8-letter words containing b, r
- atabrine — quinacrine hydrochloride, C23H30ClN3O·2HCl·2H2O, a synthetic drug used in treating malaria and other diseases
- atremble — in a shaking or trembling state
- aubrieta — any of a genus (Aubrieta) of plants of the crucifer family native to the Middle East, with showy, purplish flowers: often grown in rock gardens
- auerbach — Frank (Helmuth). born 1931, British painter, born in Germany, noted esp for his use of impasto
- augsburg — a city in S Germany, in Bavaria: founded by the Romans in 14 bc; site of the diet that produced the Peace of Augsburg (1555), which ended the struggles between Lutherans and Catholics in the Holy Roman Empire and established the principle that each ruler should determine the form of worship in his lands. Pop: 259 217 (2003 est)
- babbitry — the attitude and behavior of a Babbitt.
- babblers — Plural form of babbler.
- babi yar — a ravine near Kiev, U.S.S.R.: site of German massacre of Jews in World War II.
- babirusa — a wild pig, Babyrousa babyrussa, inhabiting marshy forests in Indonesia. It has an almost hairless wrinkled skin and enormous curved canine teeth
- babracot — a wooden grating used by Indians in South America for roasting and drying food.
- babruysk — a city in SE Belarus, in Europe, SE of Minsk.
- baby-gro — an all-in-one babysuit made of stretchy material
- babygirl — (slang, mostly, AAVE) Friendly or intimate term of address for a woman.
- babywear — Babywear is a clothing product category for babies and infants up to 2 years old.
- baccarat — a card game in which two or more punters gamble against the banker
- bachelor — A bachelor is a man who has never married.
- bacillar — (biology) Shaped like a rod or staff.
- back row — the forwards at the rear of a scrum
- back rub — a form of massage in which the masseur rubs one's back
- back run — a period during which a particular process, as the flow of materials in manufacturing, is reversed.
- backburn — to clear (an area of scrub, bush, etc) by creating a new fire that burns in the opposite direction to the line of advancing fire
- backdoor — You can use backdoor to describe an action or process if you disapprove of it because you think it has been done in a secret, indirect, or dishonest way.
- backdrop — A backdrop is a large piece of cloth, often with scenery painted on it, that is hung at the back of a stage while a play is being performed.
- backfire — If a plan or project backfires, it has the opposite result to the one that was intended.
- backport — (software) To make a feature from a later version of a piece of software available in an earlier version. Backporting of features enables users of the older version to benefit from a feature without upgrading fully.
- backread — (Internet, slang, especially in IRC) To catch up on an ongoing conversation, by reading previous portions one was not present for.
- backrest — The backrest of a seat or chair is the part which you rest your back on.
- backroad — Alternative spelling of back road.
- backroom — A backroom is a room that is situated at the back of a building, especially a private room.
- backrush — the return of water seaward, down the foreshore of a beach, following the uprush of a wave.
- backward — A backward movement or look is in the direction that your back is facing. Some people use backwards for this meaning.
- backword — the act or an instance of failing to keep a promise or commitment (esp in the phrase give (someone) backword)
- backwork — work carried out under the ground
- backwrap — anything that can be wrapped around the back to provide back support or relieve back pain
- backyard — A backyard is an area of land at the back of a house.
- baconers — Plural form of baconer.
- bacronym — Alternative spelling of backronym.
- bacteria — Bacteria are very small organisms. Some bacteria can cause disease.
- bacterin — a vaccine prepared from bacteria
- bactrian — of or relating to Bactria
- bad form — If you say that it is bad form to behave in a particular way, you mean that it is rude and impolite.
- bad trip — a mentally or physically horrifying drug-taking experience, as one accompanied by nightmarish hallucinations or by physical pain.
- bad trot — a period of ill fortune
- badarian — designating or of a Neolithic culture of Egypt, characterized by cattle-breeding, fine pottery, and a large range of ornaments
- badgered — any of various burrowing, carnivorous mammals of the family Mustelidae, as Taxidea taxus, of North America, and Meles meles, of Europe and Asia.
- badgerer — One who badgers.
- badgerly — resembling a badger
- baedeker — any of a series of travel guidebooks issued by the German publisher Karl Baedeker (1801–59) or his firm
- bagheera — a crush-resistant velvet made of uncut pile and used in the manufacture of evening wear and wraps.
- bagpiper — a person who plays the bagpipes