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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

brand
make noun a recognizable kind; `there`s a new brand of hero in the movies now`; `what make of car is that?`

brand
verb mark or expose as infamous; `She was branded a loose woman`

brand-name drug
proprietary drug noun a drug that has a trade name and is protected by a patent (can be produced and sold only by the company holding the patent)

brand-new
bran-new adjective conspicuously new; `shiny brand-new shoes`; `a spick-and-span novelty`

brand-newness
noun the property of being very new

branded
adjective marked with a brand; `branded cattle`; `branded criminal`

Brandenburg
noun the territory of an Elector (of the Holy Roman Empire) that expanded to become the kingdom of Prussia in 1701

branding iron
noun implement used to brand live stock

brandish
flourish verb move or swing back and forth; `She waved her gun`

Brandt
Willy Brandt noun German statesman who as chancellor of West Germany worked to reduce tensions with eastern Europe (1913-1992)

brandy
noun distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice

brandyball
noun a British candy flavored with brandy

brandysnap
noun a gingersnap flavored with brandy

brant
brant goose noun small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southward

Branta
genus Branta noun wild geese

Braque
Georges Braque noun French painter who led the cubist movement (1882-1963)

Brasenia
genus Brasenia noun alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae

brash
cheeky adjective offensively bold; `a brash newcomer disputed the age-old rules for admission to the club`; `a nervy thing to say`

brashness
noun the trait of being rash and hasty

Brasilia
Brazilian capital noun the capital of Brazil; a city built on the central plateau and inaugurated in 1960

brass
brass instrument noun a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece

brass
plaque noun a memorial made of brass

brass band
noun a group of musicians playing only brass and percussion instruments

brass buttons
Cotula coronopifolia noun South African herb with golden-yellow globose flower heads; naturalized in moist areas along coast of California; cultivated as an ornamental

brass family
noun (music) the family of brass instruments

brass hat
noun a high-ranking military officer

brass knucks
knucks noun a small metal weapon; worn over the knuckles on the back of the hand

brass monkey
noun a metal stand that formerly held cannon balls on sailing ships

brass ring
noun a rich opportunity or a prize; `he missed the brass ring at the Miami convention`

brass section
noun the section of a band or orchestra that plays brass instruments

brassard
noun armor plate that protects the arm

brassavola
noun any of various tropical American orchids with usually solitary fleshy leaves and showy white to green nocturnally fragrant blossoms solitary or in racemes of up to 7

brassbound
adjective having trim or fittings of brass; `a brassbound campaign chest`; `the heavy brassbound door`

brasserie
noun a small restaurant serving beer and wine as well as food; usually cheap

Brassia
genus Brassia noun genus of tropical American epiphytic orchids having striking axillary racemes of yellow to green spiderlike flowers with long slender sepals and warty lips: spider orchids

Brassia lawrenceana
noun South American orchid with spiderlike pale-yellow to pale-green flowers

Brassia verrucosa
noun Central American orchid having spiderlike flowers with prominent green warts

Brassica
genus Brassica noun mustards: cabbages; cauliflowers; turnips; etc.

brassie
noun (formerly) a golfing wood with a face more elevated that a driver but less than a spoon

brassiere
bra noun an undergarment worn by women to support their breasts

brassy
brasslike adjective resembling the sound of a brass instrument

Bratislava
capital of Slovakia noun capital and largest city of Slovakia

brattice
noun a partition (often temporary) of planks or cloth that is used to control ventilation in a mine

Brattleboro
noun a town in southeastern Vermont on the Connecticut River

bratty
brattish adjective (used of an ill-mannered child) impolitely unruly

bratwurst
brat noun a small pork sausage

Braun
noun the German mistress of Adolf Hitler (1910-1945)

Braun`s holly fern
prickly shield fern noun North American fern whose more or less evergreen leathery fronds are covered with pale brown chafflike scales

Braunschweig
Brunswick noun a city in central Germany

bravado
bluster noun a swaggering show of courage

brave
braw adjective brightly colored and showy; `girls decked out in brave new dresses`; `brave banners flying`; ``braw` is a Scottish word`; `a dress a bit too gay for her years`; `birds with gay plumage`

bravely
courageously adverb in a courageous manner; `bravely he went into the burning house`

bravo
noun a cry of approval as from an audience at the end of great performance

bravura
noun brilliant and showy technical skill; `in a final bravura the ballerina appeared to be floating in water`; `the music ends with a display of bravura`

brawl
free-for-all noun a noisy fight in a crowd

brawler
noun a fighter (especially one who participates in brawls)

brawling
fighting adjective disposed to loud disagreements and fighting

brawn
brawniness noun possessing muscular strength

brawny
hefty adjective (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful; `a hefty athlete`; `a muscular boxer`; `powerful arms`

Braxton-Hicks contraction
false labor noun painless contractions of the muscles of the uterus that continue throughout pregnancy with increasing frequency

bray
noun the cry of an ass

braze
verb solder together by using hard solder with a high melting point

brazen
adjective made of or resembling brass (as in color or hardness)

brazenly
adverb in a brazen manner; `he spoke brazenly`

brazier
brasier noun large metal container in which coal or charcoal is burned; warms people who must stay outside for long times

brazil nut
brazil noun three-sided tropical American nut with white oily meat and hard brown shell

Brazilian
adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Brazil or the people of Brazil

Brazilian guava
Psidium guineense noun South American tree having fruit similar to the true guava

brazilian ironwood
Caesalpinia ferrea noun thornless tree yielding heavy wood

Brazilian monetary unit
noun monetary unit in Brazil

Brazilian pepper tree
Schinus terebinthifolius noun small Brazilian evergreen resinous tree or shrub having dark green leaflets and white flowers followed by bright red fruit; used as a street tree and lawn specimen

Brazilian potato tree
Solanum wrightii noun South American shrub or small tree widely cultivated in the tropics; not a true potato

Brazilian rosewood
caviuna wood noun an important Brazilian timber tree yielding a heavy hard dark-colored wood streaked with black

Brazilian trumpeter
Psophia crepitans noun trumpeter of Brazil and Guiana; often kept to protect poultry in Brazil

brazilwood
peachwood noun tropical tree with prickly trunk; its heavy red wood yields a red dye and is used for cabinetry

Brazos
Brazos River noun a river that rises in Mexico and flows across Texas into the Gulf of Mexico

Brazzaville
noun the capital and largest city of the Republic of the Congo

breach
noun an opening (especially a gap in a dike or fortification)

breach of contract
noun a breach of a legal duty; failure to do something that is required in a contract

breach of duty
noun a breach of due care

breach of promise
noun failure to keep a promise (of marriage)

breach of the covenant of warranty
noun a failure of the seller`s guarantee of good title

breach of trust
noun violation (either through fraud or negligence) by a trustee of a duty that equity requires of him

breach of warranty
noun a breach that occurs when an item is deficient according to the terms of a warranty

bread
breadstuff 1 staff of life noun food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked

bread and butter pickle
noun thinly sliced sweet pickles

bread dough
noun any of various doughs for bread

bread knife
noun a knife used to cut bread

bread mold
Rhizopus nigricans noun a mold of the genus Rhizopus

bread sauce
noun creamy white sauce made with bread instead of flour and seasoned with cloves and onion

bread-bin
breadbox noun a container used to keep bread or cake in

breadbasket
noun a basket for serving bread

breadboard
bread board noun a wooden or plastic board on which dough is kneaded or bread is sliced

breadcrumb
noun crumb of bread; used especially for coating or thickening

breadfruit
noun a large round seedless or seeded fruit with a texture like bread; eaten boiled or baked or roasted or ground into flour; the roasted seeds resemble chestnuts

breadline
bread line noun a queue of people waiting for free food

breadroot
Indian breadroot noun densely hairy perennial of central North America having edible tuberous roots

breadstick
bread-stick noun a crisp stick-shaped roll; often served with soup

breadth
comprehensiveness noun the capacity to understand a broad range of topics; `a teacher must have a breadth of knowledge of the subject`; `a man distinguished by the largeness and scope of his views`

breadthwise
breadthways adverb in the direction of the breadth; `cut the cloth breadthwise`