5-letter words containing b, r, a
- blart — to sound loudly and harshly
- blear — to make (eyes or sight) dim with or as if with tears; blur
- board — A board is a flat, thin, rectangular piece of wood or plastic which is used for a particular purpose.
- boart — low-quality diamond, in granular aggregate or small fragments, valuable only in crushed or powdered form, especially for industrial use as an abrasive.
- bolar — of or relating to clay
- borah — William Edgar, 1865–1940, U.S. senator from Idaho 1906–40.
- borak — rubbish; nonsense
- boral — the powdered mixture of boron carbide and aluminium
- boras — a city in SW Sweden, chiefly producing textiles. Pop: 98 831 (2004 est)
- borax — Borax is a white powder used, for example, in the making of glass and as a cleaning chemical.
- bouar — a city in the W Central African Republic.
- boyar — a member of an old order of Russian nobility, ranking immediately below the princes: abolished by Peter the Great
- braai — to grill or roast (meat) over open coals
- brace — If you brace yourself for something unpleasant or difficult, you prepare yourself for it.
- brach — a bitch hound
- bract — a specialized leaf, usually smaller than the foliage leaves, with a single flower or inflorescence growing in its axil
- brady — Mathew B. (ˈmæθju ) ; mat hˈyo̅o) 1823?-96; U.S. photographer, esp. of Lincoln & the Civil War
- braes — an upland area
- braga — a city in N Portugal: capital of the Roman province of Lusitania; 12th-century cathedral, seat of the Primate of Portugal. Pop: 164 193 (2001)
- bragg — Billy. born 1957, British rock singer and songwriter, noted for his political protest songs; recordings include Between the Wars (1985), Workers' Playtime (1988), Mermaid Avenue (1998), and England, Half English (2002)
- bragi — the god of poetry and music, son of Odin
- brahe — Tycho (ˈtyːço). 1546–1601, Danish astronomer, who designed and constructed instruments that he used to plot accurately the positions of the planets, sun, moon, and stars
- braid — Braid is a narrow piece of decorated cloth or twisted threads, which is used to decorate clothes or curtains.
- brail — one of several lines fastened to the leech of a fore-and-aft sail to aid in furling it
- brain — Your brain is the organ inside your head that controls your body's activities and enables you to think and to feel things such as heat and pain.
- brake — Brakes are devices in a vehicle that make it go slower or stop.
- braky — overgrown with brambles or ferns
- brame — a fierce passion or vexation
- brand — If someone is branded as something bad, people think they are that thing.
- brane — a hypothetical component of string theory
- brank — (esp of horses) to prance or strut
- brant — a small goose, Branta bernicla, that has a dark grey plumage and short neck and occurs in most northern coastal regions
- brash — If you describe someone or their behaviour as brash, you disapprove of them because you think that they are too confident and aggressive.
- brass — Brass is a yellow-coloured metal made from copper and zinc. It is used especially for making ornaments and musical instruments.
- braun — Eva (ˈeːfa). 1910–45, Adolf Hitler's mistress, whom he married shortly before their suicides in 1945
- brava — a shout of appreciation to a female performer
- brave — Someone who is brave is willing to do things which are dangerous, and does not show fear in difficult or dangerous situations.
- bravo — Some people say 'bravo' to express appreciation when someone has done something well.
- brawl — A brawl is a rough or violent fight.
- brawn — Brawn is physical strength.
- braws — fine apparel
- braxy — an acute and usually fatal bacterial disease of sheep characterized by high fever, coma, and inflammation of the fourth stomach, caused by infection with Clostridium septicum
- braz. — Brazil(ian)
- braza — a unit of measurement used in Spain and Latin America, equal to 167 centimetres
- braze — to decorate with, make like, or make of brass
- brca1 — either of two genes (BRCA1 or BRCA2) that, if inherited in a mutated form, may predispose some carriers to develop breast or ovarian cancer.
- bread — Bread is a very common food made from flour, water, and yeast.
- break — When an object breaks or when you break it, it suddenly separates into two or more pieces, often because it has been hit or dropped.
- bream — any of several Eurasian freshwater cyprinid fishes of the genus Abramis, esp A. brama, having a deep compressed body covered with silvery scales
- breda — a city in the S Netherlands, in North Brabant province: residence of Charles II of England during his exile. Pop: 164 000 (2003 est)