8-letter words containing a, b, r, i
- bellaire — a city in SE Texas, within the city limits of Houston.
- beltrami — Eugenio [e-oo-je-nyaw] /ˌɛ uˈdʒɛ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1835–1900, Italian mathematician.
- bepraise — to praise highly
- berating — to scold; rebuke: He berated them in public.
- berezina — a river in Belarus, rising in the north and flowing south to the River Dnieper: linked with the River Dvina and the Baltic Sea by the Berezina Canal. Length: 563 km (350 miles)
- bergenia — an evergreen ground-covering plant
- berimbau — a Brazilian single-stringed bowed instrument, used to accompany capoeira
- beringia — the former land bridge between Siberia & Alas., over which Asian animals and peoples migrated into North America
- bernicia — a 6th- and 7th- century Anglian kingdom, merged with Deira to form the kingdom of Northumbria, in present-day NE England and SE Scotland.
- berrigan — an Australian tree, Pittosporum phylliraeoides, with hanging branches
- beryllia — beryllium oxide
- bestiary — a moralizing medieval collection of descriptions (and often illustrations) of real and mythical animals
- bewaring — to be wary, cautious, or careful of (usually used imperatively): Beware such inconsistency. Beware his waspish wit.
- bi-party — representing two distinct parties: a biparty investigating committee.
- biarritz — a town in SW France, on the Bay of Biscay: famous resort, patronized by Napoleon III and by Queen Victoria and Edward VII of Great Britain and Ireland. Pop: 27 398 (2006)
- bid fair — to seem probable
- bierkase — a semisoft, strong white cow's-milk cheese that originated in Germany, and is eaten especially with beer.
- biforate — having two openings, pores, or perforations
- big hair — a hairstyle with volume created by hair products or styling techniques such as backcombing, etc
- big road — a main road or highway.
- bigarade — a Seville orange
- bilander — a small two-masted cargo ship
- bilinear — of or referring to two lines
- billiard — of or relating to billiards
- bin card — an index card in or affixed to a bin identifying its contents
- binaries — binary file
- binarism — the state of being binary
- binarity — a principle of analysis requiring that a linguistic system, as a phonological, case, or semantic system, be represented as a set of binary oppositions.
- binaural — relating to, having, or hearing with both ears
- binormal — the normal to a curve, lying perpendicular to the osculating plane at a given point on the curve.
- biodrama — a drama based on the life of an actual person or persons.
- biograph — a biographical summary
- biovular — (of twins) from two separate eggs
- biparous — producing offspring in pairs
- biracial — for, representing, or including members of two races, esp White and Black
- biradial — showing both bilateral and radial symmetry, as certain sea anemones
- biramous — divided into two parts, as the appendages of crustaceans
- birdbath — a small basin or trough for birds to bathe in, usually in a garden
- birdcage — A birdcage is a cage in which birds are kept.
- birdcall — the characteristic call or song of a bird
- birdfarm — a place where birds are kept
- birretta — a stiff square cap with three or four upright projecting pieces extending from the center of the top to the edge, worn by ecclesiastics.
- birthday — Your birthday is the anniversary of the date on which you were born.
- biserial — in two rows
- bismarck — a city in North Dakota, on the Missouri River: the state capital. Pop: 56 344 (2003 est)
- bit part — A bit part is a small and unimportant role for an actor in a film or play.
- bit rate — the rate of flow of binary digits in a digital data-processing system, usually expressed as the number of bits per second
- bitbrace — brace (def 3).
- biyearly — every two years; biennial or biennially
- blairite — of or relating to the modernizing policies of Tony Blair