8-letter words containing c, r
- brattice — a partition of wood or treated cloth used to control ventilation in a mine
- breached — the act or a result of breaking; break or rupture.
- breacher — a person who breaches something
- breccial — of or relating to breccia
- breeched — the lower, rear part of the trunk of the body; buttocks.
- breeches — Breeches are trousers which reach as far as your knees.
- brick up — If you brick up a hole, you close it with a wall of bricks.
- brickbat — Brickbats are very critical or insulting remarks which are made in public about someone or something.
- bricking — the falsification of evidence in order to bring a criminal charge
- bricktop — a person having red or reddish-brown hair.
- brisance — the shattering effect or power of an explosion or explosive
- britches — breeches (sense 2)
- britpack — a group of young and successful British actors, directors, artists, etc
- broached — Machinery. an elongated, tapered, serrated cutting tool for shaping and enlarging holes.
- broacher — Machinery. an elongated, tapered, serrated cutting tool for shaping and enlarging holes.
- brocaded — fabric woven with an elaborate design, especially one having a raised overall pattern.
- brocatel — a brocade in which the design is woven in high relief.
- broccoli — Broccoli is a vegetable with green stalks and green or purple tops.
- brochure — A brochure is a magazine or thin book with pictures that gives you information about a product or service.
- brockage — a defect or fault imposed on a coin during its minting.
- brockton — city in E Mass., near Boston: pop. 94,000
- bromance — A bromance is a close but not sexual relationship between two men.
- bromidic — ordinary; dull
- bronchia — the ramifications or branches of the bronchi.
- broncho- — indicating or relating to the bronchi
- bronchus — either of the two main branches of the trachea, which contain cartilage within their walls
- brucella — any of a genus of nonmotile bacteria that cause brucellosis
- bruckner — Anton (ˈantoːn). 1824–96, Austrian composer and organist in the Romantic tradition. His works include nine symphonies, four masses, and a Te Deum
- bruncher — a person who eats brunch
- bucchero — an Etruscan black ceramic ware, often ornamented with incised geometrical patterns or figures carved in relief.
- buck for — If you are bucking for something, you are working very hard to get it.
- buckaroo — a cowboy
- buckhorn — horn from a buck, used for knife handles, etc
- buckrake — a large rake for agricultural use, often attached to a tractor
- bucrania — (in classical architecture) an ornament, especially on a frieze, having the form of the skull of an ox.
- burlecue — burlesque (def 3).
- burr cut — crew cut.
- bursicon — a hormone, produced by the insect brain, that regulates processes associated with ecdysis, such as darkening of the cuticle
- butchery — You can refer to the cruel killing of a lot of people as butchery when you want to express your horror and disgust at this.
- c ration — a canned ration used in the field in WWII
- c-interp — An interpreter for a small subset of C, originally part of a communications package.
- c-prolog — (language, Prolog) An implementation of Prolog in C, developed by F. Pereira <[email protected]> et al in July 1982. It had no garbage collection. It is not in the public domain.
- c-refine — A preprocessor for C and languages with similar syntax by Lutz Prechelt <[email protected]>. C-Refine allows symbolic naming of code fragments so as to redistribute complexity and provide running commentary. Version 3.0 is available from comp.sources.reviewed archives. It is highly portable and has been ported to Unix, MS-DOS, Atari, Amiga.
- c-scroll — an ornamental motif in the shape of a C , used chiefly on furniture.
- cab rank — an area, often specially designated, where taxis wait to pick up passengers
- cab-over — a truck tractor or other vehicle in which the cab is located over the engine.
- caballer — a person who cabals
- cabarets — Plural form of cabaret.
- cabernet — a type of grape
- cabestro — a halter made from horsehair