brinkmanship
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– Engelsk
~ the policy of pushing a dangerous situation to the brink of disaster (to the limits of safety)
brinton
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~ United States anthropologist who was the first to attempt a systematic classification of Native American languages (1837-1899)
briny
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~ any very large body of (salt) water
brio
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~ quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous
brioche
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~ a light roll rich with eggs and butter and somewhat sweet
briony
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~ a vine of the genus Bryonia having large leaves and small flowers and yielding acrid juice with emetic and purgative properties
briquet
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~ a block made from charcoal or coal dust and burned as fuel
briquette
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~ a block made from charcoal or coal dust and burned as fuel
bris
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~ the Jewish rite of circumcision performed on a male child on the eighth day of his life
brisance
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~ the shattering or crushing effect of a sudden release of energy as in an explosion
brisbane
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~ capital and largest city of Queensland state; located in the southeastern corner of Queensland on the Pacific; settled by British as a penal colony; 3rd largest city in Australia
brisket
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~ a cut of meat from the breast or lower chest especially of beef
briskness
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~ liveliness and eagerness; "he accepted with alacrity"; "the smartness of the pace soon exhausted him"
brisling
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~ small fatty European fish; usually smoked or canned like sardines
brisling
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~ small herring processed like a sardine
Briss
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~ the Jewish rite of circumcision performed on a male child on the eighth day of his life
bristle
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~ a stiff fiber (coarse hair or filament); natural or synthetic
bristlegrass
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~ grasses of grasslands and woodlands having large gracefully arching spikes with long bristles beneath each spikelet