7-letter words containing b, r, i, n
- borodin — Aleksandr Porfirevich (alɪkˈsandr pərfiˈrjevitʃ). 1834–87, Russian composer, whose works include the unfinished opera Prince Igor, symphonies, songs, and chamber music
- boronia — any aromatic rutaceous shrub of the Australian genus Boronia
- boronic — of or relating to boron
- boursin — a brand of soft white creamy cheese, often flavoured with garlic
- bracing — If you describe something, especially a place, climate, or activity as bracing, you mean that it makes you feel fresh and full of energy.
- brahmin — A Brahmin is a Hindu of the highest social rank.
- brained — having a particular type of brain (used in combination): small-brained dinosaurs.
- braking — the act or process of slowing or stopping a vehicle, wheel, shaft, etc, or for keeping it stationary, esp by means of friction
- braving — possessing or exhibiting courage or courageous endurance.
- braying — the loud, harsh cry of a donkey.
- brewing — a quantity of a beverage brewed at one time
- bribing — money or any other valuable consideration given or promised with a view to corrupting the behavior of a person, especially in that person's performance as an athlete, public official, etc.: The motorist offered the arresting officer a bribe to let him go.
- bricken — made of bricks
- bridoon — a horse's bit: a small snaffle used in double bridles
- brigand — A brigand is someone who attacks people and robs them, especially in mountains or forests.
- briming — the phosphorescence of seawater
- brinded — brindled.
- brindle — a brindled animal
- bringer — A bringer of something is someone who brings or provides it.
- brinnin — John Malcolm, 1916–98, U.S. poet, editor, and educator, born in Canada.
- brinton — Daniel Garrison, 1837–99, U.S. physician, archaeologist, and anthropologist.
- brisken — to make or become more lively or brisk
- britain — Great Britain.
- britten — (Edward) Benjamin, Baron Britten. 1913–76, English composer, pianist, and conductor. His works include the operas Peter Grimes (1945) and Billy Budd (1951), the choral works Hymn to St Cecilia (1942) and A War Requiem (1962), and numerous orchestral pieces
- britton — Nathaniel Lord, 1859–1934, U.S. botanist.
- broking — acting as a broker
- bromine — a pungent dark red volatile liquid element of the halogen series that occurs in natural brine and is used in the production of chemicals, esp ethylene dibromide. Symbol: Br; atomic no: 35; atomic wt: 79.904; valency: 1, 3, 5, or 7; relative density 3.12; density (gas): 7.59 kg/m3; melting pt: –7.2°C; boiling pt: 58.78°C
- bronchi — bronchus
- brownie — Brownies are small flat biscuits or cakes. They are usually chocolate flavoured and have nuts in them.
- brucine — bitter poisonous alkaloid resembling strychnine and obtained from the tree Strychnos nuxvomica: used mainly in the denaturation of alcohol. Formula: C23H26N2O4
- brüning — Heinrich (ˈhainrɪç). 1885–1970, German statesman; chancellor (1930–32). He was forced to resign in 1932, making way for the Nazis
- bruting — the primary step in diamond cutting in which the girdle is shaped, often with another diamond
- burking — to murder, as by suffocation, so as to leave no or few marks of violence.
- burkini — a swimming costume which covers the whole body with the exception of the face, hands, and feet, suitable for wear by Muslim women
- burn in — to darken (areas on a photographic print) by exposing them to light while masking other regions
- burn-in — 1. (hardware) screen saver. 2. (hardware, testing) burn-in period.
- burning — You use burning to describe something that is extremely hot.
- burnish — To burnish the image of someone or something means to improve their image.
- burring — a pronunciation of the r- sound as a uvular trill, as in certain Northern English dialects.
- burundi — a republic in E central Africa: inhabited chiefly by the Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa (Pygmy); made part of German East Africa in 1899; part of the Belgian territory of Ruanda-Urundi from 1923 until it became independent in 1962; ethnic violence has erupted at times between Hutu and Tutsi, as in Rwanda; consists mainly of high plateaus along the main Nile-Congo dividing range, dropping rapidly to the Great Rift Valley in the west. Official languages: Kirundi and French. Religion: Christian majority. Currency: Burundi franc. Capital: Bujumbura. Pop: 10 888 321 (2013 est). Area: 27 731 sq km (10 707 sq miles)
- butyrin — a colourless liquid ester or oil found in butter. It is formed from butyric acid and glycerine
- byliner — a person who writes articles with bylines
- byrnies — a coat of mail; hauberk.
- byronic — of, like, or characteristic of Byron or his writings; romantic, passionate, cynical, ironic, etc.
- cabrini — Saint Frances Xavier(1850-1917); U.S. nun, born in Italy: first U.S. citizen canonized: her day is Dec. 22: called Mother Cabrini
- carbine — A carbine is a light automatic rifle.
- cernlib — (library) The CERN Program Library.
- cirebon — a port in S central Indonesia, on N Java on the Java Sea: scene of the signing of the Tjirebon Agreement of Indonesian independence (1946) by the Netherlands. Pop: 272 263 (2000)
- cliburn — Van [van] /væn/ (Show IPA), (Harvey Lavan Cliburn, Jr) 1934–2013, U.S. pianist.
- corbina — a marine food fish, Menticirrhus undulatus, found in Pacific waters off Mexico and California