Name Report For First Name BREA:
BREA
First name BREA's origin is Irish. BREA means "hill. also variant of brina and breanna". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with BREA below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of brea.(Brown names are of the same origin (Irish) with BREA and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)
Rhymes with BREA - Names & Words
First Names Rhyming BREA
FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES BREA AS A WHOLE:
breana breanna breanne breac breandan breasal breanainnNAMES RHYMING WITH BREA (According to last letters):
Rhyming Names According to Last 3 Letters (rea) - Names That Ends with rea:
aurea cytherea orea floarea andrea alexandrea alurea audrea deandrea erea leondrea marea astrea edrea nereaRhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (ea) - Names That Ends with ea:
dorothea chelsea dorotea aeaea airlea alethea althaea amalthea antea anticlea astraea eidothea ennea gaea galatea leucothea medea metea panthea penthea penthesilea philothea rhea thaddea thea timothea alamea kamea maylea amalea mircea alesea aletea alyshea annathea anndreea bernadea bethea boadicea bodiccea bodicea boudicea clodovea dukinea dulcinea galea holea janea kailea kaylea kealsea kelsea kolleea lashea lea linnea maitea mathea mattea matthea nacumbea orquidea shawnasea trinitea cumhea gildea o'shea shea costea tea dea ricwea pennlea kea harelea graeglea fearnlea aenedlea matea azalea nicea lydea anthea althea eletheaNAMES RHYMING WITH BREA (According to first letters):
Rhyming Names According to First 3 Letters (bre) - Names That Begins with bre:
bre brecc breck brecken bred bredbe bredbeddle brede bredon bree bree-ana breeda breen breena breezy brehus breindel breine bren brenda brendalynn brendan brenden brendis brendolyn brendon brendt brendyn brengwain brenius brenn brenna brennan brennen brennon brennus brent brentan brenten brentley brently brenton breri breslin bressal bret brett bretta brettany brette bretton breuse brewster brewstere breyanna breynne brezzianaRhyming 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 braden 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 bramwellNAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH BREA:
First Names which starts with 'b' and ends with 'a':
baba badi'a badra baduna baha baheera bahira bahiya balbina balinda balisarda bama bana baptista baraka barbara barbra barda barika barkarna barra barta baseema basheera bashiga bashira basilia bathilda bathsheba battista batula batya bautista beatha beatricia beatrisa becca beda behula bela belda belia belina belinda belisarda bella belva bemia bena benedetta benigna benita beomia beornia berangaria berdina berengaria bernadina bernarda bernetta bernia bernicia bernita berta bertha bertilda bertina bertuska beta betha bethanna bethia bethsaida bethseda bethsheba betia bettina beula bha bhadraa bhagiratha bianca bibiana bidelia bidina bienvenida bilagaana binata binga binta birdena birkita bitya bixenta blanca blandina blasa blathma blyana bodaEnglish Words Rhyming BREA
ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES BREA AS A WHOLE:
| ambreate | noun (n.) A salt formed by the combination of ambreic acid with a base or positive radical. |
| abreaction | noun (n.) See Catharsis, below. |
| barleybreak | noun (n.) An ancient rural game, commonly played round stacks of barley, or other grain, in which some of the party attempt to catch others who run from a goal. |
| beebread | noun (n.) A brown, bitter substance found in some of the cells of honeycomb. It is made chiefly from the pollen of flowers, which is collected by bees as food for their young. |
| bluebreast | noun (n.) A small European bird; the blue-throated warbler. |
| breach | noun (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. |
| breaching | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Breach |
| breachy | adjective (a.) Apt to break fences or to break out of pasture; unruly; as, breachy cattle. |
| bread | noun (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. |
| breadbasket | noun (n.) The stomach. |
| breaded | adjective (a.) Braided |
| breaden | adjective (a.) Made of bread. |
| breadfruit | noun (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. |
| breadless | adjective (a.) Without bread; destitute of food. |
| breadroot | noun (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. |
| breadstuff | noun (n.) Grain, flour, or meal of which bread is made. |
| breadth | adjective (a.) Distance from side to side of any surface or thing; measure across, or at right angles to the length; width. |
| breadthless | adjective (a.) Without breadth. |
| breadthwinner | noun (n.) The member of a family whose labor supplies the food of the family; one who works for his living. |
| breaking | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Break |
| break | noun (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. |
| breakable | adjective (a.) Capable of being broken. |
| breakage | noun (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. |
| breakdown | noun (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. |
| breaker | noun (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. |
| breakfast | noun (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. |
| breakfasting | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Breakfast |
| breakman | noun (n.) See Brakeman. |
| breakneck | noun (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. |
| breakwater | noun (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. |
| bream | noun (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. |
| breaming | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bream |
| breast | noun (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. |
| breasting | noun (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. |
| breastband | noun (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. |
| breastbeam | noun (n.) The front transverse beam of a locomotive. |
| breastbone | noun (n.) The bone of the breast; the sternum. |
| breasted | adjective (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 |
| breastfast | noun (n.) A large rope to fasten the midship part of a ship to a wharf, or to another vessel. |
| breastheight | noun (n.) The interior slope of a fortification, against which the garrison lean in firing. |
| breasthook | noun (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. |
| breastknot | noun (n.) A knot of ribbons worn on the breast. |
| breastpin | noun (n.) A pin worn on the breast for a fastening, or for ornament; a brooch. |
| breastplate | noun (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. |
| breastplow | noun (n.) Alt. of Breastplough |
| breastplough | noun (n.) A kind of plow, driven by the breast of the workman; -- used to cut or pare turf. |
| breastrail | noun (n.) The upper rail of any parapet of ordinary height, as of a balcony; the railing of a quarter-deck, etc. |
| breastrope | noun (n.) See Breastband. |
| breastsummer | noun (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. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH BREA (According to last letters):
Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (rea) - English Words That Ends with rea:
| aperea | noun (n.) The wild Guinea pig of Brazil (Cavia aperea). |
| area | noun (n.) Any plane surface, as of the floor of a room or church, or of the ground within an inclosure; an open space in a building. |
| noun (n.) The inclosed space on which a building stands. | |
| noun (n.) The sunken space or court, giving ingress and affording light to the basement of a building. | |
| noun (n.) An extent of surface; a tract of the earth's surface; a region; as, vast uncultivated areas. | |
| noun (n.) The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or a triangle. | |
| noun (n.) A spot or small marked space; as, the germinative area. | |
| noun (n.) Extent; scope; range; as, a wide area of thought. |
| centaurea | noun (n.) A large genus of composite plants, related to the thistles and including the cornflower or bluebottle (Centaurea Cyanus) and the star thistle (C. Calcitrapa). |
| chorea | noun (n.) St. Vitus's dance; a disease attended with convulsive twitchings and other involuntary movements of the muscles or limbs. |
| dioscorea | noun (n.) A genus of plants. See Yam. |
| gephyrea | noun (n. pl.) An order of marine Annelida, in which the body is imperfectly, or not at all, annulated externally, and is mostly without setae. |
| maclurea | noun (n.) A genus of spiral gastropod shells, often of large size, characteristic of the lower Silurian rocks. |
| millrea | noun (n.) Alt. of Millreis |
| ochrea | noun (n.) A greave or legging. |
| noun (n.) A kind of sheath formed by two stipules united round a stem. |
| ocrea | noun (n.) See Ochrea. |
| ostrea | noun (n.) A genus of bivalve Mollusca which includes the true oysters. |
| phillyrea | noun (n.) A genus of evergreen plants growing along the shores of the Mediterranean, and breading a fruit resembling that of the olive. |
| urea | adjective (a.) A very soluble crystalline body which is the chief constituent of the urine in mammals and some other animals. It is also present in small quantity in blood, serous fluids, lymph, the liver, etc. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH BREA (According to first letters):
Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (bre) - Words That Begins with bre:
| breastwheel | noun (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. |
| breastwork | noun (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. |
| breath | noun (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. |
| breathable | adjective (a.) Such as can be breathed. |
| breathableness | noun (n.) State of being breathable. |
| breathing | noun (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. |
| breather | noun (n.) One who breathes. Hence: (a) One who lives.(b) One who utters. (c) One who animates or inspires. |
| noun (n.) That which puts one out of breath, as violent exercise. |
| breathful | adjective (a.) Full of breath; full of odor; fragrant. |
| breathless | adjective (a.) Spent with labor or violent action; out of breath. |
| adjective (a.) Not breathing; holding the breath, on account of fear, expectation, or intense interest; attended with a holding of the breath; as, breathless attention. | |
| adjective (a.) Dead; as, a breathless body. |
| breathlessness | noun (n.) The state of being breathless or out of breath. |
| breccia | noun (n.) A rock composed of angular fragments either of the same mineral or of different minerals, etc., united by a cement, and commonly presenting a variety of colors. |
| brecciated | adjective (a.) Consisting of angular fragments cemented together; resembling breccia in appearance. |
| brede | noun (n.) Alt. of Breede |
| noun (n.) A braid. |
| breede | noun (n.) Breadth. |
| breech | noun (n.) The lower part of the body behind; the buttocks. |
| noun (n.) Breeches. | |
| noun (n.) The hinder part of anything; esp., the part of a cannon, or other firearm, behind the chamber. | |
| noun (n.) The external angle of knee timber, the inside of which is called the throat. | |
| verb (v. t.) To put into, or clothe with, breeches. | |
| verb (v. t.) To cover as with breeches. | |
| verb (v. t.) To fit or furnish with a breech; as, to breech a gun. | |
| verb (v. t.) To whip on the breech. | |
| verb (v. t.) To fasten with breeching. |
| breeching | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Breech |
| noun (n.) A whipping on the breech, or the act of whipping on the breech. | |
| noun (n.) That part of a harness which passes round the breech of a horse, enabling him to hold back a vehicle. | |
| noun (n.) A strong rope rove through the cascabel of a cannon and secured to ringbolts in the ship's side, to limit the recoil of the gun when it is discharged. | |
| noun (n.) The sheet iron casing at the end of boilers to convey the smoke from the flues to the smokestack. |
| breechblock | noun (n.) The movable piece which closes the breech of a breech-loading firearm, and resists the backward force of the discharge. It is withdrawn for the insertion of a cartridge, and closed again before the gun is fired. |
| breechcloth | noun (n.) A cloth worn around the breech. |
| breeches | noun (n. pl.) A garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs; smallclothes. |
| noun (n. pl.) Trousers; pantaloons. |
| breechloader | noun (n.) A firearm which receives its load at the breech. |
| breeding | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Breed |
| noun (n.) The act or process of generating or bearing. | |
| noun (n.) The raising or improving of any kind of domestic animals; as, farmers should pay attention to breeding. | |
| noun (n.) Nurture; education; formation of manners. | |
| noun (n.) Deportment or behavior in the external offices and decorums of social life; manners; knowledge of, or training in, the ceremonies, or polite observances of society. | |
| noun (n.) Descent; pedigree; extraction. |
| breed | noun (n.) A race or variety of men or other animals (or of plants), perpetuating its special or distinctive characteristics by inheritance. |
| noun (n.) Class; sort; kind; -- of men, things, or qualities. | |
| noun (n.) A number produced at once; a brood. | |
| verb (v. t.) To produce as offspring; to bring forth; to bear; to procreate; to generate; to beget; to hatch. | |
| verb (v. t.) To take care of in infancy, and through the age of youth; to bring up; to nurse and foster. | |
| verb (v. t.) To educate; to instruct; to form by education; to train; -- sometimes followed by up. | |
| verb (v. t.) To engender; to cause; to occasion; to originate; to produce; as, to breed a storm; to breed disease. | |
| verb (v. t.) To give birth to; to be the native place of; as, a pond breeds fish; a northern country breeds stout men. | |
| verb (v. t.) To raise, as any kind of stock. | |
| verb (v. t.) To produce or obtain by any natural process. | |
| verb (v. i.) To bear and nourish young; to reproduce or multiply itself; to be pregnant. | |
| verb (v. i.) To be formed in the parent or dam; to be generated, or to grow, as young before birth. | |
| verb (v. i.) To have birth; to be produced or multiplied. | |
| verb (v. i.) To raise a breed; to get progeny. |
| breedbate | noun (n.) One who breeds or originates quarrels. |
| breeder | noun (n.) One who, or that which, breeds, produces, brings up, etc. |
| noun (n.) A cause. |
| breeze | noun (n.) Alt. of Breeze fly |
| noun (n.) A light, gentle wind; a fresh, soft-blowing wind. | |
| noun (n.) An excited or ruffed state of feeling; a flurry of excitement; a disturbance; a quarrel; as, the discovery produced a breeze. | |
| noun (n.) Refuse left in the process of making coke or burning charcoal. | |
| noun (n.) Refuse coal, coal ashes, and cinders, used in the burning of bricks. | |
| verb (v. i.) To blow gently. |
| breeze fly | noun (n.) A fly of various species, of the family Tabanidae, noted for buzzing about animals, and tormenting them by sucking their blood; -- called also horsefly, and gadfly. They are among the largest of two-winged or dipterous insects. The name is also given to different species of botflies. |
| breezeless | adjective (a.) Motionless; destitute of breezes. |
| breeziness | noun (n.) State of being breezy. |
| breezy | adjective (a.) Characterized by, or having, breezes; airy. |
| adjective (a.) Fresh; brisk; full of life. |
| bregma | noun (n.) The point of junction of the coronal and sagittal sutures of the skull. |
| bregmatic | adjective (a.) Pertaining to the bregma. |
| brehon | noun (n.) An ancient Irish or Scotch judge. |
| breme | adjective (a.) Fierce; sharp; severe; cruel. |
| adjective (a.) Famous; renowned; well known. |
| brenning | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Brenne |
| bren | noun (n.) Bran. |
| verb (v. t. & i.) Alt. of Brenne |
| brennage | noun (n.) A tribute which tenants paid to their lord, in lieu of bran, which they were obliged to furnish for his hounds. |
| brent | noun (n.) A brant. See Brant. |
| adjective (a.) Alt. of Brant | |
| (imp. & p. p.) of Brenne | |
| (imp. & p. p.) Burnt. |
| brere | noun (n.) A brier. |
| brest | noun (n.) Alt. of Breast |
| (3d sing.pr.) for Bursteth. |
| brestsummer | noun (n.) See Breastsummer. |
| bret | noun (n.) See Birt. |
| bretful | adjective (a.) Brimful. |
| brethren | noun (n.) pl. of Brother. |
| (pl. ) of Brother | |
| (pl. ) of Brother |
| breton | noun (n.) A native or inhabitant of Brittany, or Bretagne, in France; also, the ancient language of Brittany; Armorican. |
| adjective (a.) Of or relating to Brittany, or Bretagne, in France. |
| brett | noun (n.) Same as Britzska. |
| brettice | noun (n.) The wooden boarding used in supporting the roofs and walls of coal mines. See Brattice. |
| bretwalda | noun (n.) The official title applied to that one of the Anglo-Saxon chieftains who was chosen by the other chiefs to lead them in their warfare against the British tribes. |
| bretzel | noun (n.) See Pretzel. |
| breve | noun (n.) A note or character of time, equivalent to two semibreves or four minims. When dotted, it is equal to three semibreves. It was formerly of a square figure (as thus: / ), but is now made oval, with a line perpendicular to the staff on each of its sides; -- formerly much used for choir service. |
| noun (n.) Any writ or precept under seal, issued out of any court. | |
| noun (n.) A curved mark [/] used commonly to indicate the short quantity of a vowel. | |
| noun (n.) The great ant thrush of Sumatra (Pitta gigas), which has a very short tail. |
| brevet | noun (n.) A warrant from the government, granting a privilege, title, or dignity. [French usage]. |
| noun (n.) A commission giving an officer higher rank than that for which he receives pay; an honorary promotion of an officer. | |
| adjective (a.) Taking or conferring rank by brevet; as, a brevet colonel; a brevet commission. | |
| verb (v. t.) To confer rank upon by brevet. |
ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH BREA:
English Words which starts with 'b' and ends with 'a':
| baa | noun (n.) The cry or bleating of a sheep; a bleat. |
| verb (v. i.) To cry baa, or bleat as a sheep. |
| baba | noun (n.) A kind of plum cake. |
| babiroussa | noun (n.) Alt. of Babirussa |
| babirussa | noun (n.) A large hoglike quadruped (Sus, / Porcus, babirussa) of the East Indies, sometimes domesticated; the Indian hog. Its upper canine teeth or tusks are large and recurved. |
| babyroussa | noun (n.) Alt. of Babyrussa |
| babyrussa | noun (n.) See Babyroussa. |
| baccara | noun (n.) Alt. of Baccarat |
| bacchanalia | noun (n. pl.) A feast or an orgy in honor of Bacchus. |
| noun (n. pl.) Hence: A drunken feast; drunken reveler. |
| bacteria | noun (n.p.) See Bacterium. |
| (pl. ) of Bacterium |
| badiaga | noun (n.) A fresh-water sponge (Spongilla), common in the north of Europe, the powder of which is used to take away the livid marks of bruises. |
| bafta | noun (n.) A coarse stuff, usually of cotton, originally made in India. Also, an imitation of this fabric made for export. |
| baggala | noun (n.) A two-masted Arab or Indian trading vessel, used in Indian Ocean. |
| balaenoidea | noun (n.) A division of the Cetacea, including the right whale and all other whales having the mouth fringed with baleen. See Baleen. |
| balistraria | noun (n.) A narrow opening, often cruciform, through which arrows might be discharged. |
| ballista | noun (n.) An ancient military engine, in the form of a crossbow, used for hurling large missiles. |
| balsa | noun (n.) A raft or float, used principally on the Pacific coast of South America. |
| banana | noun (n.) A perennial herbaceous plant of almost treelike size (Musa sapientum); also, its edible fruit. See Musa. |
| bandala | noun (n.) A fabric made in Manilla from the older leaf sheaths of the abaca (Musa textilis). |
| bandanna | noun (n.) Alt. of Bandana |
| bandana | noun (n.) A species of silk or cotton handkerchief, having a uniformly dyed ground, usually of red or blue, with white or yellow figures of a circular, lozenge, or other simple form. |
| noun (n.) A style of calico printing, in which white or bright spots are produced upon cloth previously dyed of a uniform red or dark color, by discharging portions of the color by chemical means, while the rest of the cloth is under pressure. |
| barbara | noun (n.) The first word in certain mnemonic lines which represent the various forms of the syllogism. It indicates a syllogism whose three propositions are universal affirmatives. |
| baria | noun (n.) Baryta. |
| barilla | noun (n.) A name given to several species of Salsola from which soda is made, by burning the barilla in heaps and lixiviating the ashes. |
| noun (n.) The alkali produced from the plant, being an impure carbonate of soda, used for making soap, glass, etc., and for bleaching purposes. | |
| noun (n.) Impure soda obtained from the ashes of any seashore plant, or kelp. |
| barracuda | noun (n.) Alt. of Barracouata |
| noun (n.) Any of several voracious pikelike marine fishes allied to the gray mullets, constituting the genus Sphyraena and family Sphyraenidae. The great barracuda (S. barracuda) of the West Indies, Florida, etc., is often six feet or more long, and as dangerous as a shark. In Cuba its flesh is reputed to be poisonous. S. Argentea of the Pacific coast and S. sphyraena of Europe are smaller species, and are used as food. |
| barracouata | noun (n.) A voracious pikelike, marine fish, of the genus Sphyraena, sometimes used as food. |
| noun (n.) A large edible fresh-water fish of Australia and New Zealand (Thyrsites atun). |
| barranca | noun (n.) A ravine caused by heavy rains or a watercourse. |
| baryta | noun (n.) An oxide of barium (or barytum); a heavy earth with a specific gravity above 4. |
| basilica | noun (n.) Originally, the place of a king; but afterward, an apartment provided in the houses of persons of importance, where assemblies were held for dispensing justice; and hence, any large hall used for this purpose. |
| noun (n.) A building used by the Romans as a place of public meeting, with court rooms, etc., attached. | |
| noun (n.) A church building of the earlier centuries of Christianity, the plan of which was taken from the basilica of the Romans. The name is still applied to some churches by way of honorary distinction. | |
| noun (n.) A digest of the laws of Justinian, translated from the original Latin into Greek, by order of Basil I., in the ninth century. |
| basommatophora | noun (n. pl.) A group of Pulmonifera having the eyes at the base of the tentacles, including the common pond snails. |
| bassa | noun (n.) Alt. of Bassaw |
| batata | noun (n.) An aboriginal American name for the sweet potato (Ipomaea batatas). |
| batrachia | noun (n. pl.) The order of amphibians which includes the frogs and toads; the Anura. Sometimes the word is used in a wider sense as equivalent to Amphibia. |
| batta | noun (n.) Extra pay; esp. an extra allowance to an English officer serving in India. |
| noun (n.) Rate of exchange; also, the discount on uncurrent coins. |
| battalia | noun (n.) Order of battle; disposition or arrangement of troops (brigades, regiments, battalions, etc.), or of a naval force, for action. |
| noun (n.) An army in battle array; also, the main battalia or body. |
| battuta | noun (n.) The measuring of time by beating. |
| baya | noun (n.) The East Indian weaver bird (Ploceus Philippinus). |
| bdelloidea | noun (n. pl.) The order of Annulata which includes the leeches. See Hirudinea. |
| bdellomorpha | noun (n.) An order of Nemertina, including the large leechlike worms (Malacobdella) often parasitic in clams. |
| beccabunga | noun (n.) See Brooklime. |
| becuna | noun (n.) A fish of the Mediterranean (Sphyraena spet). See Barracuda. |
| bega | noun (n.) See Bigha. |
| begonia | noun (n.) A genus of plants, mostly of tropical America, many species of which are grown as ornamental plants. The leaves are curiously one-sided, and often exhibit brilliant colors. |
| belladonna | noun (n.) An herbaceous European plant (Atropa belladonna) with reddish bell-shaped flowers and shining black berries. The whole plant and its fruit are very poisonous, and the root and leaves are used as powerful medicinal agents. Its properties are largely due to the alkaloid atropine which it contains. Called also deadly nightshade. |
| noun (n.) A species of Amaryllis (A. belladonna); the belladonna lily. |
| bellona | noun (n.) The goddess of war. |
| beluga | noun (n.) A cetacean allied to the dolphins. |
| bema | noun (n.) A platform from which speakers addressed an assembly. |
| noun (n.) That part of an early Christian church which was reserved for the higher clergy; the inner or eastern part of the chancel. | |
| noun (n.) Erroneously: A pulpit. |
| bengola | noun (n.) A Bengal light. |
| beretta | noun (n.) Same as Berretta. |
| berretta | noun (n.) A square cap worn by ecclesiastics of the Roman Catholic Church. A cardinal's berretta is scarlet; that worn by other clerics is black, except that a bishop's is lined with green. |
| bertha | noun (n.) A kind of collar or cape worn by ladies. |
| beteela | noun (n.) An East India muslin, formerly used for cravats, veils, etc. |
| bibliomania | noun (n.) A mania for acquiring books. |
| bibliophobia | noun (n.) A dread of books. |
| bibliotheca | noun (n.) A library. |
| biga | noun (n.) A two-horse chariot. |
| bigha | noun (n.) A measure of land in India, varying from a third of an acre to an acre. |
| bignonia | noun (n.) A large genus of American, mostly tropical, climbing shrubs, having compound leaves and showy somewhat tubular flowers. B. capreolata is the cross vine of the Southern United States. The trumpet creeper was formerly considered to be of this genus. |
| bimana | noun (n. pl.) Animals having two hands; -- a term applied by Cuvier to man as a special order of Mammalia. |
| bipinnaria | noun (n.) The larva of certain starfishes as developed in the free-swimming stage. |
| biretta | noun (n.) Same as Berretta. |
| blastema | noun (n.) The structureless, protoplasmic tissue of the embryo; the primitive basis of an organ yet unformed, from which it grows. |
| blastoidea | noun (n. pl.) One of the divisions of Crinoidea found fossil in paleozoic rocks; pentremites. They are so named on account of their budlike form. |
| blastula | noun (n.) That stage in the development of the ovum in which the outer cells of the morula become more defined and form the blastoderm. |
| blea | noun (n.) The part of a tree which lies immediately under the bark; the alburnum or sapwood. |
| blennorrhea | noun (n.) An inordinate secretion and discharge of mucus. |
| noun (n.) Gonorrhea. |
| boa | noun (n.) A genus of large American serpents, including the boa constrictor, the emperor boa of Mexico (B. imperator), and the chevalier boa of Peru (B. eques). |
| noun (n.) A long, round fur tippet; -- so called from its resemblance in shape to the boa constrictor. |
| bocca | noun (n.) The round hole in the furnace of a glass manufactory through which the fused glass is taken out. |
| bohea | noun (n.) Bohea tea, an inferior kind of black tea. See under Tea. |
| bohemia | noun (n.) A country of central Europe. |
| noun (n.) Fig.: The region or community of social Bohemians. See Bohemian, n., 3. |
| bologna | noun (n.) A city of Italy which has given its name to various objects. |
| noun (n.) A Bologna sausage. |
| bonanza | noun (n.) In mining, a rich mine or vein of silver or gold; hence, anything which is a mine of wealth or yields a large income. |
| bonetta | noun (n.) See Bonito. |
| bosa | noun (n.) A drink, used in the East. See Boza. |
| bothrenchyma | noun (n.) Dotted or pitted ducts or vessels forming the pores seen in many kinds of wood. |
| bougainvillaea | noun (n.) A genus of plants of the order Nyctoginaceae, from tropical South America, having the flowers surrounded by large bracts. |
| boza | noun (n.) An acidulated fermented drink of the Arabs and Egyptians, made from millet seed and various astringent substances; also, an intoxicating beverage made from hemp seed, darnel meal, and water. |
| brachelytra | noun (n. pl.) A group of beetles having short elytra, as the rove beetles. |
| brachia | noun (n. pl.) See Brachium. |
| brachiata | noun (n. pl.) A division of the Crinoidea, including those furnished with long jointed arms. See Crinoidea. |
| brachiolaria | noun (n. pl.) A peculiar early larval stage of certain starfishes, having a bilateral structure, and swimming by means of bands of vibrating cilia. |
| brachiopoda | noun (n.) A class of Molluscoidea having a symmetrical bivalve shell, often attached by a fleshy peduncle. |
| brachyptera | noun (n. pl.) A group of Coleoptera having short wings; the rove beetles. |
| brachyura | noun (n. pl.) A group of decapod Crustacea, including the common crabs, characterized by a small and short abdomen, which is bent up beneath the large cephalo-thorax. [Also spelt Brachyoura.] See Crab, and Illustration in Appendix. |
| bractea | noun (n.) A bract. |
| brahma | noun (n.) The One First Cause; also, one of the triad of Hindoo gods. The triad consists of Brahma, the Creator, Vishnu, the Preserver, and Siva, the Destroyer. |
| noun (n.) A valuable variety of large, domestic fowl, peculiar in having the comb divided lengthwise into three parts, and the legs well feathered. There are two breeds, the dark or penciled, and the light; -- called also Brahmapootra. |
| brama | noun (n.) See Brahma. |
| branchia | noun (n.) A gill; a respiratory organ for breathing the air contained in water, such as many aquatic and semiaquatic animals have. |
| branchiogastropoda | noun (n. pl.) Those Gastropoda that breathe by branchiae, including the Prosobranchiata and Opisthobranchiata. |
| branchiopoda | noun (n. pl.) An order of Entomostraca; -- so named from the feet of branchiopods having been supposed to perform the function of gills. It includes the fresh-water genera Branchipus, Apus, and Limnadia, and the genus Artemia found in salt lakes. It is also called Phyllopoda. See Phyllopoda, Cladocera. It is sometimes used in a broader sense. |
| branchiostoma | noun (n.) The lancelet. See Amphioxus. |
| branchiura | noun (n. pl.) A group of Entomostraca, with suctorial mouths, including species parasitic on fishes, as the carp lice (Argulus). |
| brassica | noun (n.) A genus of plants embracing several species and varieties differing much in appearance and qualities: such as the common cabbage (B. oleracea), broccoli, cauliflowers, etc.; the wild turnip (B. campestris); the common turnip (B. rapa); the rape or coleseed (B. napus), etc. |
| bravura | noun (n.) A florid, brilliant style of music, written for effect, to show the range and flexibility of a singer's voice, or the technical force and skill of a performer; virtuoso music. |
| britannia | noun (n.) A white-metal alloy of tin, antimony, bismuth, copper, etc. It somewhat resembles silver, and is used for table ware. Called also Britannia metal. |
| britzska | noun (n.) A long carriage, with a calash top, so constructed as to give space for reclining at night, when used on a journey. |
| broma | noun (n.) Aliment; food. |
| noun (n.) A light form of prepared cocoa (or cacao), or the drink made from it. |
| bronchia | noun (n. pl.) The bronchial tubes which arise from the branching of the trachea, esp. the subdivision of the bronchi. |
| bruta | noun (n.) See Edentata. |
| bryophyta | noun (n. pl.) See Cryptogamia. |
| bryozoa | noun (n. pl.) A class of Molluscoidea, including minute animals which by budding form compound colonies; -- called also Polyzoa. |
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