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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.
  • rathboneBasil, 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.
  • sabatierPaul [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.
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