8-letter words containing a, b, o, r
- breakoff — an abrupt discontinuance, especially of relations
- breakout — If there has been a break-out, someone has escaped from prison.
- brentano — Clemens (Maria) (ˈkleːmənz). 1778–1842, German romantic poet and compiler of fairy stories and folk songs esp (with Achim von Arnim) the collection Des Knaben Wunderhorn (1805–08)
- bresaola — (in Italian cookery) air-dried, salted beef
- brigalow — any of various acacia trees
- bro talk — Māori English
- broached — Machinery. an elongated, tapered, serrated cutting tool for shaping and enlarging holes.
- broacher — Machinery. an elongated, tapered, serrated cutting tool for shaping and enlarging holes.
- broadaxe — a type of axe with a large blade
- broadest — of great breadth: The river was too broad to swim across.
- broadish — fairly broad
- broadway — a thoroughfare in New York City, famous for its theatres: the centre of the commercial theatre in the US
- brocaded — fabric woven with an elaborate design, especially one having a raised overall pattern.
- brocatel — a brocade in which the design is woven in high relief.
- brockage — a defect or fault imposed on a coin during its minting.
- brodiaea — any of several plants belonging to the genus Brodiaea, of the amaryllis family, native to western North America, having grasslike basal leaves and clusters of usually purplish flowers.
- bromance — A bromance is a close but not sexual relationship between two men.
- bromelia — any plant of the family Bromeliaceae of tropical American plants, characterized by a short stem and deeply cleft calyx
- bronchia — the ramifications or branches of the bronchi.
- brossard — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada: suburb of Montreal.
- brougham — a four-wheeled horse-drawn closed carriage having a raised open driver's seat in front
- brouhaha — A brouhaha is an excited and critical fuss or reaction to something.
- browband — the strap of a horse's bridle that goes across the forehead
- browbeat — If someone tries to browbeat you, they try to force you to do what they want.
- bryozoan — any aquatic invertebrate animal of the phylum Bryozoa, forming colonies of polyps each having a ciliated feeding organ (lophophore)
- buckaroo — a cowboy
- cab-over — a truck tractor or other vehicle in which the cab is located over the engine.
- cabestro — a halter made from horsehair
- caboceer — (formerly) an African native appointed by his leader to supply European slave traders with slaves
- cabrillo — Juan Rodríguez [rod-ree-ges] /rɒdˈri gɛs/ (Show IPA), (Joao Rodrigues Cabrilho) 1499?–1543, Spanish explorer, born in Portugal: discovered California.
- cabriole — a type of furniture leg, popular in the first half of the 18th century, in which an upper convex curve descends tapering to a concave curve
- car bomb — A car bomb is a bomb which is inside a car, van, or truck.
- car boot — the place at the back of a car for putting luggage in
- car-bomb — a bomb placed in a vehicle and wired to explode when the ignition is started, by remote control, or by a timing device.
- carbinol — methanol
- carboard — (slang) A sport where a rider is towed behind a vehicle. In many ways it encompasses a lot of the aspects of winching in that it has a 'go anywhere' approach. It can in essence occur behind any vehicle assuming that it has sufficient horse power, torque and traction, but the most popular vehicles remain four wheel drives and tractors.
- carbolic — of or derived from carbolic acid.
- carbonic — (of a compound) containing carbon, esp tetravalent carbon
- carbonyl — of, consisting of, or containing the divalent group =CO
- carborne — travelling by car
- carboxyl — the group COOH, characteristic of organic acids, including fatty acids and amino acids
- caribous — Plural form of caribou.
- cb radio — a device that transmits and receives radio signals only within a designated band of frequencies. Compare Citizens Band.
- chambord — a village in N central France: site of a famous Renaissance chateau
- choriamb — a metrical foot used in classical verse consisting of four syllables, two short ones between two long ones (– ◡ ◡ –)
- clayborn — a male given name.
- combater — One who combats.
- conurban — of or relating to a conurbation
- conurbia — conurbations considered collectively
- corbinas — Plural form of corbina.