8-letter words containing a, r, n
- berryman — John. 1914–72, US poet and critic, author of Homage to Mistress Bradstreet (1956) and Dream Songs (1964–68)
- bertrand — a masculine name
- 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
- bewaring — to be wary, cautious, or careful of (usually used imperatively): Beware such inconsistency. Beware his waspish wit.
- bilander — a small two-masted cargo ship
- bilinear — of or referring to two lines
- bin card — an index card in or affixed to a bin identifying its contents
- binaries — binary file
- binarism — the state of being binary
- binarity — a principle of analysis requiring that a linguistic system, as a phonological, case, or semantic system, be represented as a set of binary oppositions.
- binaural — relating to, having, or hearing with both ears
- binormal — the normal to a curve, lying perpendicular to the osculating plane at a given point on the curve.
- blancher — someone who blanches
- blantyre — a city in S Malawi: includes the former town of Limbe.
- blazonry — the art or process of describing heraldic arms in proper form
- blinkard — an idiot or stupid person
- 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
- braeburn — a variety of eating apple from New Zealand having sweet flesh and green and red skin
- 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.
- 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.
- brainiac — a highly intelligent person
- brainier — intelligent; clever; intellectual.
- braining — Anatomy, Zoology. the part of the central nervous system enclosed in the cranium of humans and other vertebrates, consisting of a soft, convoluted mass of gray and white matter and serving to control and coordinate the mental and physical actions.
- brainish — impulsive or impetuous
- brainpan — the skull
- brakeman — a crew member of a goods or passenger train. His duties include controlling auxiliary braking power and inspecting the train
- bramante — Donato (doˈnato). ?1444–1514, Italian architect and artist of the High Renaissance. He modelled his designs for domed centrally planned churches on classical Roman architecture
- brampton — city in SE Ontario, Canada, near Toronto: pop. 268,000
- bran tub — (in Britain) a tub containing bran in which small wrapped gifts are hidden, used at parties, fairs, etc
- brancard — a litter hung on poles, carried between two horses, one in front and the other behind
- 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.