7-letter words containing a, b, i, t
- baptism — A baptism is a Christian ceremony in which a person is baptized. Compare christening.
- baptist — A Baptist is a Christian who believes that people should not be baptized until they are old enough to understand the meaning of baptism.
- baptize — When someone is baptized, water is put on their heads or they are covered with water as a sign that their sins have been forgiven and that they have become a member of the Christian Church. Compare christen.
- bar pit — a roadside borrow pit dug for drainage purposes.
- barefit — barefooted
- barista — a person who makes and serves coffee in a coffee bar
- bartica — a town in N Guyana, on the Essequibo River: river transportation center.
- bartoli — Cecilia. born 1966, Italian mezzo-soprano, noted for her performances in Mozart and Rossini operas
- bartsia — any of several species of semiparasitic scrophulariaceous plants, including red bartsia (Odontites verna), a pink-flowered weed of cornfields
- basinet — a close-fitting medieval helmet of light steel usually with a visor
- basmati — a variety of cultivated long-grain rice that is notably fragrant.
- bassist — A bassist is someone who plays the bass guitar or the double bass.
- bastian — Adolf [ah-dawlf] /ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1826–1905, German anthropologist.
- bastide — a large manor house in the south of France
- basting — loose temporary stitches; tacking
- bastion — If a system or organization is described as a bastion of a particular way of life, it is seen as being important and effective in defending that way of life. Bastion can be used both when you think that this way of life should be ended and when you think it should be defended.
- bataisk — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, S of Rostov, on the Don River.
- batavia — an ancient district of the Netherlands, on an island at the mouth of the Rhine
- batfish — any angler of the family Ogcocephalidae, having a flattened scaleless body and moving on the sea floor by means of fleshy pectoral and pelvic fins
- batgirl — a girl who works at baseball games, carrying bats to players and moving other equipment
- bathing — swimming
- bathmic — relating to bathmism
- batista — Fulgencio (fulˈxenθjo), full name Batista y Zaldívar. 1901–73, Cuban military leader and dictator: president of Cuba (1940–44, 1952–59); overthrown by Fidel Castro
- batiste — a fine plain-weave cotton fabric: used esp for shirts and dresses
- batlike — any of numerous flying mammals of the order Chiroptera, of worldwide distribution in tropical and temperate regions, having modified forelimbs that serve as wings and are covered with a membranous skin extending to the hind limbs.
- batling — A young, small, or baby bat.
- batonic — (linguistics) Not representing anything specific; non-representational.
- batshit — Completely mad or crazy.
- battani — Al- [al] /æl/ (Show IPA), c850–929, Arab astronomer.
- batties — Plural form of batty.
- batting — cotton or woollen wadding used in quilts, mattresses, etc
- batwing — shaped like the wings of a bat, as a black tie, collar, etc
- bauxite — Bauxite is a clay-like substance from which aluminium is obtained.
- beastie — a small animal
- beat it — to go away
- beatify — When the Catholic church beatifies someone who is dead, it declares officially that they were a holy person, usually as the first step towards making them a saint.
- beating — If someone is given a beating, they are hit hard many times, especially with something such as a stick.
- beatnik — Beatniks were young people in the late 1950's who rejected traditional ways of living, dressing, and behaving. People sometimes use the word beatnik to refer to anyone who lives in an unconventional way.
- beatrix — full name Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard. born 1938, queen of the Netherlands (1980–2013); abdicated in favour of her eldest son Willem-Alexander
- beattie — James, 1735–1803, Scottish poet.
- beautie — Obsolete spelling of beauty.
- bepaint — to dye; paint over
- besaint — to give the status of a saint to
- bestain — to stain
- bestial — If you describe behaviour or a situation as bestial, you mean that it is very unpleasant or disgusting.
- betaine — a sweet-tasting alkaloid that occurs in the sugar beet and other plants and in animals. Formula: C5H11NO2
- bettina — a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- bidault — Georges (ʒɔːrʒ). 1899–1983, French statesman; prime minister (1946, 1949–50). His opposition to Algerian independence led him to support the OAS: he was charged with treason (1963) and fled abroad
- big cat — Big cats are lions, tigers, and other large wild animals in the cat family.
- bimetal — an object or material made from sheets of two types of metal