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8-letter words containing r, o, s

  • bandores — Plural form of bandore.
  • barbados — an island in the Caribbean, in the E Lesser Antilles: a British colony from 1628 to 1966, now an independent state within the Commonwealth. Language: English. Currency: Barbados dollar. Capital: Bridgetown. Pop: 288 725 (2013 est). Area: 430 sq km (166 sq miles)
  • barbasco — an evergreen South American plant, Jacquinia barbasco, which produces a poison harmless to humans but useful for stunning fish to make them easy to catch
  • 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.
  • baronies — Plural form of barony.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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
  • baudrons — a cat
  • bavarois — Bavarian cream.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • berenson — Bernard. 1865–1959, US art historian, born in Lithuania: an authority on art of the Italian Renaissance
  • bernanos — Georges (ʒɔrʒ). 1888–1948, French novelist and Roman Catholic pamphleteer, best known for The Diary of a Country Priest (1936)
  • bescorch — to scorch badly
  • beshroud — to cover with a shroud
  • bestrode — to get or be astride of; have or place the legs on both sides of.
  • biparous — producing offspring in pairs
  • biramous — divided into two parts, as the appendages of crustaceans
  • birdshot — small pellets designed for shooting birds
  • 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
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