8-letter words containing b, e
- berceuse — a cradlesong or lullaby
- berdache — a Native American transvestite
- berdyaev — Nikoˈlai (Aleksandrovich) (nikɔˈlaɪ ) ; nēk^ōlīˈ) 1874-1948; Russ. religious philosopher, in France after 1922
- bereaved — A bereaved person is one who has a relative or close friend who has recently died.
- bereaver — a person who bereaves
- berenice — a feminine name
- berenson — Bernard. 1865–1959, US art historian, born in Lithuania: an authority on art of the Italian Renaissance
- 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)
- bergamot — a small Asian spiny rutaceous tree, Citrus bergamia, having sour pear-shaped fruit
- bergenia — an evergreen ground-covering plant
- bergerac — Savinien Cyrano de [sav-in-yen sir-uh-noh duh;; French sa-vee-nyan see-ra-naw duh] /ˌsæv ɪnˈyɛn ˈsɪr əˌnoʊ də;; French sa viˈnyɛ̃ si raˈnɔ də/ (Show IPA), 1619–55, French soldier, swordsman, and writer: hero of play by Rostand.
- bergerie — a farm, country estate, or other rural retreat maintained by a wealthy owner as a facility for rest and recreation.
- bergfall — an avalanche
- bergmehl — a light powdery variety of calcite
- beriberi — a disease, endemic in E and S Asia, caused by dietary deficiency of thiamine (vitamin B1). It affects the nerves to the limbs, producing pain, paralysis, and swelling
- berimbau — a Brazilian single-stringed bowed instrument, used to accompany capoeira
- beringed — wearing a ring or rings
- beringia — the former land bridge between Siberia & Alas., over which Asian animals and peoples migrated into North America
- berkeley — a city in W California, on San Francisco Bay: seat of the University of California. Pop: 102 049 (2003 est)
- berliner — a native or inhabitant of Berlin
- bermudas — a group of islands in the Atlantic, 580 miles (935 km) E of North Carolina: a British colony; resort. 19 sq. mi. (49 sq. km). Capital: Hamilton.
- 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.
- bernicle — barnacle goose: a N European goose that has a black-and-white head and body and grey wings
- berouged — wearing rouge
- berretta — biretta
- berrigan — an Australian tree, Pittosporum phylliraeoides, with hanging branches
- berryman — John. 1914–72, US poet and critic, author of Homage to Mistress Bradstreet (1956) and Dream Songs (1964–68)
- berthage — a place for mooring boats
- berthing — a shelflike sleeping space, as on a ship, airplane, or railroad car.
- bertrand — a masculine name
- beryllia — beryllium oxide
- besancon — a city in E France, on the Doubs River: university (1422). Pop: 121 012 (2006)
- bescorch — to scorch badly
- bescrawl — to cover with scrawls
- bescreen — to conceal or overshadow
- beseemly — becoming; suitable
- beseleel — Bezaleel.
- beshadow — to darken with shadow
- beshiver — to shatter
- beshroud — to cover with a shroud
- besieged — to lay siege to.
- besieger — to lay siege to.
- beslaver — to fawn, or to slobber, over
- besmirch — If you besmirch someone or their reputation, you say that they are a bad person or that they have done something wrong, usually when this is not true.
- besmooth — to smooth
- besmudge — to blacken
- besognio — a young soldier
- besoothe — to soothe
- besotted — If you are besotted with someone or something, you like them so much that you seem foolish or silly.