8-letter words containing a, h, r
- barathea — a fabric made of silk and wool or cotton and rayon, used esp for coats
- barchans — Plural form of barchan.
- bardship — the office or state of being a bard
- barehand — to field (the ball) with one's bare hands rather than one's glove
- 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
- barouche — a four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage, popular in the 19th century, having a retractable hood over the rear half, seats inside for two couples facing each other, and a driver's seat outside at the front
- barthian — of or relating to Karl Barth, or his ideas
- bas-rhin — a department of NE France in Alsace region. Capital: Strasbourg. Pop: 1 052 698 (2003 est). Area: 4793 sq km (1869 sq miles)
- bathorse — a horse which carries a military officer's baggage; a military packhorse
- bathrobe — A bathrobe is a loose piece of clothing made of the same material as towels. You wear it before or after you have a bath or a swim.
- bathroom — A bathroom is a room in a house that contains a bath or shower, a washbasin, and sometimes a toilet.
- bathurst — a town in SE Australia, in E New South Wales: scene of a gold rush in 1851. Pop: 27 036 (2001)
- 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)
- 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.
- bedchair — an adjustable chair to support an invalid sitting up in bed
- beerhall — a large pub specializing in beer
- behavior — People's or animals' behavior is the way that they behave. You can refer to a typical and repeated way of behaving as a behavior.
- beheader — a person who beheads another
- berachah — berakhah.
- berakhah — a blessing or benediction, usually recited according to a traditional formula.
- berdache — a Native American transvestite
- berthage — a place for mooring boats
- bethrall — to make a slave of
- bhatpara — a city in NE India, in West Bengal on the Hooghly River: jute and cotton mills. Pop: 441 956 (2001)
- big hair — a hairstyle with volume created by hair products or styling techniques such as backcombing, etc
- biograph — a biographical summary
- birdbath — a small basin or trough for birds to bathe in, usually in a garden
- birthday — Your birthday is the anniversary of the date on which you were born.
- blancher — someone who blanches
- bleacher — Usually, bleachers. a typically roofless section of inexpensive and unreserved seats in tiers, especially at an open-air athletic stadium.
- blowhard — If you describe someone as a blowhard, you mean that they express their opinions very forcefully, and usually in a boastful way.
- boarfish — any of various spiny-finned marine teleost fishes of the genera Capros, Antigonia, etc, related to the dories, having a deep compressed body, a long snout, and large eyes
- borachio — a wine carrier made from animal skin, used in Spain
- bouchard — (Louis) Henri [lwee ahn-ree] /lwi ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1875–1960, French sculptor.
- 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
- brackish — Brackish water is slightly salty and unpleasant.
- bradshaw — a British railway timetable, published annually from 1839 to 1961
- braeheid — the summit of a hill or slope
- 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).
- brainish — impulsive or impetuous
- branched — a division or subdivision of the stem or axis of a tree, shrub, or other plant.
- brancher — a young bird which has left the nest but which is not yet fully able to fly
- branches — a division or subdivision of the stem or axis of a tree, shrub, or other plant.
- branchia — a gill in aquatic animals
- branchus — a son of Apollo, given the power of augury by his father.