8-letter words containing b, u, r
- blue rod — officer of the Order of St Michael and St George
- blue run — an easy run, suitable for beginners
- blue-red — a color about midway between blue and red in the spectrum; purplish.
- bluebird — any North American songbird of the genus Sialia, having a blue or partly blue plumage: subfamily Turdinae (thrushes)
- blumberg — Baruch Samuel.1925–2011, US physician, noted for work on antigens: shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1976
- blurbist — a person who writes blurbs
- blurrier — blurred; indistinct.
- blurrily — in a blurry manner
- blustery — Blustery weather is rough, windy, and often rainy, with the wind often changing in strength or direction.
- board up — If you board up a door or window, you fix pieces of wood over it so that it is covered up.
- bobruisk — a port in Belarus, on the River Berezina: engineering, timber, tyre manufacturing. Pop: 219 000 (2005 est)
- body rub — massage.
- bodysurf — to engage in the sport of surfing while lying prone on a wave without the use of a surfboard
- bog rush — a blackish tufted cyperaceous plant, Schoenus nigricans, growing on boggy ground
- bohr bug — (jargon, programming) /bohr buhg/ (From Quantum physics) A repeatable bug; one that manifests reliably under a possibly unknown but well-defined set of conditions. Compare heisenbug. See also mandelbug, schroedinbug.
- boksburg — city in central Gauteng province, South Africa: pop. 120,000
- bomb run — the part of a bombing mission between the sighting of the target or its identification by electronic instruments and the release of the bombs.
- boomburb — a large suburb experiencing rapid population growth
- bordeaux — a port in SW France, on the River Garonne: a major centre of the wine trade. Pop: 235 878 (2006)
- borujerd — city in WC Iran: pop. 201,000
- bosporus — strait between the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara: c. 20 mi (32 km) long
- bothrium — one of two groove-shaped suckers on the scolex of a tapeworm
- bouchard — (Louis) Henri [lwee ahn-ree] /lwi ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1875–1960, French sculptor.
- bouderie — sulkiness, pouting
- boundary — The boundary of an area of land is an imaginary line that separates it from other areas.
- bourbons — a member of a French royal family that ruled in France 1589–1792, Spain 1700–1931, and Naples 1735–1806, 1815–60.
- bourgeon — burgeon
- bourride — a Mediterranean fish soup flavoured with aioli
- boursier — a foundation level scholar
- bourtree — the elder-tree
- brace up — to call forth one's courage, resolution, etc., as after defeat or disappointment
- brachium — the arm, esp the upper part
- bradbury — Sir Malcolm (Stanley). 1932–2000, British novelist and critic. His novels include The History Man (1975), Rates of Exchange (1983), Cuts (1988), and Doctor Criminale (1992)
- braeburn — a variety of eating apple from New Zealand having sweet flesh and green and red skin
- brain up — to make more intellectually demanding or sophisticated
- bran tub — (in Britain) a tub containing bran in which small wrapped gifts are hidden, used at parties, fairs, etc
- branchus — a son of Apollo, given the power of augury by his father.
- brancusi — Constantin (konstanˈtin). 1876–1957, Romanian sculptor, noted for his streamlined abstractions of animal forms
- braunite — a brown or black mineral that consists of manganese oxide and silicate and is a source of manganese. Formula: 3Mn2O3.MnSiO3
- breadnut — a moraceous tree, Brosimum alicastrum, of Central America and the Caribbean
- break up — When something breaks up or when you break it up, it separates or is divided into several smaller parts.
- breakout — If there has been a break-out, someone has escaped from prison.
- breloque — an ornament or charm attached to a watch chain
- bren gun — an air-cooled gas-operated light machine gun taking .303 calibre ammunition: used by British and Commonwealth forces in World War II
- breughel — Jan Bruegel
- brew pub — a bar serving beer brewed at a small microbrewery on the premises.
- briareus — a giant with a hundred arms and fifty heads who aided Zeus and the Olympians against the Titans
- brick up — If you brick up a hole, you close it with a wall of bricks.
- bring up — When someone brings up a child, they look after it until it is an adult. If someone has been brought up in a certain place or with certain attitudes, they grew up in that place or were taught those attitudes when they were growing up.
- brochure — A brochure is a magazine or thin book with pictures that gives you information about a product or service.