8-letter words containing o, r, b
- baronage — barons collectively
- baroness — A baroness is a woman who is a member of the lowest rank of the nobility, or who is the wife of a baron.
- baronets — Plural form of baronet.
- 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.
- baronies — Plural form of barony.
- baronize — to make or create (someone) a baron; confer the rank of baron upon.
- baroques — (often initial capital letter) of or relating to a style of architecture and art originating in Italy in the early 17th century and variously prevalent in Europe and the New World for a century and a half, characterized by free and sculptural use of the classical orders and ornament, by forms in elevation and plan suggesting movement, and by dramatic effect in which architecture, painting, sculpture, and the decorative arts often worked to combined effect.
- barosaur — a large herbivorous dinosaur with a long neck and tail, similar to the diplodocus
- barostat — a device for maintaining constant pressure, such as one used in an aircraft cabin
- barouche — a four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage, popular in the 19th century, having a retractable hood over the rear half, seats inside for two couples facing each other, and a driver's seat outside at the front
- barrator — a person guilty of barratry
- barretor — someone who deals fraudulently
- barrooms — Plural form of barroom.
- barspoon — a long-handled spoon, usually having the capacity of a teaspoon, used for mixing or measuring ingredients for alcoholic drinks.
- barstool — a stool or seat, usually high and having a round, cushioned top, of a type often used for seating customers at a bar.
- baryonic — of or relating to a baryon
- barytone — having the last syllable unaccented
- baseborn — born of humble parents
- baseword — (linguistics) The word used a base and upon whose stem affixes are added, forming new words.
- bathorse — a horse which carries a military officer's baggage; a military packhorse
- bathrobe — A bathrobe is a loose piece of clothing made of the same material as towels. You wear it before or after you have a bath or a swim.
- bathroom — A bathroom is a room in a house that contains a bath or shower, a washbasin, and sometimes a toilet.
- baudrons — a cat
- bavarois — Bavarian cream.
- beadroll — a list of persons for whom prayers are to be offered
- beadwork — a narrow strip of some material used for edging or ornamentation
- bear off — (of a vessel) to avoid hitting an obstacle, another vessel, etc, by swerving onto a different course
- bear out — If someone or something bears a person out or bears out what that person is saying, they support what that person is saying.
- bearwood — cascara (sense 1)
- beaufort — Henry. ?1374–1447, English cardinal, half-brother of Henry IV; chancellor (1403–04, 1413–17, 1424–26)
- beauport — city in S Quebec, Canada: suburb of Quebec City: pop. 73,000
- beauvoir — Siˈmone de (siˈmɔn də ) ; sēm^ōnˈ də) 1908-86; Fr. existentialist writer
- bebopper — A musician or aficionado of bebop music.
- bebother — To bring trouble upon.
- beckford — William. 1759–1844, English writer and dilettante; author of the oriental romance Vathek (1787)
- beclamor — clamour excessively
- becoward — to make cowardly, to make into a coward
- bed-roll — bedding that rolls up for portability and is used especially for sleeping out-of-doors.
- bed-sore — an ulceration of the skin and subcutaneous tissue caused by poor circulation due to prolonged pressure on body parts, especially bony protuberances, occurring in bedridden or immobile patients; decubitus ulcer.
- bedboard — a piece of wood placed under a mattress to make a bed firmer
- bedcover — a bedspread
- bedrolls — Plural form of bedroll.
- bedrooms — Plural form of bedroom.
- bedsores — Bedsores are sore places on a person's skin, caused by having to lie in bed for a long time without changing position.
- bedworth — a town in central England, in N Warwickshire. Pop: 30 001 (2001)
- bee road — an area planted with nectar-rich flowers in order to provide a habitat for bees and other pollinating insects
- beerbohm — Sir (Henry) Max(imilian). 1872–1956, English critic, wit, and caricaturist, whose works include Zuleika Dobson (1911), a satire on Oxford undergraduates
- beetroot — Beetroot is a dark red root that is eaten as a vegetable. It is often preserved in vinegar.
- beflower — to decorate with flowers
- behavior — People's or animals' behavior is the way that they behave. You can refer to a typical and repeated way of behaving as a behavior.