8-letter words containing a, b, s, r
- ascribed — Simple past tense and past participle of ascribe.
- ascribes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ascribe.
- asheboro — a town in central North Carolina.
- augsburg — a city in S Germany, in Bavaria: founded by the Romans in 14 bc; site of the diet that produced the Peace of Augsburg (1555), which ended the struggles between Lutherans and Catholics in the Holy Roman Empire and established the principle that each ruler should determine the form of worship in his lands. Pop: 259 217 (2003 est)
- babblers — Plural form of babbler.
- babirusa — a wild pig, Babyrousa babyrussa, inhabiting marshy forests in Indonesia. It has an almost hairless wrinkled skin and enormous curved canine teeth
- babruysk — a city in SE Belarus, in Europe, SE of Minsk.
- backrest — The backrest of a seat or chair is the part which you rest your back on.
- backrush — the return of water seaward, down the foreshore of a beach, following the uprush of a wave.
- baconers — Plural form of baconer.
- bagworms — Plural form of bagworm.
- bairnish — childish
- bakeries — Plural form of bakery.
- baldrics — Plural form of baldric.
- baleares — region of Spain comprising the Balearic Islands: 1,936 sq mi (5,014 sq km); pop. 709,000; cap. Palma
- balestra — a jump toward the opponent followed immediately by a lunge.
- balisaur — an Indian animal, Arctonyx collaris, resembling a badger
- ballsier — Comparative form of ballsy.
- baluster — any of a set of posts supporting a rail or coping
- bandores — Plural form of bandore.
- bandster — a person who goes behind a reaper and binds sheaves of wheat
- bangster — a ruffian; thug
- banisher — someone who or something which banishes
- banister — A banister is a rail supported by posts and fixed along the side of a staircase. The plural banisters can be used to refer to one of these rails.
- bankster — a banker or investor whose financial practices have been exposed as illegal
- barabbas — a condemned robber who was released at the Passover instead of Jesus (Matthew 27:16)
- barbados — an island in the Caribbean, in the E Lesser Antilles: a British colony from 1628 to 1966, now an independent state within the Commonwealth. Language: English. Currency: Barbados dollar. Capital: Bridgetown. Pop: 288 725 (2013 est). Area: 430 sq km (166 sq miles)
- barbasco — an evergreen South American plant, Jacquinia barbasco, which produces a poison harmless to humans but useful for stunning fish to make them easy to catch
- barbells — Plural form of barbell.
- barbless — without a barb
- barbules — Plural form of barbule.
- barbusse — Henri (ɑ̃ri). 1873–1935, French novelist and poet. His novels include L'Enfer (1908) and Le Feu (1916), reflecting the horror of World War I
- barchans — Plural form of barchan.
- bardship — the office or state of being a bard
- bare-ass — naked; undressed
- bareness — without covering or clothing; naked; nude: bare legs.
- baresark — berserker
- barflies — Plural form of barfly.
- bargains — Plural form of bargain.
- barghest — (in the North of England, esp Yorkshire) a goblin that appears in the shape of a dog as an omen of death or other misfortune
- baristas — Plural form of barista.
- barkings — Plural form of barking.
- barkless — (of a dog) not tending to bark
- barnabas — original name Joseph. a Cypriot Levite who supported Saint Paul in his apostolic work (Acts 4:36, 37). Feast day: June 11
- barnsley — an industrial town in N England, in Barnsley unitary authority, South Yorkshire. Pop: 71 599 (2001)
- baroness — A baroness is a woman who is a member of the lowest rank of the nobility, or who is the wife of a baron.
- baronets — Plural form of baronet.
- baronies — Plural form of barony.
- baroques — (often initial capital letter) of or relating to a style of architecture and art originating in Italy in the early 17th century and variously prevalent in Europe and the New World for a century and a half, characterized by free and sculptural use of the classical orders and ornament, by forms in elevation and plan suggesting movement, and by dramatic effect in which architecture, painting, sculpture, and the decorative arts often worked to combined effect.
- barosaur — a large herbivorous dinosaur with a long neck and tail, similar to the diplodocus