Name Report For First Name BREN:

BREN

First name BREN's origin is German. BREN means "flame". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with BREN below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of bren.(Brown names are of the same origin (German) with BREN and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)

Rhymes with BREN - Names & Words

First Names Rhyming BREN

FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES BREN AS A WHOLE:

brengwain brenda brendalynn brendolyn brenna brendan brenden brendis brendon brendyn brenius brenn brennan brennen brennon brennus brent brentan brendt brenten brentley brently brenton

NAMES RHYMING WITH BREN (According to last letters):

Rhyming Names According to Last 3 Letters (ren) - Names That Ends with ren:

aren joren soren faren farren kamren karen karren koren lauren loren maren miren seren ahren camren corren daren darren derren efren jaren jarren jeren jerren maclaren oren orren perren ren tharen waren warren keren fyren ehren doren lorren dorren garen garren laren toren

Rhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (en) - Names That Ends with en:

cwen guendolen raven coleen helen hien huyen quyen tien tuyen yen essien mekonnen shaheen yameen kadeen arden kailoken nascien bingen evnissyen lairgnen nisien yspaddaden hoben christiansen jorgen espen adeben akhenaten amen aten moswen braden heikkinen mustanen seppanen valkoinen vaden camden fagen girven jurgen bastien evzen hymen owen jurrien kelemen sebestyen kalen joben sen eugen chien dien nguyen

NAMES RHYMING WITH BREN (According to first letters):

Rhyming Names According to First 3 Letters (bre) - Names That Begins with bre:

bre brea breac breana breanainn breandan breanna breanne breasal brecc breck brecken bred bredbe bredbeddle brede bredon bree bree-ana breeda breen breena breezy brehus breindel breine breri breslin bressal bret brett bretta brettany brette bretton breuse brewster brewstere breyanna breynne brezziana

Rhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (br) - Names That Begins with br:

bra brachah brad bradach bradaigh bradamate bradan bradana bradbourne bradburn bradd braddock braddon brademagus bradene bradey bradford bradig bradleah bradlee bradley bradly bradon bradshaw bradwell brady bradyn braeden braedon braedyn braelyn braemwiella braiana braiden brain brainard brainerd brale braleah bram bramley bramwell bran brand branda brandan branddun brande brandee brandeis brandeles brandelis brandelyn branden brandi brandice brandie brandilyn brandin

NAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH BREN:

First Names which starts with 'b' and ends with 'n':

baen baethan baibin bailintin bain bairrfhionn bairrfhoinn balduin baldwin baldwyn balen balin ban banain banan banbhan bannan baran bardan barden bardon baron barran barrington barron bartalan barton bastiaan battseeyon battzion bawdewyn bayen baylen beacan beadutun beagan beagen bealantin beaman bean bearcban bearn beathan beaton bebeodan bebhinn becan bedrosian beldan belden beldon belen bellerophon beltran ben ben-tziyon bendigeidfran bendision benedictson benen benjamin benkamin benn benon benson benton benzion beomann beorhttun beorn beretun berihun berlyn bern bernardyn berneen bernon berrin bertin berton bestandan besyrwan bethann bevan bevin bevyn bharain bheathain bhradain bian binyamin biron biton bittan bitten bjorn blagdan blagden blagdon blian

English Words Rhyming BREN

ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES BREN AS A WHOLE:

abrenunciationnoun (n.) Absolute renunciation or repudiation.

brenningnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Brenne

brennoun (n.) Bran.
 verb (v. t. & i.) Alt. of Brenne

brennagenoun (n.) A tribute which tenants paid to their lord, in lieu of bran, which they were obliged to furnish for his hounds.

brentnoun (n.) A brant. See Brant.
 adjective (a.) Alt. of Brant
  (imp. & p. p.) of Brenne
  (imp. & p. p.) Burnt.

sombrenessnoun (n.) The quality or state of being somber; gloominess.

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH BREN (According to last letters):


Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (ren) - English Words That Ends with ren:


barrennoun (n.) A tract of barren land.
 noun (n.) Elevated lands or plains on which grow small trees, but not timber; as, pine barrens; oak barrens. They are not necessarily sterile, and are often fertile.
 adjective (a.) Incapable of producing offspring; producing no young; sterile; -- said of women and female animals.
 adjective (a.) Not producing vegetation, or useful vegetation; /rile.
 adjective (a.) Unproductive; fruitless; unprofitable; empty.
 adjective (a.) Mentally dull; stupid.

brethrennoun (n.) pl. of Brother.
  (pl. ) of Brother
  (pl. ) of Brother

childrennoun (n.) pl. of Child.
  (pl. ) of Child

dohtrennoun (n. pl.) Daughters.

doughtrennoun (n. pl.) Daughters.

dzerennoun (n.) Alt. of Dzeron

eyrennoun (n. pl.) See Ey, an egg.
  (pl. ) of Ey

florennoun (n.) A cerain gold coin; a Florence.

frenadjective (a.) A stranger.

hairenadjective (a.) Hairy.

herenadjective (a.) Made of hair.

lepidosirennoun (n.) An eel-shaped ganoid fish of the order Dipnoi, having both gills and lungs. It inhabits the rivers of South America. The name is also applied to a related African species (Protopterus annectens). The lepidosirens grow to a length of from four to six feet. Called also doko.

overbarrenadjective (a.) Excessively barren.

rennoun (n.) A run.
 verb (v. t. & i.) See Renne.

sirennoun (n.) One of three sea nymphs, -- or, according to some writers, of two, -- said to frequent an island near the coast of Italy, and to sing with such sweetness that they lured mariners to destruction.
 noun (n.) An enticing, dangerous woman.
 noun (n.) Something which is insidious or deceptive.
 noun (n.) A mermaid.
 noun (n.) Any long, slender amphibian of the genus Siren or family Sirenidae, destitute of hind legs and pelvis, and having permanent external gills as well as lungs. They inhabit the swamps, lagoons, and ditches of the Southern United States. The more common species (Siren lacertina) is dull lead-gray in color, and becames two feet long.
 noun (n.) An instrument for producing musical tones and for ascertaining the number of sound waves or vibrations per second which produce a note of a given pitch. The sounds are produced by a perforated rotating disk or disks. A form with two disks operated by steam or highly compressed air is used sounding an alarm to vessels in fog.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a siren; bewitching, like a siren; fascinating; alluring; as, a siren song.

sistrennoun (n. pl.) Sisters.

southrenadjective (a.) Southern.

syrennoun (n.) See Siren.

trennoun (n.) A fish spear.

yrennoun (n.) Iron.

warrennoun (n.) A place privileged, by prescription or grant the king, for keeping certain animals (as hares, conies, partridges, pheasants, etc.) called beasts and fowls of warren.
 noun (n.) A privilege which one has in his lands, by royal grant or prescription, of hunting and taking wild beasts and birds of warren, to the exclusion of any other person not entering by his permission.
 noun (n.) A piece of ground for the breeding of rabbits.
 noun (n.) A place for keeping flash, in a river.

wrennoun (n.) Any one of numerous species of small singing birds belonging to Troglodytes and numerous allied of the family Troglodytidae.
 noun (n.) Any one of numerous species of small singing birds more or less resembling the true wrens in size and habits.

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH BREN (According to first letters):


Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (bre) - Words That Begins with bre:


breachnoun (n.) The act of breaking, in a figurative sense.
 noun (n.) Specifically: A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment; as, a breach of contract; a breach of promise.
 noun (n.) A gap or opening made made by breaking or battering, as in a wall or fortification; the space between the parts of a solid body rent by violence; a break; a rupture.
 noun (n.) A breaking of waters, as over a vessel; the waters themselves; surge; surf.
 noun (n.) A breaking up of amicable relations; rupture.
 noun (n.) A bruise; a wound.
 noun (n.) A hernia; a rupture.
 noun (n.) A breaking out upon; an assault.
 verb (v. t.) To make a breach or opening in; as, to breach the walls of a city.
 verb (v. i.) To break the water, as by leaping out; -- said of a whale.

breachingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Breach

breachyadjective (a.) Apt to break fences or to break out of pasture; unruly; as, breachy cattle.

breadnoun (n.) An article of food made from flour or meal by moistening, kneading, and baking.
 noun (n.) Food; sustenance; support of life, in general.
 adjective (a.) To spread.
 verb (v. t.) To cover with bread crumbs, preparatory to cooking; as, breaded cutlets.

breadbasketnoun (n.) The stomach.

breadedadjective (a.) Braided

breadenadjective (a.) Made of bread.

breadfruitnoun (n.) The fruit of a tree (Artocarpus incisa) found in the islands of the Pacific, esp. the South Sea islands. It is of a roundish form, from four to six or seven inches in diameter, and, when baked, somewhat resembles bread, and is eaten as food, whence the name.
 noun (n.) The tree itself, which is one of considerable size, with large, lobed leaves. Cloth is made from the bark, and the timber is used for many purposes. Called also breadfruit tree and bread tree.

breadlessadjective (a.) Without bread; destitute of food.

breadrootnoun (n.) The root of a leguminous plant (Psoralea esculenta), found near the Rocky Mountains. It is usually oval in form, and abounds in farinaceous matter, affording sweet and palatable food.

breadstuffnoun (n.) Grain, flour, or meal of which bread is made.

breadthadjective (a.) Distance from side to side of any surface or thing; measure across, or at right angles to the length; width.

breadthlessadjective (a.) Without breadth.

breadthwinnernoun (n.) The member of a family whose labor supplies the food of the family; one who works for his living.

breakingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Break

breaknoun (n.) See Commutator.
 verb (v. t.) To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or coal; to break a lock.
 verb (v. t.) To lay open as by breaking; to divide; as, to break a package of goods.
 verb (v. t.) To lay open, as a purpose; to disclose, divulge, or communicate.
 verb (v. t.) To infringe or violate, as an obligation, law, or promise.
 verb (v. t.) To interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate; as, to break silence; to break one's sleep; to break one's journey.
 verb (v. t.) To destroy the completeness of; to remove a part from; as, to break a set.
 verb (v. t.) To destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to pierce; as, the cavalry were not able to break the British squares.
 verb (v. t.) To shatter to pieces; to reduce to fragments.
 verb (v. t.) To exchange for other money or currency of smaller denomination; as, to break a five dollar bill.
 verb (v. t.) To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of; as, to break flax.
 verb (v. t.) To weaken or impair, as health, spirit, or mind.
 verb (v. t.) To diminish the force of; to lessen the shock of, as a fall or blow.
 verb (v. t.) To impart, as news or information; to broach; -- with to, and often with a modified word implying some reserve; as, to break the news gently to the widow; to break a purpose cautiously to a friend.
 verb (v. t.) To tame; to reduce to subjection; to make tractable; to discipline; as, to break a horse to the harness or saddle.
 verb (v. t.) To destroy the financial credit of; to make bankrupt; to ruin.
 verb (v. t.) To destroy the official character and standing of; to cashier; to dismiss.
 verb (v. i.) To come apart or divide into two or more pieces, usually with suddenness and violence; to part; to burst asunder.
 verb (v. i.) To open spontaneously, or by pressure from within, as a bubble, a tumor, a seed vessel, a bag.
 verb (v. i.) To burst forth; to make its way; to come to view; to appear; to dawn.
 verb (v. i.) To burst forth violently, as a storm.
 verb (v. i.) To open up; to be scattered; to be dissipated; as, the clouds are breaking.
 verb (v. i.) To become weakened in constitution or faculties; to lose health or strength.
 verb (v. i.) To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief; as, my heart is breaking.
 verb (v. i.) To fall in business; to become bankrupt.
 verb (v. i.) To make an abrupt or sudden change; to change the gait; as, to break into a run or gallop.
 verb (v. i.) To fail in musical quality; as, a singer's voice breaks when it is strained beyond its compass and a tone or note is not completed, but degenerates into an unmusical sound instead. Also, to change in tone, as a boy's voice at puberty.
 verb (v. i.) To fall out; to terminate friendship.
 verb (v. t.) An opening made by fracture or disruption.
 verb (v. t.) An interruption of continuity; change of direction; as, a break in a wall; a break in the deck of a ship.
 verb (v. t.) A projection or recess from the face of a building.
 verb (v. t.) An opening or displacement in the circuit, interrupting the electrical current.
 verb (v. t.) An interruption; a pause; as, a break in friendship; a break in the conversation.
 verb (v. t.) An interruption in continuity in writing or printing, as where there is an omission, an unfilled line, etc.
 verb (v. t.) The first appearing, as of light in the morning; the dawn; as, the break of day; the break of dawn.
 verb (v. t.) A large four-wheeled carriage, having a straight body and calash top, with the driver's seat in front and the footman's behind.
 verb (v. t.) A device for checking motion, or for measuring friction. See Brake, n. 9 & 10.

breakableadjective (a.) Capable of being broken.

breakagenoun (n.) The act of breaking; a break; a breaking; also, articles broken.
 noun (n.) An allowance or compensation for things broken accidentally, as in transportation or use.

breakdownnoun (n.) The act or result of breaking down, as of a carriage; downfall.
 noun (n.) A noisy, rapid, shuffling dance engaged in competitively by a number of persons or pairs in succession, as among the colored people of the Southern United States, and so called, perhaps, because the exercise is continued until most of those who take part in it break down.
 noun (n.) Any rude, noisy dance performed by shuffling the feet, usually by one person at a time.

breakernoun (n.) One who, or that which, breaks.
 noun (n.) Specifically: A machine for breaking rocks, or for breaking coal at the mines; also, the building in which such a machine is placed.
 noun (n.) A small water cask.
 noun (n.) A wave breaking into foam against the shore, or against a sand bank, or a rock or reef near the surface.

breakfastnoun (n.) The first meal in the day, or that which is eaten at the first meal.
 noun (n.) A meal after fasting, or food in general.
 verb (v. i.) To break one's fast in the morning; too eat the first meal in the day.
 verb (v. t.) To furnish with breakfast.

breakfastingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Breakfast

breakmannoun (n.) See Brakeman.

breaknecknoun (n.) A fall that breaks the neck.
 noun (n.) A steep place endangering the neck.
 adjective (a.) Producing danger of a broken neck; as, breakneck speed.

breakwaternoun (n.) Any structure or contrivance, as a mole, or a wall at the mouth of a harbor, to break the force of waves, and afford protection from their violence.

breamnoun (n.) A European fresh-water cyprinoid fish of the genus Abramis, little valued as food. Several species are known.
 noun (n.) An American fresh-water fish, of various species of Pomotis and allied genera, which are also called sunfishes and pondfishes. See Pondfish.
 noun (n.) A marine sparoid fish of the genus Pagellus, and allied genera. See Sea Bream.
 verb (v. t.) To clean, as a ship's bottom of adherent shells, seaweed, etc., by the application of fire and scraping.

breamingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bream

breastnoun (n.) The fore part of the body, between the neck and the belly; the chest; as, the breast of a man or of a horse.
 noun (n.) Either one of the protuberant glands, situated on the front of the chest or thorax in the female of man and of some other mammalia, in which milk is secreted for the nourishment of the young; a mamma; a teat.
 noun (n.) Anything resembling the human breast, or bosom; the front or forward part of anything; as, a chimney breast; a plow breast; the breast of a hill.
 noun (n.) The face of a coal working.
 noun (n.) The front of a furnace.
 noun (n.) The seat of consciousness; the repository of thought and self-consciousness, or of secrets; the seat of the affections and passions; the heart.
 noun (n.) The power of singing; a musical voice; -- so called, probably, from the connection of the voice with the lungs, which lie within the breast.
 noun (n.) A torus.
 verb (v. t.) To meet, with the breast; to struggle with or oppose manfully; as, to breast the storm or waves.

breastingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Breast
 noun (n.) The curved channel in which a breast wheel turns. It is closely adapted to the curve of the wheel through about a quarter of its circumference, and prevents the escape of the water until it has spent its force upon the wheel. See Breast wheel.

breastbandnoun (n.) A band for the breast. Specifically: (Naut.) A band of canvas, or a rope, fastened at both ends to the rigging, to support the man who heaves the lead in sounding.

breastbeamnoun (n.) The front transverse beam of a locomotive.

breastbonenoun (n.) The bone of the breast; the sternum.

breastedadjective (a.) Having a breast; -- used in composition with qualifying words, in either a literal or a metaphorical sense; as, a single-breasted coat.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Breast

breastfastnoun (n.) A large rope to fasten the midship part of a ship to a wharf, or to another vessel.

breastheightnoun (n.) The interior slope of a fortification, against which the garrison lean in firing.

breasthooknoun (n.) A thick piece of timber in the form of a knee, placed across the stem of a ship to strengthen the fore part and unite the bows on each side.

breastknotnoun (n.) A knot of ribbons worn on the breast.

breastpinnoun (n.) A pin worn on the breast for a fastening, or for ornament; a brooch.

breastplatenoun (n.) A plate of metal covering the breast as defensive armor.
 noun (n.) A piece against which the workman presses his breast in operating a breast drill, or other similar tool.
 noun (n.) A strap that runs across a horse's breast.
 noun (n.) A part of the vestment of the high priest, worn upon the front of the ephod. It was a double piece of richly embroidered stuff, a span square, set with twelve precious stones, on which were engraved the names of the twelve tribes of Israel. See Ephod.

breastplownoun (n.) Alt. of Breastplough

breastploughnoun (n.) A kind of plow, driven by the breast of the workman; -- used to cut or pare turf.

breastrailnoun (n.) The upper rail of any parapet of ordinary height, as of a balcony; the railing of a quarter-deck, etc.

breastropenoun (n.) See Breastband.

breastsummernoun (n.) A summer or girder extending across a building flush with, and supporting, the upper part of a front or external wall; a long lintel; a girder; -- used principally above shop windows.

breastwheelnoun (n.) A water wheel, on which the stream of water strikes neither so high as in the overshot wheel, nor so low as in the undershot, but generally at about half the height of the wheel, being kept in contact with it by the breasting. The water acts on the float boards partly by impulse, partly by its weight.

breastworknoun (n.) A defensive work of moderate height, hastily thrown up, of earth or other material.
 noun (n.) A railing on the quarter-deck and forecastle.

breathnoun (n.) The air inhaled and exhaled in respiration; air which, in the process of respiration, has parted with oxygen and has received carbonic acid, aqueous vapor, warmth, etc.
 noun (n.) The act of breathing naturally or freely; the power or capacity to breathe freely; as, I am out of breath.
 noun (n.) The power of respiration, and hence, life.
 noun (n.) Time to breathe; respite; pause.
 noun (n.) A single respiration, or the time of making it; a single act; an instant.
 noun (n.) Fig.: That which gives or strengthens life.
 noun (n.) A single word; the slightest effort; a trifle.
 noun (n.) A very slight breeze; air in gentle motion.
 noun (n.) Fragrance; exhalation; odor; perfume.
 noun (n.) Gentle exercise, causing a quicker respiration.

breathableadjective (a.) Such as can be breathed.

breathablenessnoun (n.) State of being breathable.

breathingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Breathe
 noun (n.) Respiration; the act of inhaling and exhaling air.
 noun (n.) Air in gentle motion.
 noun (n.) Any gentle influence or operation; inspiration; as, the breathings of the Spirit.
 noun (n.) Aspiration; secret prayer.
 noun (n.) Exercising; promotion of respiration.
 noun (n.) Utterance; communication or publicity by words.
 noun (n.) Breathing place; vent.
 noun (n.) Stop; pause; delay.
 noun (n.) Also, in a wider sense, the sound caused by the friction of the outgoing breath in the throat, mouth, etc., when the glottis is wide open; aspiration; the sound expressed by the letter h.
 noun (n.) A mark to indicate aspiration or its absence. See Rough breathing, Smooth breathing, below.

ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH BREN:

English Words which starts with 'b' and ends with 'n':

babiannoun (n.) Alt. of Babion

babionnoun (n.) A baboon.

baboonnoun (n.) One of the Old World Quadrumana, of the genera Cynocephalus and Papio; the dog-faced ape. Baboons have dog-like muzzles and large canine teeth, cheek pouches, a short tail, and naked callosities on the buttocks. They are mostly African. See Mandrill, and Chacma, and Drill an ape.

babyloniannoun (n.) An inhabitant of Babylonia (which included Chaldea); a Chaldean.
 noun (n.) An astrologer; -- so called because the Chaldeans were remarkable for the study of astrology.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the real or to the mystical Babylon, or to the ancient kingdom of Babylonia; Chaldean.

bacchanaliannoun (n.) A bacchanal; a drunken reveler.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the festival of Bacchus; relating to or given to reveling and drunkenness.

backdownnoun (n.) A receding or giving up; a complete surrender.

backgammonnoun (n.) A game of chance and skill, played by two persons on a "board" marked off into twenty-four spaces called "points". Each player has fifteen pieces, or "men", the movements of which from point to point are determined by throwing dice. Formerly called tables.
 verb (v. i.) In the game of backgammon, to beat by ending the game before the loser is clear of his first "table".

backwardationnoun (n.) The seller's postponement of delivery of stock or shares, with the consent of the buyer, upon payment of a premium to the latter; -- also, the premium so paid. See Contango.

backwoodsmannoun (n.) A man living in the forest in or beyond the new settlements, especially on the western frontiers of the older portions of the United States.

baconnoun (n.) The back and sides of a pig salted and smoked; formerly, the flesh of a pig salted or fresh.

baconiannoun (n.) One who adheres to the philosophy of Lord Bacon.
 noun (n.) One who maintains that Lord Bacon is the author of the works commonly attributed to Shakespeare.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Lord Bacon, or to his system of philosophy.

bactriannoun (n.) A native of Bactria.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Bactria in Asia.

badiannoun (n.) An evergreen Chinese shrub of the Magnolia family (Illicium anisatum), and its aromatic seeds; Chinese anise; star anise.

badigeonnoun (n.) A cement or paste (as of plaster and freestone, or of sawdust and glue or lime) used by sculptors, builders, and workers in wood or stone, to fill holes, cover defects, or finish a surface.
 noun (n.) A cement or distemper paste (as of plaster and powdered freestone, or of sawdust and glue or lime) used by sculptors, builders, and workers in wood or stone, to fill holes, cover defects, etc.

badmintonnoun (n.) A game, similar to lawn tennis, played with shuttlecocks.
 noun (n.) A preparation of claret, spiced and sweetened.

bagmannoun (n.) A commercial traveler; one employed to solicit orders for manufacturers and tradesmen.

bainnoun (n.) A bath; a bagnio.

bairnnoun (n.) A child.

balconnoun (n.) A balcony.

baldachinnoun (n.) A rich brocade; baudekin.
 noun (n.) A structure in form of a canopy, sometimes supported by columns, and sometimes suspended from the roof or projecting from the wall; generally placed over an altar; as, the baldachin in St. Peter's.
 noun (n.) A portable canopy borne over shrines, etc., in procession.

baldwinnoun (n.) A kind of reddish, moderately acid, winter apple.

baleennoun (n.) Plates or blades of "whalebone," from two to twelve feet long, and sometimes a foot wide, which in certain whales (Balaenoidea) are attached side by side along the upper jaw, and form a fringelike sieve by which the food is retained in the mouth.

balloonnoun (n.) A bag made of silk or other light material, and filled with hydrogen gas or heated air, so as to rise and float in the atmosphere; especially, one with a car attached for aerial navigation.
 noun (n.) A ball or globe on the top of a pillar, church, etc., as at St. Paul's, in London.
 noun (n.) A round vessel, usually with a short neck, to hold or receive whatever is distilled; a glass vessel of a spherical form.
 noun (n.) A bomb or shell.
 noun (n.) A game played with a large inflated ball.
 noun (n.) The outline inclosing words represented as coming from the mouth of a pictured figure.
 verb (v. t.) To take up in, or as if in, a balloon.
 verb (v. i.) To go up or voyage in a balloon.
 verb (v. i.) To expand, or puff out, like a balloon.

ballotationnoun (n.) Voting by ballot.

ballotinnoun (n.) An officer who has charge of a ballot box.

balneationnoun (n.) The act of bathing.

balsamationnoun (n.) The act of imparting balsamic properties.
 noun (n.) The art or process of embalming.

bannoun (n.) A public proclamation or edict; a public order or notice, mandatory or prohibitory; a summons by public proclamation.
 noun (n.) A calling together of the king's (esp. the French king's) vassals for military service; also, the body of vassals thus assembled or summoned. In present usage, in France and Prussia, the most effective part of the population liable to military duty and not in the standing army.
 noun (n.) Notice of a proposed marriage, proclaimed in church. See Banns (the common spelling in this sense).
 noun (n.) An interdiction, prohibition, or proscription.
 noun (n.) A curse or anathema.
 noun (n.) A pecuniary mulct or penalty laid upon a delinquent for offending against a ban; as, a mulct paid to a bishop by one guilty of sacrilege or other crimes.
 noun (n.) An ancient title of the warden of the eastern marches of Hungary; now, a title of the viceroy of Croatia and Slavonia.
 verb (v. t.) To curse; to invoke evil upon.
 verb (v. t.) To forbid; to interdict.
 verb (v. i.) To curse; to swear.

bandonnoun (n.) Disposal; control; license.

baniannoun (n.) A Hindoo trader, merchant, cashier, or money changer.
 noun (n.) A man's loose gown, like that worn by the Banians.
 noun (n.) The Indian fig. See Banyan.

bannitionnoun (n.) The act of expulsion.

banyannoun (n.) A tree of the same genus as the common fig, and called the Indian fig (Ficus Indica), whose branches send shoots to the ground, which take root and become additional trunks, until it may be the tree covers some acres of ground and is able to shelter thousands of men.

baptizationnoun (n.) Baptism.

barbacannoun (n.) See Barbican.
 noun (n.) A tower or advanced work defending the entrance to a castle or city, as at a gate or bridge. It was often large and strong, having a ditch and drawbridge of its own.
 noun (n.) An opening in the wall of a fortress, through which missiles were discharged upon an enemy.

barbadiannoun (n.) A native of Barbados.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Barbados.

barbariannoun (n.) A foreigner.
 noun (n.) A man in a rule, savage, or uncivilized state.
 noun (n.) A person destitute of culture.
 noun (n.) A cruel, savage, brutal man; one destitute of pity or humanity.
 adjective (a.) Of, or pertaining to, or resembling, barbarians; rude; uncivilized; barbarous; as, barbarian governments or nations.

barbicannoun (n.) Alt. of Barbacan

barbitonnoun (n.) An ancient Greek instrument resembling a lyre.

barconnoun (n.) A vessel for freight; -- used in Mediterranean.

bargainnoun (n.) An agreement between parties concerning the sale of property; or a contract by which one party binds himself to transfer the right to some property for a consideration, and the other party binds himself to receive the property and pay the consideration.
 noun (n.) An agreement or stipulation; mutual pledge.
 noun (n.) A purchase; also ( when not qualified), a gainful transaction; an advantageous purchase; as, to buy a thing at a bargain.
 noun (n.) The thing stipulated or purchased; also, anything bought cheap.
 noun (n.) To make a bargain; to make a contract for the exchange of property or services; -- followed by with and for; as, to bargain with a farmer for a cow.
 verb (v. t.) To transfer for a consideration; to barter; to trade; as, to bargain one horse for another.

bargemannoun (n.) The man who manages a barge, or one of the crew of a barge.

barkenadjective (a.) Made of bark.

barleycornnoun (n.) A grain or "corn" of barley.
 noun (n.) Formerly , a measure of length, equal to the average length of a grain of barley; the third part of an inch.

barnnoun (n.) A covered building used chiefly for storing grain, hay, and other productions of a farm. In the United States a part of the barn is often used for stables.
 noun (n.) A child. [Obs.] See Bairn.
 verb (v. t.) To lay up in a barn.

baronnoun (n.) A title or degree of nobility; originally, the possessor of a fief, who had feudal tenants under him; in modern times, in France and Germany, a nobleman next in rank below a count; in England, a nobleman of the lowest grade in the House of Lords, being next below a viscount.
 noun (n.) A husband; as, baron and feme, husband and wife.

barracannoun (n.) A thick, strong stuff, somewhat like camlet; -- still used for outer garments in the Levant.

barracoonnoun (n.) A slave warehouse, or an inclosure where slaves are quartered temporarily.

bartizannoun (n.) A small, overhanging structure for lookout or defense, usually projecting at an angle of a building or near an entrance gateway.

bartonnoun (n.) The demesne lands of a manor; also, the manor itself.
 noun (n.) A farmyard.

basannoun (n.) Same as Basil, a sheepskin.

basebornadjective (a.) Born out of wedlock.
 adjective (a.) Born of low parentage.
 adjective (a.) Vile; mean.

basilicanadjective (a.) Of, relating to, or resembling, a basilica; basilical.

basiliconnoun (n.) An ointment composed of wax, pitch, resin, and olive oil, lard, or other fatty substance.

basinnoun (n.) A hollow vessel or dish, to hold water for washing, and for various other uses.
 noun (n.) The quantity contained in a basin.
 noun (n.) A hollow vessel, of various forms and materials, used in the arts or manufactures, as that used by glass grinders for forming concave glasses, by hatters for molding a hat into shape, etc.
 noun (n.) A hollow place containing water, as a pond, a dock for ships, a little bay.
 noun (n.) A circular or oval valley, or depression of the surface of the ground, the lowest part of which is generally occupied by a lake, or traversed by a river.
 noun (n.) The entire tract of country drained by a river, or sloping towards a sea or lake.
 noun (n.) An isolated or circumscribed formation, particularly where the strata dip inward, on all sides, toward a center; -- especially applied to the coal formations, called coal basins or coal fields.

basionnoun (n.) The middle of the anterior margin of the great foramen of the skull.

basonnoun (n.) A basin.

basset hornadjective (a.) An instrument blown with a reed, and resembling a clarinet, but of much greater compass, embracing nearly four octaves.
  () The corno di bassetto.

bassoonnoun (n.) A wind instrument of the double reed kind, furnished with holes, which are stopped by the fingers, and by keys, as in flutes. It forms the natural bass to the oboe, clarinet, etc.

bassorinnoun (n.) A constituent part of a species of gum from Bassora, as also of gum tragacanth and some gum resins. It is one of the amyloses.

bastionnoun (n.) A work projecting outward from the main inclosure of a fortification, consisting of two faces and two flanks, and so constructed that it is able to defend by a flanking fire the adjacent curtain, or wall which extends from one bastion to another. Two adjacent bastions are connected by the curtain, which joins the flank of one with the adjacent flank of the other. The distance between the flanks of a bastion is called the gorge. A lunette is a detached bastion. See Ravelin.

bastonnoun (n.) A staff or cudgel.
 noun (n.) See Baton.
 noun (n.) An officer bearing a painted staff, who formerly was in attendance upon the king's court to take into custody persons committed by the court.

bataviannoun (n.) A native or inhabitant of Batavia or Holland.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to (a) the Batavi, an ancient Germanic tribe; or to (b) /atavia or Holland; as, a Batavian legion.

batmannoun (n.) A weight used in the East, varying according to the locality; in Turkey, the greater batman is about 157 pounds, the lesser only a fourth of this; at Aleppo and Smyrna, the batman is 17 pounds.
 noun (n.) A man who has charge of a bathorse and his load.

batonnoun (n.) A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes; as, the baton of a field marshal; the baton of a conductor in musical performances.
 noun (n.) An ordinary with its ends cut off, borne sinister as a mark of bastardy, and containing one fourth in breadth of the bend sinister; -- called also bastard bar. See Bend sinister.

batoonnoun (n.) See Baton, and Baston.

batrachiannoun (n.) One of the Batrachia.
 adjective (a.) Pertaining to the Batrachia.

batsmannoun (n.) The one who wields the bat in cricket, baseball, etc.

battalionnoun (n.) A body of troops; esp. a body of troops or an army in battle array.
 noun (n.) A regiment, or two or more companies of a regiment, esp. when assembled for drill or battle.
 noun (n.) An infantry command of two or more companies, which is the tactical unit of the infantry, or the smallest command which is self-supporting upon the battlefield, and also the unit in which the strength of the infantry of an army is expressed.
 verb (v. t.) To form into battalions.

battonnoun (n.) See Batten, and Baton.

baudekinnoun (n.) The richest kind of stuff used in garments in the Middle Ages, the web being gold, and the woof silk, with embroidery : -- made originally at Bagdad.

bavariannoun (n.) A native or an inhabitant of Bavaria.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Bavaria.

baviannoun (n.) A baboon.

bavinnoun (n.) A fagot of brushwood, or other light combustible matter, for kindling fires; refuse of brushwood.
 noun (n.) Impure limestone.

bawnnoun (n.) An inclosure with mud or stone walls, for keeping cattle; a fortified inclosure.
 noun (n.) A large house.

bawsinnoun (n.) Alt. of Bawson

bawsonnoun (n.) A badger.
 noun (n.) A large, unwieldy person.

beaconnoun (n.) A signal fire to notify of the approach of an enemy, or to give any notice, commonly of warning.
 noun (n.) A signal or conspicuous mark erected on an eminence near the shore, or moored in shoal water, as a guide to mariners.
 noun (n.) A high hill near the shore.
 noun (n.) That which gives notice of danger.
 verb (v. t.) To give light to, as a beacon; to light up; to illumine.
 verb (v. t.) To furnish with a beacon or beacons.

beadsmannoun (n.) Alt. of Bedesman

bedesmannoun (n.) A poor man, supported in a beadhouse, and required to pray for the soul of its founder; an almsman.
 noun (n.) Same as Beadsman.

beadswomannoun (n.) Alt. of Bedeswoman

bedeswomannoun (n.) Fem. of Beadsman.

beakironnoun (n.) A bickern; a bench anvil with a long beak, adapted to reach the interior surface of sheet metal ware; the horn of an anvil.

beannoun (n.) A name given to the seed of certain leguminous herbs, chiefly of the genera Faba, Phaseolus, and Dolichos; also, to the herbs.
 noun (n.) The popular name of other vegetable seeds or fruits, more or less resembling true beans.

bearnnoun (n.) See Bairn.

bearskinnoun (n.) The skin of a bear.
 noun (n.) A coarse, shaggy, woolen cloth for overcoats.
 noun (n.) A cap made of bearskin, esp. one worn by soldiers.

beatenadjective (a.) Made smooth by beating or treading; worn by use.
 adjective (a.) Vanquished; conquered; baffled.
 adjective (a.) Exhausted; tired out.
 adjective (a.) Become common or trite; as, a beaten phrase.
 adjective (a.) Tried; practiced.
  () of Beat

beatificationnoun (n.) The act of beatifying, or the state of being beatified; esp., in the R. C. Church, the act or process of ascertaining and declaring that a deceased person is one of "the blessed," or has attained the second degree of sanctity, -- usually a stage in the process of canonization.

beaufinnoun (n.) See Biffin.

beaverteennoun (n.) A kind of fustian made of coarse twilled cotton, shorn after dyeing.

beckonnoun (n.) A sign made without words; a beck.
 verb (v. t.) To make a significant sign to; hence, to summon, as by a motion of the hand.

bedennoun (n.) The Abyssinian or Arabian ibex (Capra Nubiana). It is probably the wild goat of the Bible.

bedgownnoun (n.) A nightgown.

bedouinnoun (n.) One of the nomadic Arabs who live in tents, and are scattered over Arabia, Syria, and northern Africa, esp. in the deserts.
 adjective (a.) Pertaining to the Bedouins; nomad.

bedpannoun (n.) A pan for warming beds.
 noun (n.) A shallow chamber vessel, so constructed that it can be used by a sick person in bed.

beduinnoun (n.) See Bedouin.

beechenadjective (a.) Consisting, or made, of the wood or bark of the beech; belonging to the beech.

beginnoun (n.) Beginning.
 verb (v. i.) To have or commence an independent or first existence; to take rise; to commence.
 verb (v. i.) To do the first act or the first part of an action; to enter upon or commence something new, as a new form or state of being, or course of action; to take the first step; to start.
 verb (v. t.) To enter on; to commence.
 verb (v. t.) To trace or lay the foundation of; to make or place a beginning of.

beguinnoun (n.) See Beghard.

behennoun (n.) Alt. of Behn

behnnoun (n.) The Centaurea behen, or saw-leaved centaury.
 noun (n.) The Cucubalus behen, or bladder campion, now called Silene inflata.
 noun (n.) The Statice limonium, or sea lavender.