brinkmanship (en)

(noun) the art or practice of pushing a dangerous situation or confrontation to the limit of safety especially to force a desired outcome

brio (en)

(noun) brilliance, panache, quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous

brocard (en)

A brocard is a legal maxim in Latin that is, in a strict sense, derived from traditional legal authorities, even from ancient Rome.

brook (en)

tolerate or allow (something, typically dissent or opposition)

brownfield investment (en)

an acquisition of existing firms by a foreign firm; contrast with greenfield investment (setting up new production facilities)

bruited (en)

(verb) report rumor

bucolic (en)

(adjective) of or relating to shepherds or herdsmen; pastoral / (adjective) relating to or typical of rural life / (adjective) idyllic

bulwark (en)

(noun) defensive wall

Bundesrepublik (de)

from Bundesrepublik Deutschland, which was used during the Cold War to refer to West Germany

bunyanize (en)

cause (someone) to appear heroic or larger than life; named after Paul Bunyan, legendary American giant lumberjack

burgher (en)

(noun) a citizen of a town or city, typically a member of the wealthy bourgeoisie

Burkean (en)

pertaining to the ideas of Edmund Burke, Irish politician and philosopher; widely regarded as the philosophical founder of modern conservatism

burnooses (en)

(noun) a one-piece hooded cloak worn by Arabs and Berbers

bwana (en)

(in East Africa) a boss or master (often used as a title or form of address)

Byronesque (en)

reminiscent of the works of George Gordon Byron, typified by gloomy Romantic themes and passionate, arrogant and self-destructive heroes

caballero (es)

a Spanish or Mexican gentleman (the Spanish word for gentleman)

cadent (en)

(adjective) being in the process of falling / (adjective) having rhythmic cadence

cadenza (en)

(noun) a parenthetical flourish in an aria or other solo piece commonly just before a final or other important cadence / (noun) a technically brilliant sometimes improvised solo passage toward the close of a concerto / (noun) an exceptionally brilliant part of an artistic and especially a literary work

caesura (en)

(noun) a usually rhetorical break in the flow of sound in the middle of a line of verse / (noun) a break in the flow of sound in a verse caused by the ending of a word within a foot / (noun) break interruption / (noun) a pause marking a rhythmic point of division in a melody

caging effect (en)

when some human groups are forced into new, more extensive and elaborate forms of social organisation (e.g., serfdom, slavery, tribute payments) due to a lack of an escape route as well as active coercion from the ruling class

calembour (fr)

pun, play on words

calico (en)

(noun) cotton cloth imported from India / (noun) a plain white cotton fabric that is heavier than muslin / (noun) any of various cheap cotton fabrics with figured patterns / (noun) a blotched or spotted animal / (noun) one that is predominantly white with red and black patches / (noun) black crappie / (noun) mountain laurel

calliope (en)

(noun) the Greek Muse of heroic poetry / (noun) a keyboard musical instrument resembling an organ and consisting of a series of whistles sounded by steam or compressed air

calque (en)

(verb) originate or function as a loan translation of. ""it goes without saying” is calqued on French “cela va sans dire”"

calumny (en)

(noun) a misrepresentation intended to harm another's reputation / (noun) the act of uttering false charges or misrepresentations maliciously calculated to harm another's reputation