10-letter words containing a, b, n
- asking bid — a conventional bid by which a bidder asks for specific information about the strength of his or her partner's hand in a given suit.
- assembling — to bring together or gather into one place, company, body, or whole.
- assignable — capable of being specified: The word has no assignable meaning in our language.
- assiniboin — a member of a Siouan people of northeastern Montana and adjacent parts of Canada.
- athabascan — a family of languages spoken by American Indians in most of inland northwest Canada and Alaska, in coastal Oregon and California, and in Arizona and the Rio Grande basin, and including especially Navajo, Apache, and Chipewyan. Compare family (def 14).
- athabaskan — a family of North American Indian languages, including Chipewyan, Hupa, and Navajo
- attainable — Something that is attainable can be achieved.
- attainably — In a way that can be attained.
- attenuable — Capable of being attenuated.
- aubergines — Plural form of aubergine.
- aurangabad — city in central Maharashtra, W India: pop. 573,000
- azerbaijan — a republic in NW Asia: the region was acquired by Russia from Persia in the early 19th century; became the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic in 1936 and gained independence in 1991; consists of dry subtropical steppes around the Aras and Kura rivers, surrounded by the Caucasus; contains the extensive Baku oilfields. Language: Azerbaijani (or Azeri). Religion: Shiite Muslim. Currency: manat. Capital: Baku. Pop: 9 590 159 (2013 est). Area: 86 600 sq km (33 430 sq miles)
- azobenzene — a yellow or orange crystalline solid used mainly in the manufacture of dyes. Formula: C6H5N:NC6H5
- azuki bean — adzuki bean.
- bab ed-din — (the Bab; Ali Muhammad of Shiraz) 1819–50, a Persian religious leader: founder of Bābī.
- babbitting — Present participle of babbitt.
- babblement — (obsolete) babble.
- baby bonus — family allowance
- baby grand — a small grand piano, approximately 5 feet long
- baby linen — sheets, clothes, etc for babies
- baby sling — a pouch supported by straps at the shoulder or neck, used to carry small babies on one's chest
- babylonian — an inhabitant of ancient Babylon or Babylonia
- babylonish — Babylonian.
- bacchanals — Plural form of bacchanal.
- bacchantes — Plural form of bacchant.
- bacitracin — an antibiotic used mainly in treating bacterial skin infections: obtained from the bacterium Bacillus subtilis
- back bacon — lean bacon from the back of a pig's loin
- back bench — any of the rows of seats occupied by the backbenchers.
- back green — grass or a garden at the back of a house, esp a tenement
- back slang — a type of slang in which words are spelled and, as far as possible, pronounced backwards
- backbiting — If you accuse someone of backbiting, you mean that they say unpleasant or unkind things about someone who is not present, especially in order to stop them doing well at work.
- backburned — Simple past tense and past participle of backburn.
- backburner — a condition of low priority or temporary deferment (usually used in the phrase on the back burner): Put other issues on the back burner until after the election.
- backdating — Present participle of backdate.
- backend-to — in a reversed position; backward.
- backfiring — Present participle of backfire.
- backgammon — Backgammon is a game for two people, played on a board marked with long triangles. Each player has 15 wooden or plastic discs. The players throw dice and move the discs around the board.
- background — Your background is the kind of family you come from and the kind of education you have had. It can also refer to such things as your social and racial origins, your financial status, or the type of work experience that you have.
- backhanded — A backhanded compliment is a remark which seems to be an insult but could also be understood as a compliment. A backhanded compliment is also a remark which seems to be a compliment but could also be understood as an insult.
- backhander — A backhander is an amount of money that is illegally paid to someone in a position of authority in order to encourage them to do something.
- backplanes — Plural form of backplane.
- backronyms — Plural form of backronym.
- backswings — Plural form of backswing.
- backwinded — Simple past tense and past participle of backwind.
- bacon rind — the outer edge of a slice of bacon, corresponding to the skin of the pig
- badakhshan — a former province in NE Afghanistan.
- baffin bay — part of the Northwest Passage, situated between Baffin Island and Greenland
- bafflement — Bafflement is the state of being baffled.
- bafflingly — to confuse, bewilder, or perplex: He was baffled by the technical language of the instructions.
- baggageman — (US) a railway employee who was in charge of the baggage car, storing and retrieving passenger's baggage and sometimes handling mail.