8-letter words containing d, u, r
- beancurd — Alternative spelling of bean curd.
- bedeguar — a moss-like growth found on rosebushes, caused by a reaction by the bush to the egg-laying process of the gall wasp or gallfly
- begrudge — If you do not begrudge someone something, you do not feel angry, upset, or jealous that they have got it.
- bermudas — a group of islands in the Atlantic, 580 miles (935 km) E of North Carolina: a British colony; resort. 19 sq. mi. (49 sq. km). Capital: Hamilton.
- berouged — wearing rouge
- beshroud — to cover with a shroud
- bird flu — Bird flu is a virus which can be transmitted from chickens, ducks, and other birds to people.
- blue rod — officer of the Order of St Michael and St George
- 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)
- board up — If you board up a door or window, you fix pieces of wood over it so that it is covered up.
- body rub — massage.
- bodysurf — to engage in the sport of surfing while lying prone on a wave without the use of a surfboard
- 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
- 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.
- bourride — a Mediterranean fish soup flavoured with aioli
- 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)
- breadnut — a moraceous tree, Brosimum alicastrum, of Central America and the Caribbean
- brunhild — (in the Nibelungenlied) a legendary queen won for King Gunther by the magic of Siegfried: corresponds to Brynhild in Norse mythology
- budgeree — excellent; fine
- budgerow — a large slow-moving barge formerly used on the Ganges
- budgeter — a person who budgets
- buffered — an apparatus at the end of a railroad car, railroad track, etc., for absorbing shock during coupling, collisions, etc.
- buggered — If someone says that they will be buggered if they will do something, they mean that they do not want to do it and they will definitely not do it.
- bur reed — a marsh plant of the genus Sparganium, having narrow leaves, round clusters of small green flowers, and round prickly fruit: family Sparganiaceae
- buraydah — a town and oasis in central Saudi Arabia. Pop: 462 000 (2005 est)
- burbidge — (Eleanor) Margaret (Peachey) [pee-chee] /ˈpi tʃi/ (Show IPA), born 1919, U.S. astronomer, born in England.
- burdened — If you are burdened with something, it causes you a lot of worry or hard work.
- burdener — a person who burdens
- burdizzo — a surgical instrument used to castrate animals
- burgundy — Burgundy is used to describe things that are purplish-red in colour.
- burlwood — wood taken or cut from a burl.
- burnside — land along the side of a burn
- burrowed — a hole or tunnel in the ground made by a rabbit, fox, or similar animal for habitation and refuge.
- buttered — having had butter spread over or applied to it
- buzzword — A buzzword is a word or expression that has become fashionable in a particular field and is being used a lot by the media.
- captured — Simple past tense and past participle of capture.
- card-cut — having a fretwork pattern in low relief: card-cut woodwork.
- carducci — Giosuè (dʒozuˈɛ). 1835–1907, Italian poet: Nobel prize for literature 1906
- caroused — Simple past tense and past participle of carouse.
- cauldron — A cauldron is a very large, round metal pot used for cooking over a fire. In stories and fairy tales, a cauldron is used by witches for their spells.
- censured — strong or vehement expression of disapproval: The newspapers were unanimous in their censure of the tax proposal.
- chaudron — (obsolete) entrails.
- chondrus — a protoctist genus that belongs to the family Gigartinaceae
- chorused — Music. a group of persons singing in unison. (in an opera, oratorio, etc.) such a group singing choral parts in connection with soloists or individual singers. a piece of music for singing in unison. a part of a song that recurs at intervals, usually following each verse; refrain.
- chunders — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chunder.
- churched — formally presented or taught at church.