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150 Words That Start With BRA

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bra (noun) an undergarment worn by women to support their breasts Synonyms: bandeau, brassiere
brabble (verb) argue over petty things Synonyms: bicker, niggle, pettifog, quibble, squabble
brace (noun) a structural member used to stiffen a framework Synonyms: bracing
(noun) a carpenter's tool having a crank handle for turning and a socket to hold a bit for boring Synonyms: bitstock
(noun) an appliance that corrects dental irregularities Synonyms: braces, orthodontic braces
(noun) a support that steadies or strengthens something else
(noun) elastic straps that hold trousers up Synonyms: gallus, suspender
(noun) a rope on a square-rigged ship that is used to swing a yard about and secure it
(noun) either of two punctuation marks ({ or }) used to enclose textual material
(noun) a set of two similar things considered as a unit Synonyms: pair
(noun) two items of the same kind Synonyms: couple, couplet, distich, duad, duet, duo, dyad, pair, span, twain, twosome, yoke
(verb) cause to be alert and energetic Synonyms: arouse, energise, energize, perk up, stimulate
(verb) support by bracing
(verb) support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace Synonyms: stabilise, stabilize, steady
(verb) prepare (oneself), often but not necessarily for something unpleasant or difficult Synonyms: poise
braced (adjective) positioned so as to be ready for confrontation or danger
(adjective) held up by braces or buttresses Synonyms: buttressed
bracelet (noun) jewelry worn around the wrist for decoration Synonyms: bangle
(noun) a band of cloth or leather or metal links attached to a wristwatch and wrapped around the wrist Synonyms: watch bracelet, watchband, watchstrap, wristband
bracer (noun) a tonic or restorative (especially a drink of liquor) Synonyms: pick-me-up
(noun) a protective covering for the wrist or arm that is used in archery and fencing and other sports Synonyms: armguard
bracero (noun) a Mexican laborer who worked in the United States on farms and railroads in order to ease labor shortages during World War II
braces (noun) an appliance that corrects dental irregularities Synonyms: brace, orthodontic braces
brachial (adjective) of or relating to an arm
brachiate (adjective) having arms or armlike appendages
(adjective) having widely spreading paired branches
(verb) swing from one hold to the next
brachiation (noun) swinging by the arms from branch to branch
brachiopod (adjective) of or belonging to the phylum Brachiopoda Synonyms: brachiopodous
(noun) marine animal with bivalve shell having a pair of arms bearing tentacles for capturing food; found worldwide Synonyms: lamp shell, lampshell
brachiopodous (adjective) of or belonging to the phylum Brachiopoda Synonyms: brachiopod
brachistochrone (noun) a curve between two points along which a body can move under gravity in a shorter time than for any other curve.
brachium (noun) (biology) a branching or armlike part of an animal
brachycephalic (adjective) having a short broad head with a cephalic index of over 80 Synonyms: brachycranial, brachycranic
(noun) an adult with a short broad head
brachycephalism (noun) the quality of being brachycephalic Synonyms: brachycephaly
brachycephaly (noun) the quality of being brachycephalic Synonyms: brachycephalism
brachycranial (adjective) having a short broad head with a cephalic index of over 80 Synonyms: brachycephalic, brachycranic
brachycranic (adjective) having a short broad head with a cephalic index of over 80 Synonyms: brachycephalic, brachycranial
brachydactylia (noun) abnormal shortness of fingers and toes Synonyms: brachydactyly
brachydactylic (adjective) having abnormally short finger or toes Synonyms: brachydactylous
brachydactylous (adjective) having abnormally short finger or toes Synonyms: brachydactylic
brachydactyly (noun) abnormal shortness of fingers and toes Synonyms: brachydactylia
brachypterous (adjective) (especially of certain insects) having very short or rudimentary wings Synonyms: short-winged
brachyuran (noun) typical crabs
brachyurous (adjective) of or belonging to the suborder Brachyura
bracing (adjective) imparting vitality and energy Synonyms: brisk, fresh, refreshful, refreshing, tonic
(noun) a structural member used to stiffen a framework Synonyms: brace
bracken (noun) large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan Synonyms: brake, pasture brake, Pteridium aquilinum
(noun) fern of southeastern Asia; not hardy in cold temperate regions Synonyms: Pteridium esculentum
bracket (noun) a support projecting from a wall (as to hold a shelf) Synonyms: wall bracket
(noun) either of two punctuation marks ([ or ]) used to enclose textual material Synonyms: square bracket
(noun) either of two punctuation marks (`<' or `>') used in computer programming and sometimes used to enclose textual material Synonyms: angle bracket
(noun) a category falling within certain defined limits
(verb) classify or group
(verb) place into brackets Synonyms: bracket out
(verb) support with brackets
brackish (adjective) slightly salty (especially from containing a mixture of seawater and fresh water) Synonyms: briny
(adjective) distasteful and unpleasant; spoiled by mixture
brackishness (noun) the quality of being salty, as the saltiness of water
bract (noun) a modified leaf or leaflike part just below and protecting an inflorescence
bracteal (adjective) pertaining to or resembling or functioning as a bract
bracteate (adjective) having bracts Synonyms: bracted
bracted (adjective) having bracts Synonyms: bracteate
bracteolate (adjective) having bracteoles
bracteole (noun) a small bract Synonyms: bractlet
bractlet (noun) a small bract Synonyms: bracteole
brad (noun) a small nail
(verb) fasten with brads
bradawl (noun) an awl for making small holes for brads or small screws Synonyms: pricker
bradycardia (noun) abnormally slow heartbeat
brae (noun) a slope or hillside
brag (adjective) exceptionally good Synonyms: boss
(noun) an instance of boastful talk Synonyms: bragging, crow, crowing, gasconade, line-shooting, vaporing
(verb) show off Synonyms: blow, bluster, boast, gas, gasconade, shoot a line, swash, tout, vaunt
braggadocio (noun) vain and empty boasting Synonyms: bluster, rhodomontade, rodomontade
braggart (adjective) exhibiting self-importance Synonyms: big, boastful, bragging, braggy, cock-a-hoop, crowing, self-aggrandising, self-aggrandizing
(noun) a very boastful and talkative person Synonyms: blowhard, boaster, bragger, line-shooter, vaunter
bragger (noun) a very boastful and talkative person Synonyms: blowhard, boaster, braggart, line-shooter, vaunter
bragging (adjective) exhibiting self-importance Synonyms: big, boastful, braggart, braggy, cock-a-hoop, crowing, self-aggrandising, self-aggrandizing
(noun) an instance of boastful talk Synonyms: brag, crow, crowing, gasconade, line-shooting, vaporing
braggy (adjective) exhibiting self-importance Synonyms: big, boastful, braggart, bragging, cock-a-hoop, crowing, self-aggrandising, self-aggrandizing
brahman (noun) the highest of the four varnas: the priestly or sacerdotal category Synonyms: brahmin
(noun) a member of the highest of the four Hindu varnas Synonyms: brahmin
(noun) a member of a social and cultural elite (especially a descendant of an old New England family) Synonyms: brahmin
brahmin (noun) the highest of the four varnas: the priestly or sacerdotal category Synonyms: brahman
(noun) a member of the highest of the four Hindu varnas Synonyms: brahman
(noun) a member of a social and cultural elite (especially a descendant of an old New England family) Synonyms: brahman
brahminic (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of a brahmin Synonyms: brahminical
brahminical (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of a brahmin Synonyms: brahminic
braid (noun) trimming used to decorate clothes or curtains Synonyms: braiding, gold braid
(noun) a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair Synonyms: plait, tress, twist
(verb) form or weave into a braid or braids Synonyms: pleach
(verb) decorate with braids or ribbons
(verb) make by braiding or interlacing Synonyms: lace, plait
braided (adjective) woven by (or as if by) braiding
braiding (noun) trimming used to decorate clothes or curtains Synonyms: braid, gold braid
brail (noun) a small rope (one of several) used to draw a sail in
(noun) a small net used to draw fish into a boat
(verb) haul fish aboard with brails
(verb) take in a sail with a brail
braille (noun) a point system of writing in which patterns of raised dots represent letters and numerals
(verb) transcribe in braille
brain (noun) that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord Synonyms: encephalon
(noun) mental ability Synonyms: brainpower, learning ability, mental capacity, mentality, wit
(noun) that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason Synonyms: head, mind, nous, psyche
(noun) the brain of certain animals used as meat
(noun) someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality Synonyms: brainiac, Einstein, genius, mastermind
(verb) hit on the head
(verb) kill by smashing someone's skull
braincase (noun) the part of the skull that encloses the brain Synonyms: brainpan, cranium
brainchild (noun) a product of your creative thinking and work Synonyms: inspiration
brainiac (noun) someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality Synonyms: brain, Einstein, genius, mastermind
brainish (adjective) characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation Synonyms: hotheaded, impetuous, impulsive, madcap, tearaway
brainless (adjective) not using intelligence Synonyms: headless
brainpan (noun) the part of the skull that encloses the brain Synonyms: braincase, cranium
brainpower (noun) mental ability Synonyms: brain, learning ability, mental capacity, mentality, wit
brainsick (adjective) affected with madness or insanity Synonyms: crazy, demented, disturbed, mad, sick, unbalanced, unhinged
brainstem (noun) the part of the brain continuous with the spinal cord and comprising the medulla oblongata and pons and midbrain and parts of the hypothalamus Synonyms: brain-stem, brain stem
brainstorm (noun) the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation Synonyms: brainwave, insight
(verb) try to solve a problem by thinking intensely about it
brainstorming (noun) a group problem-solving technique in which members spontaneously share ideas and solutions
brainwash (verb) submit to brainwashing; indoctrinate forcibly
(verb) persuade completely, often through coercion
brainwashed (adjective) subjected to intensive forced indoctrination resulting in the rejection of old beliefs and acceptance of new ones
brainwashing (noun) forcible indoctrination into a new set of attitudes and beliefs
brainwave (noun) the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation Synonyms: brainstorm, insight
(noun) (neurophysiology) rapid fluctuations of voltage between parts of the cerebral cortex that are detectable with an electroencephalograph Synonyms: brain wave, cortical potential
brainworker (noun) someone whose profession involves using his head to solve problems Synonyms: brain-worker
brainy (adjective) having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence Synonyms: brilliant, smart as a whip
braise (verb) cook in liquid
braised (adjective) cooked by browning in fat and then simmering in a closed container
braising (noun) cooking slowly in fat in a closed pot with little moisture
brake (noun) a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle
(noun) anything that slows or hinders a process
(noun) an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant
(noun) large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan Synonyms: bracken, pasture brake, Pteridium aquilinum
(noun) any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants
(verb) cause to stop by applying the brakes
(verb) stop travelling by applying a brake
brakeman (noun) a railroad employee responsible for a train's brakes
brakes (noun) a braking device consisting of a combination of interacting parts that work to slow a motor vehicle Synonyms: brake system
braky (adjective) abounding with bracken
(adjective) covered with brambles and ferns and other undergrowth Synonyms: brambly
braless (adjective) having the breasts uncovered or featuring such nudity Synonyms: bare-breasted, topless
bramble (noun) any of various rough thorny shrubs or vines
brambling (noun) Eurasian finch Synonyms: Fringilla montifringilla
brambly (adjective) covered with brambles and ferns and other undergrowth Synonyms: braky
bran (noun) food prepared from the husks of cereal grains
(noun) broken husks of the seeds of cereal grains that are separated from the flour by sifting
branch (noun) any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm Synonyms: arm, limb
(noun) a division of some larger or more complex organization Synonyms: arm, subdivision
(noun) a stream or river connected to a larger one
(noun) a natural consequence of development Synonyms: offset, offshoot, outgrowth
(noun) a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant
(noun) a part of a forked or branching shape Synonyms: leg, ramification
(verb) divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork Synonyms: fork, furcate, ramify, separate
(verb) grow and send out branches or branch-like structures Synonyms: ramify
branched (adjective) having branches Synonyms: branching, ramate, ramose, ramous
(adjective) resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches Synonyms: bifurcate, biramous, forficate, fork-like, forked, pronged, prongy
branchia (noun) respiratory organ of aquatic animals that breathe oxygen dissolved in water Synonyms: gill
branchial (adjective) of or relating to gills (or to parts of the body derived from embryonic gills)
branchiate (adjective) provided with gills Synonyms: gilled
branching (adjective) having branches Synonyms: branched, ramate, ramose, ramous
(adjective) resembling the branches of a tree
(noun) the act of branching out or dividing into branches Synonyms: fork, forking, ramification
branchiopod (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of the subclass Branchiopoda Synonyms: branchiopodan, branchiopodous
(noun) aquatic crustaceans typically having a carapace and many pairs of leaflike appendages used for swimming as well as respiration and feeding Synonyms: branchiopod crustacean, branchiopodan
branchiopodan (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of the subclass Branchiopoda Synonyms: branchiopod, branchiopodous
(noun) aquatic crustaceans typically having a carapace and many pairs of leaflike appendages used for swimming as well as respiration and feeding Synonyms: branchiopod, branchiopod crustacean
branchiopodous (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of the subclass Branchiopoda Synonyms: branchiopod, branchiopodan
branchless (adjective) having no branches
branchlet (noun) a small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year Synonyms: sprig, twig
branchy (adjective) having many branches

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