| 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. |
| Brythonic |
of or belonging to the P-Celtic group of languages. [2 definitions] |
| B.S.1 |
abbreviation of "Bachelor of Science," an undergraduate degree conferred on a person who has completed a curriculum in science, technology, or the like. |
| B.S.2 |
(often l.c.) (vulgar slang) abbreviation of "bullshit," lies, exaggerations, boasts, or the like. |
| Btu |
abbreviation of "British thermal unit" or "British thermal units," 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. |