4-letter words containing b, r
- bor- — boro-
- bora — a violent cold north wind blowing from the mountains to the E coast of the Adriatic, usually in winter
- bore — If someone or something bores you, you find them dull and uninteresting.
- borf — (jargon) To uncerimoniously disconnect someone from a system without prior warning. BBS Sysops routinely "borf" pest users by turning off the modem or by hitting the "auto-borf" key sequence. You can also be "borfed" by software dropping carrier due to a bug. The origin of the term is unknown but it has been in use since at least 1982.
- borg — Björn (bjœrn). born 1956, Swedish tennis player: Wimbledon champion 1976–80; French Open champion 1974–75, 1978–81
- bork — to incorrectly configure a device, esp a computer
- borm — to smear with paint, oil, etc
- born — When a baby is born, it comes out of its mother's body at the beginning of its life. In formal English, if you say that someone is born of someone or to someone, you mean that person is their parent.
- bors — one the knights of the Round Table, nephew of Lancelot
- bort — an inferior grade of diamond used for cutting and drilling or, in powdered form, as an industrial abrasive
- bowr — a muscle
- brad — a small tapered nail having a small head that is either symmetrical or formed on one side only
- brae — a hill or hillside; slope
- brag — If you brag, you say in a very proud way that you have something or have done something.
- brak — (of water) brackish or salty
- bram — a male given name.
- bran — Bran is the outer skin of grain that is left when the grain has been used to make flour.
- brap — an exclamation used to imitate the sound of a burst of gunfire from an automatic weapon
- brat — If you call someone, especially a child, a brat, you mean that he or she behaves badly or annoys you.
- braw — fine or excellent, esp in appearance or dress
- bray — When a donkey brays, it makes a loud harsh sound.
- brca — either of two genes (BRCA1 or BRCA2) that, if inherited in a mutated form, may predispose some carriers to develop breast or ovarian cancer.
- brcs — British Red Cross Society
- brea — a town in S California.
- bred — Bred is the past tense and past participle of breed.
- bree — broth, stock, or juice
- brei — to speak with a uvular r, esp in Afrikaans
- brel — Jacques (ʒak). 1929–78, Belgian-born composer and singer, based in Paris. His songs include "Ne me quitte pas" ("Don't Leave Me")
- bren — type of machine gun
- brer — brother.
- bres — a Fomorian king of Ireland, whose unpopular rule led to the expulsion of the Fomorians by the Tuatha De Danann.
- brew — If you brew tea or coffee, you make it by pouring hot water over tea leaves or ground coffee.
- brie — Brie is a type of cheese that comes from France. It is soft and creamy with a white skin.
- brig — A brig is a type of ship with two masts and square sails.
- brik — a Tunisian deep-fried spicy pastry filled with fish or meat and sometimes an egg
- brim — The brim of a hat is the wide part that sticks outwards at the bottom.
- brin — one of two filaments of silk combined by the silkworm to form a strand of silk
- brio — liveliness or vigour; spirit
- bris — ritual circumcision of male babies, usually at eight days old, regarded as the formal entry of the child to the Jewish community
- brit — British people are sometimes referred to as Brits.
- brno — a city in the Czech Republic; formerly the capital of Moravia: the country's second largest city. Pop: 375 000 (2005 est)
- bro. — brother.
- brob — a wedge-shaped spike for securing an end of a timber butting against the side of another.
- brod — to prod
- brog — a bradawl
- broo — broth, liquor, or juice
- brow — Your brow is your forehead.
- broz — Josip (ˈjɔsip). original name of Marshal Tito
- brrr — an exclamation used to suggest shivering
- brut — (of champagne) not sweet; dry