8-letter words containing n, i, r, e, b
- in brief — lasting or taking a short time; of short duration: a brief walk; a brief stay in the country.
- inarable — Not arable.
- inbreeds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inbreed.
- incomber — Archaic form of encumber.
- incumber — encumber.
- inkberry — Also called gallberry. a shrub, Ilex glabra, having leathery, evergreen leaves and black berries.
- inscribe — to address or dedicate (a book, photograph, etc.) informally to a person, especially by writing a brief personal note in or on it.
- interbed — (of a stratum) be embedded among or between others.
- interweb — (often lowercase) the Internet: used jocularly when pretending to be or referring to an inexperienced Internet user, or when expressing a disdain for certain Internet content: vague recollections presented as fact on the Interweb.
- inurbane — not urbane; lacking in courtesy, refinement, etc.
- liberian — a republic in W Africa: founded by freed American slaves 1822. About 43,000 sq. mi. (111,000 sq. km). Capital: Monrovia.
- lilburne — John. ?1614-57, English Puritan pamphleteer and leader of the Levellers, a radical group prominent during the Civil War
- 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.
- linebred — produced by linebreeding.
- membrain — Misspelling of membrane.
- neighbor — a person who lives near another.
- nibblers — Plural form of nibbler.
- ninebark — any of several shrubs belonging to the genus Physocarpus, of the rose family, having bark that separates into thin layers.
- obtainer — One who obtains.
- ovenbird — an American warbler, Seiurus aurocapillus, that builds an oven-shaped nest of leaves, twigs, etc., on the forest floor.
- overbind — To bind or restrict to an excessive extent.
- quiberon — a peninsula in NW France, on the S coast of Brittany: British naval victory over the French 1759. 6 miles (10 km) long.
- rabatine — a type of collar or cape worn over the shoulders
- re-begin — to begin (something) again
- rebating — a return of part of the original payment for some service or merchandise; partial refund.
- renminbi — the currency of the People's Republic of China, the basic unit of which is the yuan.
- 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.
- ringbone — a morbid bony growth on the pastern bones of a horse, often resulting in lameness.
- roebling — John Augustus, 1806–69, U.S. engineer, born in Germany: pioneer of wire-rope suspension bridges, designer of the Brooklyn Bridge.
- rugbeian — of or relating to Rugby School
- runcible — Early system for mathematics on IBM 650. See also FORTRUNCIBLE, IT.
- siberian — Russian Sibirʾ. an extensive region in the Russian Federation in N Asia, extending from the Ural Mountains to the Pacific.
- snobbier — condescending, patronizing, or socially exclusive; snobbish.
- sobering — not intoxicated or drunk.
- tabering — a small drum formerly used to accompany oneself on a pipe or fife.
- tenebrio — a type of small mealworm
- tiberian — of or relating to the emperor Tiberius.
- tjirebon — a seaport on N Java, in S central Indonesia.
- trebling — threefold; triple.
- turbined — having or passing through a turbine or turbines
- unbitter — not bitter; not having or expressing bitterness
- unbridle — to remove the bridle from (a horse, mule, etc.).
- unburied — to put in the ground and cover with earth: The pirates buried the chest on the island.
- underbid — to bid less than (another bid) or less than the bid of (another bidder), especially in seeking a contract to be awarded to the lowest bid or bidder; make an offer at a lower price than.
- unlimber — not limber; inflexible; stiff.
- unribbed — not ribbed; lacking ridges or ribs
- urbanise — to make or cause to become urban, as a locality.
- urbanite — a resident of a city or urban community.
- urbanize — to make or cause to become urban, as a locality.
- vibrance — moving to and fro rapidly; vibrating.