7-letter words containing b, r
- bistort — a Eurasian polygonaceous plant, Polygonum bistorta, having leaf stipules fused to form a tube around the stem and a spike of small pink flowers
- bit rot — (jargon) A hypothetical disease the existence of which has been deduced from the observation that unused programs or features will often stop working after sufficient time has passed, even if "nothing has changed". The theory explains that bits decay as if they were radioactive. As time passes, the contents of a file or the code in a program will become increasingly garbled. People with a physics background tend to prefer the variant "bit decay" for the analogy with particle decay. There actually are physical processes that produce such effects (alpha particles generated by trace radionuclides in ceramic chip packages, for example, can change the contents of a computer memory unpredictably, and various kinds of subtle media failures can corrupt files in mass storage), but they are quite rare (and computers are built with error detection circuitry to compensate for them). The notion long favoured among hackers that cosmic rays are among the causes of such events turns out to be a myth. Bit rot is the notional cause of software rot. See also computron, quantum bogodynamics.
- bittern — any wading bird of the genera Ixobrychus and Botaurus, related and similar to the herons but with shorter legs and neck, a stouter body, and a booming call: family Ardeidae, order Ciconiiformes
- bitters — bitter-tasting spirits of varying alcoholic content flavoured with plant extracts
- bizarre — Something that is bizarre is very odd and strange.
- bizarro — bizarre
- bizerte — a port in N Tunisia, on the Mediterranean at the canalized outlet of Lake Bizerte. Pop: 118 000 (2005 est)
- blabber — a person who blabs
- blacker — lacking hue and brightness; absorbing light without reflecting any of the rays composing it.
- bladder — Your bladder is the part of your body where urine is stored until it leaves your body.
- blagger — informal conversation in a public place, often deceitful.
- blamers — to hold responsible; find fault with; censure: I don't blame you for leaving him.
- blander — pleasantly gentle or agreeable: a bland, affable manner.
- blanker — (of paper or other writing surface) having no marks; not written or printed on: a blank sheet of paper.
- blaring — to emit a loud, raucous sound: The trumpets blared as the procession got under way.
- blarney — Blarney is things someone says that are flattering and amusing but probably untrue, and which you think they are only saying in order to please you or to persuade you to do something.
- blaster — a sudden and violent gust of wind: Wintry blasts chilled us to the marrow.
- blather — If someone is blathering on about something, they are talking for a long time about something that you consider boring or unimportant.
- blatter — a prattle
- blawort — the plant Campanula rotundifolia
- bleaker — bare, desolate, and often windswept: a bleak plain.
- bleared — made dim or blurred by tiredness or tears
- bleeder — a despicable person
- bleeper — A bleeper is the same as a beeper.
- blender — A blender is an electrical kitchen appliance used for mixing liquids and soft foods together or turning fruit or vegetables into liquid.
- bleriot — Louis (lwi). 1872–1936, French aviator and aeronautical engineer: made the first flight across the English Channel (1909)
- blesser — someone who blesses
- blether — blather
- bleuler — Eugen [oi-geyn] /ɔɪˈgeɪn/ (Show IPA), 1857–1939, Swiss psychiatrist and neurologist.
- blinder — If you say that someone such as a sports player or musician has played a blinder, you are emphasizing that they have played something very well.
- blinger — expensive and flashy jewelry, clothing, or other possessions.
- blinker — a flashing light for sending messages, as a warning device, etc, such as a direction indicator on a road vehicle
- blister — A blister is a painful swelling on the surface of your skin. Blisters contain a clear liquid and are usually caused by heat or by something repeatedly rubbing your skin.
- blither — to talk nonsense
- blitter — a circuit that transfers large amounts of data within a computer's memory
- blitzer — a person or thing that blitzes
- bloater — a herring, or sometimes a mackerel, that has been salted in brine, smoked, and cured
- blocker — a person or thing that acts as a block
- blogger — a website containing a writer's or group of writers' own experiences, observations, opinions, etc., and often having images and links to other websites.
- blokart — a single-seat three-wheeled vehicle with a sail, built to be propelled over land by the wind
- blonder — (of a woman or girl) having fair hair and usually fair skin and light eyes.
- bloomer — a plant that flowers, esp in a specified way
- blooper — A blooper is a silly mistake.
- blotter — A blotter is a large sheet of blotting paper kept in a special holder on a desk.
- blu-ray — Blu-Ray is a type of video disk that is used for storing large amounts of high quality digital information.
- blubber — Blubber is the fat of whales, seals, and similar sea animals.
- blucher — a high shoe with laces over the tongue
- bludger — a person who scrounges
- bluffer — good-naturedly direct, blunt, or frank; heartily outspoken: a big, bluff, generous man.
- blunder — A blunder is a stupid or careless mistake.