8-letter words containing a, b, r
- bayreuth — a city in E Germany, in NE Bavaria: home and burial place of Richard Wagner; annual festivals of his music. Pop: 74 818 (2003 est)
- be arsed — to be willing, inclined, or prepared (esp in the phrase can't be arsed)
- beadroll — a list of persons for whom prayers are to be offered
- beadwork — a narrow strip of some material used for edging or ornamentation
- beancurd — Alternative spelling of bean curd.
- bear cub — a baby bear
- bear hug — A bear hug is a rather rough, tight, affectionate hug.
- bear off — (of a vessel) to avoid hitting an obstacle, another vessel, etc, by swerving onto a different course
- bear out — If someone or something bears a person out or bears out what that person is saying, they support what that person is saying.
- bear paw — a type of small round snowshoe
- bear pit — a place, such as parliament or the stock market ,where there are a lot of aggressive, argumentative and competitive people
- bear-hug — to greet with or hold in a bear hug: eager fans bear-hugging the victorious team.
- bearable — If something is bearable, you feel that you can accept it or deal with it.
- bearably — In a bearable manner.
- bearbine — a type of bindweed, Convolvulus arvensis
- bearcats — Plural form of bearcat.
- bearding — the growth of hair on the face of an adult man, often including a mustache.
- bearings — a sense of one's relative position or situation; orientation (esp in the phrases lose, get, or take one's bearings)
- bearlike — resembling a bear
- bearskin — A bearskin is a tall fur hat that is worn by some British soldiers on ceremonial occasions.
- beartrap — A large trap used to catch a bear, usually as a foot trap.
- bearward — a bear keeper
- bearwood — cascara (sense 1)
- beatrice — a feminine name: dim. Bea; var. Beatrix
- beaufort — Henry. ?1374–1447, English cardinal, half-brother of Henry IV; chancellor (1403–04, 1413–17, 1424–26)
- beauport — city in S Quebec, Canada: suburb of Quebec City: pop. 73,000
- beauvoir — Siˈmone de (siˈmɔn də ) ; sēm^ōnˈ də) 1908-86; Fr. existentialist writer
- beavered — Covered with, or wearing, a beaver or hat.
- becarpet — to lay carpet on
- beccaria — Cesare Bonesana (ˈtʃɛzare bɔnɛˈzɑːna), Marchese de. 1738–94, Italian legal theorist and political economist; author of the influential treatise Crimes and Punishments (1764), which attacked corruption, torture, and capital punishment
- beclamor — clamour excessively
- becoward — to make cowardly, to make into a coward
- bed tray — a meal tray with legs or supports at each end to fit across the lap of a person who is sitting up in bed.
- bedarken — to make dark, to cover in darkness
- bedboard — a piece of wood placed under a mattress to make a bed firmer
- bedchair — an adjustable chair to support an invalid sitting up in bed
- bedeguar — a moss-like growth found on rosebushes, caused by a reaction by the bush to the egg-laying process of the gall wasp or gallfly
- bedframe — the framework of a bed
- bediaper — to put a nappy on
- bedlamer — a harp seal, beyond the beater stage but not yet mature.
- bedmaker — a person who constructs beds
- bedrails — Plural form of bedrail.
- bedstraw — any of numerous rubiaceous plants of the genus Galium, which have small white or yellow flowers and prickly or hairy fruits: some species formerly used as straw for beds as they are aromatic when dry
- bedwards — towards bed
- bee road — an area planted with nectar-rich flowers in order to provide a habitat for bees and other pollinating insects
- beebread — a mixture of pollen and nectar prepared by worker bees and fed to the larvae
- beer can — an aluminium can for beer
- beerhall — a large pub specializing in beer
- beermats — Plural form of beermat.
- beggared — a person who begs alms or lives by begging.