8-letter words containing a, n, o, r
- belgrano — Manuel [mah-nwel] /mɑˈnwɛl/ (Show IPA), 1770–1820, Argentine general.
- bemoaner — a person who bemoans
- bernanos — Georges (ʒɔrʒ). 1888–1948, French novelist and Roman Catholic pamphleteer, best known for The Diary of a Country Priest (1936)
- betatron — a type of particle accelerator for producing high-energy beams of electrons, having an alternating magnetic field to keep the electrons in a circular orbit of fixed radius and accelerate them by magnetic induction. It produces energies of up to about 300 MeV
- bevatron — a proton synchrotron at the University of California
- binormal — the normal to a curve, lying perpendicular to the osculating plane at a given point on the curve.
- blazonry — the art or process of describing heraldic arms in proper form
- boarding — Boarding is an arrangement by which children live at school during the school term.
- boardman — a member of a board
- bondager — someone who performs bondservice; a bondman
- boneyard — a cemetery; graveyard
- bongrace — a brim or shade on the front of women's bonnets or hats, intended to protect the face from the sun
- boongary — a tree kangaroo, Dendrolagus lumholtzi, of northeastern Queensland
- borazine — a colorless liquid, B 3 N 3 H 6 , that hydrolyzes with water to form boron hydrides. It is the inorganic analogue of benzene with similar physical properties.
- boundary — The boundary of an area of land is an imaginary line that separates it from other areas.
- braconid — any member of the Braconidae, a family of parasitoid wasps
- 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
- brampton — city in SE Ontario, Canada, near Toronto: pop. 268,000
- branford — a town in S Connecticut.
- brentano — Clemens (Maria) (ˈkleːmənz). 1778–1842, German romantic poet and compiler of fairy stories and folk songs esp (with Achim von Arnim) the collection Des Knaben Wunderhorn (1805–08)
- bromance — A bromance is a close but not sexual relationship between two men.
- bronchia — the ramifications or branches of the bronchi.
- browband — the strap of a horse's bridle that goes across the forehead
- bryozoan — any aquatic invertebrate animal of the phylum Bryozoa, forming colonies of polyps each having a ciliated feeding organ (lophophore)
- c ration — a canned ration used in the field in WWII
- caerleon — a town in SE Wales, in Newport county borough on the River Usk: traditionally the seat of King Arthur's court. Pop: 9392 (2001)
- caldrons — Plural form of caldron (Alternative spelling of cauldrons).
- calutron — a device used for the separation of isotopes
- cameroon — a republic in West Africa, on the Gulf of Guinea: became a German colony in 1884; divided in 1919 into the Cameroons (administered by Britain) and Cameroun (administered by France); Cameroun and the S part of the Cameroons formed a republic in 1961 (the N part joined Nigeria); became a member of the Commonwealth in 1995. Official languages: French and English. Religions: Christian, Muslim, and animist. Currency: franc. Capital: Yaoundé. Pop: 20 549 221 (2013 est). Area: 475 500 sq km (183 591 sq miles)
- cameroun — Cameroon
- cancroid — resembling a cancerous growth
- canephor — a sculpted figure carrying a basket on his or her head
- canework — strips of cane that are interlaced and used in cane chairs or the like.
- cannonry — a volley of artillery fire
- canorous — tuneful; melodious
- canotier — a fabric constructed in a twill weave, used in the manufacture of yachting clothes.
- cantoris — (in antiphonal music) to be sung by the cantorial side of a choir
- caponier — a covered passageway built across a ditch as a military defence
- carbinol — methanol
- carbonic — (of a compound) containing carbon, esp tetravalent carbon
- carbonyl — of, consisting of, or containing the divalent group =CO
- carborne — travelling by car
- cardamon — the aromatic seed capsules of a tropical Asian plant, Elettaria cardamomum, of the ginger family, used as a spice or condiment and in medicine.
- careworn — A person who looks careworn looks worried, tired, and unhappy.
- carillon — a set of bells usually hung in a tower and played either by keys and pedals or mechanically
- cariocan — a native of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- carleton — Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, 1724–1808, English general.
- carlsson — Ingvar [ing-vahr] /ˈɪŋ vɑr/ (Show IPA), born 1934, Swedish political leader: prime minister 1986–91, 1994–96.
- carneous — fleshy