8-letter words containing b, e, r, n
- brighten — If someone brightens or their face brightens, they suddenly look happier.
- brindled — brown or grey streaked or patched with a darker colour
- brindley — James. 1716–72, British canal builder, who constructed (1759–61) the Bridgewater Canal, the first in England
- brinkley — David, 1920–2003, U.S. broadcast journalist.
- brisance — the shattering effect or power of an explosion or explosive
- brisbane — a port in E Australia, the capital of Queensland: founded in 1824 as a penal settlement; vast agricultural hinterland. Pop: 2 189 878 (2013)
- bromance — A bromance is a close but not sexual relationship between two men.
- bromelin — a protein-digesting enzyme (see endopeptidase) found in pineapple and extracted for use in treating joint pain and inflammation, hay fever, and various other conditions
- brontide — a rumbling noise heard occasionally in some parts of the world, probably caused by seismic activity.
- bronxite — a cocktail of gin, sweet and dry vermouth, and orange juice.
- bronzite — a type of orthopyroxene often having a metallic or pearly sheen
- brookner — Anita. 1928–2016, British writer and art historian. Her novels include Hotel du Lac (1984), which won the Booker Prize, Brief Lives (1990), and The Next Big Thing (2002)
- bruckner — Anton (ˈantoːn). 1824–96, Austrian composer and organist in the Romantic tradition. His works include nine symphonies, four masses, and a Te Deum
- bruncher — a person who eats brunch
- brunette — A brunette is a white-skinned woman or girl with dark brown hair.
- brunizem — a type of dark prairie soil
- burdened — If you are burdened with something, it causes you a lot of worry or hard work.
- burdener — a person who burdens
- burgonet — a light 16th-century helmet, usually made of steel, with hinged cheekpieces
- burgoyne — John. 1722–92, British general in the War of American Independence who was forced to surrender at Saratoga (1777)
- burleson — a city in N Texas.
- burnable — able to be burned
- burnoose — a long cloak with a hood, worn by Arabs and Moors
- burnside — land along the side of a burn
- burstone — any of various siliceous rocks used for millstones.
- by-liner — a writer whose work is accompanied by a by-line
- byre-man — a man who raises or tends cows.
- cabernet — a type of grape
- canberra — the capital of Australia, in Australian Capital Territory: founded in 1913 as a planned capital. Pop: 345 257 (2008)
- canegrub — any of various grubs that are a pest of sugar cane, esp, in Australia, the greyback canegrub, Dermolepida albohirtum
- carbenes — Plural form of carbene.
- carbines — Plural form of carbine.
- carborne — travelling by car
- centibar — a centimeter-gram-second unit of pressure, equal to 1/100 (0.01) bar or 10,000 dynes per square centimeter.
- cherubin — Obsolete form of cherub.
- cleburne — a city in N Texas, near Fort Worth.
- combiner — Any of various electronic devices that combine signals, in particular.
- cribnote — crib (def 5a).
- cybering — Present participle of cyber.
- deadborn — (dated, rare) Stillborn.
- dearborn — a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit: automobile industry. Pop: 96 670 (2003 est)
- debonair — A man who is debonair is confident, charming, and well-dressed.
- debrecen — a city in E Hungary: seat of the revolutionary government of 1849. Pop: 205 881 (2003 est)
- debunker — to expose or excoriate (a claim, assertion, sentiment, etc.) as being pretentious, false, or exaggerated: to debunk advertising slogans.
- diborane — a colorless gas with an unpleasant odor, B 2 H 6 , used in the synthesis of organic boron compounds as a dope to introduce boron and as a polymerization catalyst for ethylene.
- doberman — Doberman pinscher.
- drabness — dull; cheerless; lacking in spirit, brightness, etc.
- dreibund — a triple alliance, esp that formed between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy (1882–1915)
- dubliner — Ireland; magazine
- e number — E numbers are artificial substances which are added to some foods and drinks to improve their flavour or colour or to make them last longer. They are called E numbers because they are represented in Europe by code names which begin with the letter 'E'.