8-letter words containing k, r
- blinkard — an idiot or stupid person
- blinkers — If you describe someone as wearing blinkers, you think that they have a narrow point of view and are not taking other people's opinions into account.
- blowkart — a simple wheeled vehicle such as a go-kart which has been fitted with a sail and is powered by the wind
- bobruisk — a port in Belarus, on the River Berezina: engineering, timber, tyre manufacturing. Pop: 219 000 (2005 est)
- bockscar — the U.S. B-29 bomber that dropped the atom bomb on Nagasaki, Japan, on Aug. 9, 1945.
- bodywork — The bodywork of a motor vehicle is the outside part of it.
- boksburg — city in central Gauteng province, South Africa: pop. 120,000
- booklore — any knowledge or belief gained from books
- bookmark — A bookmark is a narrow piece of card or leather that you put between the pages of a book so that you can find a particular page easily.
- bookrack — a rack for holding books
- bookrest — a cradle for holding an open book so that it may be read comfortably
- bookwork — the keeping of accounts
- bookworm — If you describe someone as a bookworm, you mean they are very fond of reading.
- brackets — a support, as of metal or wood, projecting from a wall or the like to hold or bear the weight of a shelf, part of a cornice, etc.
- brackish — Brackish water is slightly salty and unpleasant.
- braddock — Edward1695-1755; Brit. general, born in Scotland: commander of the Brit. forces in the French & Indian War
- brakeage — the braking power of a vehicle, esp a train
- brakeman — a crew member of a goods or passenger train. His duties include controlling auxiliary braking power and inspecting the train
- branking — to hold up and toss the head, as a horse when spurning the bit or prancing.
- bratpack — a group of precocious and successful young actors, writers, etc
- break in — If someone, usually a thief, breaks in, they get into a building by force.
- break up — When something breaks up or when you break it up, it separates or is divided into several smaller parts.
- break-in — an illegal entry into a home, car, office, etc.
- breakage — Breakage is the act of breaking something.
- breaking — (in Old English, Old Norse, etc) the change of a vowel into a diphthong
- breakoff — an abrupt discontinuance, especially of relations
- breakout — If there has been a break-out, someone has escaped from prison.
- 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.
- brinkley — David, 1920–2003, U.S. broadcast journalist.
- brinkman — a person who practises brinkmanship
- brisking — quick and active; lively: brisk trading; a brisk walk.
- briskish — fairly brisk
- britpack — a group of young and successful British actors, directors, artists, etc
- bro talk — Māori English
- brockage — a defect or fault imposed on a coin during its minting.
- brockton — city in E Mass., near Boston: pop. 94,000
- broekies — underpants
- brokered — an agent who buys or sells for a principal on a commission basis without having title to the property.
- brookite — a reddish-brown to black mineral consisting of titanium oxide in orthorhombic crystalline form: occurs in silica veins. Formula: TiO2
- brooklet — a small brook
- brooklyn — a borough of New York City, on the SW end of Long Island. Pop: 2 465 326 (2000)
- brookner — Anita. 1928–2016, British writer and art historian. Her novels include Hotel du Lac (1984), which won the Booker Prize, Brief Lives (1990), and The Next Big Thing (2002)
- bruckner — Anton (ˈantoːn). 1824–96, Austrian composer and organist in the Romantic tradition. His works include nine symphonies, four masses, and a Te Deum
- 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