8-letter words containing i, r, g
- blighter — You can refer to someone you do not like as a blighter.
- blogring — a group of blogs joined in a ring
- boarding — Boarding is an arrangement by which children live at school during the school term.
- borghild — (in the Volsunga Saga) the first wife of Sigmund: she poisons Sinfiotli in revenge for his killing of her brother.
- boringly — causing or marked by boredom: a boring discussion; to have a boring time.
- braiding — braids collectively
- brailing — Nautical. any of several horizontal lines fastened to the edge of a fore-and-aft sail or lateen sail, for gathering in the sail.
- brainfag — prolonged mental fatigue.
- braining — Anatomy, Zoology. the part of the central nervous system enclosed in the cranium of humans and other vertebrates, consisting of a soft, convoluted mass of gray and white matter and serving to control and coordinate the mental and physical actions.
- branding — The branding of a product is the presentation of it to the public in a way that makes it easy for people to recognize or identify.
- branking — to hold up and toss the head, as a horse when spurning the bit or prancing.
- branting — Karl Hjalmar (jalmar). 1860–1925, Swedish politician; prime minister (1920; 1921–23; 1924–25). He founded Sweden's welfare state and shared the Nobel peace prize 1921
- bratling — a small badly-behaved child
- brawling — a noisy quarrel, squabble, or fight.
- breading — a kind of food made of flour or meal that has been mixed with milk or water, made into a dough or batter, with or without yeast or other leavening agent, and baked.
- breaking — (in Old English, Old Norse, etc) the change of a vowel into a diphthong
- breaming — to clean (a ship's bottom) by applying burning furze, reeds, etc., to soften the pitch and loosen adherent matter.
- breeding — If someone says that a person has breeding, they mean that they think the person is from a good social background and has good manners.
- breezing — a wind or current of air, especially a light or moderate one.
- bricking — the falsification of evidence in order to bring a criminal charge
- bridgend — a county borough in S Wales, created in 1996 from S Mid Glamorgan. Administrative centre: Bridgend. Pop: 129 900 (2003 est). Area: 264 sq km (102 sq miles)
- bridging — one or more timber struts fixed between floor or roof joists to stiffen the construction and distribute the loads
- bridgman — Percy Williams. 1882–1961, US physicist: Nobel prize for physics (1946) for his work on high-pressure physics and thermodynamics
- bridling — part of the tack or harness of a horse, consisting usually of a headstall, bit, and reins.
- briefing — A briefing is a meeting at which information or instructions are given to people, especially before they do something.
- brigaded — a military unit having its own headquarters and consisting of two or more regiments, squadrons, groups, or battalions.
- brigalow — any of various acacia trees
- brigands — a bandit, especially one of a band of robbers in mountain or forest regions.
- brighten — If someone brightens or their face brightens, they suddenly look happier.
- brighter — radiating or reflecting light; luminous; shining: The bright coins shone in the gloom.
- brighton — a coastal resort in S England, in Brighton and Hove unitary authority, East Sussex: patronized by the Prince Regent, who had the Royal Pavilion built (1782); seat of the University of Sussex (1966) and the University of Brighton (1992). Pop: 134 293 (2001)
- brigitte — a female given name, French form of Bridget.
- brigsail — a large gaffsail on the mainmast or trysail mast of a brig.
- brimming — completely full with something
- bring in — When a government or organization brings in a new law or system, they introduce it.
- bring on — If something brings on an illness, pain, or feeling, especially one that you often suffer from, it causes you to have it.
- bring to — If you bring someone to when they are unconscious, you make them become conscious again.
- 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.
- bringing — to carry, convey, conduct, or cause (someone or something) to come with, to, or toward the speaker: Bring the suitcase to my house. He brought his brother to my office.
- brisking — quick and active; lively: brisk trading; a brisk walk.
- brisling — another name for a sprat, esp a Norwegian sprat seasoned, smoked, and canned in oil
- broguish — having or tending to a brogue
- broiling — If the weather is broiling, it is very hot.
- bronzing — blue pigment producing a metallic lustre when ground into paint media at fairly high concentrations
- brooding — Brooding is used to describe an atmosphere or feeling that makes you feel anxious or slightly afraid.
- brooming — an implement for sweeping, consisting of a brush of straw or stiff strands of synthetic material bound tightly to the end of a long handle.
- browning — a substance used to darken soups, gravies, etc
- browsing — to eat, nibble at, or feed on (leaves, tender shoots, or other soft vegetation).
- bruising — If someone has bruising on their body, they have bruises on it.
- bulgaria — a republic in SE Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula on the Black Sea: under Turkish rule from 1395 until 1878; became an independent kingdom in 1908 and a republic in 1946; joined the EU in 2007; consists chiefly of the Danube valley in the north and the Balkan Mountains in the central part, separated from the Rhodope Mountains of the south by the valley of the Maritsa River. Language: Bulgarian. Religion: Christian (Bulgarian Orthodox) majority. Currency: lev. Capital: Sofia. Pop: 6 981 642 (2013 est). Area: 110 911 sq km (42 823 sq miles)