8-letter words containing t, a, b, e, r
- barghest — (in the North of England, esp Yorkshire) a goblin that appears in the shape of a dog as an omen of death or other misfortune
- baritone — In music, a baritone is a man with a fairly deep singing voice that is lower than that of a tenor but higher than that of a bass.
- barletta — a port in SE Italy, in Apulia. Pop: 92 094 (2001)
- barometz — a type of Asian fern, Cibotium barometz, the woolly rhizoma of which is thought to resemble a lamb
- baronets — Plural form of baronet.
- barretor — someone who deals fraudulently
- barretry — barratry
- barrette — A barrette is a small metal or plastic device that a woman uses to hold her hair in position.
- barrulet — a narrow band across a heraldic shield, taking up one twentieth of the shield's height
- bartered — to trade by exchange of commodities rather than by the use of money.
- barterer — One who barters: one who trades goods for other goods without involving money.
- bartlett — the Williams pear, used esp in the US and generally of tinned pears
- barytone — having the last syllable unaccented
- basketry — Basketry is baskets made by weaving together thin strips of materials such as wood.
- bateleur — a common African eagle, Terathopius ecaudatus, having a very short tail.
- bathorse — a horse which carries a military officer's baggage; a military packhorse
- bathrobe — A bathrobe is a loose piece of clothing made of the same material as towels. You wear it before or after you have a bath or a swim.
- batteler — (at Oxford University) a student who charges food and other costs to a battel account
- battener — someone who flourishes, grows fat, is strengthened
- battered — Something that is battered is old and in poor condition because it has been used a lot.
- batteree — (nonstandard) One who is battered (beaten by spouse etc.).
- batterer — a person who batters someone
- batterie — a movement in ballet involving the legs beating together
- battlers — Plural form of battler.
- bay tree — laurel (def 1).
- bayreuth — a city in E Germany, in NE Bavaria: home and burial place of Richard Wagner; annual festivals of his music. Pop: 74 818 (2003 est)
- bear out — If someone or something bears a person out or bears out what that person is saying, they support what that person is saying.
- bear pit — a place, such as parliament or the stock market ,where there are a lot of aggressive, argumentative and competitive people
- bearcats — Plural form of bearcat.
- beartrap — A large trap used to catch a bear, usually as a foot trap.
- beatrice — a feminine name: dim. Bea; var. Beatrix
- beaufort — Henry. ?1374–1447, English cardinal, half-brother of Henry IV; chancellor (1403–04, 1413–17, 1424–26)
- beauport — city in S Quebec, Canada: suburb of Quebec City: pop. 73,000
- becarpet — to lay carpet on
- bed tray — a meal tray with legs or supports at each end to fit across the lap of a person who is sitting up in bed.
- bedstraw — any of numerous rubiaceous plants of the genus Galium, which have small white or yellow flowers and prickly or hairy fruits: some species formerly used as straw for beds as they are aromatic when dry
- beermats — Plural form of beermat.
- beltrami — Eugenio [e-oo-je-nyaw] /ˌɛ uˈdʒɛ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1835–1900, Italian mathematician.
- berating — to scold; rebuke: He berated them in public.
- bergamot — a small Asian spiny rutaceous tree, Citrus bergamia, having sour pear-shaped fruit
- berretta — biretta
- berthage — a place for mooring boats
- bertrand — a masculine name
- bestiary — a moralizing medieval collection of descriptions (and often illustrations) of real and mythical animals
- bestreak — to streak
- beta ray — a stream of beta particles
- betatron — a type of particle accelerator for producing high-energy beams of electrons, having an alternating magnetic field to keep the electrons in a circular orbit of fixed radius and accelerate them by magnetic induction. It produces energies of up to about 300 MeV
- betatter — to make ragged
- bethrall — to make a slave of
- betrayal — A betrayal is an action which betrays someone or something, or the fact of being betrayed.