8-letter words containing a, b
- bouffant — A bouffant hairstyle is one in which your hair is high and full.
- boulimia — bulimia.
- boundary — The boundary of an area of land is an imaginary line that separates it from other areas.
- bovarism — an exaggerated, especially glamorized, estimate of oneself; conceit.
- bow back — a chair back formed of a single length of wood bent into a horseshoe form and fitted to a seat or arm rail, with spindles or slats as a filling.
- bow hand — the hand that holds the bow in archery or in playing a violin, cello, etc.
- bow wave — wave that forms at the front of a ship
- bowgrace — a fender or pad used to protect the bows of a vessel from ice.
- bowyangs — a pair of strings or straps secured round each trouser leg below the knee, worn esp by sheep-shearers and other labourers
- box beam — a beam or girder built up from shapes and having a hollow, rectangular cross section.
- box calf — black calfskin leather, tanned with chromium salts, having a pattern of fine creases formed by boarding
- box coat — a plain short coat that hangs loosely from the shoulders
- box nail — a nail having a long shank, smooth or barbed, with a sharp point and a flat head.
- box seat — a seat in a theatre box
- boxboard — a tough paperboard made from wood and wastepaper pulp: used for making boxes, etc
- boy band — A boy band is a band consisting of young men who sing pop music and dance. Boy bands are especially popular with teenage girls.
- boyarism — the rule of the boyars
- bozcaada — Turkish island in the Aegean, near the Dardanelles: 15 sq mi (39 sq km): in Greek legend, as Tenedos, the base of the Greek fleet in the Trojan War
- bozzaris — Marco [mahr-koh] /ˈmɑr koʊ/ (Show IPA), 1788?–1823, Greek patriot.
- braccate — (of birds) having feathered legs
- brace up — to call forth one's courage, resolution, etc., as after defeat or disappointment
- bracelet — A bracelet is a chain or band, usually made of metal, which you wear around your wrist as jewellery.
- brachial — of or relating to the arm or to an armlike part or structure
- brachio- — indicating a brachium
- brachium — the arm, esp the upper part
- braciola — (in Italian cooking) a thin slice of pan-fried beef
- braciole — a flat piece of veal or beef rolled around a filling and baked in stock and wine.
- brackets — a support, as of metal or wood, projecting from a wall or the like to hold or bear the weight of a shelf, part of a cornice, etc.
- brackish — Brackish water is slightly salty and unpleasant.
- braconid — any member of the Braconidae, a family of parasitoid wasps
- bractlet — a small or secondary bract at the base of a flower
- bradbury — Sir Malcolm (Stanley). 1932–2000, British novelist and critic. His novels include The History Man (1975), Rates of Exchange (1983), Cuts (1988), and Doctor Criminale (1992)
- braddock — Edward1695-1755; Brit. general, born in Scotland: commander of the Brit. forces in the French & Indian War
- bradford — an industrial city in N England, in Bradford unitary authority, West Yorkshire: a centre of the woollen industry from the 14th century and of the worsted trade from the 18th century; university (1966). Pop: 293 717 (2001)
- bradshaw — a British railway timetable, published annually from 1839 to 1961
- braeburn — a variety of eating apple from New Zealand having sweet flesh and green and red skin
- braeheid — the summit of a hill or slope
- braggart — a person who boasts loudly or exaggeratedly; bragger
- braggers — a person who brags.
- brahmana — any of a number of sacred treatises added to each of the Vedas
- brahmani — a woman of the Brahman caste
- brahmins — Hinduism. Brahman1 (def 1).
- braiding — braids collectively
- brailing — Nautical. any of several horizontal lines fastened to the edge of a fore-and-aft sail or lateen sail, for gathering in the sail.
- brailler — a device for producing text in Braille
- brain up — to make more intellectually demanding or sophisticated
- brainbow — the result of a process by which the individual neurons of a brain can be mapped with fluorescent proteins under a light source
- brainbox — the skull
- brainerd — a city in central Minnesota.
- brainfag — prolonged mental fatigue.