8-letter words containing b, a, t, r
- rambutan — the bright-red oval fruit of a Malayan, sapindaceous tree, Nephelium lappaceum, covered with soft spines, or hairs, and having a subacid taste.
- rat belt — A cable tie, especially the sawtoothed, self-locking plastic kind that you can remove only by cutting (as opposed to a random twist of wire or a twist tie or one of those humongous metal clip frobs). Small cable ties are "mouse belts".
- ratables — property that is liable to rates
- rateable — capable of being rated or appraised.
- rateably — capable of being rated or appraised.
- rathbone — Basil, 1892–1967, English actor, born in South Africa.
- ratisbon — Regensburg.
- ratsbane — rat poison.
- rawlbolt — a proprietary anchor bolt for fixing into masonry etc
- rebating — a return of part of the original payment for some service or merchandise; partial refund.
- rebuttal — an act of rebutting, as in a debate.
- reobtain — to come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through an effort or by a request: to obtain permission; to obtain a better income.
- restable — to put (horses, animals, etc) in a stable again
- roborant — strengthening.
- rootball — a roughly spherical aggregate of roots and soil that is transplanted with a plant, especially a tree or shrub.
- rota bed — a bed in an old people's home, reserved for the regular respite care of dependent old people
- rubaiyat — (in Persian poetry) a verse form consisting of four-line stanzas
- rubygate — an Italian political scandal in which Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was accused of paying for sex with a nightclub dancer and of abusing his office
- runabout — a small, light automobile or other vehicle, usually with an open top; roadster.
- rustable — liable to rust
- rutabaga — a brassicaceous plant, Brassica napobrassica, having a yellow- or white-fleshed, edible tuber.
- sabatier — Paul [pawl] /pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1854–1941, French chemist: Nobel prize 1912.
- saboteur — a person who commits or practices sabotage.
- sabotier — a wearer of sabots
- sortable — a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature: to develop a new sort of painting; nice people, of course, but not really our sort.
- storable — capable of being stored for considerable time without loss of freshness or usability.
- strabane — a district of W Northern Ireland, in Co Tyrone. Pop: 38 565 (2003 est). Area: 862 sq km (333 sq miles)
- strobila — the body of a tapeworm exclusive of the head and neck region. Compare scolex.
- suberate — a salt of suberic acid
- subtalar — beneath the ankle bone
- subtract — to withdraw or take away, as a part from a whole.
- surfboat — a strong, buoyant rowboat with high ends, adapted for beaching and passing through surf.
- sybarite — (usually lowercase) a person devoted to luxury and pleasure.
- tabarded — wearing a tabard
- taberdar — a holder of a scholarship at Queen's College, Oxford
- tabering — a small drum formerly used to accompany oneself on a pipe or fife.
- taborite — (in the 15th century) a member of the militant body of Hussites maintaining a strict literal interpretation of the Scriptures.
- tabouret — a low seat without back or arms, for one person; stool.
- tagboard — a strong cardboard suitable for tags or posters.
- tamboura — an Asian musical instrument of the lute family having a small, round body and a long neck.
- tar baby — a situation, problem, or the like, that is almost impossible to solve or to break away from.
- tar ball — a lump or blob of solidified tar resulting from an oil spill, natural seepage from the sea, or other source, that resists biodegradation and often washes up on beaches.
- tarboosh — a tasseled cap of cloth or felt, usually red, that is worn by Muslim men either by itself or as the inner part of the turban.
- tarbrush — a brush for applying tar.
- task bar — a row of buttons on a display screen that are clicked on to start software applications or switch between open applications or active windows.
- tayberry — a hybrid shrub produced by crossing a blackberry, raspberry, and loganberry
- teaberry — the spicy red fruit of the American wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens.
- teaboard — a tea tray
- teabread — a loaf-shaped cake that contains dried fruit which has been steeped in cold tea before baking: served sliced and buttered
- tearable — to pull apart or in pieces by force, especially so as to leave ragged or irregular edges. Synonyms: rend, rip, rive. Antonyms: mend, repair, sew.