8-letter words containing a, r, n
- barn egg — an egg laid by a chicken that is allowed to move freely within a barn
- barn owl — any owl of the genus Tyto, esp T. alba, having a pale brown and white plumage, long slender legs, and a heart-shaped face: family Tytonidae
- barnabas — original name Joseph. a Cypriot Levite who supported Saint Paul in his apostolic work (Acts 4:36, 37). Feast day: June 11
- barnacle — Barnacles are small shellfish that fix themselves tightly to rocks and the bottoms of boats.
- barnardo — Dr Thomas John. 1845–1905, British philanthropist, who founded homes for destitute children
- barndoor — The large door of a barn.
- barnlike — resembling a barn
- barnsley — an industrial town in N England, in Barnsley unitary authority, South Yorkshire. Pop: 71 599 (2001)
- barnwood — aged and weathered boards, especially those salvaged from dismantled barns: The den was paneled in barnwood.
- barnyard — On a farm, the barnyard is the area in front of or next to a barn.
- baronage — barons collectively
- baroness — A baroness is a woman who is a member of the lowest rank of the nobility, or who is the wife of a baron.
- baronets — Plural form of baronet.
- baronial — If you describe a house or room as baronial, you mean that it is large, impressive, and old-fashioned in appearance, and looks as if it belongs to someone from the upper classes.
- baronies — Plural form of barony.
- baronize — to make or create (someone) a baron; confer the rank of baron upon.
- barracan — any of various thick, strong fabrics
- barranca — a ravine or precipice
- barrenly — Unfruitfully; unproductively.
- barrings — Plural form of barring.
- barspoon — a long-handled spoon, usually having the capacity of a teaspoon, used for mixing or measuring ingredients for alcoholic drinks.
- barthian — of or relating to Karl Barth, or his ideas
- bartizan — a small turret projecting from a wall, parapet, or tower
- baryonic — of or relating to a baryon
- barytone — having the last syllable unaccented
- 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)
- baseborn — born of humble parents
- bat turn — a sharp and sudden change in an aircraft's heading.
- battener — someone who flourishes, grows fat, is strengthened
- baudrons — a cat
- bavarian — of or relating to Bavaria or its inhabitants
- beancurd — Alternative spelling of bean curd.
- bearbine — a type of bindweed, Convolvulus arvensis
- 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)
- bearskin — A bearskin is a tall fur hat that is worn by some British soldiers on ceremonial occasions.
- bedarken — to make dark, to cover in darkness
- beer can — an aluminium can for beer
- belandre — bilander.
- belgrano — Manuel [mah-nwel] /mɑˈnwɛl/ (Show IPA), 1770–1820, Argentine general.
- bemoaner — a person who bemoans
- benadryl — an antihistamine drug used in sleeping tablets; diphenhydramine. Formula: C17H21NO
- beranger — Pierre-Jean de (pjɛr ʒɑ̃ də). 1780–1857, French lyric and satirical poet
- berating — to scold; rebuke: He berated them in public.
- berezina — a river in Belarus, rising in the north and flowing south to the River Dnieper: linked with the River Dvina and the Baltic Sea by the Berezina Canal. Length: 563 km (350 miles)
- bergenia — an evergreen ground-covering plant
- beringia — the former land bridge between Siberia & Alas., over which Asian animals and peoples migrated into North America
- bernanos — Georges (ʒɔrʒ). 1888–1948, French novelist and Roman Catholic pamphleteer, best known for The Diary of a Country Priest (1936)
- bernicia — a 6th- and 7th- century Anglian kingdom, merged with Deira to form the kingdom of Northumbria, in present-day NE England and SE Scotland.
- berrigan — an Australian tree, Pittosporum phylliraeoides, with hanging branches