8-letter words containing r, i, b, g
- birching — the action of beating someone, esp a naughty schoolchild, with a birch
- bird dog — a dog used or trained to retrieve game birds after they are shot
- bird-dog — to follow, watch carefully, or investigate.
- birdcage — A birdcage is a cage in which birds are kept.
- birdsong — Birdsong is the sound of a bird or birds calling in a way which sounds musical.
- birdwing — a type of large, tropical butterfly
- birthing — Birthing means relating to or used during the process of giving birth.
- blighter — You can refer to someone you do not like as a blighter.
- blogring — a group of blogs joined in a ring
- boarding — Boarding is an arrangement by which children live at school during the school term.
- borghild — (in the Volsunga Saga) the first wife of Sigmund: she poisons Sinfiotli in revenge for his killing of her brother.
- boringly — causing or marked by boredom: a boring discussion; to have a boring time.
- braiding — braids collectively
- brailing — Nautical. any of several horizontal lines fastened to the edge of a fore-and-aft sail or lateen sail, for gathering in the sail.
- brainfag — prolonged mental fatigue.
- braining — Anatomy, Zoology. the part of the central nervous system enclosed in the cranium of humans and other vertebrates, consisting of a soft, convoluted mass of gray and white matter and serving to control and coordinate the mental and physical actions.
- branding — The branding of a product is the presentation of it to the public in a way that makes it easy for people to recognize or identify.
- branking — to hold up and toss the head, as a horse when spurning the bit or prancing.
- branting — Karl Hjalmar (jalmar). 1860–1925, Swedish politician; prime minister (1920; 1921–23; 1924–25). He founded Sweden's welfare state and shared the Nobel peace prize 1921
- bratling — a small badly-behaved child
- brawling — a noisy quarrel, squabble, or fight.
- breading — a kind of food made of flour or meal that has been mixed with milk or water, made into a dough or batter, with or without yeast or other leavening agent, and baked.
- breaking — (in Old English, Old Norse, etc) the change of a vowel into a diphthong
- breaming — to clean (a ship's bottom) by applying burning furze, reeds, etc., to soften the pitch and loosen adherent matter.
- breeding — If someone says that a person has breeding, they mean that they think the person is from a good social background and has good manners.
- breezing — a wind or current of air, especially a light or moderate one.
- bricking — the falsification of evidence in order to bring a criminal charge
- bridgend — a county borough in S Wales, created in 1996 from S Mid Glamorgan. Administrative centre: Bridgend. Pop: 129 900 (2003 est). Area: 264 sq km (102 sq miles)
- bridging — one or more timber struts fixed between floor or roof joists to stiffen the construction and distribute the loads
- bridgman — Percy Williams. 1882–1961, US physicist: Nobel prize for physics (1946) for his work on high-pressure physics and thermodynamics
- bridling — part of the tack or harness of a horse, consisting usually of a headstall, bit, and reins.
- briefing — A briefing is a meeting at which information or instructions are given to people, especially before they do something.
- brigaded — a military unit having its own headquarters and consisting of two or more regiments, squadrons, groups, or battalions.
- brigalow — any of various acacia trees
- brigands — a bandit, especially one of a band of robbers in mountain or forest regions.
- brighten — If someone brightens or their face brightens, they suddenly look happier.
- brighter — radiating or reflecting light; luminous; shining: The bright coins shone in the gloom.
- brighton — a coastal resort in S England, in Brighton and Hove unitary authority, East Sussex: patronized by the Prince Regent, who had the Royal Pavilion built (1782); seat of the University of Sussex (1966) and the University of Brighton (1992). Pop: 134 293 (2001)
- brigitte — a female given name, French form of Bridget.
- brigsail — a large gaffsail on the mainmast or trysail mast of a brig.
- brimming — completely full with something
- bring in — When a government or organization brings in a new law or system, they introduce it.
- bring on — If something brings on an illness, pain, or feeling, especially one that you often suffer from, it causes you to have it.
- bring to — If you bring someone to when they are unconscious, you make them become conscious again.
- bring up — When someone brings up a child, they look after it until it is an adult. If someone has been brought up in a certain place or with certain attitudes, they grew up in that place or were taught those attitudes when they were growing up.
- bringing — to carry, convey, conduct, or cause (someone or something) to come with, to, or toward the speaker: Bring the suitcase to my house. He brought his brother to my office.
- brisking — quick and active; lively: brisk trading; a brisk walk.
- brisling — another name for a sprat, esp a Norwegian sprat seasoned, smoked, and canned in oil
- broguish — having or tending to a brogue
- broiling — If the weather is broiling, it is very hot.