brief
— Noun
– English
～ a document stating the facts and points of law of a client's case
briefcase bomb
— Noun
– English
～ a bomb consisting of an explosive and timer hidden inside a briefcase
briefcase
— Noun
– English
～ a case with a handle; for carrying papers or files or books
briefing
— Noun
– English
～ detailed instructions, as for a military operation
briefless
— Adjective
– English
～ (of lawyers or barristers) lacking clients
briefly
— Adverb
– English
～ for a short time; "she visited him briefly"; "was briefly associated with IBM"
briefly
— Adverb
– English
～ in a concise manner; in a few words; "the history is summed up concisely in this book"; "she replied briefly"; "briefly, we have a problem"; "to put it shortly"
briefness
— Noun
– English
～ the attribute of being brief or fleeting
briefness
— Noun
– English
～ the temporal property of being very short
briefs
— Noun
– English
～ (used in the plural) short tight-fitting underpants (trade name Jockey shorts)
brier
— Noun
– English
～ tangled mass of prickly plants
brier
— Noun
– English
～ Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips
brier
— Noun
– English
～ evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes
brier
— Noun
– English
～ a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries
brierpatch
— Noun
– English
～ tangled mass of prickly plants
brierwood
— Noun
– English
～ wood from the hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea; used to make tobacco pipes
briery
— Adjective
– English
～ 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"
brig
— Noun
– English
～ two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on both masts
brig
— Noun
– English
～ a penal institution (especially on board a ship)