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Brewingnounthe production of malt beverages (as beer or ale) from malt and hops by grinding and boiling them and fermenting the result with yeastverified
Briarnouna very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berriesverified
Briardnounold French breed of large strong usually black dogs having a long tail and long wavy and slightly stiff coatverified
Briberynounthe practice of offering something (usually money) in order to gain an illicit advantageverified
Bricks and MortarnounMWEbuilding material consisting of bricks laid with mortar between themverified
Bride PricenounMWEmoney or property given (in some societies) by the bridegroom to the family of his brideverified
BridgenounData link layer device developed in the early 1980s to connect local area networks (LANs) or create two separate LAN or wide area network (WAN) network segments from a single segment to reduce collision domains Scope Note: A bridge acts as a store-and-forward device in moving frames toward their destination. This is achieved by analyzing the MAC header of a data packet, which represents the hardware address of an NIC.Network
Bridge AgentnounMWEan operative who acts as a courier or go-between from a case officer to a secret agent in a hostile areaverified
Bridge CircuitnounMWEa circuit consisting of two branches (4 arms arranged in a diamond configuration) across which a meter is connectedverified
Bridged-Tnouna circuit consisting of a T-network with an additional shunt bridging the two series circuitsverified
Bridgeheadnounan area in hostile territory that has been captured and is held awaiting further troops and suppliesverified
Briernouna very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berriesverified
Brigandinenouna medieval coat of chain mail consisting of metal rings sewn onto leather or clothverified
Brigantinenountwo-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on the foremast and fore-and-aft rigged on the mainmastverified
Brightness ConstancynounMWEthe tendency for a visual object to be perceived as having the same brightness under widely different conditions of illuminationverified
Brilliancenouna light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adaptedverified
Brilliant PebblenounMWEa code name for a small computerized heat-seeking missile that was supposed to intercept and destroy enemy missilesverified
Bring your own devicenounMWEAn enterprise policy used to permit partial or full integration of user-owned mobile devices for business purposesRequirement
Bringing Close TogethernounMWEthe act of bringing near or bringing together especially the cut edges of tissueverified
Brinjalnounhairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as a vegetableverified
Brinkmanshipnounthe policy of pushing a dangerous situation to the brink of disaster (to the limits of safety)verified
Brionynouna vine of the genus Bryonia having large leaves and small flowers and yielding acrid juice with emetic and purgative propertiesverified
Brisancenounthe shattering or crushing effect of a sudden release of energy as in an explosionverified
Bristle FernnounMWEany fern of the genus Trichomanes having large pinnatifid often translucent frondsverified
Bristlecone FirnounMWEa pyramidal fir of southwestern California having spiny pointed leaves and cone scales with long spinesverified
Bristlecone PinenounMWEsmall slow-growing upland pine of western United States (Rocky Mountains) having dense branches with fissured rust-brown bark and short needles in bunches of 5 and thorn-tipped cone scalesverified