English words: brahmanicide to Bramah
300 English words, part 109 of 142 of the words starting with B, A to Z. 37 have a page of their own.
English words brahmanicide to Bramah
- brahmanicide noun: Alternative letter-case form of Brahmanicide.
- Brahmanism proper noun: The principles and religious practice of the Brahmins, aspects of Hinduism as practiced by the Brahmin caste of India.
- Brahmanist noun: An adherent of the religion of the Brahmans.
- Brahmanistic adjective: Of or relating to Brahmanism.
- Brahmany bull noun: Alternative form of Brahminy bull.
- Brahmapootra noun: A large domestic fowl, peculiar in having the comb divided lengthwise into three parts, and the legs well feathered.
- Brahmaputra noun /ˈbɹɑː.məˌpuː.tɹə/: A domestic fowl, the Brahmapootra.
- brahmarakshas noun: Alternative form of brahmarakshasa.
- brahmarakshasa noun: The spirit of an evil Brahmin; a demon, an evil spirit.
- brahmi noun: herb of grace, Bacopa monnieri
- Brahmic adjective: Related or belonging to a certain family of abugidas used to write many languages of South and Southeast Asia, descended from the Brahmi script.
- brahmin adjective, noun /ˈbɹɑːmɪn/: A member of the Hindu priestly caste, one of the four varnas or social groups based on occupation in ancient Hindu society.
- Brahmin moth noun: Any of various moths in the family Brahmaeidae.
- brahminess noun: A female brahmin (member of Hindu priestly caste).
- Brahmini noun: A female brahmin (member of Hindu priestly caste).
- Brahminic adjective: Relating to brahmins.
- brahminical adjective /bɹəˈmɪnəkəl/: Alternative form of brahminical.
- brahminical thread noun: A sacred thread worn by Hindus of the Brahmin varna.
- Brahminist noun: Alternative form of Brahmanist.
- brahminoside noun: The pentacyclic triterpenoid...
- Brahminy noun: A Brahminy kite.
- Brahminy bull noun: A bull devoted to Shiva and allowed to run loose in the bazaars or elsewhere.
- Brahminy duck noun: Synonym of ruddy shelduck.
- Brahminy kite noun: Haliastur indus, a medium-sized bird of prey with reddish-brown plumage and a white head and breast, found in the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, and...
- Brahmo noun: An adherent of the Brahmoism religion.
- Brahmoist noun: A follower of Brahmoism.
- brahmoside noun: The pentacyclic triterpenoid...
- Brahms adjective: Pissed, drunk.
- Brahms and Liszt adjective: Pissed, drunk.
- Brahmsian adjective: Of or pertaining to Johannes Brahms (1833–1897), German composer and pianist, or his compositions.
- Brahmsite noun: One who enjoys the works of the German composer Johannes Brahms.
- Brahui noun: A pastoral people of Eastern Balochistan.
- Brahvi noun: Alternative form of Brahui.
- braid adjective, noun, verb /bɹeɪd/: To make a sudden movement with, to jerk.
- braid bar noun: A small area of land (an eyot or small island) which forms in the middle of the flow (channel) of a braided river.
- braid group noun: A group whose elements represent ways to weave some number of strings into braids.
- braid statistics noun: A generalization of the statistics of bosons and fermions based on the concept of braid group.
- braidable adjective: Capable of being braided.
- braided adjective, verb /ˈbɹeɪdɪd/: Plaited, woven, entwined.
- braided belt noun: A belt for around the legwear constructed from noticeable interlaced strands between which, in place of punch holes, the prong can be run through.
- braided river noun: A river which has a network of channels which diverge and rejoin around (typically ephemeral) braid bars (small mid-channel islands).
- braidedness noun: The condition of being braided
- Braiden proper noun: A surname from Irish.
- braider noun: One who, or that which, braids.
- braidhawk noun: A kind of braided Mohawk hairstyle.
- braiding noun, verb /ˈbɹeɪdɪŋ/: A braided trimming used as decoration on clothes or curtains.
- Braidism noun: hypnotism
- Braidist noun: A hypnotist.
- braidlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a braid.
- Braidottian adjective: Of or relating to Rosi Braidotti (born 1954), philosopher and feminist theoretician.
- braidplain noun: An area encompassing the active and inactive channels of a braided river.
- Braidwood proper noun: A village south of Carluke, South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS8448).
- braidwork noun: The technique of weaving decorative braids.
- braies noun /bɹeɪ/: Braccae, breeches; an undergarment worn in medieval Europe.
- brail noun, verb /bɹeɪl/: A small rope used to truss up sails.
- brailer noun: A device for unloading large quantities of fish, consisting of a net of small-mesh webbing attached to a frame.
- Brailey proper noun: A surname.
- brailing noun, verb: Synonym of brail (“rope for trussing sails”).
- braille adjective, noun, verb /ˈbɹeɪ̯l/: Alternative letter-case form of braille.
- braille block noun: Synonym of tenji block.
- brailler noun /ˈbɹeɪ.lə/: A typewriter used to emboss paper with braille cells to be read by the visually impaired instead of using a manual stylus.
- braillewriter noun: A kind of mechanical typewriter that produces braille output.
- brailling noun: A form of cheating in the board game Scrabble, where a player drawing tiles from the bag attempts to feel their raised surfaces so as to choose specific...
- braillist noun: A person who uses the braille writing system.
- Brailsford proper noun: A village and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK254414).
- brain noun, verb /ˈbɹeɪ̯n/: The control center of the central nervous system of an animal located in the skull, consisting of the cerebrum, cerebellum, and brainstem, which is...
- brain-bending adjective: Mentally challenging; difficult to comprehend.
- brain blast noun, verb: The moment of a sudden unexpected discovery.
- brain bleach noun: A notional substance that is used to clean the mind of disturbing imagery.
- brain bleed noun: Synonym of cerebral hemorrhage.
- brain bucket noun: A protective helmet, as worn, for example, by a motorcyclist, bicyclist, or soldier in combat.
- brain cancer noun: Any of various types of cancer associated with brain tumors.
- brain candy noun: A narrative, commentary, etc. which amuses and holds one's attention, but which lacks intellectual depth or importance.
- brain cell noun: A neuron.
- brain chip noun: A chip implanted in a brain.
- brain cloud noun: The temporary inability to think properly, or to remember something.
- brain coral noun: Any of several species of coral with the appearance of a brain, in the families Mussidae and Merulinidae.
- brain cramp noun: A temporary mental lapse, such as an inability to remember something, to focus one's attention, to understand something, or to perform some other mental...
- brain damage noun: Stupidity.
- brain-damaged adjective: Suffering from an injury to the brain.
- brain day noun: A day dedicated to research, study or intellectual pursuits.
- brain dead adjective, noun /ˈbɹeɪnˌdɛd/: Having an irreversible loss of brain function and cessation of brain activity.
- brain death noun: An irreversible loss of brain function and cessation of brain activity.
- brain doctor noun: Synonym of neurologist.
- brain drain noun, verb: The migration of educated or talented people from less economically advanced areas to more economically advanced areas, especially to large cities or more...
- brain-dressed adjective: That has been treated with a liquor that has been prepared by boiling the brains of deer.
- brain dump noun: The transfer of a large quantity of information or knowledge from one person to another, as, for example, when one skilled employee is to replace another.
- brain fade noun: A temporary condition of not thinking clearly
- brain fag noun: A condition in which male high school and college students experience mild forgetfulness, and difficulty in concentrating and maintaining a train of...
- brain farm noun: Any mass educational system of improving or providing conditions to increase the intellectual quality and yield of a population of (human) brains, e.g. a...
- brain fever noun: encephalitis or meningitis
- brain-fever bird noun: Synonym of common hawk-cuckoo.
- brain fingerprinting noun: A forensic technique that uses electroencephalography to determine whether specific information is stored in a subject's brain.
- brain fluid noun: Cerebrospinal fluid.
- brain fog noun: Problems in concentrating, thinking clearly, or remembering things; a sense of not being completely awake or mentally acute.
- brain food noun: Alternative form of brainfood.
- brain freeze noun: A pain in the head from eating or drinking something cold; a cold-stimulus headache.
- brain gain noun: Alternative form of brain gain.
- brain graph noun: Alternative form of braingraph.
- brain grey noun: Synonym of eigengrau.
- brain heavy noun: A henchman in a western film who focuses on criminal schemes rather than physical violence.
- brain imaging noun: The use of various techniques to image the structure and function of the nervous system.
- brain implant noun: Any device directly attached to a person's or animal's brain.
- brain like a sieve noun: Synonym of mind like a sieve.
- brain machine noun: Synonym of mind machine.
- brain-melting adjective: overwhelming in a way that prevents coherent thought
- brain-meltingly adverb: In a brain-melting way.
- brain mushroom noun: A fungus common in Europe and North America and one of several species of fungi known as false morels, especially Gyromitra esculenta.
- brain-numbing adjective: Synonym of mind-numbing.
- brain-pan noun: Alternative form of brainpan.
- brain-picking noun: The act of picking someone's brain.
- brain rot noun /ˈbɹeɪn ˌɹɒt/: The degradation of mental faculties, intelligence, common sense, or moral character.
- brain-rotted adjective: Alternative form of brainrotted.
- brain sand noun: corpora arenacea
- brain scanner noun: A device used to perform brain imaging.
- brain science noun: The science of the brain.
- brain-stabbing adjective: Causing a sharply painful headache.
- brain stem noun: The part of the brain that connects the spinal cord to the cerebrum and the rest of the forebrain.
- brain storm noun, verb /ˈbɹ̠eɪn stoɹm/: Alternative form of brainstorm.
- brain sugar noun: Synonym of galactose.
- brain surgeon noun: Someone who does brain surgery.
- brain surgery noun: Surgery on the brain or, loosely, any part of the nervous system.
- brain-tape noun: Alternative form of braintape.
- brain-tickler noun: Synonym of brain-teaser (“riddle or puzzle”).
- brain tiredness noun: Synonym of brain fag.
- brain traffic noun: The movement and coordination of internal signals that govern the working of the body and mind, especially neural impulses and hormones.
- brain trick noun: A stratagem, a clever trick; a ruse.
- brain trust noun: Originally, a group of experts who advise a government, often informally.
- brain tumor noun: An intracranial growth of abnormal and uncontrolled cell division.
- brain tumour noun: Alternative spelling of brain tumor.
- brain virus noun: A virus affecting the brain.
- brain wash noun, verb: Alternative spelling of brainwash.
- brain washing noun, verb: Alternative form of brainwashing.
- brain wave noun: Alternative form of brainwave.
- brain weary adjective: fatigued by pressure of work
- brain worker noun: Synonym of knowledge worker.
- brain worm noun: Alternative form of brainworm.
- brain zap noun: A sensation akin to an electric shock in the brain, associated with the discontinuation of treatment with antidepressants.
- brainache noun: A headache, especially one apparently resulting from thinking hard or being puzzled.
- brainal adjective: Of or relating to the brain.
- Brainard proper noun: A surname.
- brainball noun: Synonym of tathlum.
- brainbow noun: A graphical representation of parts of the brain in which neighbouring neurons are variously coloured with fluorescent dyes.
- brainbox noun /ˈbɹeɪn(ˌ)bɒks/: The cavity of the skull in which the brain is contained.
- brainbuster noun: A move in which the wrestler drops the opponent on the head to the mat.
- braincase noun: Synonym of neurocranium.
- braincast noun: A cast fossil of the brain of an organism.
- braincell noun: Alternative form of brain cell.
- brainchild noun, verb /ˈbɹeɪnt͡ʃaɪld/: A creation of one's brain; an original idea or innovation of a person or group of people, an organization, etc.
- brainchip noun: Alternative form of brain chip.
- braincraft noun: Intellectual work; thinking.
- braindance noun: Synonym of intelligent dance music.
- braindead adjective, noun: Alternative form of brain-dead.
- braindump noun: Alternative spelling of brain dump.
- brainectomy noun: The surgical removal of the brain.
- brained adjective, verb /bɹeɪnd/: Having a particular kind or number of brain.
- brainedness noun: The state or quality of having a particular type of brain.
- brainer noun /bɹeɪ.nə(ɹ)/: someone with a certain type of brain
- Brainerd proper noun: A surname.
- Brainerd diarrhea noun: A sudden-onset watery, explosive diarrhea that lasts for months and does not respond to antibiotics.
- Brainerd diarrhoea noun: Alternative form of Brainerd diarrhea.
- brainfag noun: Alternative form of brain fag.
- brainfest noun: A collection or gathering of intellectuals, or intellect-based activities.
- brainfood noun: Any food consumed for the purpose of energizing the brain or promoting intellectual thought.
- brainful adjective, noun: As much as one person can think about or hold in mind at one time.
- braingasm noun: An overpowering mental sensation of joy, excitement, etc. resembling an orgasm.
- braingraph noun: A connectome.
- brainhood noun: The property of being a brain.
- brainial adjective: Of or pertaining to the brain.
- brainily adverb: In a brainy way.
- braininess noun: The characteristic of being brainy.
- brainish adjective: hot-headed; furious
- brainist adjective, noun: Someone who values the brain and its power.
- brainless adjective: Having no brain.
- brainlessly adverb: in a brainless manner; stupidly; foolishly
- brainlessness noun: The state or condition of being brainless.
- brainlet noun: A subcomponent of a brain or thinking system.
- brainlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a brain.
- brainlock noun: The situation where a person's brain seems to freeze up, preventing them from proceeding.
- brainly adjective: Of, relating to, or typified by a brain; (by extension) proficient in intellectual matters; brainy
- brainordinate noun: A precise location within the brain
- brainpan noun /ˈbɹeɪnpan/: The braincase; the skull.
- brainpower noun /ˈbɹeɪnˌpaʊə/: Mental ability; intelligence.
- brainrot noun: Alternative form of brain rot.
- brainrotted adjective: That has been affected by brain rot.
- brainrotten adjective: Having succumbed to brain rot.
- brains noun, verb /bɹeɪnz/: The substance of a brain, as a material or foodstuff.
- brains trust noun: A group of experts who discuss events in public, especially on television or radio.
- brains-truster noun: A member of a brains trust.
- brainscan noun: A scan of the brain, for example using computed tomography.
- brainscanner noun: Alternative form of brain scanner.
- brainsick adjective: Disordered in the understanding; giddy; thoughtless.
- brainsickly adverb: In a brainsick manner.
- brainsickness noun: The quality of being brainsick; mental confusion or giddiness
- brainspace noun /ˈbreɪnˌspeɪs/: One's capacity to focus on various tasks.
- brainstem noun: Alternative spelling of brain stem.
- brainstorm noun, verb /ˈbɹeɪnstɔːm/: To investigate something, or solve a problem using brainstorming.
- brainstormer noun: One who brainstorms.
- brainstorming noun, verb: A method of problem solving in which members of a group contribute ideas spontaneously.
- brainstormy adjective: Relating to or characteristic of brainstorms or brainstorming.
- braintape noun: A complete record of the contents of someone's brain.
- brainteasing adjective: Puzzling; mentally challenging.
- Braintree proper noun /ˈbɹeɪntɹi/: A town in Essex, England (OS grid ref TL7623).
- braintrust noun: Alternative spelling of brain trust.
- brainward adjective, adverb: Toward the brain.
- brainwash noun, verb /ˈbɹeɪnwɒʃ/: A distorting effect upon one's memory, belief, or ideas, as by propaganda.
- brainwashable adjective: Susceptible to brainwashing.
- brainwashedness noun: The state or condition of being brainwashed.
- brainwashee noun: A victim of brainwashing.
- brainwasher noun: One who brainwashes.
- brainwashing noun, verb: A form of indoctrination that forces people to abandon their beliefs in favour of another set of beliefs by conditioning through various forms of pressure...
- brainwashy adjective: Characteristic of brainwashing.
- brainwave noun: Any of many rhythmic fluctuations of electric potential between parts of the brain, especially those seen on an electroencephalogram.
- brainwave fingerprinting noun: Synonym of brain fingerprinting.
- brainweird adjective: Neurodivergent.
- brainwide adjective: Throughout the brain.
- brainwipe verb: To mindwipe.
- brainwork noun: Work done with the brain; mental effort.
- brainworker noun: Alternative form of brain worker.
- brainworm noun: A neurotropic nematode parasite (Parelaphostrongylus tenuis).
- brainwriting noun: A form of brainstorming in which participants write down ideas and pass them along to other participants as inspiration for further ideas.
- brainy adjective /ˈbɹeɪni/: Very intellectually capable.
- braird noun, verb: The first shoots of grass or crops.
- braireau noun: Alternative form of blaireau (“American badger”)
- brairo noun: Alternative form of blaireau (“American badger”)
- braise noun, verb /bɹeɪz/: Alternative spelling of braze.
- braiser noun: A dish or pan for braising.
- brait noun: A diamond in the rough; an uncut diamond.
- Braithwaite proper noun: A habitational surname from Old Norse.
- braize noun, verb /bɹeɪz/: A European marine fish, Pagrus pagrus, allied to the American scup; the becker. The name is sometimes applied to the related species.
- Braj proper noun: A historical region of Uttar Pradesh, India.
- Brajesh proper noun: One of Krishna's names.
- brak adjective, noun: Brackish.
- brake noun, verb /bɹeɪk/: A device used to slow or stop the motion of a wheel, or of a vehicle, usually by friction (although other resistive forces, such as electromagnetic fields...
- brake assembly noun: The collective replacement parts used to repair an automobile's worn down brakes.
- brake bias noun: The front and rear distribution of braking power. The brake bias should match the traction of the vehicle while braking.
- brake block noun: One of two small blocks fitted to a brake caliper, which rub on the wheel rim when the brake is applied.
- brake check verb: To deliberately brake in an unexpected place to hinder or startle the driver behind.
- brake disc noun: The disc or rotor that is squeezed between brake pads in a disc brake.
- brake disk noun: Alternative form of brake disc.
- brake drum noun: A hollow metal cylinder, attached to a wheel of a vehicle, to which pressure is applied when braking.
- brake dust noun: Dust or residue generated from the friction between the brake pads and the brake rotors or drums in a vehicle's braking system.
- brake fade noun: Partial or total loss of braking force with prolonged continuous or repetitive application of a heavy vehicle's brakes, due to the effects on the brake...
- brake fluid noun: A special fluid for operating hydraulic brakes and clutches, which are linked by pipe to a master cylinder.
- brake gear noun: Alternative form of brakegear.
- brake horsepower noun: The useful horsepower of an engine as measured at its drive shaft.
- brake light noun: A light on the rear of a vehicle that is activated when braking.
- brake line noun: A line that conveys fluid from a vehicle's brake pedal to the brakes when they are applied.
- brake lining noun: Consumable surfaces in brake systems, such as drum brakes and disc brakes used in transport vehicles.
- brake mean effective pressure noun: The average (mean) pressure which, if imposed on the pistons uniformly from the top to the bottom of each power stroke, would produce the measured (brake)...
- brake noodle noun: A rigid or stiffly flexible sheath used on some bicycles to turn a brake cable neatly around a corner.
- brake pad noun: A friction element in a disc brake or rim brake, made from various compounds, often organic, semi-metallic, or ceramic.
- brake pedal noun: the pedal in a vehicle, usually a car, which operates the brakes
- brake pipe noun: Alternative form of brakepipe.
- brake press noun: Synonym of press brake.
- brake shoe noun: An element of a drum brake into which the friction-producing brake lining is attached.
- brake tender noun: A railway vehicle which provided extra braking on freight trains with unfitted wagons (without automatic brakes) hauled by diesel locomotives, which being...
- brake test noun, verb: A test to ensure that the brakes of a vehicle are working correctly.
- brake van noun: A railway vehicle used to brake a (goods) train, usually placed at the end of the train. These were essential before continuous train braking became universal.
- brake wheel noun: An inclined wheel that drives a wallower in a mill.
- brakeage noun: The braking of a vehicle.
- braked adjective, verb /bɹeɪkt/: Equipped with brakes (the vehicle-stopping devices).
- brakedrum noun: Alternative form of brake drum
- brakeforce noun [bɹeɪkfɔː(ɹ)s]: The force applied to a vehicle's brakes.
- brakeful noun: Enough to fill a brake (type of carriage).
- brakegear noun: The mechanical parts of the braking system on locomotives and other rolling stock.
- brakeless adjective: Without brakes (device used to slow or stop a vehicle).
- brakelessness noun: Absence of brakes.
- brakelight noun /ˈbɹeɪkˌlaɪt/: Alternative spelling of brake light
- brakeline noun: Alternative form of brake line.
- brakeload noun: Enough to fill a brake (type of carriage).
- brakemaker noun: A manufacturer of brakes.
- brakeman noun: A railroad employee responsible for a train's brakes, couplings etc.
- brakeperson noun: A brakeman or brakewoman.
- brakepipe noun: A continuous pipe or hose filled with high-pressure air and running the length of a train, used to recharge the train's brake reservoirs with compressed air...
- braker noun /ˈbɹeɪkə/: One who brakes.
- brakeset noun: The complete set of brakes on a bicycle.
- brakeshoe noun: Alternative form of brake shoe.
- brakesman noun: Someone who operates the winch in a mine.
- brakevan noun: Alternative form of brake van.
- brakewheel noun: Alternative form of brake wheel.
- brakewoman noun: A female brakeman in bobsleigh.
- brakie noun: A brakeman.
- braking noun, verb /ˈbɹeɪkɪŋ/: The act of applying brakes.
- braking distance noun: The distance travelled by a vehicle between the time that the brakes are applied and the vehicle coming to rest
- braking time noun: The approximate duration of time required for a vehicle to come to a complete stop after applying the brakes.
- Brakpan proper noun: A mining town on the East Rand of Gauteng province, South Africa.
- brakslaai noun: Any of certain mesembryanthemums.
- braky adjective: Overgrown with bracken or brushwood
- braless adjective: Not wearing a bra.
- bralessness noun: The state of being braless, or not wearing a bra.
- bralet noun: Alternative form of bralette.
- bralette noun: A kind of bra without an underwire, used as a training bra.
- Braley proper noun: A surname from Old French.
- brallobarbital noun: A barbiturate drug, now disused because of its disagreeable side effects.
- Braly proper noun: A surname.
- Bram proper noun: A male given name, short for Abraham
- Bramah noun: Alternative form of Brahma (“type of fowl”).
Part 108 · Part 110 · English words: B
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under B: 42,566 words, in 142 parts.