch of botany dealing with mosses and liverworts. |
| bryony |
any of several perennial vines of the gourd family, having fleshy roots and bearing greenish flowers, the juice of which has been used to cause vomiting and bowel movement. |
| bryophyte |
any of the group of plants that consists of the true mosses, peat mosses, hornworts, and liverworts. |
| bryozoan |
any of a phylum (Bryozoa) of sessile invertebrate animals that uses tentacles to remove food particles from water. |