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BREEAM
BREEAM, the Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method, is a UK sustainability certification scheme for buildings, infrastructure, and communities, launched in 1990 and described as the world's most widely used such method.
Breece Hall
Breece Hall, born 2001, is a New York Jets running back drafted No. 36 overall in 2022 from Iowa State, where he set the school rushing touchdown record; 2025 first 1,000-yard Jet since 2015, signed to a 3-year, $45.75M extension in 2026.
Breech birth
Breech birth, also called breech presentation, is delivery of a baby buttocks- or feet-first, occurring in 3–4% of term births; managed by external cephalic version, planned cesarean, or selected planned vaginal breech birth.
Breech extraction
Breech extraction: obstetric maneuver delivering a fetus feet- or buttocks-first by traction. Used for a non-vertex second twin and as reverse breech extraction for an impacted head at cesarean.
Breeches
Breeches, also called knee breeches or britches, are men's bifurcated garments reaching the knee, standard male dress from the 16th to 18th centuries, replaced by trousers in the 1790s, surviving as riding breeches.
Breeching (boys)
Breeching, also called the breeching ceremony, was the European and American rite of passage in which a boy aged roughly two to eight exchanged infant dresses for his first breeches or trousers, marking entry into boyhood, from the sixteenth century until its decline by the 1920s.
Breed
Breed: a reproductively isolated group of domestic animals with distinct heritable appearance and functions, the unit for counting livestock diversity. FAO's DAD-IS tracks nearly 9,000 breeds; over 2,400 are at risk of extinction and 600 extinct.
Breed registry
A breed registry, also known as a herd book or stud book, is an authoritative record of pedigree animals kept by breed associations to record lineage and govern breed entry.
Breed standard
Breed standard: written description of a domestic animal breed's ideal characteristics, temperament and appearance, used by kennel clubs, breed societies and registries for selection, showing and breed books; covers livestock and dogs, welfare debates.
BreedBase
BreedBase is an open-source, web-based breeding management and analysis software for plant breeding programs, integrating germplasm, trial design, field data collection, and statistical analysis in one system.
Breeder (film)
Breeder (2026) horror comedy, Alex Goyette's feature debut, starring Daniel Doheny, Dot-Marie Jones, and Maddie Phillips; Tribeca premiere June 6, 2026, IFC/Shudder US release October 28, 2026; distinct from the 2020 Danish film of the same name.
Breeder reactor
The breeder reactor is a nuclear reactor that converts fertile material into fissile material, with the defining measure being the breeding ratio; it is typically a fast neutron reactor.
Breeders (TV series)
Breeders is a British comedy-drama (2020–2023) created by Simon Blackwell, Chris Addison and Martin Freeman, starring Freeman and Daisy Haggard as parents Paul and Ally Worsley; four series of ten 30-minute episodes on Sky and FX.
Breeders Crown
Breeders Crown: annual series of 12 championship harness races for Standardbred trotters and pacers, run by the Hambletonian Society since 1984; richest series in the sport, over $239 million in purses, 2026 at Eldorado Scioto Downs.
Breeders' Cup
Breeders' Cup World Championships, annual Thoroughbred racing championship founded by John R. Gaines, announced 1982, first run 1984 at Hollywood Park; now a two-day, 14-race Grade 1 event with rotating host tracks and over $34 million in purses.
Breeders' Cup Classic
Breeders' Cup Classic: Grade 1, 1 1/4-mile dirt race for 3-year-olds and up, richest Breeders' Cup race at $7 million since 2024. Founded 1984 at Hollywood Park; weight-for-age; recent winners Sierra Leone (2024) and Japan's Forever Young (2025).
Breeders' Cup Turf
The Breeders' Cup Turf, also known as the BC Turf, is a Grade 1 Thoroughbred race on grass for horses three years old and older, first run in 1984.
Breeding (nuclear)
Breeding in nuclear technology converts fertile isotopes such as uranium-238 into fissile plutonium-239; a reactor doing it at more than replacement rate is a breeder reactor.
Breeding bird
Breeding bird: a bird nesting or holding territory in an area during the breeding season. Central to bird atlases and Breeding Bird Surveys (UK BBS 1994, North American BBS 1966), graded as possible, probable, or confirmed breeding evidence.
Breeding blanket
A breeding blanket, also called a breeder blanket, is the layer lining a fusion reactor wall that breeds tritium from lithium, extracts heat, and shields components.
Breeding value estimation
Breeding value estimation predicts the genetic merit of an individual for a trait from its own performance and that of relatives, using pedigree or genomic data.
Breega
Breega is a Paris-based venture capital firm founded by Ben Marrel, François Paulus, and Maximilien Bacot, investing from pre-seed to Series A in Digital, Climate, and Deep Tech startups.
Breeja Larson
Breeja Larson (born 1992, Mesa, Arizona) is an American breaststroke swimmer, 2012 Olympic gold medalist in the 4x100 m medley relay (heats) and 6th in the 100 m breaststroke; Texas A&M Aggie, 2013 world champion, retired swimmer turned mindset mentor.
Breel Embolo
Breel Embolo, Swiss striker born in Yaoundé, Cameroon in 1997; career at Basel, Schalke, Mönchengladbach, Monaco, Rennes and Atlanta United; 92 caps and 26 goals for Switzerland.
Breen (Star Trek)
The Breen (Breen Confederacy, later Breen Imperium) are a reclusive, helmeted humanoid species in Star Trek, a major Alpha Quadrant power that allied with the Dominion in 2375 and was unmasked on screen in Star Trek: Discovery season five.
Breeze Airways
Breeze Airways is an American low-cost airline founded by JetBlue founder David Neeleman and based in Salt Lake City, which began flying in 2021, connecting smaller U.S. cities with nonstop routes other airlines do not serve.
Breeze BC
Breeze BC (Breeze Basketball Club) is a Miami-based 3-on-3 women's basketball club in Unrivaled, added with Hive BC as a 2026 Season 2 expansion team, coached by Noelle Quinn and built around first overall pick Paige Bueckers.
Breeze by the Sea (不如海边吹吹风)
Breeze by the Sea (不如海邊吹吹風) is a 2024 Taiwanese romantic comedy-drama, 18 episodes, directed by Peter Ho, starring Chen Bolin and Puff Kuo, adapted from Korean IP Top Star Yoo-Baik and filmed in Kinmen.
Breezewood, Pennsylvania
Breezewood, Pennsylvania, the 'Town of Motels' in Bedford County, sits where I-70 meets the Pennsylvania Turnpike via a half-mile U.S. 30 detour with traffic lights, created by 1956 federal toll-road funding rules and now slated for a direct interchange.
Breezing Up (A Fair Wind)
Breezing Up (A Fair Wind), originally titled A Fair Wind, is an 1876 oil painting by Winslow Homer of a young man and three boys sailing a catboat.