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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"
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"
Broadly
- adverb - in a wide fashion; "he smiled broadly"
- without regard to specific details or exceptions; "he interprets the law broadly"
Broggle
- - To sniggle, or fish with a brog.
Brustle
- - To crackle; to rustle, as a silk garment.
Brutely
- - In a rude or violent manner.
Buccula
- noun - a fold of fatty tissue under the chin