9-letter words starting with br
- broadhead — a flat, triangular, steel arrowhead with sharp edges.
- broadleaf — any tobacco plant having broad leaves, used esp in making cigars
- broadline — a company that deals in high volume at the cheaper end of a product line
- broadloom — of or designating carpets or carpeting woven on a wide loom to obviate the need for seams
- broadmoor — an institution in Berkshire, England, for housing and treating mentally ill criminals
- broadness — the state or character of being broad: the broadness of the ship; the broadness of his jokes.
- broadside — A broadside is a strong written or spoken attack on a person or institution.
- broadtail — the highly valued black wavy fur obtained from the skins of newly born karakul lambs; caracul
- broadwife — a female slave whose husband was owned by another master.
- broadwise — breadthwise
- broccolis — a form of a cultivated cruciferous plant, Brassica oleracea botrytis, whose leafy stalks and clusters of usually green buds are eaten as a vegetable.
- brochette — a skewer or small spit, used for holding pieces of meat, etc, while roasting or grilling
- broderick — a male given name.
- broiderer — an embroiderer
- brokerage — A brokerage or a brokerage firm is a company of brokers.
- brokering — the work of a broker or brokerage
- bromantic — noting or pertaining to a bromance: You might call this movie a bromantic comedy.
- bromatium — any of the swollen hyphal tips of certain fungi, on which ants can feed.
- bromelain — an enzyme derived from pineapple, used as an anti-inflammatory agent in homeopathy and as a meat tenderizer in the food industry
- bromeliad — any plant of the tropical American family Bromeliaceae, typically epiphytes with a rosette of fleshy leaves. The family includes the pineapple and Spanish moss
- bromeosin — eosin (def 1).
- bromfield — Louis, 1896–1956, U.S. novelist.
- brominate — to treat or react with bromine
- bromoform — a heavy colourless liquid substance with a sweetish taste and an odour resembling that of chloroform. Formula: CHBr3
- bronchial — Bronchial means affecting or concerned with the bronchial tubes.
- bronchium — a medium-sized bronchial tube
- brondyron — a sword
- bronxites — the, a borough of New York City, N of Manhattan. 43.4 sq. mi. (112 sq. km).
- brood bud — bulbil.
- brood hen — a hen kept for breeding
- broodless — with no brood
- broodmare — mare for breeding
- brookings — Robert Somers [suhm-erz] /ˈsʌm ərz/ (Show IPA), 1850–1932, U.S. merchant and philanthropist.
- brooklike — resembling a brook
- brooklime — either of two blue-flowered scrophulariaceous trailing plants, Veronica americana of North America or V. beccabunga of Europe and Asia, growing in moist places
- brookline — suburb of Boston, in E Mass.: pop. 57,000
- brookweed — either of two white-flowered primulaceous plants, Samolus valerandi of Europe or S. floribundus of North America, growing in moist places
- broomball — a sport similar to ice hockey, played without skates and with a specially designed broom
- broomcorn — a variety of sorghum, Sorghum vulgare technicum, the long stiff flower stalks of which have been used for making brooms
- broomrape — any orobanchaceous plant of the genus Orobanche: brownish small-flowered leafless parasites on the roots of other plants, esp on legumes
- brotherly — A man's brotherly feelings are feelings of love and loyalty which you expect a brother to show.
- browallia — any plant of the Browallia genus of South American flowering plants
- brown ale — a rich ale made with brown or dark malt
- brown bag — to bring (one's own liquor) to a restaurant or club, especially one that has no liquor license.
- brown bat — any of several small to medium-sized common bats of the genera Myotis and Eptesicus, found worldwide in caves, trees, and buildings, including M. lucifugus (little brown bat) and E. fuscus (big brown bat) a widespread North American species.
- brown cow — a drink made by mixing cola and milk
- brown fat — tissue composed of a type of fat cell that dissipates as heat most of the energy released when food is oxidized; brown adipose tissue. It is present in hibernating animals and human babies and is thought to be important in adult weight control
- brown out — a dark tertiary color with a yellowish or reddish hue.
- brown owl — nocturnal bird of prey
- brown rat — a common brownish rat, Rattus norvegicus: a serious pest in all parts of the world