7-letter words containing r, a, b
- beghard — a member of a Christian brotherhood that was founded in Flanders in the 13th century and followed a life based on that of the Beguines
- begorra — an emphatic exclamation, regarded as a characteristic utterance of Irish people
- begroan — to groan at or about
- behaver — something or someone who behaves
- behrman — S(amuel) N(athaniel)1893-1973; U.S. playwright
- belabor — If you say that someone belabors the point, you mean that they keep on talking about it, perhaps in an annoying or boring way.
- belarus — a republic in E Europe; part of the medieval Lithuanian and Polish empires before being occupied by Russia; a Soviet republic (1919–91); in 1997 formed a close political and economic union with Russia: mainly low-lying and forested. Languages: Belarussian; Russian. Religion: believers are mostly Christian. Currency: rouble. Capital: Minsk. Pop: 9 625 888 (2013 est). Area: 207 600 sq km (80 134 sq miles)
- belayer — a person who controls the safety rope for a climber
- belgard — a loving gaze
- bellari — a city in SE India, in Karnataka.
- benares — Varanasi
- beograd — Belgrade
- bepearl — to decorate with pearls
- berakah — berakhah.
- berated — to scold; rebuke: He berated them in public.
- berbera — a port in N Somalia, (in the separatist area called Somaliland), on the Gulf of Aden. Pop: about 200 000 (2000 est)
- berceau — an arched trellis for climbing plants
- berchta — Perchta.
- bereave — to deprive (of) something or someone valued, esp through death
- beretta — biretta
- bergall — cunner.
- bergama — a type of Turkish rug
- bergamo — a walled city in N Italy, in Lombardy. Pop: 113 143 (2001)
- bergman — (Ernst) Ingmar (ˈiŋmar). 1918–2007, Swedish film and stage director, whose films include The Seventh Seal (1956), Wild Strawberries (1957), Persona (1966), Scenes from a Marriage (1974), Autumn Sonata (1978), and Fanny and Alexander (1982)
- bergsma — William, 1921–1994, U.S. composer.
- bermuda — a UK Overseas Territory consisting of a group of over 150 coral islands (the Bermudas) in the NW Atlantic: discovered in about 1503, colonized by the British by 1612, although not acquired by the British crown until 1684. Capital: Hamilton. Pop: 69 467 (2013 est). Area: 53 sq km (20 sq miles)
- bernard — Claude (klod). 1813–78, French physiologist, noted for his research on the action of secretions of the alimentary canal and the glycogenic function of the liver
- bernina — a mountain in SE Switzerland, in the Rhaetian Alps. 13,295 feet (4050 meters).
- bertram — a masculine name: dim. Bertie; var. Bertrand
- besmear — to smear over; daub
- beswarm — to swarm over
- betread — to tread upon
- beweary — to cause to be weary
- bhangra — Bhangra is a form of dance music that comes from India and uses traditional Indian instruments.
- bhaskar — Sanjeev (ˈsændʒiːv). born 1964, British actor and writer of Indian origin, known for the TV comedy series Goodness Gracious Me (1998–2001) and The Kumars at No. 42 (2001–06)
- biafran — of or relating to Biafra or its inhabitants
- bidarka — a canoe covered in animal skins, esp sealskin, used by the Inuit of Alaska
- bifilar — having two parallel threads, as in the suspension of certain measuring instruments
- bijapur — an ancient city in W India, in N Mysore: capital of a former kingdom, which fell at the end of the 17th century: cotton. Pop: 245 946 (2001)
- bikaner — a walled city in NW India, in Rajasthan: capital of the former state of Bikaner, on the edge of the Thar Desert. Pop: 529 007 (2001)
- bilayer — a cell membrane consisting of two layers
- biliary — of or relating to bile, to the ducts that convey bile, or to the gall bladder
- biovars — a group of microorganisms, usually bacteria, that have identical genetic but different biochemical or physiological characters.
- biparty — involving two parties
- bipolar — suffering from bipolar manic-depressive disorder
- birdman — a man concerned with birds, such as a fowler or ornithologist
- biretta — a stiff clerical cap having either three or four upright pieces projecting outwards from the centre to the edge: coloured black for priests, purple for bishops, red for cardinals, and white for certain members of religious orders
- biriani — a spicy Indian dish of rice with meat or vegetables, flavored with saffron or turmeric.
- biryani — any of a variety of Indian dishes made with rice, highly flavoured and coloured with saffron or turmeric, mixed with meat or fish
- bizarre — Something that is bizarre is very odd and strange.