7-letter words containing s, r
- brights — the high beam of the headlights of a motor vehicle
- brisked — quick and active; lively: brisk trading; a brisk walk.
- brisken — to make or become more lively or brisk
- brisker — quick and active; lively: brisk trading; a brisk walk.
- brisket — Brisket is a cut of beef that comes from the breast of the cow.
- briskly — quick and active; lively: brisk trading; a brisk walk.
- brissot — Jacques-Pierre (ʒakpjɛr). 1754–93, French journalist and revolutionary; leader of the Girondists: executed by the Jacobins
- bristle — Bristles are the short hairs that grow on a man's chin after he has shaved. The hairs on the top of a man's head can also be called bristles when they are cut very short.
- bristly — Bristly hair is thick and rough.
- bristol — seaport in Avon, SW England: county district pop. 376,000
- bristow — Eric. born 1957, British darts player: world champion five times (1980–81, 1984–86)
- brisure — a mark of cadency in heraldry
- british — British means belonging or relating to the United Kingdom, or to its people or culture.
- broadus — something given as a bonus; lagniappe.
- broches — (in weaving tapestries) a device on which the filling yarn is wound, used as a shuttle in passing through the shed of the loom to deposit the yarn.
- brodsky — Joseph, original name Iosif Aleksandrovich Brodsky. 1940–96, US poet, born in the Soviet Union. His collections include The End of a Beautiful Era (1977). Nobel prize for literature 1987
- brogans — a heavy, sturdy shoe, especially an ankle-high work shoe.
- brokest — a simple past tense of break.
- bromism — poisoning caused by the excessive intake of bromine or compounds containing bromine
- browser — A browser is someone who browses in a shop.
- bruised — injured in a way that causes discoloration to the skin
- bruiser — A bruiser is someone who is tough, strong, and aggressive, and enjoys a fight or argument.
- brumous — mist; fog.
- brushed — Brushed cotton, nylon, or other fabric feels soft and furry.
- brusher — an implement consisting of bristles, hair, or the like, set in or attached to a handle, used for painting, cleaning, polishing, grooming, etc.
- brushup — the act or process of reviewing a subject, technique, or the like, for the purpose of renewing the memory, skill, etc.: He gave his Spanish a brushup before his trip to Mexico.
- brusque — blunt or curt in manner or speech
- brussen — bold
- brutish — If you describe a person or their behaviour as brutish, you think that they are brutal and uncivilised.
- brutism — the characteristic actions of a brute
- bruxism — the habit of grinding the teeth, esp unconsciously
- bryansk — a city in W Russia. Pop: 428 000 (2005 est)
- bucyrus — a city in N central Ohio.
- buffers — a foolish or incompetent person.
- bulrush — a grasslike cyperaceous marsh plant, Scirpus lacustris, used for making mats, chair seats, etc
- bumster — (of trousers) cut low so as to reveal the top part of the buttocks
- burdash — a fringed sash worn over a coat
- burgess — a citizen or freeman of a borough
- burke's — Martha Jane, 1852?–1903, Calamity Jane.
- burlesk — a bawdy comedy show of the late 19th and early 20th centuries: the striptease eventually became one of its chief elements
- burmese — Burmese means belonging or relating to Burma, or to its people, language, or culture. Burma is now known as Myanmar.
- burnish — To burnish the image of someone or something means to improve their image.
- burnous — a long circular cloak with a hood attached, worn esp by Arabs
- bursary — A bursary is a sum of money which is given to someone to allow them to study in a college or university.
- bursate — resembling or containing a bursa
- burseed — a plant, Lapulla echinata, with adhesive seeds
- bursera — of or relating to the Bursera genus of gum trees
- bursted — to break, break open, or fly apart with sudden violence: The bitter cold caused the pipes to burst.
- burster — a person or thing that bursts.
- busgirl — a waiter's assistant