7-letter words containing a, r, n
- blaring — to emit a loud, raucous sound: The trumpets blared as the procession got under way.
- blarney — Blarney is things someone says that are flattering and amusing but probably untrue, and which you think they are only saying in order to please you or to persuade you to do something.
- bodhran — shallow one-sided drum popular in Irish and Scottish folk music
- bonaire — an island in the S Caribbean, part of the Netherlands Antilles until their dissolution in 2010, now a special municipality of the Netherlands: one of the Leeward Islands. Chief town: Kralendijk. Pop: 11 537 (2007 est). Area: about 288 sq km (111 sq miles)
- bonnard — Pierre (pjɛr). 1867–1947, French painter and lithographer, noted for the effects of light and colour in his landscapes and sunlit interiors
- borazon — an extremely hard form of boron nitride
- bormann — Martin. 1900–45, German Nazi politician; Hitler's adviser and private secretary (1942–45): committed suicide
- bornean — of or relating to Borneo or its inhabitants
- boronia — any aromatic rutaceous shrub of the Australian genus Boronia
- brabant — a former duchy of W Europe: divided when Belgium became independent (1830), the south forming the Belgian provinces of Antwerp and Brabant and the north forming the province of North Brabant in the Netherlands
- bracing — If you describe something, especially a place, climate, or activity as bracing, you mean that it makes you feel fresh and full of energy.
- bracken — Bracken is a large plant with leaves that are divided into many thin sections. It grows on hills and in woods.
- bradman — Sir Don(ald George). 1908–2001, Australian cricketer; in 52 test matches (1928–48) he scored 6,996 runs at an average of 99.94, by far the game's highest
- bragdon — Claude, 1866–1946, U.S. architect, stage designer, and author.
- brahman — a member of the highest or priestly caste in the Hindu caste system
- brahmin — A Brahmin is a Hindu of the highest social rank.
- brained — having a particular type of brain (used in combination): small-brained dinosaurs.
- braking — the act or process of slowing or stopping a vehicle, wheel, shaft, etc, or for keeping it stationary, esp by means of friction
- brakpan — a city in E South Africa: gold-mining centre. Pop: 62 116 (2001)
- branagh — Sir Kenneth. born 1961, British actor and director, born in Northern Ireland. He founded the Renaissance Theatre Company in 1986. His films include Henry V (1989), Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994), Hamlet (1997), and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
- branch- — (in zoology) indicating gills
- brand x — (in advertising) a competing brand or product not referred to by name but implied to be of inferior quality.
- branded — A branded product is one which is made by a well-known manufacturer and has the manufacturer's label on it.
- brander — to apply furring to (a surface).
- brandes — Georg Morris (giˈɔʀˈmɔʀis) ; gē^ōrˈ m^ōˈrēs) (born Georg Morris Cohen) 1842-1927; Dan. literary critic
- brandon — a masculine name
- brangle — a squabble, dispute, or wrangle
- brangus — one of an American breed of cattle developed from Brahman and Aberdeen Angus stock, bred to withstand a hot climate.
- branner — a person or machine that cleans metal plates using bran
- branson — Sir Richard. born 1950, British entrepreneur. In 1969 he founded the Virgin record company, adding other interests later, including Virgin Atlantic Airways (1984), Virgin Radio (1993), and the Virgin Rail Group (1996): made the fastest crossing of the Atlantic by boat (1986) and the first of the Pacific by hot-air balloon (1991)
- brantle — a French dance
- branwen — a sister of Bran: her son, by Matholwych, was killed by Evnissyen.
- braving — possessing or exhibiting courage or courageous endurance.
- braying — the loud, harsh cry of a donkey.
- brenham — a town in central Texas.
- brennan — Christopher John. 1870–1932, Australian poet and classical scholar, disciple of Mallarmé and exponent of French symbolism in Australian verse
- brigand — A brigand is someone who attacks people and robs them, especially in mountains or forests.
- britain — Great Britain.
- broaden — When something broadens, it becomes wider.
- brochan — a type of thin porridge
- brogans — a heavy, sturdy shoe, especially an ankle-high work shoe.
- bryansk — a city in W Russia. Pop: 428 000 (2005 est)
- bunraku — a Japanese form of puppet theatre in which the puppets are usually about four feet high, with moving features as well as limbs and each puppet is manipulated by up to three puppeteers who remain onstage
- burbank — Luther1849-1926; U.S. horticulturist: bred numerous varieties of fruits, vegetables, & flowers
- burnaby — city in SW British Columbia, Canada; suburb of Vancouver: pop. 179,000
- burnham — Daniel Hudson, 1846–1912, U.S. architect and city planner.
- byreman — a man who works in a byre
- cabrini — Saint Frances Xavier(1850-1917); U.S. nun, born in Italy: first U.S. citizen canonized: her day is Dec. 22: called Mother Cabrini
- cadrans — an instrument which measures the angles of gems and is used during the cutting process
- caganer — a figure of a squatting defecating person, a traditional character in Catalan Christmas crèche scenes