| broach | (noun) a decorative pin worn by women | Synonyms: breastpin, brooch |
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| (verb) bring up a topic for discussion | Synonyms: initiate |
| broached | (adjective) of a cask or barrel | Synonyms: abroach |
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| broad | (adjective) having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other | Synonyms: wide |
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| (adjective) showing or characterized by broad-mindedness | Synonyms: large-minded, liberal, tolerant |
| (adjective) lacking subtlety; obvious | Synonyms: unsubtle |
| (adjective) broad in scope or content | Synonyms: across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket, encompassing, extensive, panoptic, wide |
| (adjective) not detailed or specific | Synonyms: unspecific |
| (adjective) being at a peak or culminating point | Synonyms: full |
| (adjective) very large in expanse or scope | Synonyms: spacious, wide |
| (adjective) (of speech) heavily and noticeably regional | - |
| (noun) slang term for a woman | - |
| broadax | (noun) a large ax with a broad cutting blade | Synonyms: broadaxe |
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| broadaxe | (noun) a large ax with a broad cutting blade | Synonyms: broadax |
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| broadband | (adjective) responding to or operating at a wide band of frequencies | Synonyms: wideband |
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| (adjective) of or relating to or being a communications network in which the bandwidth can be divided and shared by multiple simultaneous signals (as for voice or data or video) | - |
| broadbill | (noun) small birds of the Old World tropics having bright plumage and short wide bills | - |
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| (noun) freshwater duck of the Northern Hemisphere having a broad flat bill | Synonyms: Anas clypeata, shoveler, shoveller |
| (noun) diving ducks of North America having a bluish-grey bill | Synonyms: bluebill, scaup, scaup duck |
| (noun) tropical American heron related to night herons | Synonyms: boat-billed heron, boatbill, Cochlearius cochlearius |
| broadcast | (noun) message that is transmitted by radio or television | - |
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| (noun) a radio or television show | Synonyms: program, programme |
| (verb) cause to become widely known | Synonyms: circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, pass around, propagate, spread |
| (verb) broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television | Synonyms: air, beam, send, transmit |
| (verb) sow over a wide area, especially by hand | - |
| broadcaster | (noun) a mechanical device for scattering something (seed or fertilizer or sand etc.) in all directions | Synonyms: spreader |
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| (noun) someone who broadcasts on radio or television | - |
| broadcasting | (noun) taking part in a radio or tv program | - |
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| (noun) a medium that disseminates via telecommunications | Synonyms: broadcast medium |
| broadcloth | (noun) a closely woven silk or synthetic fabric with a narrow crosswise rib | - |
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| (noun) a densely textured woolen fabric with a lustrous finish | - |
| broaden | (verb) become broader | - |
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| (verb) make broader | - |
| (verb) extend in scope or range or area | Synonyms: extend, widen |
| (verb) vary in order to spread risk or to expand | Synonyms: branch out, diversify |
| broadening | (noun) the action of making broader | - |
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| (noun) the act of making something wider | Synonyms: widening |
| (noun) an increase in width | Synonyms: widening |
| broadleaf | (adjective) having relatively broad rather than needlelike or scalelike leaves | Synonyms: broad-leafed, broad-leaved |
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| broadloom | (adjective) (of rugs or carpets) woven full width | - |
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| (noun) a carpet woven on a wide loom to obviate the need for seams | - |
| broadly | (adverb) without regard to specific details or exceptions | Synonyms: broadly speaking, generally, loosely |
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| (adverb) in a wide fashion | - |
| broadness | (noun) the property of being wide; having great width | Synonyms: wideness |
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| broadnosed | (adjective) of or related to New World monkeys having nostrils far apart or to people with broad noses | Synonyms: platyrhine, platyrhinian, platyrrhine, platyrrhinian, platyrrhinic |
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| broadsheet | (noun) an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution | Synonyms: bill, broadside, circular, flier, flyer, handbill, throwaway |
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| broadside | (adjective) toward a full side | - |
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| (noun) the simultaneous firing of all the armament on one side of a warship | - |
| (noun) the whole side of a vessel from stem to stern | - |
| (noun) all of the armament that is fired from one side of a warship | - |
| (noun) an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution | Synonyms: bill, broadsheet, circular, flier, flyer, handbill, throwaway |
| (noun) a speech of violent denunciation | Synonyms: philippic, tirade |
| (adverb) with a side facing an object | - |
| (verb) collide with the broad side of | - |
| broadsword | (noun) a sword with a broad blade and (usually) two cutting edges; used to cut rather than stab | - |
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| broadtail | (noun) hardy coarse-haired sheep of central Asia; lambs are valued for their soft curly black fur | Synonyms: caracul, karakul |
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| (noun) the fur of a very young karakul lamb | - |
| broadwise | (adverb) in the direction of the breadth | Synonyms: breadthways, breadthwise |
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| brocade | (noun) thick heavy expensive material with a raised pattern | - |
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| (verb) weave a design into (textiles) | - |
| brocaded | (adjective) embellished with a raised pattern created by pressure or embroidery | Synonyms: embossed, raised |
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| broccoli | (noun) branched green undeveloped flower heads | - |
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| (noun) plant with dense clusters of tight green flower buds | Synonyms: Brassica oleracea italica |
| brochette | (noun) a small spit or skewer | - |
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| brochure | (noun) a small book usually having a paper cover | Synonyms: booklet, folder, leaflet, pamphlet |
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| brocket | (noun) small South American deer with unbranched antlers | - |
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| (noun) male red deer in its second year | - |
| brodiaea | (noun) any of several plants of the genus Brodiaea having basal grasslike leaves and globose flower heads on leafless stems resembling those of genus Allium | - |
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| brogan | (noun) a thick and heavy shoe | Synonyms: brogue, clodhopper, work shoe |
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| brogue | (noun) a thick and heavy shoe | Synonyms: brogan, clodhopper, work shoe |
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| broider | (verb) decorate with needlework | Synonyms: embroider |
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| broil | (noun) cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill) | Synonyms: broiling, grilling |
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| (verb) cook under a broiler | Synonyms: oven broil |
| (verb) heat by a natural force | Synonyms: bake |
| (verb) be very hot, due to hot weather or exposure to the sun | Synonyms: bake |
| broiled | (adjective) cooked by radiant heat (as over a grill) | Synonyms: grilled |
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| broiler | (noun) an oven or part of a stove used for broiling | - |
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| (noun) flesh of a small young chicken not over 2 1/2 lb suitable for broiling | - |
| broiling | (noun) cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill) | Synonyms: broil, grilling |
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| broke | (adjective) lacking funds | Synonyms: bust, skint, stone-broke, stony-broke |
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| broken | (adjective) physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split | - |
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| (adjective) not continuous in space, time, or sequence or varying abruptly | - |
| (adjective) (especially of promises or contracts) having been violated or disregarded | Synonyms: unkept |
| (adjective) out of working order (`busted' is an informal substitute for `broken') | Synonyms: busted |
| (adjective) destroyed financially | Synonyms: impoverished, wiped out |
| (adjective) thrown into a state of disarray or confusion | Synonyms: confused, disordered, upset |
| (adjective) discontinuous | - |
| (adjective) subdued or brought low in condition or status | Synonyms: crushed, humbled, humiliated, low |
| (adjective) weakened and infirm | - |
| (adjective) imperfectly spoken or written | - |
| (adjective) lacking a part or parts | - |
| (adjective) topographically very uneven | Synonyms: rugged |
| (adjective) tamed or trained to obey | Synonyms: broken in |
| brokenhearted | (adjective) full of sorrow | Synonyms: heartbroken, heartsick |
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| brokenheartedness | (noun) intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death) | Synonyms: grief, heartache, heartbreak |
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| broker | (noun) a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission | Synonyms: agent, factor |
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| (verb) act as a broker | - |
| brokerage | (noun) place where a broker conducts his business | Synonyms: brokerage house |
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| (noun) a stock broker's business; charges a fee to act as intermediary between buyer and seller | Synonyms: brokerage firm, securities firm |
| (noun) the business of a broker; charges a fee to arrange a contract between two parties | - |
| brolly | (noun) colloquial terms for an umbrella | Synonyms: gamp |
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| bromance | (noun) non-sexual but intense relationship between two men | - |
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| bromate | (noun) a chemical compound that contains the bromate ion. | - |
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| (verb) treat with bromine | Synonyms: brominate |
| (verb) react with bromine | Synonyms: brominate |
| brome | (noun) any of various woodland and meadow grasses of the genus Bromus; native to temperate regions | Synonyms: bromegrass |
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| bromegrass | (noun) any of various woodland and meadow grasses of the genus Bromus; native to temperate regions | Synonyms: brome |
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| bromeosin | (noun) a red fluorescent dye resulting from the action of bromine on fluorescein; used in cosmetics and as a biological stain for studying cell structures | Synonyms: eosin |
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| bromic | (adjective) relating to or containing bromine (especially pentavalent bromine) | - |
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| bromide | (noun) a trite or obvious remark | Synonyms: banality, cliche, commonplace, platitude |
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| (noun) any of the salts of hydrobromic acid; formerly used as a sedative but now generally replaced by safer drugs | - |
| bromidic | (adjective) given to uttering bromides | - |
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| (adjective) dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality | Synonyms: corny, platitudinal, platitudinous |
| brominate | (verb) treat with bromine | Synonyms: bromate |
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| (verb) react with bromine | Synonyms: bromate |
| bromine | (noun) a nonmetallic heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens; found in sea water | Synonyms: atomic number 35, Br |
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| bromoform | (noun) colorless liquid haloform CHBr3 | Synonyms: tribromomethane |
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| bromoil | (noun) a print made by the bromoil process having soft, paint-like qualities. | - |
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| bronc | (noun) an unbroken or imperfectly broken mustang | Synonyms: broncho, bronco |
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| bronchial | (adjective) relating to or associated with the bronchi | - |
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| bronchiolar | (adjective) of or relating to or involving bronchioles | - |
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| bronchiole | (noun) any of the smallest bronchial ducts; ending in alveoli | - |
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| bronchiolitis | (noun) inflammation of the membranes lining the bronchioles | - |
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| bronchitic | (adjective) suffering from or prone to bronchitis | - |
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| bronchitis | (noun) inflammation of the membranes lining the bronchial tubes | - |
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| broncho | (noun) an unbroken or imperfectly broken mustang | Synonyms: bronc, bronco |
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| bronchodilator | (noun) a drug that relaxes and dilates the bronchial passageways and improves the passages of air into the lungs | - |
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| bronchopneumonia | (noun) pneumonia characterized by acute inflammation of the walls of the bronchioles | Synonyms: bronchial pneumonia |
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| bronchoscope | (noun) a slender tubular instrument used to examine the bronchial tubes | - |
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| bronchoscopic | (adjective) of or relating to an instrument for examining the interior of the bronchi | - |
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| bronchospasm | (noun) a spasm of the bronchi that makes exhalation difficult and noisy; associated with asthma and bronchitis | - |
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| bronchus | (noun) either of the two main branches of the trachea | Synonyms: bronchial tube |
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| bronco | (noun) an unbroken or imperfectly broken mustang | Synonyms: bronc, broncho |
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| broncobuster | (noun) a person who breaks horses | Synonyms: bronco buster, buster |
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| brontosaur | (noun) huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in North America in the late Jurassic | Synonyms: apatosaur, apatosaurus, Apatosaurus excelsus, brontosaurus, thunder lizard |
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| brontosaurus | (noun) huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in North America in the late Jurassic | Synonyms: apatosaur, apatosaurus, Apatosaurus excelsus, brontosaur, thunder lizard |
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| brony | (noun) an adult, male fan of the show My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic | - |
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| bronze | (adjective) of the color of bronze | Synonyms: bronzy |
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| (adjective) made from or consisting of bronze | - |
| (noun) a sculpture made of bronze | - |
| (noun) an alloy of copper and tin and sometimes other elements; also any copper-base alloy containing other elements in place of tin | - |
| (verb) get a tan, from wind or sun | Synonyms: tan |
| (verb) give the color and appearance of bronze to something | - |
| bronzed | (adjective) (of skin) having a tan color from exposure to the sun | Synonyms: suntanned, tanned |
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| bronzer | (noun) A cosmetic powder that comes in various shades of brown, meant to create an impression of tanned skin. | Synonyms: bronzing powder |
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| bronzy | (adjective) of the color of bronze | Synonyms: bronze |
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| brooch | (noun) a decorative pin worn by women | Synonyms: breastpin, broach |
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| (verb) fasten with or as if with a brooch | Synonyms: clasp |
| brood | (noun) the young of an animal cared for at one time | - |
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| (verb) sit on (eggs) | Synonyms: cover, hatch, incubate |
| (verb) think moodily or anxiously about something | Synonyms: dwell |
| (verb) be in a huff; be silent or sullen | Synonyms: grizzle, stew |
| (verb) be in a huff and display one's displeasure | Synonyms: pout, sulk |
| (verb) hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing | Synonyms: bulk large, hover, loom |
| brooder | (noun) apparatus consisting of a box designed to maintain a constant temperature by the use of a thermostat; used for chicks or premature infants | Synonyms: incubator |
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| brooding | (adjective) deeply or seriously thoughtful | Synonyms: broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminative |
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| (noun) persistent morbid meditation on a problem | Synonyms: pensiveness |
| (noun) sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body | Synonyms: incubation |
| broodmare | (noun) a female horse used for breeding | Synonyms: stud mare |
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| broody | (adjective) physiologically ready to incubate eggs | - |
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| (adjective) deeply or seriously thoughtful | Synonyms: brooding, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminative |
| (noun) a domestic hen ready to brood | Synonyms: brood hen, broody hen, setting hen, sitter |
| brook | (noun) a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river) | Synonyms: creek |
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| (verb) put up with something or somebody unpleasant | Synonyms: abide, bear, digest, endure, put up, stand, stick out, stomach, suffer, support, tolerate |
| brooklet | (noun) a small brook | - |
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| brooklime | (noun) plant of western North America and northeastern Asia having prostrate stems with dense racemes of pale violet to lilac flowers | Synonyms: American brooklime, Veronica americana |
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| (noun) European plant having low-lying stems with blue flowers; sparsely naturalized in North America | Synonyms: European brooklime, Veronica beccabunga |
| brookweed | (noun) water pimpernel of Europe to China | Synonyms: Samolus valerandii |
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| (noun) American water pimpernel | Synonyms: Samolus floribundus, Samolus parviflorus |
| broom | (noun) a cleaning implement for sweeping; bundle of straws or twigs attached to a long handle | - |
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| (noun) any of various shrubs of the genera Cytisus or Genista or Spartium having long slender branches and racemes of yellow flowers | - |
| (noun) common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the Northern Hemisphere | Synonyms: Calluna vulgaris, heather, ling, Scots heather |
| (verb) sweep with a broom or as if with a broom | Synonyms: sweep |
| (verb) finish with a broom | - |
| broomcorn | (noun) tall grasses grown for the elongated stiff-branched panicle used for brooms and brushes | Synonyms: Sorghum vulgare technicum |
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| broomstick | (noun) the handle of a broom | Synonyms: broom handle |
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| broomweed | (noun) annual of southwestern United States having rigid woody branches with sticky foliage and yellow flowers | Synonyms: broom-weed, Gutierrezia texana |
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| broth | (noun) a thin soup of meat or fish or vegetable stock | - |
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| (noun) liquid in which meat and vegetables are simmered; used as a basis for e.g. soups or sauces | Synonyms: stock |
| brothel | (noun) a building where prostitutes are available | Synonyms: bagnio, bawdyhouse, bordello, cathouse, house of ill repute, house of prostitution, sporting house, whorehouse |
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| brother | (noun) a male with the same parents as someone else | Synonyms: blood brother |
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| (noun) a male person who is a fellow member (of a fraternity or religion or other group) | - |
| (noun) a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities | Synonyms: buddy, chum, crony, pal, sidekick |
| (noun) used as a term of address for those male persons engaged in the same movement | Synonyms: comrade |
| brotherhood | (noun) the feeling that men should treat one another like brothers | - |
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| (noun) people engaged in a particular occupation | Synonyms: fraternity, sodality |
| (noun) an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer | Synonyms: labor union, trade union, trades union, union |
| (noun) the kinship relation between a male offspring and the siblings | - |
| brotherlike | (adjective) like or characteristic of or befitting a brother | Synonyms: brotherly, fraternal |
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| brotherly | (adjective) like or characteristic of or befitting a brother | Synonyms: brotherlike, fraternal |
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| (adverb) (archaic as adverb) in a manner characteristic of a brother | - |
| brotula | (noun) deep-sea fishes | - |
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