8-letter words containing a, e, g, r
- bagpiper — a person who plays the bagpipes
- balaguer — Joaquin (ˈjoːakɪn). 1907–2002, Dominican statesman; president of the Dominican Republic (1960–62, 1966–78, 1986–96)
- bandager — someone who bandages
- bangster — a ruffian; thug
- bar game — any game or contest that takes place in a pub
- baregine — a whitish, mucilaginous substance found in the thermal waters of Barèges in France, considered to have healing properties
- barge in — If you barge in or barge in on someone, you rudely interrupt what they are doing or saying.
- bargello — a needlepoint embroidery stitch producing a zigzag pattern
- bargeman — a man who operates, or works aboard, a barge
- bargemen — Plural form of bargeman.
- 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
- barn egg — an egg laid by a chicken that is allowed to move freely within a barn
- baronage — barons collectively
- barraged — Simple past tense and past participle of barrage.
- barrages — Plural form of barrage.
- bear hug — A bear hug is a rather rough, tight, affectionate hug.
- bear-hug — to greet with or hold in a bear hug: eager fans bear-hugging the victorious team.
- 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)
- 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
- beggared — a person who begs alms or lives by begging.
- beggarly — meanly inadequate; very poor
- belgrade — the capital of Serbia, in the E part at the confluence of the Danube and Sava Rivers: became the capital of Serbia in 1878, of Yugoslavia in 1929, and later of the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006). Pop: 1 280 639 (2002)
- belgrano — Manuel [mah-nwel] /mɑˈnwɛl/ (Show IPA), 1770–1820, Argentine general.
- beranger — Pierre-Jean de (pjɛr ʒɑ̃ də). 1780–1857, French lyric and satirical poet
- berating — to scold; rebuke: He berated them in public.
- bergamot — a small Asian spiny rutaceous tree, Citrus bergamia, having sour pear-shaped fruit
- bergenia — an evergreen ground-covering plant
- bergerac — Savinien Cyrano de [sav-in-yen sir-uh-noh duh;; French sa-vee-nyan see-ra-naw duh] /ˌsæv ɪnˈyɛn ˈsɪr əˌnoʊ də;; French sa viˈnyɛ̃ si raˈnɔ də/ (Show IPA), 1619–55, French soldier, swordsman, and writer: hero of play by Rostand.
- bergfall — an avalanche
- beringia — the former land bridge between Siberia & Alas., over which Asian animals and peoples migrated into North America
- berrigan — an Australian tree, Pittosporum phylliraeoides, with hanging branches
- berthage — a place for mooring boats
- beverage — Beverages are drinks.
- bewaring — to be wary, cautious, or careful of (usually used imperatively): Beware such inconsistency. Beware his waspish wit.
- bigarade — a Seville orange
- birdcage — A birdcage is a cage in which birds are kept.
- blagueur — a person who engages in blague
- bogarted — to take an unfair share of (something); keep for oneself instead of sharing: Are you gonna bogart that joint all night?
- bondager — someone who performs bondservice; a bondman
- bongrace — a brim or shade on the front of women's bonnets or hats, intended to protect the face from the sun
- bowgrace — a fender or pad used to protect the bows of a vessel from ice.
- braggers — a person who brags.
- brakeage — the braking power of a vehicle, esp a train
- brassage — a fee charged for coining money
- breading — a kind of food made of flour or meal that has been mixed with milk or water, made into a dough or batter, with or without yeast or other leavening agent, and baked.
- breakage — Breakage is the act of breaking something.
- breaking — (in Old English, Old Norse, etc) the change of a vowel into a diphthong
- breaming — to clean (a ship's bottom) by applying burning furze, reeds, etc., to soften the pitch and loosen adherent matter.
- bretagne — Brittany2