8-letter words that end in r
- bereaver — a person who bereaves
- berliner — a native or inhabitant of Berlin
- beshiver — to shatter
- besieger — to lay siege to.
- beslaver — to fawn, or to slobber, over
- bessemer — Sir Henry, 1813–98, English engineer: inventor of the Bessemer process.
- betatter — to make ragged
- betrayer — to deliver or expose to an enemy by treachery or disloyalty: Benedict Arnold betrayed his country.
- beveller — the inclination that one line or surface makes with another when not at right angles.
- bewilder — If something bewilders you, it is so confusing or difficult that you cannot understand it.
- bicolour — two-coloured
- bid fair — to seem probable
- big hair — a hairstyle with volume created by hair products or styling techniques such as backcombing, etc
- bigender — Also, bigendered. noting or relating to a person who has two gender identities or some combination of both.
- bilander — a small two-masted cargo ship
- bilinear — of or referring to two lines
- bimester — a period of two months
- biometer — a device for measuring the production of carbon dioxide in functioning tissue
- biovular — (of twins) from two separate eggs
- bisector — a straight line or plane that bisects an angle
- blackmur — R(ichard) P(almer) 1904–65, U.S. critic and poet.
- blagueur — a person who engages in blague
- blancher — someone who blanches
- bleacher — Usually, bleachers. a typically roofless section of inexpensive and unreserved seats in tiers, especially at an open-air athletic stadium.
- blencher — someone employed to scare or obstruct
- blighter — You can refer to someone you do not like as a blighter.
- blurrier — blurred; indistinct.
- bobowler — a large moth
- bockscar — the U.S. B-29 bomber that dropped the atom bomb on Nagasaki, Japan, on Aug. 9, 1945.
- bodywear — close-fitting clothing, as leotards or bodysuits, made of lightweight, usually stretch fabrics and worn for exercising, dancing, or leisure activity.
- boer war — either of two conflicts between Britain and the South African Boers, the first (1880–1881) when the Boers sought to regain the independence given up for British aid against the Zulus, the second (1899–1902) when the Orange Free State and Transvaal declared war on Britain
- boilover — a surprising result in a sporting event, esp in a horse race
- bondager — someone who performs bondservice; a bondman
- borderer — a person who lives in a border area, esp the border between England and Scotland
- borrower — A borrower is a person or organization that borrows money.
- bottomer — a person who makes the seat part of a chair
- boursier — a foundation level scholar
- bowrider — a motorboat with an open bow provided with seating.
- boyd orr — John, 1st Baron Boyd Orr of Brechin Mearns. 1880–1971, Scottish biologist; director general of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization: Nobel peace prize 1949
- brailler — a device for producing text in Braille
- brainier — intelligent; clever; intellectual.
- brancher — a young bird which has left the nest but which is not yet fully able to fly
- brassier — made of or covered with brass.
- breacher — a person who breaches something
- breather — If you take a breather, you stop what you are doing for a short time and have a rest.
- brewster — Sir David. 1781–1868, Scottish physicist, noted for his studies of the polarization of light
- brighter — radiating or reflecting light; luminous; shining: The bright coins shone in the gloom.
- broacher — Machinery. an elongated, tapered, serrated cutting tool for shaping and enlarging holes.
- brookner — Anita. 1928–2016, British writer and art historian. Her novels include Hotel du Lac (1984), which won the Booker Prize, Brief Lives (1990), and The Next Big Thing (2002)
- bruckner — Anton (ˈantoːn). 1824–96, Austrian composer and organist in the Romantic tradition. His works include nine symphonies, four masses, and a Te Deum