English words: Brigadoon to Brinkmann

300 English words, part 117 of 142 of the words starting with B, A to Z. 34 have a page of their own.

English words Brigadoon to Brinkmann

Brigadoon noun /ˌbrɪɡ.əˈdun/: A place that seems magically transient.
Brigadoonery noun: An unrealistic, romanticized view of Scotland and its culture, based on stereotypes.
Brigadoonish adjective: Resembling or characteristic of Brigadoon; magically transient.
brigalow noun: Any of various Australian acacia trees, especially Acacia harpophylla of New South Wales and Queensland.
brigalow scrub noun: An area thickly covered in brigalow, especially used of arid parts of eastern Australia.
Brigance proper noun: A surname.
brigand noun /ˈbɹɪɡ.ənd/: An outlaw or bandit.
brigandage noun /ˈbɹɪɡ.ən.dɪd͡ʒ/: The lifestyle of a brigand.
brigander noun: Synonym of brigandine.
brigandess noun: A female brigand.
brigandine noun /ˈbɹɪɡ.ənˌdiːn/: A coat of armor for the body, consisting of scales or plates, sometimes overlapping each other, generally of metal, sewn or riveted under or onto canvas or...
brigandish adjective: like a brigand or robber
brigandishly adverb: In a brigandish manner.
brigandism noun: Crime carried out by brigands.
brigandry noun: Synonym of brigandage.
Brigantes noun: A tribe of ancient Britain, whose queen was Cartimandua.
Briganti proper noun: A surname.
Brigantia proper noun: A Celtic goddess of victory.
brigantine noun /ˈbɹɪɡ.ənˌtin/: a two-masted vessel, square-rigged on the foremast, but fore-and-aft-rigged mainsail with a square-rig above it on the mainmast.
brigatinib noun: The anticancer drug 5-chloro-2-N-{4-[4-(dimethylamino)piperidin-1-yl]-2-methoxyphenyl}-4-N-[2-(dimethylphosphoryl)phenyl]pyrimidine-2,4-diamine
Brigettine noun: Alternative form of Bridgettine.
Brigg proper noun: A market town and civil parish with a town council in North Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TA0007).
briggle verb /ˈbɹɪɡəl/: To potter around; friggle; fiddle.
Briggs proper noun /bɹɪɡz/: A topographic surname from Middle English.
Briggs logarithm noun: Synonym of common logarithm.
Briggs-Rauscher reaction noun: An oscillating chemical reaction in which a colourless solution turns slowly amber and then suddenly dark blue, fading back to colourless before the process...
Briggsian adjective: Of or relating to the English mathematician Henry Briggs.
Briggsian logarithm noun: Alternative form of Briggs logarithm.
Brigham proper noun: A surname.
Brigham tea noun: A leafless desert shrub of the US Southwest in the genus Ephedra, used to make an herbal tea.
Brighamite adjective, noun: A follower of Brigham Young (1801–1877), American leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and a settler of the western United States.
Brighouse proper noun: A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1423).
bright adjective, adverb, noun, verb /ˈbɹaɪ̯t/: Emitting much light; visually dazzling; luminous, lucent, radiant.
bright and early adverb /ˌbɹaɪt‿n̩ ˈɜːli/: (Very) early in the morning.
bright as a button adjective: Very intelligent.
bright as a new button adjective: Synonym of bright as a button.
bright as a new coin adjective: Synonym of bright as a button.
bright as a new dollar adjective: Synonym of bright as a button.
bright as a new penny adjective: Synonym of bright as a button.
bright as a new pin adjective: Synonym of bright as a button.
bright-eyed adjective: eager and alert
bright eyed and bushy tailed adjective: Eager, alert, enthusiastic, and lively.
bright field noun: Used to describe the most common form of optical microscopy in which light is transmitted through the sample which appears on a bright background
bright giant noun: A star that straddles the boundary between being a giant star and a supergiant.
bright green adjective: Of or relating to a form of environmentalism based on the belief that the convergence of technological change and social innovation provides the most...
bright lights noun: The glamour and glitz of a place, especially a big city.
bright lights and cold steel noun: Surgery (procedure involving major incisions to remove, repair, or replace a part of a body).
bright line noun: A clear distinction in the context of a legal, moral, ethical, or analytical judgment.
bright-line rule noun: A clear-cut rule, so that it is easy to make a decision.
bright nail noun: An uncoated nail, susceptible to rust and corrosion, not used for exterior work.
bright-rumped attila noun: A bird native to the Americas, Attila spadiceus
Bright's disease noun: Any of several diseases of the kidney characterized by inflammation, and the presence of albumin in the urine; nephritis.
bright shiny object noun: Something that attracts a great deal of attention because of its appealing superficial characteristics.
bright side noun: A consoling aspect of a difficult situation.
bright soliton noun: A localized surface soliton that causes a temporary increase in an associated wave amplitude
bright spark noun: A person who is intelligent, clever or quick-witted.
bright spot noun: A good part of something that is otherwise fairly bad or unpleasant.
bright young people noun: Synonym of bright young things, a youth culture in 1920s London.
bright young thing noun: One who is youthful, clever, eager, and high-spirited in manner and attractive in appearance.
brighten verb /ˈbɹaɪtən/: To make bright or brighter in color.
brighten up verb /ˈbɹaɪtən ʌp/: To become brighter
brightenable adjective: That can be brightened.
brightener noun: One who or that which brightens.
brightening noun, verb: An instance of becoming brighter.
brighteyes noun: Any of various plants in the genus Reichardia.
brightfield noun: Alternative spelling of bright field.
brightish adjective: Somewhat bright
brightleaf noun: A variety of tobacco that grows well on infertile land.
Brightling proper noun: A village and civil parish in Rother district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ6821).
Brightlingsea proper noun: A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Tendring district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TM0817).
brightly adverb /ˈbɹaɪtli/: In a bright manner.
Brightman proper noun: A surname.
brightness noun /ˈbɹaɪtnəs/: The quality of being bright.
Brighton proper noun /ˈbɹaɪtən/: A coastal city in East Sussex, England.
Brighton line noun: A British railway line running from London Victoria and London Bridge to Brighton.
Brighton pier adjective: queer; homosexual
Brightonian adjective, noun /bɹaɪˈtəʊ.ni.ən/: Of or relating to the town of Brighton in England.
brights noun, verb /bɹaɪts/: Bold or vivid colours; also, clothes, cosmetics, etc., with such colours.
Brightside proper noun: An industrial suburb of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK3890).
brightsmith noun: A whitesmith.
brightsome adjective: Marked by brightness or brilliance; resplendent in appearance; shining.
brightsomeness noun: The quality of being brightsome.
brightup noun: A pulse of the beam (cathode ray) in a cathode ray tube that causes a blank screen to fluoresce.
Brightwell proper noun: A surname.
brightwhite noun: Prenanthella exigua
brightwork noun /ˈbɹaɪt.wɝk/: Polished metal fixtures, especially aboard a boat.
Brigid proper noun /ˈbɹɪ.d͡ʒɪd/: The goddess of the Sacred Flame of Kildare and the patron goddess of the Druids. Daughter of Dagda of the Tuatha Dé Danann.
Brigitte Bardot noun: Someone or something very beautiful or desirable.
Brigittine noun: Alternative form of Bridgettine.
briglow noun: Alternative form of brigalow.
Brigman proper noun: A surname.
Brignac noun: A family surname from the Brignac valley in France, many descendants in the southeast USA.
Brigstock proper noun: A village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP9485).
brigue noun, verb /bɹiːɡ/: Intrigue; secretive machinations.
Brigus proper noun /ˈbɹɪ.ɡəs/: A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Brihaspati proper noun: The Guru and priest of the Devas.
brik noun: Alternative form of burek (“type of pastry”).
Brikama proper noun: A city in the Gambia.
briki noun: Alternative form of ibrik.
bril noun: A unit of luminance equal to tfrac 1 10⁷π candela per square metre.
brilacidin noun: A particular host-defence-protein-mimetic antibiotic
Briley proper noun: A surname.
brill adjective, noun /bɹɪl/: A type of flatfish, Scophthalmus rhombus.
Brill's disease noun: Synonym of Brill-Zinsser disease.
Brill-Zinsser disease noun: A delayed relapse of epidemic typhus (caused by Rickettsia prowazekii), occurring some time after the original infection, characterized by symptoms similar...
brillance noun /ˈbɹɪləns/: brilliancy
brille noun /ˈbɹɪlə/: A transparent scale that covers the eye of a snake and is periodically shed as part of the exuvia.
brilliance noun /ˈbɹɪljən(t)s/: The quality of being exceptionally effulgent (giving off light).
brilliancy noun /ˈbɹɪljənsi/: A shining quality; brilliance.
brilliandeer noun: A person employed to cut and polish the facets of a diamond.
brilliant adjective, noun, verb /ˈbɹɪl.jənt/: Shining brightly.
brilliant green noun: A triarylmethane dye, closely related to malachite green, also used in solution for its antiseptic properties.
brilliant rummynose tetra noun: The firehead tetra.
brilliantine noun, verb /ˈbrɪl.jən.tiːn/: A hair pomade, making the hair shine brilliantly.
brilliantly adverb: In a brilliant manner; with brilliance.
brilliantness noun: The state or quality of being brilliant.
brillig noun: A nonce word in Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky, explained by Humpty Dumpty as "four o'clock in the afternoon – the time when you begin broiling things for dinner."
brilliolet noun: Alternative form of briolette.
brilliolette noun: Alternative form of briolette.
brillo adjective: Brilliant; excellent.
brillo pad noun, verb: A scouring pad used for cleaning dishes, made from steel wool containing soap.
brillolette noun: Alternative form of briolette.
Brillouin proper noun: A surname from French
Brillouin function noun: A special function that appears when studying an idealized paramagnetic material in statistical mechanics.
Brillouin zone noun: A uniquely defined primitive cell forming part of the reciprocal lattice, involved in calculations regarding waves in a periodic medium given by Bloch's...
brills noun: Spectacles (glasses), especially double-jointed ones.
brim adjective, noun, verb /bɹɪm/: Originally, a border or edge of a sea, a river, or other body of water; now, any border or edge.
brim over verb: To overflow over the brim (of a saucepan etc.)
Brimble proper noun: A surname.
brimborion noun: A useless or worthless object.
Brimelow proper noun: A surname.
Brimfield proper noun: A village and civil parish (served by Brimfield and Little Hereford Joint Parish Council) in north Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO5267).
brimfire noun: Sulfurous fire such as is associated with Hell; hellfire.
brimful adjective, noun /ˈbɹɪmfʊl/: Filled to maximum capacity.
brimfully adverb: In a brimful manner.
brimfulness noun: Quality of being brimful.
Brimhall proper noun: A surname.
brimless adjective: Having no brim.
brimlessness noun: Absence of a brim.
Brimley proper noun: A village in Bovey Tracey parish, Teignbridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX7977).
brimmed adjective, verb /bɹɪmd/: Having a brim.
brimmer noun /ˈbɹɪmə/: A cup brimming over with liquid.
brimming adjective, verb /ˈbɹɪmɪŋ/: Full to the brim.
brimmingly adverb: So as to brim or overflow.
brimmy adjective /ˈbɹɪmi/: Having a prominent brim.
brimonidine noun: A drug used to treat open-angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension.
Brimson proper noun: A surname.
brimstone noun /ˈbɹɪmstəʊn/: The sulfur of hell; hell, damnation.
brimstone flower noun: Synonym of red-hot poker.
brimstone match noun: Synonym of sulfur match, a match activated by a sulfuric reaction, especially one employing fatwood.
brimstonewort noun: Rosa canina, the dog rose.
brimstoney adjective: Alternative form of brimstony.
brimstony adjective: Containing or resembling brimstone; sulphurous.
brin noun /ˈbɹɪn/: One of the radiating sticks of a fan. The outermost are larger and longer, and are called panaches.
Brina proper noun: A diminutive of the female given name Sabrina.
brinase noun: A fibrinolytic enzyme and thrombolytic drug derived from Aspergillus oryzae.
Brincat proper noun: A surname from Maltese [in turn from Italian].
brincidofovir noun: An experimental antiviral drug, a prodrug of cidofovir.
Brindabella proper noun: A locality in the Snowy Valleys council area and the Yass Valley council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.
brinded adjective /ˈbɹɪndɪd/: Especially of the fur or skin of animals: having a patchy or streaky pattern, usually brown or grey in colour; brindled.
Brindian noun: A British person of Indian Subcontinent-extraction/heritage/ethnicities, or of India, British India.
brindisi noun /ˈbrɪndəzi/: A drinking song in which each person is toasted.
brindle adjective, noun, verb: A streaky colouration in animals.
brindled adjective, verb /ˈbɹɪndəld/: Of a brownish, tawny or gray colour, with streaks or spots; streaky, spotted.
brindled gnu noun: The blue wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus)
Brindley proper noun: A village and civil parish in Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ592534).
brindleyite noun: A monoclinic-sphenoidal yellow green mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, nickel, oxygen, and silicon.
brindling noun, verb: A brindled pattern.
brindlish adjective /ˈbɹɪn.dəl.ɪʃ/: Synonym of brindled.
brine noun, verb /ˈbɹaɪ̯n/: Salt water; water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt; a salt-and-water solution for pickling.
brine fly noun: An insect of some species in the family Ephydridae.
brine lake noun: Synonym of brine pool.
brine pool noun: A highly salty body of water on the seafloor that is separate from the surrounding ocean due to its higher density.
brine shrimp noun: An aquatic crustacean of the taxonomic genus Artemia, one species of which is often marketed under the name Sea-Monkeys as a novelty gift.
brined adjective, verb /bɹaɪnd/: Stored in brine
brined cheese noun: Cheese that is matured in brine in an airtight or semipermeable container.
Brinegar proper noun: A surname.
brineless adjective: Not having any brine.
brinelled adjective: Damaged by brinelling.
brinelling noun: A material surface failure caused by contact stress that exceeds the material limit.
brineman noun: A person who works in brine manufacture.
briner noun: One who pickles food in brine.
brineshrimp noun: Alternative form of brine shrimp.
brineworks noun: A facility that produces brine and salts by evaporating saline water.
briney adjective, noun: Alternative form of briny.
bring interjection, verb /ˈbɹɪŋ/: To transport toward somebody/somewhere.
bring a knife to a gunfight verb: To enter into a confrontation or other challenging situation without being adequately equipped or prepared.
bring a lump to someone's throat verb: To engender a strong emotional reaction.
bring about verb: To cause to take place.
bring along verb: To escort or carry an item or person to a destination.
bring an end to verb: Cause to stop.
bring-and-braai noun: A braai (barbecue event) to which guests bring their own food and drink.
bring-and-buy noun: A small-scale sale where people bring items to sell and buy others' items. The money raised usually goes towards charity.
bring-and-buy sale noun: bring-and-buy
bring around verb: Alternative form of bring round.
bring away verb: To cause or perform an abortion.
bring back verb /ˈbɹɪŋ bæk/: To fetch something.
bring back to life verb: To return someone to a state of consciousness or living after a state of unconsciousness, death or near-death.
bring centre noun: A place, especially one provided by a local authority, to which members of the public may bring waste for recycling elsewhere.
bring coals to Newcastle verb: Alternative form of carry coals to Newcastle.
bring down verb: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bring, down.
bring down a notch verb: Synonym of take down a notch.
bring down a peg verb: Synonym of take down a notch.
bring down on verb: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bring, down, on.
bring down the curtain verb: To bring something to an end.
bring down the hammer verb: To treat very harshly.
bring down the house verb: To garner enthusiastic or wild applause or laughter.
bring down to size verb: Synonym of cut down to size.
bring forth verb: To produce, bear as fruit.
bring forward verb: To call up for consideration.
bring home verb: To earn (money).
bring home the bacon verb: To win or succeed.
bring in noun, verb: To move something indoors, or into an area.
bring into being verb: To create; to bring to life; to give birth to
bring into line verb: To bring into a state of conformity; to make consistent with others.
bring into play verb: To bring into exercise or use.
bring it interjection, verb: Used to respond affirmatively and aggressively to a challenge by issuing one in return.
bring it weak verb: To fail to accomplish an accomplishable task or to make an attempt at less than maximum effort; to "half-ass" or "fake the funk".
bring low verb: To embarrass or humiliate.
bring off verb: To succeed in doing something considered to be very difficult.
bring on verb: To cause.
bring one's own hide to market verb: To create one's own fate, as a result of one's chosen character and actions; to experience the appropriate consequences of one's behavior.
bring oneself away verb: To extract oneself from a dangerous or unfortunate situation.
bring oneself to verb: To force oneself to do something (usually unpleasant); to gather the courage to do something.
bring out verb: To elicit, evoke, or emphasize (a particular quality).
bring out in a rash verb: To rile someone up.
bring out of oneself verb: To ensure someone feels confident and outgoing.
bring out of the woodwork verb: Synonym of come out of the woodwork
bring over verb: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bring, over.
bring owls to Athens verb /bɹɪŋ ˈaʊlz tu ˈæ.θɪnz/: To undertake a pointless venture, one that is redundant, unnecessary, superfluous, or highly uneconomical.
Bring radical noun: Synonym of ultraradical (“root of the polynomial x⁵ + x + a, where a is a complex number”).
bring round verb: To bring something when coming.
bring sand to the beach verb: To take something to a place where it is already plentiful.
bring someone to their knees verb: To defeat and make submit to orders.
bring suit verb: To initiate a legal proceeding; to sue.
bring the curtain down verb: Alternative form of bring down the curtain.
bring the house down verb: Alternative form of bring down the house.
bring the lumber verb: To hit extra-base hits.
bring the wood verb: To play, especially to tackle, with great force.
bring through verb: To assist (someone) in succeeding or surviving a period of difficulty, especially illness; to nurse or aid someone through an illness.
bring to verb: To restore consciousness.
bring to a boil verb: To heat something until it reaches its boiling point.
bring to a close verb: Synonym of bring to an end.
bring to an end verb: To cause to stop or complete.
bring to bear verb: To aim a weapon at a target.
bring to bed verb: To deliver of a child.
bring to book verb: To penalise someone for a punishable offence.
bring to ground verb: To cast down, overthrow, overcome, subdue.
bring to heel verb: To compel someone to obey; to force someone into a submissive condition.
bring to justice verb: To cause a person alleged to have committed criminal acts to be brought to trial on the offenses.
bring to life verb: To cause to regain consciousness, or return as if from death.
bring to light verb: To expose, disclose or reveal something that was hidden or unknown.
bring to mind verb: To cause to recall; to evoke a memory or thought.
bring to naught verb: Alternative form of bring to nought.
bring to nought verb: To mar; to thwart.
bring to order verb: To formally begin or restore the orderly functioning of (a meeting or assembly or legislature or similar body).
bring to orgasm verb: To cause (someone) to orgasm.
bring to pass verb: To cause to happen.
bring to terms verb: To compel to accept certain conditions.
bring to the hammer verb: To put up for sale by auction.
bring to the table verb: To contribute (something) to a joint effort or discussion.
bring together verb: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bring, together.
bring under verb: To subdue (something or someone).
bring up verb: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bring, up: To bring from a lower to a higher position.
bring up against verb: To cause someone to have to solve a problem or deal with an issue.
bring up short verb: To arrest (someone or something's) forward motion; to halt before a goal is reached.
bring up the rear verb: To be last in a moving line of people, to walk or go behind others in a line.
bring up to verb: To raise (something) so that it reaches a particular standard or minimum requirement.
bring upon verb: To (either knowingly or unwittingly) cause to befall.
bring with verb: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bring, with.
bringback adjective: Pertaining to return payload weight for aircraft from aircraft carriers.
bringdown noun: A disappointment; a letdown.
Bringelly proper noun: A suburb of Sydney in the Camden council area and the Liverpool council area, New South Wales, Australia.
bringer noun /ˈbɹɪŋɚ/: A person or a thing which brings something.
bringer-up noun: Someone or something that brings up.
bringhouse noun: take-home leftover food (such as from a party)
Bringhurst proper noun: A surname.
bringing noun, verb /ˈbɹɪŋɪŋ/: The act by which something is brought.
bringsel noun: A stick attached to the collar of a dog sent out to search for a missing person. On returning, the dog holds the stick in its mouth to indicate that it has...
bringup noun: The process of checking newly-assembled printed circuit boards for defects and ensuring they run as expected.
brinicle noun /ˈbɹaɪnɪkəl/: A formation of frozen brine, occurring beneath sea ice and analogous to a stalactite.
brinie noun: A coat of mail.
brinily adverb: In a briny or salty way.
brininess noun: The characteristic of being briny.
brinish adjective: Briny; somewhat salty.
brinishness noun: The state of being brinish.
brinjal noun /ˈbɹɪnd͡ʒəl/: An aubergine or eggplant.
brinjaree noun: A member of a group of Indian dacoits.
Brinjaree dog noun: A rough-haired East Indian greyhound.
brinjarree noun: Alternative form of bunjara.
brinjarry noun: Alternative form of bunjara.
brink noun /ˈbɹɪŋk/: The edge, margin, or border of a steep place, as of a precipice; a bank or edge.
brink pink noun: A vivid red shade of pink.
Brink's truck noun: A secure truck, of the Brink's company, that carries bullion and cash.
Brinker proper noun: A surname.
Brinkerhoff proper noun: A surname.
brinkless adjective: Without a brink.
Brinkley proper noun: A surname.
brinkman noun: One who advocates for brinkmanship.
Brinkmann proper noun: A surname from German.

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.