5-letter words containing b, r
- brave — Someone who is brave is willing to do things which are dangerous, and does not show fear in difficult or dangerous situations.
- bravo — Some people say 'bravo' to express appreciation when someone has done something well.
- brawl — A brawl is a rough or violent fight.
- brawn — Brawn is physical strength.
- braws — fine apparel
- braxy — an acute and usually fatal bacterial disease of sheep characterized by high fever, coma, and inflammation of the fourth stomach, caused by infection with Clostridium septicum
- braz. — Brazil(ian)
- braza — a unit of measurement used in Spain and Latin America, equal to 167 centimetres
- braze — to decorate with, make like, or make of brass
- brca1 — either of two genes (BRCA1 or BRCA2) that, if inherited in a mutated form, may predispose some carriers to develop breast or ovarian cancer.
- bread — Bread is a very common food made from flour, water, and yeast.
- break — When an object breaks or when you break it, it suddenly separates into two or more pieces, often because it has been hit or dropped.
- bream — any of several Eurasian freshwater cyprinid fishes of the genus Abramis, esp A. brama, having a deep compressed body covered with silvery scales
- breda — a city in the S Netherlands, in North Brabant province: residence of Charles II of England during his exile. Pop: 164 000 (2003 est)
- brede — braiding or embroidery
- breed — A breed of a pet animal or farm animal is a particular type of it. For example, terriers are a breed of dog.
- breen — a deep brownish green.
- breme — fierce, strong, distinct
- brent — a borough of NW Greater London. Pop: 267 800 (2003 est). Area: 44 sq km (17 sq miles)
- brest — a port in NW France, in Brittany: chief naval station of the country, planned by Richelieu in 1631 and fortified by Vauban. Pop: 148 316 (2006)
- brett — a male or female given name.
- breve — an accent, (˘), placed over a vowel to indicate that it is of short duration or is pronounced in a specified way
- brian — Havergal (ˈhævəɡəl). 1876–1972, English composer, who wrote 32 symphonies, including the large-scale Gothic Symphony (1919–27)
- briar — A briar is a wild rose with long, prickly stems.
- bribe — A bribe is a sum of money or something valuable that one person offers or gives to another in order to persuade him or her to do something.
- brice — Fanny, real name Fannie Borach. 1891–1951, US actress and singer. The film Funny Girl was based on her life
- brick — Bricks are rectangular blocks of baked clay used for building walls, which are usually red or brown. Brick is the material made up of these blocks.
- brics — Brazil, Russia, India, and China: seen collectively as the most important emerging economies with large potential markets
- bride — A bride is a woman who is getting married or who has just got married.
- brief — Something that is brief lasts for only a short time.
- brier — any of various thorny shrubs or other plants, such as the sweetbrier and greenbrier
- brill — If you say that something is brill, you are very pleased about it or think that it is very good.
- brine — Brine is salty water, especially salty water that is used for preserving food.
- bring — If you bring someone or something with you when you come to a place, they come with you or you have them with you.
- brink — If you are on the brink of something, usually something important, terrible, or exciting, you are just about to do it or experience it.
- briny — of or resembling brine; salty
- brise — an area of untilled land
- brisk — A brisk activity or action is done quickly and in an energetic way.
- brith — the Jewish rite of circumcising a male child eight days after his birth.
- britt — a turbot of northeastern Atlantic seas.
- broad — Something that is broad is wide.
- broca — Paul (pɔl). 1824–80, French surgeon and anthropologist who discovered the motor speech centre of the brain and did pioneering work in brain surgery
- broch — (in Scotland) a circular dry-stone tower large enough to serve as a fortified home; they date from the Iron Age and are found esp in the north and the islands
- brock — a badger
- broga — an exercise regime for men that combines fitness exercises with traditional yoga postures
- broil — When you broil food, you cook it using very strong heat directly above or below it.
- broke — Broke is the past tense of break.
- brom- — bromo-
- brome — any of a large genus (Bromus) of grasses of the temperate zone, having closed sheaths and spikelets with awns: a few are crop plants but many are weeds
- bromo — Bromo-Seltzer noun