8-letter words containing o, s, b, r
- birdsong — Birdsong is the sound of a bird or birds calling in a way which sounds musical.
- bisector — a straight line or plane that bisects an angle
- bistoury — a long surgical knife with a narrow blade
- bjornson — Björnstjerne [byœrn-styer-nuh] /ˈbyœrnˌstyɛr nə/ (Show IPA), 1832–1910, Norwegian poet, novelist, and playwright: Nobel Prize 1903.
- bjørnson — Bjørnstjerne (ˈbjɜːnstjɛənə; Norwegian ˈbjørnstjernə). 1832–1910, Norwegian poet, dramatist, novelist, theatre director, and newspaper editor; mainly remembered for social dramas, such as The Bankrupt (1875): Nobel prize for literature 1903
- bloomers — Bloomers are an old-fashioned kind of women's underwear which consists of wide, loose trousers gathered at the knees.
- boardies — a pair of board shorts
- boarfish — any of various spiny-finned marine teleost fishes of the genera Capros, Antigonia, etc, related to the dories, having a deep compressed body, a long snout, and large eyes
- 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.
- bodysurf — to engage in the sport of surfing while lying prone on a wave without the use of a surfboard
- bog rush — a blackish tufted cyperaceous plant, Schoenus nigricans, growing on boggy ground
- boiserie — finely-sculptured wood panelling or wainscoating, particularly in 18th-century French architecture
- boksburg — city in central Gauteng province, South Africa: pop. 120,000
- boodlers — the lot, pack, or crowd: Send the whole boodle back to the factory.
- bookrest — a cradle for holding an open book so that it may be read comfortably
- boresome — boring or uninteresting
- borghese — a noble Italian family whose members were influential in Italian art and politics from the 16th to the 19th century
- bosporus — strait between the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara: c. 20 mi (32 km) long
- botryose — Mineralogy. botryoidal.
- botrytis — any of a group of fungi of the genus Botrytis, several of which cause plant diseases
- botsares — Markos [Greek mahr-kaws] /Greek ˈmɑr kɔs/ (Show IPA), Bozzaris, Marco.
- bourbons — a member of a French royal family that ruled in France 1589–1792, Spain 1700–1931, and Naples 1735–1806, 1815–60.
- boursier — a foundation level scholar
- bovarism — an exaggerated, especially glamorized, estimate of oneself; conceit.
- bowsprit — a spar projecting from the bow of a vessel, esp a sailing vessel, used to carry the headstay as far forward as possible
- boyarism — the rule of the boyars
- bozzaris — Marco [mahr-koh] /ˈmɑr koʊ/ (Show IPA), 1788?–1823, Greek patriot.
- bresaola — (in Italian cookery) air-dried, salted beef
- bristols — a woman's breasts
- broadest — of great breadth: The river was too broad to swim across.
- broadish — fairly broad
- broekies — underpants
- broguish — having or tending to a brogue
- bronchus — either of the two main branches of the trachea, which contain cartilage within their walls
- brossard — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada: suburb of Montreal.
- browless — without eyebrows
- brownish — Something that is brownish is slightly brown in colour.
- brownist — a person who supported the principles of church government advocated by Robert Browne and adopted in modified form by the Independents or Congregationalists
- brownson — Orestes Augustus, 1803–76, U.S. writer.
- browsing — to eat, nibble at, or feed on (leaves, tender shoots, or other soft vegetation).
- brush-on — fit to be applied with a brush: a brush-on paint remover.
- brushoff — an abrupt or rude dismissal, esp. in the phrase give (or get) the brushoff
- burleson — a city in N Texas.
- burnoose — a long cloak with a hood, worn by Arabs and Moors
- bursicon — a hormone, produced by the insect brain, that regulates processes associated with ecdysis, such as darkening of the cuticle
- burstone — any of various siliceous rocks used for millstones.
- busywork — Busywork is work that is intended to keep someone occupied and is not completely necessary.
- butyrous — resembling butter; butyraceous
- byronism — of or relating to Lord Byron.