7-letter words containing a, b, u
- aufgabe — a task or an assignment
- ausable — a river in NE New York, flowing NE through a gorge (Ausable Chasm) into Lake Champlain. 20 miles (32 km) long.
- autobio — autobiography.
- autobus — a motor vehicle which can carry a large group of passengers
- avebury — a village in Wiltshire, site of an extensive Neolithic stone circle
- b quark — the quark having electric charge −1/3 times the elementary charge and bottom quantum number −1. It is more massive than the up, down, strange, and charmed quarks.
- babassu — a Brazilian palm tree, Orbignya martiana (or O. speciosa), having hard edible nuts that yield an oil used in making soap, margarine, etc
- babudom — the rule of babus
- bacchus — (in ancient Greece and Rome) a god of wine and giver of ecstasy, identified with Dionysus
- back up — If someone or something backs up a statement, they supply evidence to suggest that it is true.
- backout — an instance of withdrawing (from an agreement, etc)
- backrub — therapeutic manipulation of the muscles of the back; massage of the back.
- backups — Plural form of backup.
- baculum — a bony support in the penis of certain mammals, esp the carnivores
- bad guy — A bad guy is a person in a story or film who is considered to be evil or wicked, or who is fighting on the wrong side. You can also refer to the bad guys in a situation in real life.
- badious — chestnut coloured; brownish-red
- baguets — Plural form of baguet.
- bahadur — a title formerly conferred by the British on distinguished Indians
- bail up — to confine (a cow) or (of a cow) to be confined by the head in a bail
- bailout — A bailout of an organization or individual that has financial problems is the act of helping them by giving them money.
- bakhmut — former name of Artemovsk.
- bakunin — Mikhail (mixaˈil). 1814–76, Russian anarchist and writer: a prominent member of the First International, expelled from it after conflicts with Marx
- baleful — Baleful means harmful, or expressing harmful intentions.
- balfour — Arthur James, 1st Earl of Balfour. 1848–1930, British Conservative statesman: prime minister (1902–05); foreign secretary (1916–19)
- ball up — to muddle or bungle
- ballium — bailey.
- ballute — a type of inflatable device resembling a cross between a parachute and a balloon, designed to slow descent rapidly
- balmung — (in the Nibelungenlied) Siegfried's sword
- balteus — (on an Ionic capital) the horizontal band connecting the volutes on either side.
- balthus — real name Balthasar Klossowski de Rola. 1908–2001, French painter of Polish descent, noted esp for his paintings of adolescent girls
- baluchi — a member of a Muslim people living chiefly in coastal Pakistan and Iran
- banbury — a town in central England, in N Oxfordshire: telecommunications, financial services. Pop: 43 867 (2001)
- bandeau — a narrow band of ribbon, velvet, etc, worn round the head
- bandung — a city in Indonesia, in SW Java. Pop: 2 136 260 (2000)
- bandura — a Ukrainian stringed instrument, resembling a lute
- baneful — destructive, poisonous, or fatal
- bang up — When a prisoner is banged up, they are put in prison and locked in a cell.
- bang-up — excellent; extraordinary.
- bangbus — A motorbus associated with licentious, often solicited sexual activity, especially in pornography.
- banquet — A banquet is a grand formal dinner.
- barbour — John. c. 1320–95, Scottish poet: author of The Bruce (1376), a patriotic epic poem
- barbuda — a coral island in the E Caribbean, in the Leeward Islands: part of the independent state of Antigua and Barbuda. Area: 160 sq km (62 sq miles)
- barbudo — beardfish.
- barbule — a very small barb
- barnaul — a city in S Russia, on the River Ob. Pop: 605 000 (2005 est)
- baroque — Baroque architecture and art is an elaborate style of architecture and art that was popular in Europe in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries.
- barques — Plural form of barque.
- barthou — (Jean) Louis [zhahn lwee] /ʒɑ̃ lwi/ (Show IPA), 1862–1934, French statesman and author.
- bascule — a bridge with a movable section hinged about a horizontal axis and counterbalanced by a weight
- basescu — Traian. born 1951, Romanian politician, president of Romania (2004–14)