8-letter words containing ra
- brazers' — to unite (metal objects) at high temperatures by applying any of various nonferrous solders.
- brazilin — a pale yellow soluble crystalline solid, turning red in alkaline solution, extracted from brazil wood and sappanwood and used in dyeing and as an indicator. Formula: C16H14O5
- buckrake — a large rake for agricultural use, often attached to a tractor
- bucrania — (in classical architecture) an ornament, especially on a frieze, having the form of the skull of an ox.
- bullyrag — to bully, esp by means of cruel practical jokes
- buraydah — a town and oasis in central Saudi Arabia. Pop: 462 000 (2005 est)
- burgrave — the military governor of a German town or castle, esp in the 12th and 13th centuries
- burramys — the very rare mountain pigmy possum, Burramys parvus, of Australia. It is about the size of a rat and restricted in habitat to very high altitudes, mainly Mt Hotham, Victoria. Until 1966 it was known only as a fossil
- butt bra — an undergarment for supporting the buttocks
- butyrate — any salt or ester of butyric acid, containing the monovalent group C3H7COO- or ion C3H7COO–
- c ration — a canned ration used in the field in WWII
- cab rank — an area, often specially designated, where taxis wait to pick up passengers
- cabrales — A moderately hard blue cheese, from Spain, made from goat or sheep milk.
- caesurae — 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.
- 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.
- caesuras — Plural form of caesura.
- calandra — A large Eurasian lark with a stout bill and a black patch on each side of the neck.
- calderas — Plural form of caldera.
- calyptra — a membranous hood covering the spore-bearing capsule of mosses and liverworts
- cam ranh — a port in SE Vietnam: large natural harbour, used at times as a naval base by French, Japanese, US, and Russian forces successively. Pop: 147 000 (2006 est)
- canberra — the capital of Australia, in Australian Capital Territory: founded in 1913 as a planned capital. Pop: 345 257 (2008)
- cane rat — a tropical African cavy-like hystricomorph rodent, Thryonomys swinderianus, that lives in swampy regions: family Thryonomyidae
- cape ray — a promontory in SW Newfoundland, Canada
- capibara — a South American tailless rodent, Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris, living along the banks of rivers and lakes, having partly webbed feet: the largest living rodent.
- capoeira — a movement discipline combining martial art and dance, which originated among African slaves in 19th-century Brazil
- capybara — the largest rodent: a pig-sized amphibious hystricomorph, Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris, resembling a guinea pig and inhabiting river banks in Central and South America: family Hydrochoeridae
- carabids — Plural form of carabid.
- caracals — Plural form of caracal.
- caracara — any of various large carrion-eating diurnal birds of prey of the genera Caracara, Polyborus, etc, of S North, Central, and South America, having long legs and naked faces: family Falconidae (falcons)
- caracole — a half turn to the right or left
- caragana — any of various shrubs and small trees with golden flowers of the genus Caragana and of the family Fabaceae, native to Asia and east Europe and widely planted in North America as windbreaks
- carageen — carrageen
- caramels — Plural form of caramel.
- carangid — any marine percoid fish of the family Carangidae, having a compressed body and deeply forked tail. The group includes the jacks, horse mackerel, pompano, and pilot fish
- carapace — A carapace is the protective shell on the back of some animals such as tortoises or crabs.
- caravans — Plural form of caravan.
- caravels — Plural form of caravel.
- carceral — relating to a prison
- carracci — a family of Italian painters, born in Bologna: Agostino (aɡosˈtiːno) (1557–1602); his brother, Annibale (anˈniːbale) (1560–1609), noted for his frescoes, esp in the Palazzo Farnese, Rome; and their cousin, Ludovico (ludoˈviːko) (1555–1619). They were influential in reviving the classical tradition of the Renaissance and founded a teaching academy (1582) in Bologna
- carranza — Venustiano [be-noos-tyah-naw] /ˌbɛ nusˈtyɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1859–1920, Mexican revolutionary and political leader: president 1915–20.
- carraway — Alternative form of caraway.
- carreras — José (həʊsˈzeɪ). born 1947, Spanish tenor
- cascaras — Plural form of cascara.
- castrate — To castrate a male animal or a man means to remove his testicles.
- castrati — a male singer, especially in the 18th century, castrated before puberty to prevent his soprano or contralto voice range from changing.
- castrato — (in 17th- and 18th-century opera) a male singer whose testicles were removed before puberty, allowing the retention of a soprano or alto voice
- cataract — Cataracts are layers over a person's eyes that prevent them from seeing properly. Cataracts usually develop because of old age or illness.
- caterans — Plural form of cateran.
- cathedra — a bishop's throne
- cb radio — a device that transmits and receives radio signals only within a designated band of frequencies. Compare Citizens Band.