8-letter words containing n, e, a, r, b
- hornbeak — a dialect name for a fish known as the garfish, hornfish or sea needle
- hornbeam — any North American shrub or tree belonging to the genus Carpinus, of the birch family, yielding a hard, heavy wood, as C. caroliniana (American hornbeam)
- ibn-ezra — Abraham Ben Meir. 1093–1167, Jewish poet, scholar, and traveller, born in Spain
- inarable — Not arable.
- inurbane — not urbane; lacking in courtesy, refinement, etc.
- jawboner — a person who jawbones
- labornet — An IGC network serving groups, unions and labour advocates interested in information sharing and collaboration with the intent of enhancing the human rights and economic justice of workers. Issues covered include workplace and community health and safety issues, trade issues and international union solidarity and collaboration.
- lansberg — a walled plain in the third quadrant of the face of the moon: about 29 miles (46 km) in diameter.
- liberian — a republic in W Africa: founded by freed American slaves 1822. About 43,000 sq. mi. (111,000 sq. km). Capital: Monrovia.
- linear b — an ancient system of writing representing a very early form of Greek, deciphered by Michael Ventris chiefly from clay tablets found at Knossos on Crete and at Pylos.
- membrain — Misspelling of membrane.
- membrane — Anatomy. a thin, pliable sheet or layer of animal or vegetable tissue, serving to line an organ, connect parts, etc.
- menu bar — a horizontal menu displayed at the top of a computer screen or window, listing available menus for an application, as File, Edit, and View.
- narbonne — a city in S France: an important port in Roman times.
- nebraska — a state in the central United States. 77,237 sq. mi. (200,044 sq. km). Capital: Lincoln. Abbreviation: NE (for use with zip code), Nebr., Neb.
- ninebark — any of several shrubs belonging to the genus Physocarpus, of the rose family, having bark that separates into thin layers.
- oberland — a mountain region in central Switzerland, mostly in S Bern canton.
- obtainer — One who obtains.
- open bar — a bar at a reception that serves drinks whose cost has been borne by the host, an admission charge, a sponsor, etc.: Before the banquet there will be an open bar from 5 to 7 p.m.
- overbank — to have the balance staff oscillate so greatly that the fork of the lever fails to engage, rendering the escapement inoperative.
- penumbra — Astronomy. the partial or imperfect shadow outside the complete shadow of an opaque body, as a planet, where the light from the source of illumination is only partly cut off. Compare umbra (def 3a). the grayish marginal portion of a sunspot. Compare umbra (def 3b).
- prunable — Archaic. to preen.
- rabatine — a type of collar or cape worn over the shoulders
- rathbone — Basil, 1892–1967, English actor, born in South Africa.
- ratsbane — rat poison.
- rawboned — having little flesh, especially on a large-boned frame; gaunt.
- rebating — a return of part of the original payment for some service or merchandise; partial refund.
- rebranch — (of a branch, tree, evolutionary tree, etc) to branch again
- red bank — a borough in E central New Jersey.
- reobtain — to come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through an effort or by a request: to obtain permission; to obtain a better income.
- rubellan — a red-coloured mineral
- rugbeian — of or relating to Rugby School
- runnable — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- sea-born — born in or of the sea, as naiads.
- seaborne — transported by ship over the sea.
- seremban — a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula. 2580 sq. mi. (6682 sq. km). Capital: Seremban.
- siberian — Russian Sibirʾ. an extensive region in the Russian Federation in N Asia, extending from the Ural Mountains to the Pacific.
- sobranje — the national assembly of Bulgaria, consisting of a single chamber of elected deputies.
- strabane — a district of W Northern Ireland, in Co Tyrone. Pop: 38 565 (2003 est). Area: 862 sq km (333 sq miles)
- subrange — the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible: the range of steel prices; a wide range of styles.
- sun bear — a small bear, Helarctos malayanus, of tropical forests in S and SE Asia, having a black coat and a yellowish snout and feeding mostly on honey and insects
- sunbreak — a projection from the side of a building for intercepting part of the sunlight falling upon the adjacent surface.
- tabering — a small drum formerly used to accompany oneself on a pipe or fife.
- tenebrae — the office of matins and lauds for Thursday, Friday, and Saturday of Holy Week, sung respectively on the afternoon of Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday of that week, at which the Crucifixion is commemorated by the gradual extinguishment of candles.
- tiberian — of or relating to the emperor Tiberius.
- turbaned — a man's headdress worn chiefly by Muslims in southern Asia, consisting of a long cloth of silk, linen, cotton, etc., wound either about a cap or directly around the head.
- turnable — to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
- unbarbed — barbless.
- unbarred — not provided or fastened with a bar or bars: an unbarred door.
- ungarbed — undressed; unclad