Name Report For First Name BRETTE:
BRETTE
First name BRETTE's origin is English. BRETTE means "brit. a native of england: (britain) or france: (brittany)". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with BRETTE below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of brette.(Brown names are of the same origin (English) with BRETTE and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)
Rhymes with BRETTE - Names & Words
First Names Rhyming BRETTE
FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES BRETTE AS A WHOLE:
NAMES RHYMING WITH BRETTE (According to last letters):
Rhyming Names According to Last 5 Letters (rette) - Names That Ends with rette:
pierrette clarette laurette pierette dorette corette fleurette loretteRhyming Names According to Last 4 Letters (ette) - Names That Ends with ette:
linette suette annemette huette josette yolette bernadette tienette vedette mette adette amette anjanette anjeanette annette annjeanette antoinette ariette arlette babette bemadette bernette bette bridgette brigette charlette colette collette danette dawnette ellette evette georgette ginnette hanriette harriette hugette hughette idette ivette jaenette janette jaquenette jeanette jenette johnette jonette juliette kinnette lanette linnette lisabette lisette lissette lizette lucette lynette lyonette mignonette minette monette musette nanette nannette nicholette nickolette nicolette nynette odette omette rupette shawnette suzette velouette vidette villette yvette lafayette ornette nadette viollette vignette trinette robinette odelette ninette mariette manette lynnette jacquenette henriette fanetteNAMES RHYMING WITH BRETTE (According to first letters):
Rhyming Names According to First 5 Letters (brett) - Names That Begins with brett:
brett bretta brettany brettonRhyming Names According to First 4 Letters (bret) - Names That Begins with bret:
bretRhyming 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 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 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 brainNAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH BRETTE:
First Names which starts with 'br' and ends with 'te':
brigitte briteFirst Names which starts with 'b' and ends with 'e':
babatunde backstere baecere baibre bailee bainbridge bainbrydge bairbre baladie baldassare baldhere baldlice balere balgaire balie ballinamore banbrigge bane bankole baptiste barbie bardene barkarne barnabe barre barrie bartle bartolome basile baste bathilde bawdewyne baylee baylie beale beatie beatrice beattie beceere bede bedegrayne bedivere beiste bekele belakane beldane beldene bellance bellangere belle beltane bemabe bembe bemeere bemelle bennie benoyce bentle beore beorhthilde berde berdine berenice bergitte berhane berke berkle bernadine berne bernelle bernice bernyce beroe berthe bertie bertilde bertrade bessie bethanee bethanie betje bettine beverlee bibsbebe billie binge birche birde birdie birdine birkhe birte birtle blade blaine blaire blaise blaizeEnglish Words Rhyming BRETTE
ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES BRETTE AS A WHOLE:
| soubrette | noun (n.) A female servant or attendant; specifically, as a term of the theater, a lady's maid, in comedies, who acts the part of an intrigante; a meddlesome, mischievous female servant or young woman. |
| umbrette | noun (n.) See Umber, 4. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH BRETTE (According to last letters):
Rhyming Words According to Last 5 Letters (rette) - English Words That Ends with rette:
| aigrette | noun (n.) The small white European heron. See Egret. |
| noun (n.) A plume or tuft for the head composed of feathers, or of gems, etc. | |
| noun (n.) A tuft like that of the egret. | |
| noun (n.) A feathery crown of seed; egret; as, the aigrette or down of the dandelion or the thistle. |
| amorette | noun (n.) An amoret. |
| burette | noun (n.) An apparatus for delivering measured quantities of liquid or for measuring the quantity of liquid or gas received or discharged. It consists essentially of a graduated glass tube, usually furnished with a small aperture and stopcock. |
| cashmerette | noun (n.) A kind of dress goods, made with a soft and glossy surface like cashmere. |
| chevrette | noun (n.) A machine for raising guns or mortar into their carriages. |
| cigarette | noun (n.) A little cigar; a little fine tobacco rolled in paper for smoking. |
| curette | noun (n.) A scoop or ring with either a blunt or a cutting edge, for removing substances from the walls of a cavity, as from the eye, ear, or womb. |
| verb (v. t.) To scrape with a curette. |
| collarette | noun (n.) A small collar; specif., a woman's collar of lace, fur, or other fancy material. |
| egrette | noun (n.) Same as Egret, n., 2. |
| leatherette | noun (n.) An imitation of leather, made of paper and cloth. |
| lorette | noun (n.) In France, a name for a woman who is supported by her lovers, and devotes herself to idleness, show, and pleasure; -- so called from the church of Notre Dame de Lorette, in Paris, near which many of them resided. |
| poudrette | noun (n.) A manure made from night soil, dried and mixed with charcoal, gypsum, etc. |
| vinaigrette | noun (n.) A sauce, made of vinegar, oil, and other ingredients, -- used esp. for cold meats. |
| noun (n.) A small perforated box for holding aromatic vinegar contained in a sponge, or a smelling bottle for smelling salts; -- called also vinegarette. | |
| noun (n.) A small, two-wheeled vehicle, like a Bath chair, to be drawn or pushed by a boy or man. |
| vinegarette | noun (n.) See Vinaigrette, n., 2. |
Rhyming Words According to Last 4 Letters (ette) - English Words That Ends with ette:
| aiguillette | noun (n.) A point or tag at the end of a fringe or lace; an aglet. |
| noun (n.) One of the ornamental tags, cords, or loops on some military and naval uniforms. |
| ailette | noun (n.) A small square shield, formerly worn on the shoulders of knights, -- being the prototype of the modern epaulet. |
| allumette | noun (n.) A match for lighting candles, lamps, etc. |
| amassette | noun (n.) An instrument of horn used for collecting painters' colors on the stone in the process of grinding. |
| amusette | noun (n.) A light field cannon, or stocked gun mounted on a swivel. |
| anisette | noun (n.) A French cordial or liqueur flavored with anise seeds. |
| ariette | noun (n.) A short aria, or air. |
| aviette | noun (n.) A heavier-than-air flying machine in which the motive power is furnished solely by the aviator. |
| baguette | noun (n.) A small molding, like the astragal, but smaller; a bead. |
| noun (n.) One of the minute bodies seen in the divided nucleoli of some Infusoria after conjugation. |
| banquette | noun (n.) A raised way or foot bank, running along the inside of a parapet, on which musketeers stand to fire upon the enemy. |
| noun (n.) A narrow window seat; a raised shelf at the back or the top of a buffet or dresser. | |
| noun (n.) A bench or seat for passengers on the top of a diligence or other public vehicle. |
| barbette | noun (n.) A mound of earth or a platform in a fortification, on which guns are mounted to fire over the parapet. |
| blanquette | noun (n.) A white fricassee. |
| bombazet bombazette | noun (n.) A sort of thin woolen cloth. It is of various colors, and may be plain or twilled. |
| brunette | adjective (a.) A girl or woman with a somewhat brown or dark complexion. |
| adjective (a.) Having a dark tint. |
| briolette | noun (n.) An oval or pearshaped diamond having its entire surface cut in triangular facets. |
| briquette | noun (n.) A block of compacted coal dust, or peat, etc., for fuel. |
| noun (n.) A block of artificial stone in the form of a brick, used for paving; also, a molded sample of solidified cement or mortar for use as a test piece for showing the strength of the material. |
| brochette | noun (n.) A small spit or skewer. |
| cassinette | noun (n.) A cloth with a cotton warp, and a woof of very fine wool, or wool and silk. |
| cassolette | noun (n.) a box, or vase, with a perforated cover to emit perfumes. |
| chansonnette | noun (n.) A little song. |
| chemisette | noun (n.) An under-garment, worn by women, usually covering the neck, shoulders, and breast. |
| coquette | noun (n.) A vain, trifling woman, who endeavors to attract admiration from a desire to gratify vanity; a flirt; -- formerly sometimes applied also to men. |
| noun (n.) A tropical humming bird of the genus Lophornis, with very elegant neck plumes. Several species are known. See Illustration under Spangle, v. t. |
| corvette | noun (n.) A war vessel, ranking next below a frigate, and having usually only one tier of guns; -- called in the United States navy a sloop of war. |
| crossette | noun (n.) A return in one of the corners of the architrave of a door or window; -- called also ancon, ear, elbow. |
| noun (n.) The shoulder of a joggled keystone. |
| cunette | noun (n.) A drain trench, in a ditch or moat; -- called also cuvette. |
| cuvette | noun (n.) A pot, bucket, or basin, in which molten plate glass is carried from the melting pot to the casting table. |
| noun (n.) A cunette. | |
| noun (n.) A small vessel with at least two flat and transparent sides, used to hold a liquid sample to be analysed in the light path of a spectrometer. |
| cassette | noun (n.) Same as Seggar. |
| cossette | noun (n.) One of the small chips or slices into which beets are cut in sugar making. |
| dancette | adjective (a.) Deeply indented; having large teeth; thus, a fess dancette has only three teeth in the whole width of the escutcheon. |
| dette | noun (n.) Debt. |
| echauguette | noun (n.) A small chamber or place of protection for a sentinel, usually in the form of a projecting turret, or the like. See Castle. |
| epaulette | noun (n.) A shoulder ornament or badge worn by military and naval officers, differences of rank being marked by some peculiar form or device, as a star, eagle, etc.; a shoulder knot. |
| epinglette | noun (n.) An iron needle for piercing the cartridge of a cannon before priming. |
| eprouvette | noun (n.) An apparatus for testing or proving the strength of gunpowder. |
| escopette | noun (n.) A kind of firearm; a carbine. |
| estafette | noun (n.) A courier who conveys messages to another courier; a military courier sent from one part of an army to another. |
| etiquette | noun (n.) The forms required by good breeding, or prescribed by authority, to be observed in social or official life; observance of the proprieties of rank and occasion; conventional decorum; ceremonial code of polite society. |
| facette | noun (n.) See Facet, n. |
| fauvette | noun (n.) A small singing bird, as the nightingale and warblers. |
| fossette | noun (n.) A little hollow; hence, a dimple. |
| noun (n.) A small, deep-centered ulcer of the transparent cornea. |
| fourchette | noun (n.) A table fork. |
| noun (n.) A small fold of membrane, connecting the labia in the posterior part of the vulva. | |
| noun (n.) The wishbone or furculum of birds. | |
| noun (n.) The frog of the hoof of the horse and allied animals. | |
| noun (n.) An instrument used to raise and support the tongue during the cutting of the fraenum. | |
| noun (n.) The forked piece between two adjacent fingers, to which the front and back portions are sewed. | |
| noun (n.) The combination of the card immediately above and the one immediately below a given card. |
| frizette | noun (n.) A curl of hair or silk; a pad of frizzed hair or silk worn by women under the hair to stuff it out. |
| noun (n.) a fringe of hair or curls worn about the forehead by women. |
| fumette | noun (n.) The stench or high flavor of game or other meat when kept long. |
| frisette | noun (n.) Alt. of Frizette |
| gargoulette | noun (n.) A water cooler or jug with a handle and spout; a gurglet. |
| gazette | noun (n.) A newspaper; a printed sheet published periodically; esp., the official journal published by the British government, and containing legal and state notices. |
| verb (v. t.) To announce or publish in a gazette; to announce officially, as an appointment, or a case of bankruptcy. |
| genette | noun (n.) One of several species of small Carnivora of the genus Genetta, allied to the civets, but having the scent glands less developed, and without a pouch. |
| noun (n.) The fur of the common genet (Genetta vulgaris); also, any skin dressed in imitation of this fur. |
| glissette | noun (n.) The locus described by any point attached to a curve that slips continuously on another fixed curve, the movable curve having no rotation at any instant. |
| grisette | noun (n.) A French girl or young married woman of the lower class; more frequently, a young working woman who is fond of gallantry. |
| historiette | noun (n.) Historical narration on a small scale; a brief recital; a story. |
Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (tte) - English Words That Ends with tte:
| alouatte | noun (n.) One of the several species of howling monkeys of South America. See Howler, 2. |
| bayatte | noun (n.) A large, edible, siluroid fish of the Nile, of two species (Bagrina bayad and B. docmac). |
| butte | noun (n.) A detached low mountain, or high rising abruptly from the general level of the surrounding plain; -- applied to peculiar elevations in the Rocky Mountain region. |
| calotte | noun (n.) Alt. of Callot |
| charlotte | noun (n.) A kind of pie or pudding made by lining a dish with slices of bread, and filling it with bread soaked in milk, and baked. |
| carotte | noun (n.) A cylindrical roll of tobacco; as, a carotte of perique. |
| euosmitte | noun (n.) A fossil resin, so called from its strong, peculiar, pleasant odor. |
| euritte | noun (n.) A compact feldspathic rock; felsite. See Felsite. |
| fytte | noun (n.) See Fit a song. |
| kerseynette | noun (n.) See Cassinette. |
| kitchenette | noun (n.) A room combining a very small kitchen and a pantry, with the kitchen conveniences compactly arranged, sometimes so that they fold up out of sight and allow the kitchen to be made a part of the adjoining room by opening folding doors. |
| lafayette | noun (n.) The dollar fish. |
| noun (n.) A market fish, the goody, or spot (Liostomus xanthurus), of the southern coast of the United States. |
| lobulette | noun (n.) A little lobule, or subdivision of a lobule. |
| lorgnette | noun (n.) An opera glass |
| noun (n.) elaborate double eyeglasses. |
| lunette | noun (n.) A fieldwork consisting of two faces, forming a salient angle, and two parallel flanks. See Bastion. |
| noun (n.) A half horseshoe, which wants the sponge. | |
| noun (n.) A kind of watch crystal which is more than ordinarily flattened in the center; also, a species of convexoconcave lens for spectacles. | |
| noun (n.) A piece of felt to cover the eye of a vicious horse. | |
| noun (n.) Any surface of semicircular or segmental form; especially, the piece of wall between the curves of a vault and its springing line. | |
| noun (n.) An iron shoe at the end of the stock of a gun carriage. |
| layette | noun (n.) The outfit of clothing, blankets, etc., prepared for a newborn infant, and placed ready for used. |
| marionette | noun (n.) A puppet moved by strings, as in a puppet show. |
| noun (n.) The buffel duck. |
| mascotte | noun (n.) A person who is supposed to bring good luck to the household to which he or she belongs; anything that brings good luck. |
| matte | noun (n.) A partly reduced copper sulphide, obtained by alternately roasting and melting copper ore in separating the metal from associated iron ores, and called coarse metal, fine metal, etc., according to the grade of fineness. On the exterior it is dark brown or black, but on a fresh surface is yellow or bronzy in color. |
| noun (n.) A dead or dull finish, as in gilding where the gold leaf is not burnished, or in painting where the surface is purposely deprived of gloss. |
| mignonette | noun (n.) A plant (Reseda odorata) having greenish flowers with orange-colored stamens, and exhaling a delicious fragrance. In Africa it is a low shrub, but further north it is usually an annual herb. |
| minette | noun (n.) The smallest of regular sizes of portrait photographs. |
| minionette | noun (n.) A size of type between nonpareil and minion; -- used in ornamental borders, etc. |
| adjective (a.) Small; delicate. |
| moquette | noun (n.) A kind of carpet having a short velvety pile. |
| motte | noun (n.) A clump of trees in a prairie. |
| musette | noun (n.) A small bagpipe formerly in use, having a soft and sweet tone. |
| noun (n.) An air adapted to this instrument; also, a kind of rustic dance. |
| matelotte | noun (n.) A stew, commonly of fish, flavored with wine, and served with a wine sauce containing onions, mushrooms, etc. |
| noun (n.) An old dance of sailors, in double time, and somewhat like a hornpipe. |
| noisette | noun (n.) A hybrid rose produced in 1817, by a French gardener, Noisette, of Charleston, South Carolina, from the China rose and the musk rose. It has given rise to many fine varieties, as the Lamarque, the Marechal (or Marshal) Niel, and the Cloth of gold. Most roses of this class have clustered flowers and are of vigorous growth. |
| novelette | noun (n.) A short novel. |
| oubliette | noun (n.) A dungeon with an opening only at the top, found in some old castles and other strongholds, into which persons condemned to perpetual imprisonment, or to perish secretly, were thrust, or lured to fall. |
| quartette | noun (n.) A composition in four parts, each performed by a single voice or instrument. |
| noun (n.) The set of four person who perform a piece of music in four parts. | |
| noun (n.) A stanza of four lines. | |
| noun (n.) A composition in four parts, each performed by a single voice or instrument. | |
| noun (n.) The set of four person who perform a piece of music in four parts. | |
| noun (n.) A stanza of four lines. |
| quintette | noun (n.) A composition for five voices or instruments; also, the set of five persons who sing or play five-part music. |
| noun (n.) A composition for five voices or instruments; also, the set of five persons who sing or play five-part music. |
| palette | noun (n.) A thin, oval or square board, or tablet, with a thumb hole at one end for holding it, on which a painter lays and mixes his pigments. |
| noun (n.) One of the plates covering the points of junction at the bend of the shoulders and elbows. | |
| noun (n.) A breastplate for a breast drill. |
| palmette | noun (n.) A floral ornament, common in Greek and other ancient architecture; -- often called the honeysuckle ornament. |
| parasolette | noun (n.) A small parasol. |
| parquette | noun (n.) See Parquet. |
| patte | adjective (a.) Alt. of Pattee |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH BRETTE (According to first letters):
Rhyming Words According to First 5 Letters (brett) - Words That Begins with brett:
| brett | noun (n.) Same as Britzska. |
| brettice | noun (n.) The wooden boarding used in supporting the roofs and walls of coal mines. See Brattice. |
Rhyming Words According to First 4 Letters (bret) - Words That Begins with bret:
| 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. |
| 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. |
Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (bre) - Words That Begins with bre:
| 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. |
| 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. |
ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH BRETTE:
English Words which starts with 'br' and ends with 'te':
| braccate | adjective (a.) Furnished with feathers which conceal the feet. |
| brachiate | adjective (a.) Having branches in pairs, decussated, all nearly horizontal, and each pair at right angles with the next, as in the maple and lilac. |
| bracteate | adjective (a.) Having a bract or bracts. |
| bracteolate | adjective (a.) Furnished with bracteoles or bractlets. |
| branchiate | adjective (a.) Furnished with branchiae; as, branchiate segments. |
| braunite | noun (n.) A native oxide of manganese, of dark brownish black color. It was named from a Mr. Braun of Gotha. |
| breedbate | noun (n.) One who breeds or originates quarrels. |
| breviate | noun (n.) A short compend; a summary; a brief statement. |
| noun (n.) A lawyer's brief. | |
| verb (v. t.) To abbreviate. |
| brevipennate | adjective (a.) Short-winged; -- applied to birds which can not fly, owing to their short wings, as the ostrich, cassowary, and emu. |
| brevirostrate | adjective (a.) Short-billed; having a short beak. |
| brewsterite | noun (n.) A rare zeolitic mineral occurring in white monoclinic crystals with pearly luster. It is a hydrous silicate of aluminia, baryta, and strontia. |
| brillante | adjective (a.) In a gay, showy, and sparkling style. |
| brochantite | noun (n.) A basic sulphate of copper, occurring in emerald-green crystals. |
| bromate | noun (n.) A salt of bromic acid. |
| verb (v. t.) To combine or impregnate with bromine; as, bromated camphor. |
| bromyrite | noun (n.) Silver bromide, a rare mineral; -- called also bromargyrite. |
| brontolite | noun (n.) Alt. of Brontolith |
| bronzite | noun (n.) A variety of enstatite, often having a bronzelike luster. It is a silicate of magnesia and iron, of the pyroxene family. |
| brookite | noun (n.) A mineral consisting of titanic oxide, and hence identical with rutile and octahedrite in composition, but crystallizing in the orthorhombic system. |
| brucite | noun (n.) A white, pearly mineral, occurring thin and foliated, like talc, and also fibrous; a native magnesium hydrate. |
| noun (n.) The mineral chondrodite. |
| brushite | noun (n.) A white or gray crystalline mineral consisting of the acid phosphate of calcium. |
| brute | noun (n.) An animal destitute of human reason; any animal not human; esp. a quadruped; a beast. |
| noun (n.) A brutal person; a savage in heart or manners; as unfeeling or coarse person. | |
| adjective (a.) Not having sensation; senseless; inanimate; unconscious; without intelligence or volition; as, the brute earth; the brute powers of nature. | |
| adjective (a.) Not possessing reason, irrational; unthinking; as, a brute beast; the brute creation. | |
| adjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, a brute beast. Hence: Brutal; cruel; fierce; ferocious; savage; pitiless; as, brute violence. | |
| adjective (a.) Having the physical powers predominating over the mental; coarse; unpolished; unintelligent. | |
| adjective (a.) Rough; uncivilized; unfeeling. | |
| verb (v. t.) To report; to bruit. |
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