| BRISANCES | • brisances n. Plural of brisance. • BRISANCE n. (French) the shattering or crushing effect of an explosion. |
| BRISKENED | • briskened v. Simple past tense and past participle of brisken. • BRISKEN v. to make brisk. |
| BRISKIEST | • BRISKY adj. (Shakespeare) brisk. |
| BRISKNESS | • briskness n. The property of being brisk. • BRISKNESS n. the state of being brisk. |
| BRISLINGS | • brislings n. Plural of brisling. • BRISLING n. (Norwegian) a Norwegian sprat. |
| BRISTLIER | • bristlier adj. Comparative form of bristly: more bristly. • BRISTLY adj. stiffly erect. |
| BRISTLING | • bristling adj. Having bristles. • bristling adj. Showing anger. • bristling v. Present participle of bristle. |
| HUBRISTIC | • hubristic adj. Of, or relating to hubris; overly arrogant. • hubristic adj. Displaying hubris (as a personality characteristic). • HUBRISTIC adj. having hubris, overwhelming pride, also HYBRISTIC. |
| HYBRISTIC | • HYBRISTIC adj. having hubris, overwhelming pride, also HUBRISTIC. |
| TENEBRISM | • tenebrism n. A style of painting using very pronounced chiaroscuro, with darkness a dominating feature of the image. • TENEBRISM n. a style of painting, associated with the Italian painter Caravaggio, in which most of the figures are engulfed in shadow but some are dramatically illuminated by concentrated light. |
| TENEBRIST | • tenebrist n. A painter working in the style of tenebrism. • TENEBRIST n. a painter in the style of tenebrism. |
| VIBRISSAE | • vibrissae n. Plural of vibrissa. • VIBRISSA n. (Latin) a sensitive whisker on animal's face. |
| VIBRISSAL | • vibrissal adj. Of or pertaining to vibrissae. • VIBRISSAL adj. like a vibrissa, a sensitive whisker on an animal's face. |