| breadboard | (noun) a wooden or plastic board on which dough is kneaded or bread is sliced | Synonyms: bread board |
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| breadbox | (noun) a container used to keep bread or cake in | Synonyms: bread-bin |
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| breadcrumb | (noun) crumb of bread; used especially for coating or thickening | - |
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| 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 | - |
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| (noun) native to Pacific islands and having edible fruit with a texture like bread | Synonyms: Artocarpus altilis, Artocarpus communis, breadfruit tree |
| breadline | (noun) a queue of people waiting for free food | Synonyms: bread line |
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| breadroot | (noun) densely hairy perennial of central North America having edible tuberous roots | Synonyms: Indian breadroot, pomme blanche, pomme de prairie, Psoralea esculenta |
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| breadstick | (noun) a crisp stick-shaped roll; often served with soup | Synonyms: bread-stick |
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| breadstuff | (noun) food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked | Synonyms: bread, staff of life |
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| (noun) flour or meal or grain used in baking bread | - |
| breadth | (noun) the extent of something from side to side | Synonyms: width |
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| (noun) the capacity to understand a broad range of topics | Synonyms: comprehensiveness, largeness |
| breadwinner | (noun) one whose earnings are the primary source of support for their dependents | - |
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| break | (noun) the act of breaking something | Synonyms: breakage, breaking |
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| (noun) an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity | Synonyms: disruption, gap, interruption |
| (noun) a sudden dash | - |
| (noun) the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool | - |
| (noun) an escape from jail | Synonyms: breakout, gaolbreak, jailbreak, prison-breaking, prisonbreak |
| (noun) a pause from doing something (as work) | Synonyms: recess, respite, time out |
| (noun) any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare | Synonyms: open frame |
| (noun) (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving | Synonyms: break of serve |
| (noun) some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity | Synonyms: interruption |
| (noun) an unexpected piece of good luck | Synonyms: good luck, happy chance |
| (noun) the occurrence of breaking | - |
| (noun) a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions) | Synonyms: breach, falling out, rift, rupture, severance |
| (noun) an abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice (as at puberty or due to emotion) | - |
| (noun) (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other | Synonyms: fault, faulting, fracture, geological fault, shift |
| (noun) breaking of hard tissue such as bone | Synonyms: fracture |
| (noun) a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something | Synonyms: intermission, interruption, pause, suspension |
| breakability | (noun) quality of being easily damaged or destroyed | Synonyms: fragility, frangibility, frangibleness |
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| breakable | (noun) an article that is fragile and easily broken | - |
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| breakableness | (noun) the consistency of something that breaks under pressure | - |
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| breakage | (noun) the act of breaking something | Synonyms: break, breaking |
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| (noun) reimbursement for goods damaged while in transit or in use | - |
| (noun) the quantity broken | - |
| breakaway | (noun) the act of breaking away or withdrawing from | Synonyms: breaking away |
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| breakax | (noun) West Indian timber tree having very hard wood | Synonyms: break-axe, breakaxe, Sloanea jamaicensis |
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| breakaxe | (noun) West Indian timber tree having very hard wood | Synonyms: break-axe, breakax, Sloanea jamaicensis |
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| breakdown | (noun) the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue | Synonyms: dislocation |
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| (noun) an analysis into mutually exclusive categories | Synonyms: partitioning |
| (noun) a cessation of normal operation | Synonyms: equipment failure |
| (noun) (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action | Synonyms: decomposition, putrefaction, rot, rotting |
| (noun) (chemistry) separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance | Synonyms: chemical decomposition reaction, decomposition, decomposition reaction |
| (noun) a mental or physical breakdown | Synonyms: crack-up |
| breaker | (noun) a device that trips like a switch and opens the circuit when overloaded | Synonyms: circuit breaker |
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| (noun) waves breaking on the shore | Synonyms: breakers, surf |
| (noun) a quarry worker who splits off blocks of stone | Synonyms: ledgeman |
| breakers | (noun) waves breaking on the shore | Synonyms: breaker, surf |
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| breakfast | (noun) the first meal of the day (usually in the morning) | - |
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| breaking | (noun) the act of breaking something | Synonyms: break, breakage |
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| breakout | (noun) an escape from jail | Synonyms: break, gaolbreak, jailbreak, prison-breaking, prisonbreak |
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| breakstone | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Saxifraga | Synonyms: rockfoil, saxifrage |
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| breakthrough | (noun) a penetration of a barrier such as an enemy's defense | - |
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| (noun) making an important discovery | - |
| (noun) a productive insight | Synonyms: discovery, find |
| breakup | (noun) the termination or disintegration of a relationship (between persons or nations) | Synonyms: dissolution |
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| (noun) coming apart | Synonyms: detachment, separation |
| breakwater | (noun) a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away | Synonyms: bulwark, groin, groyne, jetty, mole, seawall |
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| bream | (noun) any of various usually edible freshwater percoid fishes having compressed bodies and shiny scales; especially (but not exclusively) of the genus Lepomis | Synonyms: freshwater bream |
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| (noun) any of numerous marine percoid fishes especially (but not exclusively) of the family Sparidae | Synonyms: sea bream |
| (noun) flesh of any of various saltwater fishes of the family Sparidae or the family Bramidae | Synonyms: sea bream |
| (noun) flesh of various freshwater fishes of North America or of Europe | Synonyms: freshwater bream |
| breast | (noun) the part of an animal's body that corresponds to a person's chest | - |
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| (noun) either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman | Synonyms: boob, bosom, knocker, tit, titty |
| (noun) the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen | Synonyms: chest |
| (noun) meat carved from the breast of a fowl | Synonyms: white meat |
| breastbone | (noun) the flat bone that articulates with the clavicles and the first seven pairs of ribs | Synonyms: sternum |
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| breastpin | (noun) a decorative pin worn by women | Synonyms: broach, brooch |
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| breastplate | (noun) armor plate that protects the chest; the front part of a cuirass | Synonyms: aegis, egis |
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| breaststroke | (noun) a swimming stroke; the arms are extended together in front of the head and swept back on either side accompanied by a frog kick | - |
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| breaststroker | (noun) someone who swims the breaststroke | - |
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| breastwork | (noun) fortification consisting of a low wall | Synonyms: parapet |
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| breath | (noun) the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing | - |
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| (noun) an indirect suggestion | Synonyms: hint, intimation |
| (noun) a slight movement of the air | - |
| (noun) the air that is inhaled and exhaled in respiration | - |
| (noun) a short respite | Synonyms: breather, breathing place, breathing space, breathing spell, breathing time |
| breathalyser | (noun) a device that measures chemicals (especially the alcohol content) in a person's expired breath | Synonyms: breathalyzer |
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| breathalyzer | (noun) a device that measures chemicals (especially the alcohol content) in a person's expired breath | Synonyms: breathalyser |
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| breather | (noun) air passage provided by a retractable device containing intake and exhaust pipes; permits a submarine to stay submerged for extended periods of time | Synonyms: schnorchel, schnorkel, snorkel, snorkel breather |
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| (noun) a short respite | Synonyms: breath, breathing place, breathing space, breathing spell, breathing time |
| breathing | (noun) the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation | Synonyms: external respiration, respiration, ventilation |
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| breathlessness | (noun) a dyspneic condition | Synonyms: shortness of breath, SOB |
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| breccia | (noun) a rudaceous rock consisting of sharp fragments embedded in clay or sand | - |
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| breech | (noun) opening in the rear of the barrel of a gun where bullets can be loaded | Synonyms: rear of barrel, rear of tube |
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| breechblock | (noun) a metal block in breech-loading firearms that is withdrawn to insert a cartridge and replaced to close the breech before firing | Synonyms: breech closer |
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| breechcloth | (noun) a garment that provides covering for the loins | Synonyms: breechclout, loincloth |
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| breechclout | (noun) a garment that provides covering for the loins | Synonyms: breechcloth, loincloth |
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| breeches | (noun) (used in the plural) trousers ending above the knee | Synonyms: knee breeches, knee pants, knickerbockers, knickers |
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| breechloader | (noun) a gun that is loaded at the breech | - |
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| breed | (noun) a special type | - |
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| (noun) a special variety of domesticated animals within a species | Synonyms: stock, strain |
| breeder | (noun) a person who breeds animals | Synonyms: stock breeder |
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| breeding | (noun) the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring | Synonyms: facts of life, procreation, reproduction |
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| (noun) helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community | Synonyms: bringing up, fosterage, fostering, nurture, raising, rearing, upbringing |
| (noun) the production of animals or plants by inbreeding or hybridization | - |
| (noun) the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior) | Synonyms: education, training |
| (noun) elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression | Synonyms: genteelness, gentility |
| breeze | (noun) any undertaking that is easy to do | Synonyms: child's play, cinch, duck soup, picnic, piece of cake, pushover, snap, walkover |
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| (noun) a slight wind (usually refreshing) | Synonyms: air, gentle wind, zephyr |
| breeziness | (noun) a breezy liveliness | Synonyms: jauntiness |
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| (noun) a mildly windy state of the air | Synonyms: windiness |
| bregma | (noun) the craniometric point at the junction of the sagittal and coronal sutures at the top of the cranium | - |
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| brent | (noun) small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southward | Synonyms: brant, brant goose, brent goose |
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| brethren | (noun) (plural) the lay members of a male religious order | - |
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| breve | (noun) a diacritical mark (U-shaped) placed over a vowel to indicate a short sound | - |
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| brevet | (noun) a document entitling a commissioned officer to hold a higher rank temporarily (but without higher pay) | - |
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| breviary | (noun) (Roman Catholic Church) a book of prayers to be recited daily by certain priests and members of religious orders | - |
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| brevity | (noun) the attribute of being brief or fleeting | Synonyms: briefness, transience |
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| (noun) the use of brief expressions | - |
| brew | (noun) drink made by steeping and boiling and fermenting rather than distilling | Synonyms: brewage |
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| brewage | (noun) drink made by steeping and boiling and fermenting rather than distilling | Synonyms: brew |
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| brewer | (noun) the owner or manager of a brewery | - |
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| (noun) someone who brews beer or ale from malt and hops and water | Synonyms: beer maker |
| brewery | (noun) a plant where beer is brewed by fermentation | - |
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| brewing | (noun) the production of malt beverages (as beer or ale) from malt and hops by grinding and boiling them and fermenting the result with yeast | - |
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| brewpub | (noun) a combination brewery and restaurant; beer is brewed for consumption on the premises and served along with food | - |
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| briar | (noun) a pipe made from the root (briarroot) of the tree heath | Synonyms: briar pipe |
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| (noun) evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes | Synonyms: brier, Erica arborea, tree heath |
| (noun) a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries | Synonyms: brier, bullbrier, catbrier, greenbrier, horse-brier, horse brier, Smilax rotundifolia |
| (noun) Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips | Synonyms: brier, eglantine, Rosa eglanteria, sweetbriar, sweetbrier |
| briard | (noun) old French breed of large strong usually black dogs having a long tail and long wavy and slightly stiff coat | - |
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| briarroot | (noun) hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea | - |
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| briarwood | (noun) wood from the hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea; used to make tobacco pipes | Synonyms: brier-wood, brierwood |
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| bribe | (noun) payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgment | Synonyms: payoff |
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| briber | (noun) someone who pays (or otherwise incites) you to commit a wrongful act | Synonyms: suborner |
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| bribery | (noun) the practice of offering something (usually money) in order to gain an illicit advantage | Synonyms: graft |
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| brick | (noun) rectangular block of clay baked by the sun or in a kiln; used as a building or paving material | - |
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| (noun) a good fellow; helpful and trustworthy | - |
| brickbat | (noun) blunt criticism | - |
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| (noun) a fragment of brick used as a weapon | - |
| brickfield | (noun) a place where bricks are made and sold | Synonyms: brickyard |
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| brickkiln | (noun) a kiln for making bricks | - |
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| bricklayer | (noun) a craftsman skilled in building with bricks | - |
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| bricklaying | (noun) the craft of laying bricks | - |
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| brickwork | (noun) masonry done with bricks and mortar | - |
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| brickyard | (noun) a place where bricks are made and sold | Synonyms: brickfield |
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| bricolage | (noun) construction of something by whatever material are available | - |
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| bricole | (noun) catapult operated by manpower pulling cords attached to a lever and slign to launch projectiles | Synonyms: mangonel, traction trebuchet |
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| bridal | (noun) archaic terms for a wedding or wedding feast | Synonyms: espousal |
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| bride | (noun) a woman who has recently been married | - |
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| (noun) a woman participant in her own marriage ceremony | - |
| bridecake | (noun) a rich cake with two or more tiers and covered with frosting and decorations; served at a wedding reception | Synonyms: wedding cake |
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| bridegroom | (noun) a man who has recently been married | Synonyms: groom |
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| (noun) a man participant in his own marriage ceremony | Synonyms: groom |
| bridesmaid | (noun) an unmarried woman who attends the bride at a wedding | Synonyms: maid of honor |
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| bridge | (noun) any of various card games based on whist for four players | - |
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| (noun) a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc. | Synonyms: span |
| (noun) an upper deck where a ship is steered and the captain stands | Synonyms: bridge deck |
| (noun) the link between two lenses; rests on the nose | Synonyms: nosepiece |
| (noun) a denture anchored to teeth on either side of missing teeth | Synonyms: bridgework |
| (noun) a wooden support that holds the strings up | - |
| (noun) a circuit consisting of two branches (4 arms arranged in a diamond configuration) across which a meter is connected | Synonyms: bridge circuit |
| (noun) the hard ridge that forms the upper part of the nose | - |
| (noun) something resembling a bridge in form or function | - |
| bridgehead | (noun) an area in hostile territory that has been captured and is held awaiting further troops and supplies | Synonyms: foothold |
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| (noun) a defensive post at the end of a bridge nearest to the enemy | - |
| bridgework | (noun) a denture anchored to teeth on either side of missing teeth | Synonyms: bridge |
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| bridle | (noun) the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess | Synonyms: check, curb |
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| (noun) headgear for a horse; includes a headstall and bit and reins to give the rider or driver control | - |
| bridoon | (noun) a bit resembling a snaffle bit; used with a separate curb | - |
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| brief | (noun) a condensed written summary or abstract | - |
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| (noun) a document stating the facts and points of law of a client's case | Synonyms: legal brief |
| briefcase | (noun) a case with a handle; for carrying papers or files or books | - |
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| briefing | (noun) detailed instructions, as for a military operation | - |
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| briefness | (noun) the attribute of being brief or fleeting | Synonyms: brevity, transience |
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| (noun) the temporal property of being very short | - |
| briefs | (noun) (used in the plural) short tight-fitting underpants (trade name Jockey shorts) | Synonyms: Jockey shorts |
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| brier | (noun) evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes | Synonyms: briar, Erica arborea, tree heath |
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| (noun) a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries | Synonyms: briar, bullbrier, catbrier, greenbrier, horse-brier, horse brier, Smilax rotundifolia |
| (noun) Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips | Synonyms: briar, eglantine, Rosa eglanteria, sweetbriar, sweetbrier |
| (noun) tangled mass of prickly plants | Synonyms: brier patch, brierpatch |
| (noun) a thorny stem or twig | - |