Phrase Hound found 8 phrases and 55 compound words that contain barr. The most common are listed below. Open barr in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 8
- Great BarrA suburban area in the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, West Midlands, England (originally South Staffordshire) (OS grid ref SP0495).
- Perry BarrA suburb of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP0691).
- Barr bodyA sex chromosome inactivated by packing in heterochromatin.
- Barr bodiesplural of Barr body: A sex chromosome inactivated by packing in heterochromatin.
- Barr trilobiteBumastus barriensis, a rounded trilobite of the Silurian, named for the locality Great Barr.
- Epstein-Barr virusHuman gammaherpesvirus 4, a human herpesvirus of the herpes family and the cause of infectious mononucleosis.
- Barr trilobitesplural of Barr trilobite: Bumastus barriensis, a rounded trilobite of the Silurian, named for the locality Great Barr.
- Epstein-Barr virusesplural of Epstein-Barr virus: Human gammaherpesvirus 4, a human herpesvirus of the herpes family and the cause of infectious mononucleosis.
Compound words 55
- barrierA structure that bars passage.
- barrageAn artificial obstruction, such as a dam, in a river designed to increase its depth or to divert its flow.
- BarrettAn English or Irish surname from Anglo-Norman.
- barracksplural of barrack: A building for soldiers, especially within a garrison; originally referred to temporary huts, now usually to a permanent structure or set of buildings.
- barrackA building for soldiers, especially within a garrison; originally referred to temporary huts, now usually to a permanent structure or set of buildings.
- barrelsplural of barrel: A round (cylindrical) vessel, such as a cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends (heads). The word is sometimes applied to a similar …
- BarrellA surname.
- barrowsplural of barrow: A mountain.
- BarrattA surname.
- barriosplural of barrio: A municipality or subdivision of a municipality in Spanish America, and in Spain itself.