(cooking) To cook in a small amount of liquid, in a covered pan, somewhere between steaming and boiling.
Alternative spelling of braze (joining non-ferrous metal using a molten filler metal)
brevis
brewis
brewis
noun
(obsolete or dialectal) a kind of broth thickened with bread or meal
bribes
bribes
noun
plural of bribe
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bribe
brides
brides
noun
plural of bride
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bride
briefs
briefs
noun
(usually in the plural) A very short, close-fitting type of underpants.
plural of brief
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brief
briers
briers
noun
plural of brier
brimse
brines
brines
noun
plural of brine
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brine
brises
brises
noun
plural of brise
bruise
bruise
noun
A dark mark on fruit or vegetables caused by a blow to the surface.
A purplish mark on the skin due to leakage of blood from capillaries under the surface that have been damaged by a blow.
verb
(intransitive) Of fruit or vegetables, to gain bruises through being handled roughly.
(intransitive) To become bruised.
(intransitive) To fight with the fists; to box.
(transitive) To damage the skin of (fruit or vegetables), in an analogous way.
(transitive) To impair (gin) by shaking rather than stirring.
(transitive) To strike (a person), originally with something flat or heavy, but now specifically in such a way as to discolour the skin without breaking it.
(transitive, figurative) To harm or injure.
buries
buries
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bury
busier
busier
adj
comparative form of busy: more busy
bziers
debris
debris
noun
(geology) Large rock fragments left by a melting glacier etc.
Litter and discarded refuse.
Rubble, wreckage, scattered remains of something destroyed.
The ruins of a broken-down structure.
febris
fibers
fibers
noun
plural of fiber
fibres
fibres
noun
plural of fibre
gibers
gibers
noun
plural of giber
iberes
iberis
iberis
noun
(botany) Any plant of the genus Iberis; a candytuft.
jibers
jibers
noun
plural of jiber
libers
libers
noun
plural of liber
nebris
nebris
noun
(Greek mythology) The skin of a fawn, as worn by Dionysus, and as worn in his honor by his male followers and female followers (maenads) and other votaries in Ancient Greece. It has also been shown as a panther or fox skin in different contexts.
rabies
rabies
noun
(pathology) An infectious disease caused by species of Lyssavirus that causes acute encephalitis in warm-blooded animals and people, characterised by abnormal behaviour such as biting, excitement, aggressiveness, and dementia, followed by paralysis and death.
rebias
rebias
verb
To bias again.
rebids
rebids
noun
plural of rebid
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rebid
ribose
ribose
noun
(biochemistry) A naturally occurring pentose sugar, which is a component of the nucleosides and nucleotides that constitute the nucleic acid biopolymer, RNA. It is also found in riboflavin.
rubies
rubies
noun
plural of ruby
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ruby
scribe
scribe
noun
(archaic) A writer and doctor of the law; one skilled in the law and traditions; one who read and explained the law to the people.
(informal) A journalist.
A person who writes books or documents by hand as a profession.ᵂ
A very sharp, steel drawing implement used in engraving and etching, a scriber.
Someone who writes; a draughtsperson; a writer for another; especially, an official or public writer; an amanuensis, secretary, notary, or copyist.
verb
(carpentry) To cut (something) in order to fit it closely to an irregular surface, as a baseboard to a floor which is out of level, a board to the curves of a moulding, etc.
To record, as a scribe.
To score or mark with compasses or a scribing iron.