8-letter words containing c, r
- baldrics — Plural form of baldric.
- balearic — of or relating to the Balearic Islands
- bancroft — George1800-91; U.S. historian & statesman
- bankcard — any plastic card issued by a bank, such as a cash card or cheque card
- bar cart — a small table on wheels, outfitted for serving drinks; a portable bar.
- bar code — A bar code is an arrangement of numbers and parallel lines that is printed on products to be sold in shops. The bar code can be read by computers.
- bar-tack — a close series of stitches crossing a piece of cloth, as in an article of clothing, in order to reinforce it at a point of concentrated strain.
- barbacan — barbican.
- barbaric — If you describe someone's behaviour as barbaric, you strongly disapprove of it because you think that it is extremely cruel or uncivilized.
- barbasco — an evergreen South American plant, Jacquinia barbasco, which produces a poison harmless to humans but useful for stunning fish to make them easy to catch
- barbecue — A barbecue is a piece of equipment which you use for cooking on in the open air.
- barbican — a walled outwork or tower to protect a gate or drawbridge of a fortification
- barbicel — any of the minute hooks on the barbules of feathers that interlock with those of adjacent barbules
- barchans — Plural form of barchan.
- barcoded — having a barcode
- bareback — If you ride bareback, you ride a horse without a saddle.
- barleduc — a French preserve made of whitecurrants, redcurrants, or gooseberries
- barnacle — Barnacles are small shellfish that fix themselves tightly to rocks and the bottoms of boats.
- barococo — excessively ornate or fussy in artistic or architectural style.
- barouche — a four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage, popular in the 19th century, having a retractable hood over the rear half, seats inside for two couples facing each other, and a driver's seat outside at the front
- barracan — any of various thick, strong fabrics
- barracks — A barracks is a building or group of buildings where soldiers or other members of the armed forces live and work.
- barranca — a ravine or precipice
- baryonic — of or relating to a baryon
- beancurd — Alternative spelling of bean curd.
- bear cub — a baby bear
- bearcats — Plural form of bearcat.
- beatrice — a feminine name: dim. Bea; var. Beatrix
- becarpet — to lay carpet on
- beccaria — Cesare Bonesana (ˈtʃɛzare bɔnɛˈzɑːna), Marchese de. 1738–94, Italian legal theorist and political economist; author of the influential treatise Crimes and Punishments (1764), which attacked corruption, torture, and capital punishment
- beckford — William. 1759–1844, English writer and dilettante; author of the oriental romance Vathek (1787)
- beclamor — clamour excessively
- becoward — to make cowardly, to make into a coward
- bedchair — an adjustable chair to support an invalid sitting up in bed
- bedcover — a bedspread
- bedrench — to drench thoroughly; soak
- beer can — an aluminium can for beer
- berachah — berakhah.
- berascal — to accuse someone of being a rascal
- berceuse — a cradlesong or lullaby
- berdache — a Native American transvestite
- berenice — a feminine name
- bergerac — Savinien Cyrano de [sav-in-yen sir-uh-noh duh;; French sa-vee-nyan see-ra-naw duh] /ˌsæv ɪnˈyɛn ˈsɪr əˌnoʊ də;; French sa viˈnyɛ̃ si raˈnɔ də/ (Show IPA), 1619–55, French soldier, swordsman, and writer: hero of play by Rostand.
- bernicia — a 6th- and 7th- century Anglian kingdom, merged with Deira to form the kingdom of Northumbria, in present-day NE England and SE Scotland.
- bernicle — barnacle goose: a N European goose that has a black-and-white head and body and grey wings
- bescorch — to scorch badly
- bescrawl — to cover with scrawls
- bescreen — to conceal or overshadow
- besmirch — If you besmirch someone or their reputation, you say that they are a bad person or that they have done something wrong, usually when this is not true.
- bichrome — having two colours