bone, n. sternum.

breastpin, n. brooch, pectoral.

breath, n. respiration.

breathable, a. respirable. Antonyms: irrespirable, unbreathable.

breathe, v. respire, inhale and exhale; infuse; wheeze, suspire,
sigh, gasp, pant, aspirate; exhale, emit.

breathing, n. respiration, inhalation (breathing in), exhalation
(breathing out); aspiration, suspiration, sighing, panting,
insufflation, gasp, wheeze, afflatus, inflation, pneuma; inspiration,
theopneusty. Associated Words: eupnoeoe, dyspnoeoe, asthma, apnoeoe,
cachon, respiratory, gill, branchia, pneumodynamics, pneometry,
suffocation, stertorous.

breathless, a. panting.

breech, n. buttocks.

breeches, n. pl. smallclothes, knickerbockers, knee-breeches;
trousers, pants.

breed, v. beget, generate, procreate, engender, conceive and bear;
nurture, train; occasion, originate, engender.

breed, n. race, variety, strain, extraction, family, lineage,
pedigree; class, sort, kind, variety.

breeding, n. generation, procreation, begetting, prolification;
stirpiculture, eugenics; nurture, training. Associated Words:
dysgenesis, dysgenesic, hybrid, hybridization, thremmatology.

breeding freely. prolific. Antonym: unprolific.

breeze, n. zephyr; (Colloq.) disturbance, quarrel, tumult.

breezy, a. airy, windy; (Colloq.) lively, spirited, animated,
brisk.

brew, v. foment, concoct, hatch, plot.

bribe, n. hush-money, boodle (Slang).--v. suborn.

bribery, n. subornation.

bric-a-brac, n. virtu, knick-knacks.

brick, n. adobe (unburnt and dried in the sun); malm-brick.

bridal, a. nuptial, conjugal, hymeneal.

bridge, n. trestlework, viaduct, culvert, pons, pontoon bridge,
cantilever bridge.

bridge, v. span.

bridle, n. restraint, curb, check.--v. restrain, curb, check,
control.

brief, a. short-lived, ephemeral, transient, transitory; terse,
concise. See short.

brief, n. breviary, epitome, summary; writ, precept, breve.

briefness, n. brevity.

brier, n. thorn, bramble.

brigand, n. highwayman, bandit, outlaw, robber, footpad, freebooter.

bright, a. luminous, gleaming, lustrous, radiant, resplendent,
glistening, beaming, shimmering, phosphorescent, luciferous, luminiferous,
argent, orient, dazzling, glowing, glittering, flashing, scintillating,
sparkling, refulgent, effulgent, brilliant, vivid, glossy, fulgent, naif,
lucent, glaring, garish, crystalline; intelligent, precocious, apt, acute,
discerning, clever, smart, knowing; auspicious, p