Name Report For First Name BRIAN:

BRIAN

First name BRIAN's origin is Celtic. BRIAN means "in use in england since the middle ages. possibly connected with the irish word for hill, thus he ascends. also some texts define it as strong. 10th century brian boru was a high king and great national hero of ireland.". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with BRIAN below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of brian.(Brown names are of the same origin (Celtic) with BRIAN and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)

Rhymes with BRIAN - Names & Words

First Names Rhyming BRIAN

FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES BRƯAN AS A WHOLE:

abriana abrianna briana brianna brianne briant gabrian o'brian aubriana aubrianne briann briannah briannon

NAMES RHYMING WITH BRƯAN (According to last letters):

Rhyming Names According to Last 4 Letters (rian) - Names That Ends with rian:

korian cyprian urian burian lorian marian adrian aidrian andrian derrian dorian eldrian jadarian jorian laurian rian andswarian erian arian astyrian derian gaderian nerian warian werian hadrian torrian

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

lilian bian germian sofian bedrosian izmirlian kristian sebastian iulian octavian traian christian dagian dian gillian jilian jillian kadian lillian millian vivian blian cassian cian cillian cristian davian evian fabian favian finian finnian gremian ian jamian julian kavian khristian kian kilian killian lucian maximilian ossian trevian wacian xavian gian damian anbidian ealdian leanian lufian tilian treddian trymian wissian dacian maximillian tristian

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

achan ayan iman lishan loiyan nishan saran anan hanan janan rukan sawsan wijdan

NAMES RHYMING WITH BRƯAN (According to first letters):

Rhyming Names According to First 4 Letters (bria) - Names That Begins with bria:

bria briar briareus briaunna

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

bri brice brick brickman bricriu bricta brid bride bridger bridget bridgett bridgette briefbras briella brielle brien brienna brienne briet brietta brigantia brigbam brigette briggebam briggeham briggere brigham brighde brighid brighton brigid brigida brigidia brigitta brigitte brigliadoro brik brilynn brimlad brin brina brinleigh brinley brinton brion briona brione brioni brionna brionne briony brisa briseis brisha brishen brisia brissa brit brita britani brite brites britlee britney britomartus britta brittain brittan brittaney brittani brittanie brittany brittnee brittney brittni brittny britto britton brittyn briza

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 braden bradene

NAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH BRƯAN:

First Names which starts with 'br' and ends with 'an':

bran brandan branigan brannan bransan breandan brendan brennan brentan brochan brogan bryan brychan

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 bastien battseeyon battzion bawdewyn bayen baylen beacan beadutun beagan beagen bealantin beaman bean bearcban bearn beathan beaton bebeodan bebhinn becan 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

English Words Rhyming BRIAN

ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES BRƯAN AS A WHOLE:

cambriannoun (n.) A native of Cambria or Wales.
 noun (n.) The Cambrian formation.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Cambria or Wales.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the lowest subdivision of the rocks of the Silurian or Molluscan age; -- sometimes described as inferior to the Silurian. It is named from its development in Cambria or Wales. See the Diagram under Geology.

cantabrianadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Cantabria on the Bay of Biscay in Spain.

cimbriannoun (n.) One of the Cimbri. See Cimbric.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the Cimbri.

cumbrianadjective (a.) Pertaining to Cumberland, England, or to a system of rocks found there.

inebriantnoun (n.) Anything that intoxicates, as opium, alcohol, etc.; an intoxicant.
 adjective (a.) Intoxicating.

northumbriannoun (n.) A native or inhabitant of Northumberland.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Northumberland in England.

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


Rhyming Words According to Last 4 Letters (rian) - English Words That Ends with rian:


abderianadjective (a.) Given to laughter; inclined to foolish or incessant merriment.

abecedariannoun (n.) One who is learning the alphabet; hence, a tyro.
 noun (n.) One engaged in teaching the alphabet.
 adjective (a.) Alt. of Abecedary

adessenariannoun (n.) One who held the real presence of Christ's body in the eucharist, but not by transubstantiation.

adrianadjective (a.) Pertaining to the Adriatic Sea; as, Adrian billows.

agrariannoun (n.) One in favor of an equal division of landed property.
 noun (n.) An agrarian law.
 adjective (a.) Pertaining to fields, or lands, or their tenure; esp., relating to an equal or equitable division of lands; as, the agrarian laws of Rome, which distributed the conquered and other public lands among citizens.
 adjective (a.) Wild; -- said of plants growing in the fields.

alabastrianadjective (a.) Alabastrine.

alexandrianadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Alexandria in Egypt; as, the Alexandrian library.
 adjective (a.) Applied to a kind of heroic verse. See Alexandrine, n.

algeriannoun (n.) A native of Algeria.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Algeria.

alphabetariannoun (n.) A learner of the alphabet; an abecedarian.

altitudinarianadjective (a.) Lofty in doctrine, aims, etc.

amatorianadjective (a.) Amatory.

antiquariannoun (n.) An antiquary.
 noun (n.) A drawing paper of large size. See under Paper, n.
 adjective (a.) Pertaining to antiquaries, or to antiquity; as, antiquarian literature.

antiquitariannoun (n.) An admirer of antiquity. [Used by Milton in a disparaging sense.]

antisabbatariannoun (n.) One of a sect which opposes the observance of the Christian Sabbath.

anythingariannoun (n.) One who holds to no particular creed or dogma.

apiarianadjective (a.) Of or relating to bees.

apollinariannoun (n.) A follower of Apollinaris, Bishop of Laodicea in the fourth century, who denied the proper humanity of Christ.
 adjective (a.) In honor of Apollo; as, the Apollinarian games.

aquariannoun (n.) One of a sect of Christian in the primitive church who used water instead of wine in the Lord's Supper.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to an aquarium.

araucarianadjective (a.) Relating to, or of the nature of, the Araucaria. The earliest conifers in geological history were mostly Araucarian.

ariannoun (a. & n.) See Aryan.
 noun (n.) One who adheres to or believes the doctrines of Arius.
 adjective (a.) Pertaining to Arius, a presbyter of the church of Alexandria, in the fourth century, or to the doctrines of Arius, who held Christ to be inferior to God the Father in nature and dignity, though the first and noblest of all created beings.

assyriannoun (n.) A native or an inhabitant of Assyria; the language of Assyria.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Assyria, or to its inhabitants.

asturiannoun (n.) A native of Asturias.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Asturias in Spain.

atrabilariannoun (n.) A person much given to melancholy; a hypochondriac.
 adjective (a.) Alt. of Atrabilarious

attitudinariannoun (n.) One who attitudinizes; a posture maker.

aulariannoun (n.) At Oxford, England, a member of a hall, distinguished from a collegian.
 adjective (a.) Relating to a hall.

austriannoun (n.) A native or an inhabitant of Austria.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Austria, or to its inhabitants.

azoriannoun (n.) A native of the Azores.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the Azores.

arthurianadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to King Arthur or his knights.

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

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.

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

bosporianadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the Thracian or the Cimmerian Bosporus.

cabirianadjective (a.) Same as Cabiric.

caesarianadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Caesar or the Caesars; imperial.

campanulariannoun (n.) A hydroid of the family ampanularidae, characterized by having the polyps or zooids inclosed in bell-shaped calicles or hydrothecae.

campestrianadjective (a.) Relating to an open fields; drowing in a field; growing in a field, or open ground.

catenarianadjective (a.) Relating to a chain; like a chain; as, a catenary curve.

catilinarianadjective (a.) Pertaining to Catiline, the Roman conspirator; resembling Catiline's conspiracy.

celtiberiannoun (n.) An inhabitant of Celtiberia.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the ancient Celtiberia (a district in Spain lying between the Ebro and the Tagus) or its inhabitants the Celtiberi (Celts of the river Iberus).

censorianadjective (a.) Censorial.

centenariannoun (n.) A person a hundred years old.
 adjective (a.) Of or relating to a hundred years.

cercariannoun (n.) One of the Cercariae.
 adjective (a.) Of, like, or pertaining to, the Cercariae.

cesarianadjective (a.) Same as Caesarean, Caesarian.

cimmerianadjective (a.) Pertaining to the Cimmerii, a fabulous people, said to have lived, in very ancient times, in profound and perpetual darkness.
 adjective (a.) Without any light; intensely dark.

concubinariannoun (a. & n.) Concubinary.

consistorianadjective (a.) Pertaining to a Presbyterian consistory; -- a contemptuous term of 17th century controversy.

corpusculariannoun (n.) An adherent of the corpuscular philosophy.
 adjective (a.) Corpuscular.

cypriannoun (n.) A native or inhabitant of Cyprus, especially of ancient Cyprus; a Cypriot.
 noun (n.) A lewd woman; a harlot.
 adjective (a.) Belonging to Cyprus.
 adjective (a.) Of, pertaining, or conducing to, lewdness.

decandrianadjective (a.) Alt. of Decandrous

diandrianadjective (a.) Diandrous.


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


abeliannoun (n.) Alt. of Abelonian

abeloniannoun (n.) One of a sect in Africa (4th century), mentioned by St. Augustine, who states that they married, but lived in continence, after the manner, as they pretended, of Abel.

absinthiannoun (n.) Of the nature of wormwood.

abyssiniannoun (n.) A native of Abyssinia.
 noun (n.) A member of the Abyssinian Church.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Abyssinia.

academiannoun (n.) A member of an academy, university, or college.

academiciannoun (n.) A member of an academy, or society for promoting science, art, or literature, as of the French Academy, or the Royal Academy of arts.
 noun (n.) A collegian.

acadiannoun (n.) A native of Acadie.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Acadie, or Nova Scotia.

acanthopterygiannoun (n.) A spiny-finned fish.
 adjective (a.) Belonging to the order of fishes having spinose fins, as the perch.

accadianadjective (a.) Pertaining to a race supposed to have lived in Babylonia before the Assyrian conquest.

achaiannoun (n.) A native of Achaia; a Greek.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Achaia in Greece; also, Grecian.

acousticiannoun (n.) One versed in acoustics.

acroceraunianadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the high mountain range of "thunder-smitten" peaks (now Kimara), between Epirus and Macedonia.

aeolianadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Aeolia or Aeolis, in Asia Minor, colonized by the Greeks, or to its inhabitants; aeolic; as, the Aeolian dialect.
 adjective (a.) Pertaining to Aeolus, the mythic god of the winds; pertaining to, or produced by, the wind; aerial.

aeonianadjective (a.) Eternal; everlasting.

aesculapianadjective (a.) Pertaining to Aesculapius or to the healing art; medical; medicinal.

albaniannoun (n.) A native of Albania.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Albania, a province of Turkey.

albigensianadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the Albigenses.

aleutianadjective (a.) Alt. of Aleutic

allophylianadjective (a.) Pertaining to a race or a language neither Aryan nor Semitic.

alogiannoun (n.) One of an ancient sect who rejected St. John's Gospel and the Apocalypse, which speak of Christ as the Logos.

alsatiannoun (n.) An inhabitant of Alsatia or Alsace in Germany, or of Alsatia or White Friars (a resort of debtors and criminals) in London.
 adjective (a.) Pertaining to Alsatia.

altaianadjective (a.) Alt. of Altaic

amazonianadjective (a.) Pertaining to or resembling an Amazon; of masculine manners; warlike.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the river Amazon in South America, or to its valley.

ambrosianadjective (a.) Ambrosial.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to St. Ambrose; as, the Ambrosian office, or ritual, a formula of worship in the church of Milan, instituted by St. Ambrose.

ametabolianadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to insects that do undergo any metamorphosis.

amoebiannoun (n.) One of the Amoebea.

amphibiannoun (n.) One of the Amphibia.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the Amphibia; as, amphibian reptiles.

amphicoelianadjective (a.) Alt. of Amphicoelous

angliannoun (n.) One of the Angles.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the Angles.

antediluviannoun (n.) One who lived before the Deluge.
 adjective (a.) Of or relating to the period before the Deluge in Noah's time; hence, antiquated; as, an antediluvian vehicle.

antemeridianadjective (a.) Being before noon; in or pertaining to the forenoon. (Abbrev. a. m.)

anthobiannoun (n.) A beetle which feeds on flowers.

anthropophaginiannoun (n.) One who east human flesh.

antichristianadjective (a.) Opposed to the Christian religion.

antinomiannoun (n.) One who maintains that, under the gospel dispensation, the moral law is of no use or obligation, but that faith alone is necessary to salvation. The sect of Antinomians originated with John Agricola, in Germany, about the year 1535.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the Antinomians; opposed to the doctrine that the moral law is obligatory.

antiochianadjective (a.) Pertaining to Antiochus, a contemporary with Cicero, and the founder of a sect of philosophers.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the city of Antioch, in Syria.

antiphlogistiannoun (n.) An opposer of the theory of phlogiston.

aonianadjective (a.) Pertaining to Aonia, in B/otia, or to the Muses, who were supposed to dwell there.

apalachianadjective (a.) See Appalachian.

aphidiannoun (n.) One of the aphides; an aphid.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the family Aphidae.

aphrodisianadjective (a.) Pertaining to Aphrodite or Venus. "Aphrodisian dames" [that is, courtesans].

apianadjective (a.) Belonging to bees.

apicianadjective (a.) Belonging to Apicius, a notorious Roman epicure; hence applied to whatever is peculiarly refined or dainty and expensive in cookery.

apollonianadjective (a.) Alt. of Apollonic

appalachianadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a chain of mountains in the United States, commonly called the Allegheny mountains.

appianadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Appius.

aquitanianadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Aquitania, now called Gascony.

arabiannoun (n.) A native of Arabia; an Arab.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Arabia or its inhabitants.

arcadianadjective (a.) Alt. of Arcadic

archaeologiannoun (n.) An archaeologist.

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


Rhyming Words According to First 4 Letters (bria) - Words That Begins with bria:


briarnoun (n.) Same as Brier.
 noun (n.) A plant with a slender woody stem bearing stout prickles; especially, species of Rosa, Rubus, and Smilax.
 noun (n.) Fig.: Anything sharp or unpleasant to the feelings.

briareanadjective (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, Briareus, a giant fabled to have a hundred hands; hence, hundred-handed or many-handed.


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


bribableadjective (a.) Capable of being bribed.

bribenoun (n.) A gift begged; a present.
 noun (n.) A price, reward, gift, or favor bestowed or promised with a view to prevent the judgment or corrupt the conduct of a judge, witness, voter, or other person in a position of trust.
 noun (n.) That which seduces; seduction; allurement.
 verb (v. t.) To rob or steal.
 verb (v. t.) To give or promise a reward or consideration to (a judge, juror, legislator, voter, or other person in a position of trust) with a view to prevent the judgment or corrupt the conduct; to induce or influence by a bribe; to give a bribe to.
 verb (v. t.) To gain by a bribe; of induce as by a bribe.
 verb (v. i.) To commit robbery or theft.
 verb (v. i.) To give a bribe to a person; to pervert the judgment or corrupt the action of a person in a position of trust, by some gift or promise.

bribingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bribe

bribelessadjective (a.) Incapable of being bribed; free from bribes.

bribernoun (n.) A thief.
 noun (n.) One who bribes, or pays for corrupt practices.
 noun (n.) That which bribes; a bribe.

briberynoun (n.) Robbery; extortion.
 noun (n.) The act or practice of giving or taking bribes; the act of influencing the official or political action of another by corrupt inducements.

bricknoun (n.) A block or clay tempered with water, sand, etc., molded into a regular form, usually rectangular, and sun-dried, or burnt in a kiln, or in a heap or stack called a clamp.
 noun (n.) Bricks, collectively, as designating that kind of material; as, a load of brick; a thousand of brick.
 noun (n.) Any oblong rectangular mass; as, a brick of maple sugar; a penny brick (of bread).
 noun (n.) A good fellow; a merry person; as, you 're a brick.
 verb (v. t.) To lay or pave with bricks; to surround, line, or construct with bricks.
 verb (v. t.) To imitate or counterfeit a brick wall on, as by smearing plaster with red ocher, making the joints with an edge tool, and pointing them.

brickingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Brick
 noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Brisk

brickbatnoun (n.) A piece or fragment of a brick. See Bat, 4.

brickkilnnoun (n.) A kiln, or furnace, in which bricks are baked or burnt; or a pile of green bricks, laid loose, with arches underneath to receive the wood or fuel for burning them.

bricklayernoun (n.) One whose occupation is to build with bricks.

bricklayingnoun (n.) The art of building with bricks, or of uniting them by cement or mortar into various forms; the act or occupation of laying bricks.

brickleadjective (a.) Brittle; easily broken.

bricklenessnoun (n.) Brittleness.

brickmakernoun (n.) One whose occupation is to make bricks.

brickworknoun (n.) Anything made of bricks.
 noun (n.) The act of building with or laying bricks.

brickyadjective (a.) Full of bricks; formed of bricks; resembling bricks or brick dust.

brickyardnoun (n.) A place where bricks are made, especially an inclosed place.

bricolenoun (n.) A kind of traces with hooks and rings, with which men drag and maneuver guns where horses can not be used.
 noun (n.) An ancient kind of military catapult.
 noun (n.) In court tennis, the rebound of a ball from a wall of the court; also, the side stroke or play by which the ball is driven against the wall; hence, fig., indirect action or stroke.
 noun (n.) A shot in which the cue ball is driven first against the cushion.

bridnoun (n.) A bird.

bridalnoun (n.) Of or pertaining to a bride, or to wedding; nuptial; as, bridal ornaments; a bridal outfit; a bridal chamber.
 noun (n.) A nuptial festival or ceremony; a marriage.

bridaltynoun (n.) Celebration of the nuptial feast.

bridenoun (n.) A woman newly married, or about to be married.
 noun (n.) Fig.: An object ardently loved.
 verb (v. t.) To make a bride of.

bridebednoun (n.) The marriage bed.

bridecakenoun (n.) Rich or highly ornamented cake, to be distributed to the guests at a wedding, or sent to friends after the wedding.

bridechambernoun (n.) The nuptial apartment.

bridegroomnoun (n.) A man newly married, or just about to be married.

brideknotnoun (n.) A knot of ribbons worn by a guest at a wedding; a wedding favor.

bridemaidnoun (n.) Alt. of Brideman

bridemannoun (n.) See Bridesmaid, Bridesman.

bridesmaidnoun (n.) A female friend who attends on a bride at her wedding.

bridesmannoun (n.) A male friend who attends upon a bridegroom and bride at their marriage; the "best man."

bridestakenoun (n.) A stake or post set in the ground, for guests at a wedding to dance round.

bridewellnoun (n.) A house of correction for the confinement of disorderly persons; -- so called from a hospital built in 1553 near St. Bride's (or Bridget's) well, in London, which was subsequently a penal workhouse.

bridgenoun (n.) A structure, usually of wood, stone, brick, or iron, erected over a river or other water course, or over a chasm, railroad, etc., to make a passageway from one bank to the other.
 noun (n.) Anything supported at the ends, which serves to keep some other thing from resting upon the object spanned, as in engraving, watchmaking, etc., or which forms a platform or staging over which something passes or is conveyed.
 noun (n.) The small arch or bar at right angles to the strings of a violin, guitar, etc., serving of raise them and transmit their vibrations to the body of the instrument.
 noun (n.) A device to measure the resistance of a wire or other conductor forming part of an electric circuit.
 noun (n.) A low wall or vertical partition in the fire chamber of a furnace, for deflecting flame, etc.; -- usually called a bridge wall.
 noun (n.) A card game resembling whist.
 verb (v. t.) To build a bridge or bridges on or over; as, to bridge a river.
 verb (v. t.) To open or make a passage, as by a bridge.
 verb (v. t.) To find a way of getting over, as a difficulty; -- generally with over.

bridgingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bridge

bridgeboardnoun (n.) A notched board to which the treads and risers of the steps of wooden stairs are fastened.
 noun (n.) A board or plank used as a bridge.

bridgeheadnoun (n.) A fortification commanding the extremity of a bridge nearest the enemy, to insure the preservation and usefulness of the bridge, and prevent the enemy from crossing; a tete-de-pont.

bridgelessadjective (a.) Having no bridge; not bridged.

bridgepotnoun (n.) The adjustable socket, or step, of a millstone spindle.

bridgetreenoun (n.) The beam which supports the spindle socket of the runner in a grinding mill.

bridgeingnoun (n.) The system of bracing used between floor or other timbers to distribute the weight.

bridgeyadjective (a.) Full of bridges.

bridlenoun (n.) The head gear with which a horse is governed and restrained, consisting of a headstall, a bit, and reins, with other appendages.
 noun (n.) A restraint; a curb; a check.
 noun (n.) The piece in the interior of a gun lock, which holds in place the tumbler, sear, etc.
 noun (n.) A span of rope, line, or chain made fast as both ends, so that another rope, line, or chain may be attached to its middle.
 noun (n.) A mooring hawser.
 verb (v. t.) To put a bridle upon; to equip with a bridle; as, to bridle a horse.
 verb (v. t.) To restrain, guide, or govern, with, or as with, a bridle; to check, curb, or control; as, to bridle the passions; to bridle a muse.
 verb (v. i.) To hold up the head, and draw in the chin, as an expression of pride, scorn, or resentment; to assume a lofty manner; -- usually with up.

bridlingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bridle

bridlernoun (n.) One who bridles; one who restrains and governs, as with a bridle.

bridoonnoun (n.) The snaffle and rein of a military bridle, which acts independently of the bit, at the pleasure of the rider. It is used in connection with a curb bit, which has its own rein.

briefnoun (n.) A writ issuing from the chancery, directed to any judge ordinary, commanding and authorizing that judge to call a jury to inquire into the case, and upon their verdict to pronounce sentence.
 noun (n.) A letter patent, from proper authority, authorizing a collection or charitable contribution of money in churches, for any public or private purpose.
 adjective (a.) Short in duration.
 adjective (a.) Concise; terse; succinct.
 adjective (a.) Rife; common; prevalent.
 adjective (a.) A short concise writing or letter; a statement in few words.
 adjective (a.) An epitome.
 adjective (a.) An abridgment or concise statement of a client's case, made out for the instruction of counsel in a trial at law. This word is applied also to a statement of the heads or points of a law argument.
 adjective (a.) A writ; a breve. See Breve, n., 2.
 adverb (adv.) Briefly.
 adverb (adv.) Soon; quickly.
 verb (v. t.) To make an abstract or abridgment of; to shorten; as, to brief pleadings.

brieflessadjective (a.) Having no brief; without clients; as, a briefless barrister.

briefmannoun (n.) One who makes a brief.
 noun (n.) A copier of a manuscript.

ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH BRƯAN:

English Words which starts with 'br' and ends with 'an':

brachmannoun (n.) See Brahman.

brachyurannoun (n.) One of the Brachyura.

brahmannoun (n.) Alt. of Brahmin

brainpannoun (n.) The bones which inclose the brain; the skull; the cranium.

brakemannoun (n.) A man in charge of a brake or brakes.
 noun (n.) The man in charge of the winding (or hoisting) engine for a mine.

brannoun (n.) The broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain, separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting; the coarse, chaffy part of ground grain.
 noun (n.) The European carrion crow.

braziliannoun (n.) A native or an inhabitant of Brazil.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Brazil.

breakmannoun (n.) See Brakeman.

brobdingnagiannoun (n.) A giant.
 adjective (a.) Colossal; of extraordinary height; gigantic.

brogannoun (n.) A stout, coarse shoe; a brogue.

brownianadjective (a.) Pertaining to Dr. Robert Brown, who first demonstrated (about 1827) the commonness of the motion described below.

brunonianadjective (a.) Pertaining to, or invented by, Brown; -- a term applied to a system of medicine promulgated in the 18th century by John Brown, of Scotland, the fundamental doctrine of which was, that life is a state of excitation produced by the normal action of external agents upon the body, and that disease consists in excess or deficiency of excitation.

bryozoannoun (n.) One of the Bryozoa.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the Bryozoa.

brelannoun (n.) A French gambling game somewhat like poker.
 noun (n.) In French games, a pair royal, or triplet.