9-letter words containing a, b, c, t
- backdated — Put an earlier date to (a document or agreement) than the actual one.
- backdates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backdate.
- backdraft — an explosive surge in a fire produced by the sudden mixing of air with other combustible gases.
- backlifts — Plural form of backlift.
- backlight — light falling on a photographic or television subject from the rear
- backlists — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backlist.
- backplate — a plate of armour which guards the back
- backprint — The mark or impression left by a person's back having been pressed against a surface.
- backrests — Plural form of backrest.
- backseats — Plural form of backseat.
- backshift — The changing of a present tense in direct speech to a past tense in reported speech (or a past tense to pluperfect).
- backsight — the sight of a rifle nearer the stock
- backstabs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backstab.
- backstage — In a theatre, backstage refers to the areas behind the stage.
- backstall — the loss of power and tendency to drop of a kite in low winds
- backstamp — a mark stamped on the back of an envelope by a post office to indicate the date and place of its arrival
- backstays — Plural form of backstay.
- backstops — Plural form of backstop.
- backstory — the events which take place before, and which help to bring about, the events portrayed in a film
- backstrap — A pull strap extending the backstay of a boot or shoe.
- backswept — slanting backwards
- backtrace — (computing) A stack trace.
- backtrack — If you backtrack on a statement or decision you have made, you do or say something that shows that you no longer agree with it or support it.
- backwater — A backwater is a place that is isolated.
- bacon fat — fat made by rendering bacon
- bacterial — Bacterial is used to describe things that relate to or are caused by bacteria.
- bacterias — (US) Plural form of bacteria.
- bacterins — a vaccine prepared from killed bacteria.
- bacterio- — indicating bacteria or an action or condition relating to or characteristic of bacteria
- bacterium — Bacterium is the singular of bacteria.
- bacterize — to subject to bacterial action
- bacteroid — resembling a bacterium
- bad actor — a mean, ill-tempered, troublemaking, or evil person.
- ballastic — Nautical. any heavy material carried temporarily or permanently in a vessel to provide desired draft and stability.
- ballistic — Ballistic means relating to ballistics.
- bandicoot — any agile terrestrial marsupial of the family Peramelidae of Australia and New Guinea. They have a long pointed muzzle and a long tail and feed mainly on small invertebrates
- baptistic — Of or for baptism; baptismal.
- bar chart — A bar chart is a graph which uses parallel rectangular shapes to represent changes in the size, value, or rate of something or to compare the amount of something relating to a number of different countries or groups.
- bar ditch — a roadside borrow pit dug for drainage purposes.
- bariatric — of or relating to the treatment of obesity
- barkcloth — Cloth made from the inner bark of the paper mulberry or similar tree.
- baronetcy — the rank, position, or patent of a baronet
- base coat — the first coat of paint applied to a prepared surface
- basestock — Refined petroleum oil with no additives.
- batchelor — (British) alternative spelling of bachelor.
- batchmate — (India) classmate.
- bath chap — the lower part of the cheek of a pig, cooked and eaten, usually cold
- batrachia — amphibians, including frogs and toads, which have gills and a tail in their larval state, which are discarded later in life
- beach hut — a hut used for changing, storing deckchairs, etc
- beat back — to force to retreat; drive back