7-letter words containing a, b, i
- bashkir — a member of a Mongoloid people of E central Russia, living chiefly in the Bashkir Republic
- bashlik — a type of cone-shaped hood extending over the neck, worn primarily in Russia and Turkey as protection against bad weather
- basic v — The version of the Basic programming language which comes on ROM in Acorn's RISC computers: the Archimedes range and the RiscPC. It features REPEAT and WHILE loops, multi-line IF statements, procedures and functions, local variables, error handling, system calls and a built-in assembler.
- basicly — Misspelling of basically.
- basidia — plural of basidium.
- basil i — known as the Macedonian. died 886 ad, Byzantine emperor (876–86): founder of the Macedonian dynasty
- basilan — a group of islands in the Philippines, SW of Mindanao
- basilar — of or situated at a base
- basilic — designating or of a large vein of the upper arm, on the inner side of the biceps muscle
- basinal — pertaining to a basin
- basined — Enclosed in a basin.
- basinet — a close-fitting medieval helmet of light steel usually with a visor
- basis's — the bottom or base of anything; the part on which something stands or rests.
- basking — to lie in or be exposed to a pleasant warmth: to bask in the sunshine.
- basmati — a variety of cultivated long-grain rice that is notably fragrant.
- bassein — a city in Myanmar, on the Irrawaddy delta: a port on the Bassein River (the westernmost distributary of the Irrawaddy). Pop: 231 000 (2005 est)
- bassing — Present participle of bass.
- 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.
- bavaria — a state of S Germany: a former duchy and kingdom; mainly wooded highland, with the Alps in the south. Capital: Munich. Pop: 12 155 000 (2000 est). Area: 70 531 sq km (27 232 sq miles)
- bawdier — Comparative form of bawdy.
- bawdily — indecent; lewd; obscene: another of his bawdy stories.
- bawling — to cry or wail lustily.
- bay ice — smooth sea ice formed in the sheltered waters of an arctic or antarctic bay.
- bay oil — a yellow essential oil distilled from the leaves of the tropical American bay, Pimenta racemosa, used in the manufacture of perfumes and bay rum.
- bayliss — Sir William Maddock [mad-uh k] /ˈmæd ək/ (Show IPA), 1860–1924, English physiologist: codiscoverer of secretin.
- bayside — On or near the shore of a bay.
- bazaine — François Achille [frahn-swa a-sheel] /frɑ̃ˈswa aˈʃil/ (Show IPA), 1811–88, French general and marshal.
- bazinga — Exclamation indicating a successful trick or prank.
- beadily — (of a look) in an avaricious or penetrating manner.