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Breach of WarrantynounMWEa breach that occurs when an item is deficient according to the terms of a warrantyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Bread and ButternounMWEthe financial means whereby one livesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Bread and Butter PicklenounMWEthinly sliced sweet picklesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Bread DoughnounMWEany of various doughs for breadverifiedMay 18, 2026
Bread KnifenounMWEa knife used to cut breadverifiedMay 18, 2026
Bread MakernounMWEsomeone who bakes bread or cakeverifiedMay 18, 2026
Bread MoldnounMWEa mold of the genus RhizopusverifiedMay 18, 2026
Bread SaucenounMWEcreamy white sauce made with bread instead of flour and seasoned with cloves and onionverifiedMay 18, 2026
Bread-And-Butter IssuenounMWEan issue whose settlement will affect financial resourcesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Bread-Binnouna container used to keep bread or cake inverifiedMay 18, 2026
Breadbasketnounan enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canalverifiedMay 18, 2026
Breadboxnouna container used to keep bread or cake inverifiedMay 18, 2026
Breadcrumbnouncrumb of breadverifiedMay 18, 2026
Breadfruitnounnative to Pacific islands and having edible fruit with a texture like breadverifiedMay 18, 2026
Breadfruit TreenounMWEnative to Pacific islands and having edible fruit with a texture like breadverifiedMay 18, 2026
Breadlinenouna queue of people waiting for free foodverifiedMay 18, 2026
Breadrootnoundensely hairy perennial of central North America having edible tuberous rootsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Breadsticknouna crisp stick-shaped rollverifiedMay 18, 2026
Breadstuffnounfood made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then bakedverifiedMay 18, 2026
Breadthnounthe capacity to understand a broad range of topicsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Breadth IndexnounMWEratio (in percent) of the maximum breadth to the maximum length of a skullverifiedMay 18, 2026
Breadwinnernounone whose earnings are the primary source of support for their dependentsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Break DancenounMWEa form of solo dancing that involves rapid acrobatic moves in which different parts of the body touch the groundverifiedMay 18, 2026
Break DancingnounMWEa form of solo dancing that involves rapid acrobatic moves in which different parts of the body touch the groundverifiedMay 18, 2026
Break of DaynounMWEthe first light of dayverifiedMay 18, 2026
Break of ServenounMWE(tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was servingverifiedMay 18, 2026
Break of the DaynounMWEthe first light of dayverifiedMay 18, 2026
Break SealnounMWEa seal that must be broken when first used and cannot easily be resealedverifiedMay 18, 2026
Break-Innountrespassing for an unlawful purposeverifiedMay 18, 2026
Breakabilitynounquality of being easily damaged or destroyedverifiedMay 18, 2026
Breakablenessnounthe consistency of something that breaks under pressureverifiedMay 18, 2026
Breakagenounreimbursement for goods damaged while in transit or in useverifiedMay 18, 2026
BreakaxnounWest Indian timber tree having very hard woodverifiedMay 18, 2026
BreakaxenounWest Indian timber tree having very hard woodverifiedMay 18, 2026
Breakbone FevernounMWEan infectious disease of the tropics transmitted by mosquitoes and characterized by rash and aching head and jointsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Breakernouna device that trips like a switch and opens the circuit when overloadedverifiedMay 18, 2026
Breaker PointnounMWEa contact in the distributorverifiedMay 18, 2026
Breakfast AreanounMWEa place for light meals (usually near a kitchen)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Breakfast FoodnounMWEany food (especially cereal) usually served for breakfastverifiedMay 18, 2026
Breakfast NooknounMWEa place for light meals, usually near a kitchenverifiedMay 18, 2026
Breakfast TablenounMWEa table where breakfast is eatenverifiedMay 18, 2026
Breakfast TimenounMWEthe customary or habitual hour for eating breakfastverifiedMay 18, 2026
Breakingnounthe act of breaking somethingverifiedMay 18, 2026
Breaking and EnteringnounMWEtrespassing for an unlawful purposeverifiedMay 18, 2026
Breaking AwaynounMWEthe act of breaking away or withdrawing fromverifiedMay 18, 2026
Breaking BallnounMWEa pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batterverifiedMay 18, 2026
Breaking OffnounMWEan instance of sudden interruptionverifiedMay 18, 2026
Breaking PointnounMWE(psychology) stress at which a person breaks down or a situation becomes crucialverifiedMay 18, 2026
Breaking WindnounMWEa reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anusverifiedMay 18, 2026
Breakstonenounany of various plants of the genus SaxifragaverifiedMay 18, 2026
Breast DrillnounMWEa portable drill with a plate that is pressed against the chest to force the drill point into the workverifiedMay 18, 2026
Breast FeedingnounMWEnourishing at the breastverifiedMay 18, 2026
Breast ImplantnounMWEan implant for cosmetic purposes to replace a breast that has been surgically removedverifiedMay 18, 2026
Breast of LambnounMWEa cut of lamb including the breastbone and attached muscles dressed as meatverifiedMay 18, 2026
Breast of VealnounMWEusually stuffed and roastedverifiedMay 18, 2026
Breast PocketnounMWEa pocket inside of a man's coatverifiedMay 18, 2026
Breastbonenounthe flat bone that articulates with the clavicles and the first seven pairs of ribsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Breastpinnouna decorative pin worn by womenverifiedMay 18, 2026
Breastplatenounarmor plate that protects the chestverifiedMay 18, 2026
Breaststrokernounsomeone who swims the breaststrokeverifiedMay 18, 2026
Breastworknounfortification consisting of a low wallverifiedMay 18, 2026
Breathnounthe process of taking in and expelling air during breathingverifiedMay 18, 2026
Breath of Fresh AirnounMWEa welcome reliefverifiedMay 18, 2026
Breathalysernouna device that measures chemicals (especially the alcohol content) in a person's expired breathverifiedMay 18, 2026
Breathalyzernouna device that measures chemicals (especially the alcohol content) in a person's expired breathverifiedMay 18, 2026
Breathernounair passage provided by a retractable device containing intake and exhaust pipesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Breathing ApparatusnounMWEa device that facilitates breathing in cases of respiratory failureverifiedMay 18, 2026
Breathing DevicenounMWEa device that facilitates breathing in cases of respiratory failureverifiedMay 18, 2026
Breathing innounMWEthe act of inhalingverifiedMay 18, 2026
Breathing MachinenounMWEa device that facilitates breathing in cases of respiratory failureverifiedMay 18, 2026
Breathing OutnounMWEthe act of expelling air from the lungsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Breathing PlacenounMWEa short respiteverifiedMay 18, 2026
Breathing RoomnounMWEsufficient room for easy breathing or movementverifiedMay 18, 2026
Breathing SpacenounMWEsufficient room for easy breathing or movementverifiedMay 18, 2026
Breathing SpellnounMWEa short respiteverifiedMay 18, 2026
Breathing TimenounMWEa short respiteverifiedMay 18, 2026
Breathlessnessnouna dyspneic conditionverifiedMay 18, 2026
Breccianouna rudaceous rock consisting of sharp fragments embedded in clay or sandverifiedMay 18, 2026
Breechnounopening in the rear of the barrel of a gun where bullets can be loadedverifiedMay 18, 2026
Breech BirthnounMWEdelivery of an infant whose feet or buttocks appear firstverifiedMay 18, 2026
Breech ClosernounMWEa metal block in breech-loading firearms that is withdrawn to insert a cartridge and replaced to close the breech before firingverifiedMay 18, 2026
Breech DeliverynounMWEdelivery of an infant whose feet or buttocks appear firstverifiedMay 18, 2026
Breech PresentationnounMWEdelivery of an infant whose feet or buttocks appear firstverifiedMay 18, 2026
Breechblocknouna metal block in breech-loading firearms that is withdrawn to insert a cartridge and replaced to close the breech before firingverifiedMay 18, 2026
Breechclothnouna garment that provides covering for the loinsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Breechcloutnouna garment that provides covering for the loinsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Breechesnountrousers ending above the kneeverifiedMay 18, 2026
Breeches BuoynounMWEa life buoy in the form of a ring with short breeches for supportverifiedMay 18, 2026
Breechloadernouna gun that is loaded at the breechverifiedMay 18, 2026
Breedernouna person who breeds animalsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Breeder ReactornounMWEa nuclear reactor that produces more fissile material than it burnsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Breeding GroundnounMWEa place where animals breedverifiedMay 18, 2026
Breeze BlocknounMWEa light concrete building block made with cinder aggregateverifiedMay 18, 2026
Breezinessnouna mildly windy state of the airverifiedMay 18, 2026
Bregmanounthe craniometric point at the junction of the sagittal and coronal sutures at the top of the craniumverifiedMay 18, 2026
Brentnounsmall dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southwardverifiedMay 18, 2026
Brent GoosenounMWEsmall dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southwardverifiedMay 18, 2026
Brethrennoun(plural) the lay members of a male religious orderverifiedMay 18, 2026
Brevenouna diacritical mark (U-shaped) placed over a vowel to indicate a short soundverifiedMay 18, 2026
Breviarynoun(Roman Catholic Church) a book of prayers to be recited daily certain priests and members of religious ordersverifiedMay 18, 2026