8-letter words containing s, l, r
- bloomers — Bloomers are an old-fashioned kind of women's underwear which consists of wide, loose trousers gathered at the knees.
- bluchers — a strong, leather half boot.
- blurbist — a person who writes blurbs
- blustery — Blustery weather is rough, windy, and often rainy, with the wind often changing in strength or direction.
- boodlers — the lot, pack, or crowd: Send the whole boodle back to the factory.
- brasilia — the capital of Brazil (since 1960), on the central plateau: the former capital was Rio de Janeiro. Pop: 3 341 000 (2005 est)
- brasilin — brazilin
- bresaola — (in Italian cookery) air-dried, salted beef
- brigsail — a large gaffsail on the mainmast or trysail mast of a brig.
- brisling — another name for a sprat, esp a Norwegian sprat seasoned, smoked, and canned in oil
- bristled — one of the short, stiff, coarse hairs of certain animals, especially hogs, used extensively in making brushes.
- bristols — a woman's breasts
- browless — without eyebrows
- brussels — the capital of Belgium, in the central part: became capital of Belgium in 1830; seat of the European Commission. Pop: 999 899 (2004 est)
- bullbars — large protective metal grille on the front of some vehicles, esp four-wheel-drive vehicles
- bulrushy — made of or resembling bulrushes
- bumblers — to bungle or blunder awkwardly; muddle: He somehow bumbled through two years of college.
- burleson — a city in N Texas.
- burpless — a belch; eructation.
- c-scroll — an ornamental motif in the shape of a C , used chiefly on furniture.
- cabrales — A moderately hard blue cheese, from Spain, made from goat or sheep milk.
- caesural — Prosody. a break, especially a sense pause, usually near the middle of a verse, and marked in scansion by a double vertical line, as in know then thyself ‖ presume not God to scan.
- calcspar — calcite
- calderas — Plural form of caldera.
- caldrons — Plural form of caldron (Alternative spelling of cauldrons).
- calibers — Plural form of caliber.
- calibres — Plural form of calibre.
- calipers — Usually, calipers. an instrument for measuring thicknesses and internal or external diameters inaccessible to a scale, consisting usually of a pair of adjustable pivoted legs.
- calories — Thermodynamics. Also called gram calorie, small calorie. an amount of heat exactly equal to 4.1840 joules. Abbreviation: cal. (usually initial capital letter) kilocalorie. Abbreviation: Cal.
- calorist — a believer in caloric theory
- caltrops — Plural form of caltrop.
- capsular — relating to or resembling a capsule
- caracals — Plural form of caracal.
- caramels — Plural form of caramel.
- caravels — Plural form of caravel.
- careless — If you are careless, you do not pay enough attention to what you are doing, and so you make mistakes, or cause harm or damage.
- carioles — Plural form of cariole.
- carlings — Plural form of carling.
- carlisle — a city in NW England, administrative centre of Cumbria: railway and industrial centre. Pop: 71 773 (2001)
- carloads — Plural form of carload.
- carlsbad — a town in S California.
- carlsson — Ingvar [ing-vahr] /ˈɪŋ vɑr/ (Show IPA), born 1934, Swedish political leader: prime minister 1986–91, 1994–96.
- carolers — Plural form of caroler.
- carousal — a merry drinking party
- carousel — At an airport, a carousel is a moving surface from which passengers can collect their luggage.
- carpools — Plural form of carpool.
- carrells — Plural form of carrell.
- cervelas — a French garlic sausage
- chalmers — Alexander, 1759–1834, Scottish biographer, editor, and journalist.
- charlies — a word used in communications to represent the letter C.