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8-letter words containing b, y, r

  • beta ray — a stream of beta particles
  • betrayal — A betrayal is an action which betrays someone or something, or the fact of being betrayed.
  • betrayed — to deliver or expose to an enemy by treachery or disloyalty: Benedict Arnold betrayed his country.
  • betrayer — to deliver or expose to an enemy by treachery or disloyalty: Benedict Arnold betrayed his country.
  • beverley — a market town in NE England, the administrative centre of the East Riding of Yorkshire. Pop: 29 110 (2001)
  • beyrouth — Beirut.
  • bi-party — representing two distinct parties: a biparty investigating committee.
  • bihourly — occurring every two hours
  • bilberry — A bilberry is a small, round, dark-blue fruit that grows on bushes in northern Europe.
  • binarity — a principle of analysis requiring that a linguistic system, as a phonological, case, or semantic system, be represented as a set of binary oppositions.
  • biometry — the analysis of biological data using mathematical and statistical methods
  • birdseye — Clarence1886-1956; U.S. inventor of methods of quick-freezing foods
  • birthday — Your birthday is the anniversary of the date on which you were born.
  • bistoury — a long surgical knife with a narrow blade
  • bitchery — spiteful talk
  • bitterly — You use bitterly when you are describing an attitude which involves strong, unpleasant emotions such as anger or dislike.
  • biyearly — every two years; biennial or biennially
  • bladdery — like a bladder
  • blantyre — a city in S Malawi: includes the former town of Limbe.
  • blazonry — the art or process of describing heraldic arms in proper form
  • blearily — (of the eyes or sight) blurred or dimmed, as from sleep or weariness.
  • blistery — having blisters, as paint or glass.
  • bloomery — a place in which malleable iron is produced directly from iron ore
  • blow-dry — If you blow-dry your hair, you dry it with a hairdryer, often to give it a particular style.
  • blubbery — of, containing, or like blubber; fat
  • blurrily — in a blurry manner
  • blustery — Blustery weather is rough, windy, and often rainy, with the wind often changing in strength or direction.
  • boatyard — A boatyard is a place where boats are built and repaired or kept.
  • body art — physical adornments such as tattoos and piercings
  • body rub — massage.
  • bodysurf — to engage in the sport of surfing while lying prone on a wave without the use of a surfboard
  • bodywear — close-fitting clothing, as leotards or bodysuits, made of lightweight, usually stretch fabrics and worn for exercising, dancing, or leisure activity.
  • bodywork — The bodywork of a motor vehicle is the outside part of it.
  • bone dry — If you say that something is bone dry, you are emphasizing that it is very dry indeed.
  • bone-dry — very dry.
  • boneyard — a cemetery; graveyard
  • boongary — a tree kangaroo, Dendrolagus lumholtzi, of northeastern Queensland
  • boringly — causing or marked by boredom: a boring discussion; to have a boring time.
  • bot army — a group of computers, infected with malign programs via the internet, that can be controlled remotely to, for example, mount denial-of-service attacks
  • botchery — an instance of botched workmanship
  • botryoid — having the form of a bunch of grapes: botryoidal hematite.
  • botryose — Mineralogy. botryoidal.
  • botrytis — any of a group of fungi of the genus Botrytis, several of which cause plant diseases
  • bottomry — a contract whereby the owner of a ship borrows money to enable the vessel to complete the voyage and pledges the ship as security for the loan
  • boundary — The boundary of an area of land is an imaginary line that separates it from other areas.
  • boxberry — the fruit of the partridgeberry or wintergreen
  • boyarism — the rule of the boyars
  • boyd orr — John, 1st Baron Boyd Orr of Brechin Mearns. 1880–1971, Scottish biologist; director general of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization: Nobel peace prize 1949
  • 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)
  • brazenly — shameless or impudent: brazen presumption.
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