8-letter words containing b, o, r, e
- baroques — (often initial capital letter) of or relating to a style of architecture and art originating in Italy in the early 17th century and variously prevalent in Europe and the New World for a century and a half, characterized by free and sculptural use of the classical orders and ornament, by forms in elevation and plan suggesting movement, and by dramatic effect in which architecture, painting, sculpture, and the decorative arts often worked to combined effect.
- barouche — a four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage, popular in the 19th century, having a retractable hood over the rear half, seats inside for two couples facing each other, and a driver's seat outside at the front
- barretor — someone who deals fraudulently
- barytone — having the last syllable unaccented
- baseborn — born of humble parents
- baseword — (linguistics) The word used a base and upon whose stem affixes are added, forming new words.
- bathorse — a horse which carries a military officer's baggage; a military packhorse
- bathrobe — A bathrobe is a loose piece of clothing made of the same material as towels. You wear it before or after you have a bath or a swim.
- beadroll — a list of persons for whom prayers are to be offered
- beadwork — a narrow strip of some material used for edging or ornamentation
- bear off — (of a vessel) to avoid hitting an obstacle, another vessel, etc, by swerving onto a different course
- bear out — If someone or something bears a person out or bears out what that person is saying, they support what that person is saying.
- bearwood — cascara (sense 1)
- beaufort — Henry. ?1374–1447, English cardinal, half-brother of Henry IV; chancellor (1403–04, 1413–17, 1424–26)
- beauport — city in S Quebec, Canada: suburb of Quebec City: pop. 73,000
- beauvoir — Siˈmone de (siˈmɔn də ) ; sēm^ōnˈ də) 1908-86; Fr. existentialist writer
- bebopper — A musician or aficionado of bebop music.
- bebother — To bring trouble upon.
- beckford — William. 1759–1844, English writer and dilettante; author of the oriental romance Vathek (1787)
- beclamor — clamour excessively
- becoward — to make cowardly, to make into a coward
- bed-roll — bedding that rolls up for portability and is used especially for sleeping out-of-doors.
- bed-sore — an ulceration of the skin and subcutaneous tissue caused by poor circulation due to prolonged pressure on body parts, especially bony protuberances, occurring in bedridden or immobile patients; decubitus ulcer.
- bedboard — a piece of wood placed under a mattress to make a bed firmer
- bedcover — a bedspread
- bedrolls — Plural form of bedroll.
- bedrooms — Plural form of bedroom.
- bedsores — Bedsores are sore places on a person's skin, caused by having to lie in bed for a long time without changing position.
- bedworth — a town in central England, in N Warwickshire. Pop: 30 001 (2001)
- bee road — an area planted with nectar-rich flowers in order to provide a habitat for bees and other pollinating insects
- beerbohm — Sir (Henry) Max(imilian). 1872–1956, English critic, wit, and caricaturist, whose works include Zuleika Dobson (1911), a satire on Oxford undergraduates
- beetroot — Beetroot is a dark red root that is eaten as a vegetable. It is often preserved in vinegar.
- beflower — to decorate with flowers
- behavior — People's or animals' behavior is the way that they behave. You can refer to a typical and repeated way of behaving as a behavior.
- beholder — The beholder of something is the person who is looking at it.
- belabour — If you belabour someone or something, you hit them hard and repeatedly.
- belamour — a beloved person
- belgorod — city in W European Russia, on the Donets River: pop. 318,000
- belgrano — Manuel [mah-nwel] /mɑˈnwɛl/ (Show IPA), 1770–1820, Argentine general.
- beliquor — to cause to be drunk
- bellmore — a city on S Long Island, in SE New York.
- bellwort — any plant of the North American liliaceous genus Uvularia, having slender bell-shaped yellow flowers
- belonger — a native-born Caribbean person
- bemoaner — a person who bemoans
- benbrook — a town in N Texas.
- benidorm — a coastal resort town in W Spain, on the Costa Blanca
- bepowder — to cover with powder
- berenson — Bernard. 1865–1959, US art historian, born in Lithuania: an authority on art of the Italian Renaissance
- bergamot — a small Asian spiny rutaceous tree, Citrus bergamia, having sour pear-shaped fruit
- bernanos — Georges (ʒɔrʒ). 1888–1948, French novelist and Roman Catholic pamphleteer, best known for The Diary of a Country Priest (1936)