Words starting with B

breakingThe act by which something is broken.
breakinglyIn a manner that breaks.
breakleApt to, capable of, or tending to break; fragile; brittle.
breaklessWithout a break; continuous, unbroken.
breaklineSynonym of line break.
breaklyApt to, capable of, or tending to break; fragile; brittle.
breakneckDangerously fast; hell-for-leather.
breakopenIn electric arc testing, a material response evidenced by the formation of one or more holes in the material which may allow thermal energy to pass through the material.
breakoutAn escape from prison.
breakpointA point in a program at which operation may be interrupted during debugging so that the state of the program at that point can be investigated.
breakproofResistant to breaking; unbreakable.
breakstepA genre that evolved from 2-step garage, moving away from the more soulful elements of garage and incorporating downtempo drum and bass-style basslines.
breakstoneSaxifrage (Saxifraga spp.)
breakthroughCharacterized by major progress or overcoming some obstacle.
breaktimeA break for a worker or workers that splits a period of work.
breakupThe act of breaking up; disintegration or division.
breakwallA wall, typically built outside of a harbour, that diminishes damage due to battering by the waves.
breakwaterA construction in or around a harbour designed to break the force of the sea and to provide shelter for vessels lying inside.
BreakwellA surname.
breakwindA windbreak.
breakyEasily broken.
BrealynA unisex given name, variant of Braylin.
BrealynnA female given name, variant of Braylin.
breamA European fresh-water cyprinoid fish of the genus Abramis, little valued as food. Several species are known.
BreamishA river in Northumberland, England, that becomes the River Till, and is a tributary of the Tweed.
BreamleaA locality in the City of Greater Geelong and the Surf Coast Shire, south western Victoria, Australia
breamlikeResembling or characteristic of bream.
BreamoreA village and civil parish in New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU1518).
BreannaA female given name from the Celtic languages, of American usage, variant of Brianna.
BreantA surname from French.
BrearleyA hamlet in Hebden Royd parish, Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0225).
BrearsA surname.
BreartonA village and civil parish in Harrogate district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE322610).
breastEither of the two organs on the front of a female human's chest, which contain the mammary glands; also the analogous organs in males.
BreastaA commune of Dolj County, Romania.
breastapoOverzealous lactivists who pressure women to breastfeed and criticize formula-feeders, taken as a group.
breastaurantA restaurant featuring scantily clad female waitstaff.
breastbandA strophium: a band worn around the breasts.
breastbeamPart of a loom.
breastboneThe central narrow bone in the front of the chest, connecting the collarbone and the top ribs.
breastedHaving a breast, or breasts.
breasterOne who breasts something.
breastfastA large rope to fasten the midship part of a ship to a wharf or to another vessel.
breastfeedTo feed (a baby) milk via the breasts; to suckle; to nurse.
breastfeederA nursing mother, one who breastfeeds (suckles a baby).
breastfeedingThe act or process of feeding a baby or young child milk from a lactating breast.
breastfleshThe flesh of somebody's breast.
breastfulThe amount that a breast will carry or hold.
breastgirthA piece of horse tack for preventing the saddle to slip backwards.
breastheightThe typical height above ground of an adult's breast, used as a reference height for measuring the diameters of trees.
breasthookA horizontal timber fitted in the bows of a ship to add strength and to connect the sides to the stem.
breasticleA breast.
breastiebreast
breastingThe curved channel in which a breastwheel turns.
breastknotA pin worn on the breast as a fastening or ornament; a brooch.
breastlessWithout a breast or breasts; flat-chested.
breastlessnessThe condition of being breastless.
breastliftAny operation designed to lift a woman’s breast.
breastlikeResembling a breast or breasts.
breastlingA suckling babe or child.
BreastonA large village and civil parish in Erewash district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4633).
breastpinAn ornamental pin attached to clothing in a person's upper chest area; a brooch.
breastplateA piece of armor that covers the chest.
breastplatedWearing a breastplate.
breastploughA kind of plough, worked by handles near the worker's breast, and in some types by pushing with the breast/chest, by which ploughing can be done by hand (without a draft animal), albeit more slowly and difficultly, or by which turf (peat) can be cut for fuel; the type commonly used in preindustrial Britain is analogous to a spade with a large T-shaped handle gripped with both hands.
breastpointThe place or point of a breast.
breastrailThe upper rail of a parapet of ordinary height, such as of a balcony, the railing of a boat, etc.
breastropebreastband
breastshotVertically mounted, and rotated by falling water striking buckets near the center of the wheel's edge, or just above it.
breastsleepTo participate in breastsleeping.
breastsleepingThe practice where a mother cosleeps with her baby while breastfeeding.
breaststrapA piece of horse tack for preventing the saddle from slipping backwards.
breaststrokeA swimming stroke in which the swimmer lies face down, the arms being swept forward, outward and back under the water and the legs are kicked like a frog's
breaststrokerA person swimming using the breaststroke.
breastwearClothing worn on the breasts.
breastweedSynonym of lizard's tail (“the plant Saururus cernuus”).
breastwheelA water wheel where the stream of water strikes neither so high as in the overshot wheel, nor so low as in the undershot, but generally at about half the height of the wheel, being kept in contact with it by the breasting. The water acts on the floatboards partly by impulse, partly by its weight.
breastwiseSide by side; abreast.
breastworkA fortification consisting of a breast-high bulwark; a parapet.
breastyHaving large breasts; busty.
breathThe act or process of breathing.
breathabilityThe ability of a fabric (or clothing) to transmit air and moisture.
breathablesuitable for breathing
breathablenessThe quality of being breathable; breathability.
breathalyzeTo estimate the alcohol content of a person's blood by using a breathalyzer
breathalyzerA device that measures alcohol in expired air so as to estimate the concentration of alcohol in a person's blood; used by traffic police in cases of suspected driving while under the influence of alcohol.
breatharianOne who lives without food, subsisting instead on prana or sunlight.
breatharianismThe belief in, or practice of, living without food, subsisting instead on prana or sunlight.
breatheTo draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases.
breathedHaving a specified kind of breath.
breatherSomething or someone that breathes.
breathfulThat breathes; alive.
breathholdThe act of holding breath.
breathholdingThe action of holding one's breath (a cessation of breathing).
breathilyIn a breathy manner.
breathinessThe state or quality of being breathy.
breathingA diacritical mark indicating aspiration or lack thereof.
breathinglySo as to breathe.
BreathittA surname.
breathlessHaving difficulty breathing; gasping.
breathlesslyIn a breathless manner, usually due to excitement, exertion, etc.
breathlessnessThe state of being breathless or out of breath, especially merely temporarily from exertion.
breathlikeResembling or characteristic of breath.
breathlyOf, pertaining to, or characteristic of a breath or breathing.
breathogramA graphic display (typically made by gas chromatography) of the contents of exhaled breath
breathomicRelating to breathomics
breathomicsThe (study of the) contents of exhaled breath of a person who has a specific pathological condition.
breathplayErotic asphyxiation; a sexual practice involving the intentional deprivation of oxygen to the brain, often by means of choking.
breathprintThe chemical contents of an exhaled breath, supposedly unique to an individual.
breathprintingThe recording of a breathprint in order to identify an individual or to diagnose a disease.
breathsomeCharacteristic of breath or breathing; breathy.
breathtakerSomething astounding, impressive, or both.
breathtakingstunningly beautiful; amazing
breathtakinglyIn a breathtaking manner.
breathtakingnessThe quality of being breathtaking.
breathworkThe use of breathing as therapy, particularly in the form of consciously controlling one's breathing rhythm.
breathyAccompanied by audible breathing.
BreauA surname from French.
BreaultA surname from French.
BreauxA surname from French, especially common among Cajun people.
BreazaA city in Muntenia, Romania.
BreazealeA surname.
brebaA fig that develops in the spring on the previous year's shoot growth.
BrebnerA surname.
BrebuA village in Lopătari, Buzău County, Romania.
brecanavirA protease inhibitor proposed for the treatment of HIV but discontinued in 2006.
brecciaA rock composed of angular fragments in a matrix that may be of a similar or a different material.
breccialOf or relating to breccia.
brecciateTo turn (something) into breccia.
brecciatedFormed or broken into breccia.
brecciationThe formation of breccia, such as by external shock.
breccioidResembling breccia.
BrecedaA surname.
BrechbuehlerA surname.
BrecheisenA surname from German.
BrechinA town in Angus council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO6060).
BrechtelA surname from German.
BrechtianOf or pertaining to Bertolt Brecht (1898–1956), German poet and playwright, or his works.
BreckA surname.
BreckenA male given name.
BreckenbroughA locality in Newsham with Breckenbrough parish, Hambleton district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3783).
BreckenridgeA surname.
BreckinA surname.
BreckinridgeA surname.
BrecklandA special protection area in both Norfolk and Suffolk, England.
BrecklesA small village in Stow Bedon parish, Breckland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TL9594).
BrecknockAn archaic form of Brecon, a town in Wales.
BrecknockshireAn inland traditional county of Wales, bordered by Monmouthshire, Herefordshire, Radnorshire, Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire and Glamorganshire.
BreckonA surname from Welsh.
BreconA town and community with a town council in Powys, Wales (OS grid ref SO0428).

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