5-letter words containing br
- 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
- bronc — bronco
- brond — a piece of burnt or burning wood
- bronx — northernmost borough of New York City, between the Harlem River & Long Island Sound: pop. 1,333,000
- brood — A brood is a group of baby birds that were born at the same time to the same mother.
- brook — to bear; tolerate
- brool — a low roaring sound, a deep murmur
- broom — A broom is a kind of brush with a long handle. You use a broom for sweeping the floor.
- bros' — a brother.
- bros. — Bros. is an abbreviation for brothers. It is usually used as part of the name of a company.
- brose — oatmeal or pease porridge, sometimes with butter or fat added
- brosy — coated with brose
- broth — Broth is a kind of soup. It usually has vegetables or rice in it.
- broun — (Matthew) Heywood (Campbell) 1888–1939, U.S. journalist, essayist, and novelist.
- brown — Something that is brown is the colour of earth or of wood.
- bruce — James. 1730–94, British explorer, who discovered the source of the Blue Nile (1770)
- bruch — Max (maks). 1838–1920, German composer, noted chiefly for his three violin concertos
- brugh — a mansion or large house
- bruhn — Erik (Belton Evers) 1928–86, Danish ballet dancer.
- bruin — a name for a bear, used in children's tales, fables, etc