8-letter words containing ra
- bethrall — to make a slave of
- betrayal — A betrayal is an action which betrays someone or something, or the fact of being betrayed.
- betrayed — to deliver or expose to an enemy by treachery or disloyalty: Benedict Arnold betrayed his country.
- betrayer — to deliver or expose to an enemy by treachery or disloyalty: Benedict Arnold betrayed his country.
- beverage — Beverages are drinks.
- bhatpara — a city in NE India, in West Bengal on the Hooghly River: jute and cotton mills. Pop: 441 956 (2001)
- biforate — having two openings, pores, or perforations
- bigarade — a Seville orange
- binaural — relating to, having, or hearing with both ears
- biodrama — a drama based on the life of an actual person or persons.
- biograph — a biographical summary
- biracial — for, representing, or including members of two races, esp White and Black
- biradial — showing both bilateral and radial symmetry, as certain sea anemones
- biramous — divided into two parts, as the appendages of crustaceans
- bit rate — the rate of flow of binary digits in a digital data-processing system, usually expressed as the number of bits per second
- bitbrace — brace (def 3).
- bongrace — a brim or shade on the front of women's bonnets or hats, intended to protect the face from the sun
- bookrack — a rack for holding books
- borachio — a wine carrier made from animal skin, used in Spain
- boracite — a white mineral that forms salt deposits of magnesium borate and chloride in orthorhombic crystalline form. Formula: Mg3ClB7O13
- borazine — a colorless liquid, B 3 N 3 H 6 , that hydrolyzes with water to form boron hydrides. It is the inorganic analogue of benzene with similar physical properties.
- borazole — a colorless liquid, B 3 N 3 H 6 , that hydrolyzes with water to form boron hydrides. It is the inorganic analogue of benzene with similar physical properties.
- bowgrace — a fender or pad used to protect the bows of a vessel from ice.
- braccate — (of birds) having feathered legs
- brace up — to call forth one's courage, resolution, etc., as after defeat or disappointment
- bracelet — A bracelet is a chain or band, usually made of metal, which you wear around your wrist as jewellery.
- brachial — of or relating to the arm or to an armlike part or structure
- brachio- — indicating a brachium
- brachium — the arm, esp the upper part
- braciola — (in Italian cooking) a thin slice of pan-fried beef
- braciole — a flat piece of veal or beef rolled around a filling and baked in stock and wine.
- brackets — a support, as of metal or wood, projecting from a wall or the like to hold or bear the weight of a shelf, part of a cornice, etc.
- brackish — Brackish water is slightly salty and unpleasant.
- braconid — any member of the Braconidae, a family of parasitoid wasps
- bractlet — a small or secondary bract at the base of a flower
- bradbury — Sir Malcolm (Stanley). 1932–2000, British novelist and critic. His novels include The History Man (1975), Rates of Exchange (1983), Cuts (1988), and Doctor Criminale (1992)
- braddock — Edward1695-1755; Brit. general, born in Scotland: commander of the Brit. forces in the French & Indian War
- bradford — an industrial city in N England, in Bradford unitary authority, West Yorkshire: a centre of the woollen industry from the 14th century and of the worsted trade from the 18th century; university (1966). Pop: 293 717 (2001)
- bradshaw — a British railway timetable, published annually from 1839 to 1961
- braeburn — a variety of eating apple from New Zealand having sweet flesh and green and red skin
- braeheid — the summit of a hill or slope
- braggart — a person who boasts loudly or exaggeratedly; bragger
- braggers — a person who brags.
- brahmana — any of a number of sacred treatises added to each of the Vedas
- brahmani — a woman of the Brahman caste
- brahmins — Hinduism. Brahman1 (def 1).
- 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.
- brailler — a device for producing text in Braille
- brain up — to make more intellectually demanding or sophisticated