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

brighten
verb make lighter or brighter; `The paint will brighten the room`

brightly
bright adverb with brightness; `the stars shone brilliantly`; `the windows glowed jewel bright`

brightly-colored
brightly-coloured adjective having a bright color

brightness
cleverness noun intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty

brightness constancy
noun the tendency for a visual object to be perceived as having the same brightness under widely different conditions of illumination

Brighton
noun a city in East Sussex in southern England that is a popular resort; site of the University of Sussex

Brigit
noun Celtic goddess of fire and fertility and agriculture and household arts and wisdom; later associated with Saint Bridget

Brihaspati
noun personification of the power of ritual devotion

brill
Scophthalmus rhombus noun European food fish

brilliance
noun unusual mental ability

brilliance
noun the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand; `for magnificence and personal service there is the Queen`s hotel`; `his `Hamlet` lacks the brilliance that one expects`; `it is the university that gives the scene its stately splendor`; `an imaginative mix of old-fashioned grandeur and colorful art`; `advertisers capitalize on the grandness and elegance it brings to their products`

brilliancy
splendor noun a quality that outshines the usual

brilliant
glorious adjective characterized by grandeur; `the brilliant court life at Versailles`; `a glorious work of art`; `magnificent cathedrals`; `the splendid coronation ceremony`

brilliant pebble
noun a code name for a small computerized heat-seeking missile that was supposed to intercept and destroy enemy missiles

brilliantine
noun a pomade to make the hair manageable and lustrous

brilliantly
adverb in an extremely intelligent way; `he solved the problem brilliantly`

brilliantly
bright adverb with brightness; `the stars shone brilliantly`; `the windows glowed jewel bright`

brim
noun a circular projection that sticks outward from the crown of a hat

brim
lip noun the top edge of a vessel or other container

brimful
brimfull adjective filled to capacity; `a brimful cup`; `I am brimful of chowder`; `a child brimming over with curiosity`; `eyes brimming with tears`

brimless
adjective without a brim; `a brimless hat`

brimstone
native sulfur noun an old name for sulfur

Brindisi
noun a port city in southeastern Apulia in Italy; a center for the Crusades in the Middle Ages

brindled
brindle adjective having a grey or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring; used especially of the patterned fur of cats

brine
noun a strong solution of salt and water used for pickling

brine shrimp
Artemia salina noun common to saline lakes

Brinell number
noun measure of the hardness of a material

bring
work 1 play d wreak verb cause to happen or to occur as a consequence; `I cannot work a miracle`; `wreak havoc`; `bring comments`; `play a joke`; `The rain brought relief to the drought-stricken area`

bring about
verb cause to move into the opposite direction; `they brought about the boat when they saw a storm approaching`

bring around
verb provide a cure for, make healthy again; `The treatment cured the boy`s acne`; `The quack pretended to heal patients but never managed to`

bring back
verb bring back to the point of departure

bring down
verb cause to be enthusiastic; `Her playing brought down the house`

bring forth
verb bring out for display; `The proud father produced many pictures of his baby`; `The accused brought forth a letter in court that he claims exonerates him`

bring forward
verb cause to move forward; `Can you move the car seat forward?`

bring home
verb make understandable and clear; `This brings home my point`

bring home the bacon
verb supply means of subsistence; earn a living; `He provides for his large family by working three jobs`; `Women nowadays not only take care of the household but also bring home the bacon`

bring in
introduce verb bring in a new person or object into a familiar environment; `He brought in a new judge`; `The new secretary introduced a nasty rumor`

bring oneself
verb cause to undertake a certain action, usually used in the negative; `He could not bring himself to call his parents`

bring out
let out verb bring out of a specific state

bring out
verb take out of a container or enclosed space; `Get out your best dress--we are going to a party!`

bring round
bring around verb cause to adopt an opinion or course of action; `His urgent letter finally brought me around to give money to the school`

bring to
bring back verb return to consciousness; `These pictures bring back sad memories`

bring to bear
verb bring into operation or effect; `The new members brought to bear new concerns to the U.N.`

bring together
verb bring together in a common cause or emotion; `The death of their child had drawn them together`

bring up
cite verb make reference to; `His name was mentioned in connection with the invention`

bringing
noun the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail); `his reluctant delivery of bad news`

bringing up
fostering noun helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community; `they debated whether nature or nurture was more important`

brininess
salinity noun the relative proportion of salt in a solution

brink
noun the edge of a steep place

brinkmanship
noun the policy of pushing a dangerous situation to the brink of disaster (to the limits of safety)

Brinton
Daniel Garrison Brinton noun United States anthropologist who was the first to attempt a systematic classification of Native American languages (1837-1899)

brioche
noun a light roll rich with eggs and butter and somewhat sweet

Brioschi
noun an antacid

briquette
briquet noun a block made from charcoal or coal dust and burned as fuel

brisance
noun the shattering or crushing effect of a sudden release of energy as in an explosion

brisant
adjective of or relating to the power (the shattering effect) of an explosive

Brisbane quandong
silver quandong tree noun Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit

brisk
lively adjective quick and energetic; `a brisk walk in the park`; `a lively gait`; `a merry chase`; `traveling at a rattling rate`; `a snappy pace`; `a spanking breeze`

brisket
noun a cut of meat from the breast or lower chest especially of beef

briskly
adverb in a brisk manner; `she walked briskly in the cold air`; ``after lunch,` she said briskly`

briskness
noun liveliness and eagerness; `he accepted with alacrity`; `the smartness of the pace soon exhausted him`

brisling
sprat noun small herring processed like a sardine

bristle
noun a stiff hair

bristle at
bridle at verb show anger or indignation; `She bristled at his insolent remarks`

bristle brush
noun a brush that is made with the short stiff hairs of an animal or plant

bristle fern
noun any fern of the genus Trichomanes having large pinnatifid often translucent fronds; most are epiphytic on tree branches and twigs or terrestrial on mossy banks

bristle-pointed
adjective pointed like bristles

bristlecone pine
Rocky Mountain bristlecone pine noun small slow-growing upland pine of western United States (Rocky Mountains) having dense branches with fissured rust-brown bark and short needles in bunches of 5 and thorn-tipped cone scales; among the oldest living things some over 4500 years old

bristlegrass
bristle grass noun grasses of grasslands and woodlands having large gracefully arching spikes with long bristles beneath each spikelet

bristlelike
adjective resembling a bristle

bristletail
noun small wingless insect with a long bristlelike tail

bristly
prickly adjective very irritable; `bristly exchanges between the White House and the press`; `he became prickly and spiteful`; `witty and waspish about his colleagues`

bristly locust
rose acacia noun large shrub or small tree of the eastern United States having bristly stems and large clusters of pink flowers

bristly sarsaparilla
bristly sarsparilla noun bristly herb of eastern and central North America having black fruit and medicinal bark

Bristol
noun an industrial city and port in southwestern England near the mouth of the River Avon

Bristol Channel
noun an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean between southern Wales and southwestern England

Britannia metal
noun an alloy similar to pewter

Britannic
adjective of Britain; `Her Britannic Majesty`

britches
noun informal term for breeches

British
adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Great Britain or its people or culture; `his wife is British`

British Cabinet
noun the senior ministers of the British government

British capacity unit
Imperial capacity unit noun a unit of measure for capacity officially adopted in the British Imperial System; British units are both dry and wet

British Columbia
noun a province in western Canada

British Commonwealth
Commonwealth of Nations noun an association of nations consisting of the United Kingdom and its dependencies and many former British colonies that are now sovereign states but owe allegiance to the British Crown

British Crown
noun the symbol of the power of the British monarchy; `members of the British Commonwealth owe allegiance to the British Crown`

British Empire
noun formerly the United Kingdom and all the territories under its control; reached its greatest extent at the end of World War I; `the sun never sets on the British Empire`

British empiricism
noun the predominant philosophical tradition in Great Britain since the 17th century

British Imperial System
English system noun a system of weights and measures based on the foot and pound and second and pint

British Isles
noun Great Britain and Ireland and adjacent islands in the north Atlantic

British monetary unit
noun monetary unit in Great Britain

British Parliament
noun the British legislative body

British pound
pound 1 British pound sterling noun the basic unit of money in Great Britain; equal to 100 pence

British shilling
shilling 1 bob noun a former monetary unit in Great Britain

British thermal unit
BTU noun a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit at one atmosphere pressure; equivalent to 251.997 calories

British Virgin Islands
noun more than 40 northeastern Virgin Islands (15 inhabited); a dependent territory of the United Kingdom

Britisher
Briton 1 Brit noun a native or inhabitant of Great Britain

Briton
adjective characteristic of or associated with the Britons; `the Briton inhabitants of England`

Brittany spaniel
noun tall active short-tailed French breed of bird dog having a usually smooth orange- or liver-and-white coat

Britten
Benjamin Britten noun major English composer of the 20th century; noted for his operas (1913-1976)

brittle
brickle adjective having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped; `brittle bones`; `glass is brittle`; ``brickle` and `brickly` are dialectal`