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Bristle
- noun - a stiff fiber (coarse hair or filament); natural or synthetic
- a stiff hair
- be in a state of movement or action; "The room abounded with screaming children"; "The garden bristled with toddlers"
- have or be thickly covered with or as if with bristles; "bristling leaves"
- react in an offended or angry manner; "He bristled at her suggestion that he should teach her how to use the program"
- rise up as in fear; "The dog's fur bristled"; "It was a sight to make one's hair uprise!"
Bristly
- adjective - having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.; "a horse with a short bristly mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"; "setaceous whiskers"
- very irritable; "bristly exchanges between the White House and the press"; "he became prickly and spiteful"; "witty and waspish about his colleagues"
Bristol
- noun - A make of luxury car produced in Bristol, England.
- an industrial city and port in southwestern England near the mouth of the River Avon
- Bristol fashion, all shipshape and in good order, neat and clean.
Brisure
- - Any part of a rampart or parapet which deviates from the general direction.
Britain
- noun - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
British
- adjective - of or relating to or characteristic of Great Britain or its people or culture; "his wife is British"
- the people of Great Britain
Britons
- unknown - Collective name for the tribes occupying the British Isles before the Roman Conquest
Britpop
- unknown - British alternative rock movement in the 1990s.
Britten
- noun - major English composer of the 20th century; noted for his operas (1913-1976)
Brittle
- adjective - (of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured
- caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets
- having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped; "brittle bones"; "glass is brittle"; "`brickle' and `brickly' are dialectal"
- lacking warmth and generosity of spirit; "a brittle and calculating woman"