5-letter words containing a, b, i
- bassi — a person who sings bass; a bass.
- basti — (in India) a slum inhabited by poor people
- batik — Batik is a process for printing designs on cloth. Wax is put on those areas of the cloth that you do not want to be coloured by dye.
- batin — (Islam) The internal or hidden meaning of the Qur'an.
- bavin — a bundle of brushwood or firewood
- baxis — the horizontal crystallographic axis that is in a right-left position.
- bazil — Alternative form of basil (a tanned sheepskin).
- bazin — René François Nicolas Marie [ruh-ney frahn-swa nee-kaw-lah ma-ree] /rəˈneɪ frɑ̃ˈswa ni kɔˈlɑ maˈri/ (Show IPA), 1853–1932, French novelist.
- beira — a port in E Mozambique: terminus of a transcontinental railway from Lobito, Angola, through the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Pop: 566 000 (2005 est)
- beria — Lavrenti Pavlovich (laˈvrjentij ˈpavləvitʃ). 1899–1953, Soviet chief of secret police; killed by his associates shortly after Stalin's death
- bhaji — A bhaji is a small piece of food of Indian origin, made of vegetables fried in batter with spices.
- bialy — (in Polish Ashkenazi cuisine) a type of bagel
- bigha — (in India) a unit for measuring land
- bihar — a state of NE India: consists of part of the Ganges plain; important for rice: lost the S to the new state of Jharkhand in 2000. Capital: Patna. Pop: 82 878 796 (2001). Area: 99 225 sq km (38 301 sq miles)
- bimah — a raised platform in a synagogue, from which the Torah is read
- binal — twofold; double
- biota — the plant and animal life of a particular region or period
- blain — a blister, blotch, or sore on the skin
- blair — Tony, full name Anthony Charles Lynton Blair. born 1953, British politician; leader of the Labour Party (1994–2007); prime minister (1997–2007); Middle East peace envoy (2007–2015)
- blais — Marie-Claire [muh-ree-klair] /məˈriˈklɛər/ (Show IPA), born 1939, Canadian poet and novelist.
- blida — a city in N Algeria, on the edge of the Mitidja Plain. Pop: 269 000 (2005 est)
- bohai — a large inlet of the Yellow Sea on the coast of NE China
- braai — to grill or roast (meat) over open coals
- bragi — the god of poetry and music, son of Odin
- braid — Braid is a narrow piece of decorated cloth or twisted threads, which is used to decorate clothes or curtains.
- brail — one of several lines fastened to the leech of a fore-and-aft sail to aid in furling it
- brain — Your brain is the organ inside your head that controls your body's activities and enables you to think and to feel things such as heat and pain.
- brian — Havergal (ˈhævəɡəl). 1876–1972, English composer, who wrote 32 symphonies, including the large-scale Gothic Symphony (1919–27)
- briar — A briar is a wild rose with long, prickly stems.
- cabin — A cabin is a small room in a ship or boat.
- carib — a member of a group of American Indian peoples of NE South America and the Lesser Antilles
- ceiba — any bombacaceous tropical tree of the genus Ceiba, such as the silk-cotton tree
- chiba — an industrial city in central Japan, in SE Honshu on Tokyo Bay. Pop: 880 164 (2002 est)
- cobia — a large dark-striped percoid game fish, Rachycentron canadum, of tropical and subtropical seas: family Rachycentridae
- coiba — an island in the Pacific Ocean, S of SW Panama. 20 miles (32 km) long; 10 miles (16 km) wide.
- dibai — Dubai.
- dubai — an emirate in the NE United Arab Emirates, on the Persian Gulf.
- erbia — (inorganic compound) erbium oxide Er2O3; Discovered in 1843, by Carl Gustaf Mosander.
- gbari — Gwari.
- habit — an acquired behavior pattern regularly followed until it has become almost involuntary: the habit of looking both ways before crossing the street.
- hijab — a traditional scarf worn by Muslim women to cover the hair and neck and sometimes the face.
- i-bar — a rolled or extruded metal beam having a cross section resembling an I. Compare H-beam.
- iambi — iamb.
- iambs — Plural form of iamb.
- ibada — any of the religious duties of a Muslim, including the recital of the creed, the five daily recitals of prayers, the Ramadan fast, almsgiving, and the pilgrimage to Mecca.
- ibadi — a North African Kharijite.
- ibiza — a Spanish island in the SW Balearic Islands, in the W Mediterranean Sea. 209 sq. mi. (541 sq. km).
- iqbal — Muhammad, 1873–1938, Pakistani poet.
- isbas — the traditional log house of rural Russia, with an unheated entrance room and a single living and sleeping room heated by a clay or brick stove.
- jabir — Geber.