8-letter words containing a, b, r, e
- marbella — a seaport in S Spain, on the Mediterranean: resort center.
- markable — Capable of being marked.
- marybeth — a female given name.
- membrain — Misspelling of membrane.
- membrane — Anatomy. a thin, pliable sheet or layer of animal or vegetable tissue, serving to line an organ, connect parts, etc.
- menu bar — a horizontal menu displayed at the top of a computer screen or window, listing available menus for an application, as File, Edit, and View.
- micawber — a person who idles and trusts to fortune
- millbrae — a city in W California, on San Francisco Bay.
- mirabeau — Honoré Gabriel Victor Riqueti [aw-naw-rey ga-bree-el veek-tawr reekuh-tee] /ɔ nɔˈreɪ ga briˈɛl vikˈtɔr rikəˈti/ (Show IPA), Count de, 1749–91, French Revolutionary statesman and orator.
- narbonne — a city in S France: an important port in Roman times.
- nebraska — a state in the central United States. 77,237 sq. mi. (200,044 sq. km). Capital: Lincoln. Abbreviation: NE (for use with zip code), Nebr., Neb.
- ninebark — any of several shrubs belonging to the genus Physocarpus, of the rose family, having bark that separates into thin layers.
- obdurate — unmoved by persuasion, pity, or tender feelings; stubborn; unyielding.
- oberland — a mountain region in central Switzerland, mostly in S Bern canton.
- obtainer — One who obtains.
- obturate — to stop up; close.
- open bar — a bar at a reception that serves drinks whose cost has been borne by the host, an admission charge, a sponsor, etc.: Before the banquet there will be an open bar from 5 to 7 p.m.
- operable — that can be treated by a surgical operation. Compare inoperable (def 2).
- orbitale — Craniometry, Cephalometry. the lowermost point on the lower margin of the left orbit, located instrumentally on the skull or by palpation on the head.
- outbrave — to stand up to; face defiantly: to outbrave charges of misconduct.
- outbreak — a sudden breaking out or occurrence; eruption: the outbreak of war.
- overbake — (transitive) To bake for too long.
- overbank — to have the balance staff oscillate so greatly that the fork of the lever fails to engage, rendering the escapement inoperative.
- overbear — to bear over or down by weight or force: With his superior strength he easily overbore his opponent in the fight.
- overbeat — to strike violently or forcefully and repeatedly.
- palpebra — an eyelid
- paperboy — a youth or man who sells newspapers on the street or delivers them to homes; newsboy.
- parabema — an architectural feature of an Orthodox church
- parables — a short allegorical story designed to illustrate or teach some truth, religious principle, or moral lesson.
- parabole — a simile
- parbreak — to spew or vomit (up or out)
- parsable — to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- partible — capable of being divided or separated; separable; divisible.
- passerby — a person passing by.
- pea crab — any of several tiny crabs of the family Pinnotheridae, the female of which lives as a commensal in the shells of bivalve mollusks.
- peaberry — a single seed coffee berry; a round coffee bean
- pegboard — a board having holes into which pegs are placed in specific patterns, used for playing or scoring certain games.
- penumbra — Astronomy. the partial or imperfect shadow outside the complete shadow of an opaque body, as a planet, where the light from the source of illumination is only partly cut off. Compare umbra (def 3a). the grayish marginal portion of a sunspot. Compare umbra (def 3b).
- perborax — sodium perborate.
- portable — portability
- pourable — able to be poured
- pre-bake — to cook by dry heat in an oven or on heated metal or stones.
- preamble — an introductory statement; preface; introduction. Synonyms: opening, beginning; foreword, prologue, prelude. Antonyms: epilogue, appendix, conclusion, afterword, closing.
- prebasal — (in biology) located in front of a base, or in front of a basal part
- preboard — to put or allow to go aboard in advance of the usual time or before others: Passengers with disabilities will be preboarded.
- prizable — of worth
- probable — likely to occur or prove true: He foresaw a probable business loss. He is the probable writer of the article.
- provable — to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.
- prunable — Archaic. to preen.
- pubertal — of, relating to, or characteristic of puberty.