8-letter words containing l, a, r
- barbital — diethylbarbituric acid, C8H12N2O3, a drug in the form of a white powder, used as a hypnotic and sedative: it is habit-forming and toxic
- barbless — without a barb
- barbules — Plural form of barbule.
- bardling — an inexperienced, and thus usually inferior, poet
- bareilly — a city in N India, in N central Uttar Pradesh. Pop: 699 839 (2001)
- bareland — (of a croft) having no house attached
- barflies — Plural form of barfly.
- barfmail — (messaging) Multiple bounce messages accumulating to the level of serious annoyance, or worse. The sort of thing that happens when an inter-network mail gateway goes down or misbehaves.
- bargello — a needlepoint embroidery stitch producing a zigzag pattern
- barkless — (of a dog) not tending to bark
- barleduc — a French preserve made of whitecurrants, redcurrants, or gooseberries
- barletta — a port in SE Italy, in Apulia. Pop: 92 094 (2001)
- barn owl — any owl of the genus Tyto, esp T. alba, having a pale brown and white plumage, long slender legs, and a heart-shaped face: family Tytonidae
- barnacle — Barnacles are small shellfish that fix themselves tightly to rocks and the bottoms of boats.
- barnlike — resembling a barn
- barnsley — an industrial town in N England, in Barnsley unitary authority, South Yorkshire. Pop: 71 599 (2001)
- barology — (obsolete, physics) The science of gravity or weight.
- baronial — If you describe a house or room as baronial, you mean that it is large, impressive, and old-fashioned in appearance, and looks as if it belongs to someone from the upper classes.
- barrable — able to be barred
- barrault — Jean-Louis (ʒɑ̃lwi). 1910–94, French actor and director, noted particularly as a mime
- barreled — Having the specified number of barrels.
- barrenly — Unfruitfully; unproductively.
- barrulet — a narrow band across a heraldic shield, taking up one twentieth of the shield's height
- barstool — a stool or seat, usually high and having a round, cushioned top, of a type often used for seating customers at a bar.
- bartlett — the Williams pear, used esp in the US and generally of tinned pears
- baselard — a historical (predominantly 13th–17th century) short Swiss sword with a distinctive crescent-shaped pommel and crossguard
- basilard — a medieval dagger having a tapering blade with straight transverse quillons and a T -shaped pommel.
- basilary — Basilar.
- bat girl — a girl or young woman who takes care of the bats and sometimes other equipment of a team.
- bateleur — a common African eagle, Terathopius ecaudatus, having a very short tail.
- batteler — (at Oxford University) a student who charges food and other costs to a battel account
- battlers — Plural form of battler.
- beadroll — a list of persons for whom prayers are to be offered
- bearable — If something is bearable, you feel that you can accept it or deal with it.
- bearably — In a bearable manner.
- bearlike — resembling a bear
- beclamor — clamour excessively
- bedlamer — a harp seal, beyond the beater stage but not yet mature.
- bedrails — Plural form of bedrail.
- beerhall — a large pub specializing in beer
- beggarly — meanly inadequate; very poor
- belabour — If you belabour someone or something, you hit them hard and repeatedly.
- belamour — a beloved person
- belandre — bilander.
- belgrade — the capital of Serbia, in the E part at the confluence of the Danube and Sava Rivers: became the capital of Serbia in 1878, of Yugoslavia in 1929, and later of the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006). Pop: 1 280 639 (2002)
- belgrano — Manuel [mah-nwel] /mɑˈnwɛl/ (Show IPA), 1770–1820, Argentine general.
- bell jar — a bell-shaped glass cover used to protect flower arrangements or fragile ornaments or to cover apparatus in experiments, esp to prevent gases escaping
- bellaire — a city in SE Texas, within the city limits of Houston.
- bellmawr — a borough in SW New Jersey.
- beltrami — Eugenio [e-oo-je-nyaw] /ˌɛ uˈdʒɛ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1835–1900, Italian mathematician.