7-letter words containing a, b
- bandore — a 16th-century plucked musical instrument resembling a lute but larger and fitted with seven pairs of metal strings
- bandrol — Alternative form of banderole.
- bandsaw — A bandsaw is an electric saw that consists of a metal band that turns round and is used for cutting wood, metal, and other materials.
- 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 on — a loud, sudden, explosive noise, as the discharge of a gun.
- bang up — When a prisoner is banged up, they are put in prison and locked in a cell.
- bang-on — If someone is bang-on with something, they are exactly right in their opinions or actions.
- bang-up — excellent; extraordinary.
- bangbus — A motorbus associated with licentious, often solicited sexual activity, especially in pornography.
- bangers — A sausage.
- bangin' — excellent
- banging — Often, bangs. a fringe of hair combed or brushed forward over the forehead.
- bangkok — the capital and chief port of Thailand, on the Chao Phraya River: became a royal city and the capital in 1782. Pop: 6 604 000 (2005 est)
- bangled — a rigid, ring-shaped bracelet usually made without a clasp so as to slip over the hand, but sometimes having a hinged opening and a clasp.
- bangles — Plural form of bangle.
- banh mi — a Vietnamese sandwich made using a baguette or long roll
- banilla — (attributive) A combination of banana and vanilla.
- banjoes — Plural form of banjo.
- bank on — If you bank on something happening, you expect it to happen and rely on it happening.
- bankers — Plural form of banker.
- banking — Banking is the business activity of banks and similar institutions.
- banksia — any shrub or tree of the Australian genus Banksia, having long leathery evergreen leaves and dense cylindrical heads of flowers that are often red or yellowish: family Proteaceae
- banners — Plural form of banner.
- banning — the act or an instance of prohibiting or forbidding
- bannock — a round flat unsweetened cake originating in Scotland, made from oatmeal or barley and baked on a griddle
- banoffi — Alternative spelling of banoffee.
- banquet — A banquet is a grand formal dinner.
- banshee — In Irish folk stories, a banshee is a female spirit who warns you by her long, sad cry that someone in your family is going to die.
- banshie — (in Irish folklore) a spirit in the form of a wailing woman who appears to or is heard by members of a family as a sign that one of them is about to die.
- bantams — Plural form of bantam.
- banteng — a species of wild ox found in SE Asia
- banters — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of banter.
- banting — slimming by avoiding eating sugar, starch, and fat
- bantock — Sir Granville. 1868–1946, British composer. His works include the Hebridean Symphony (1915), five ballets, and three operas
- bantoid — denoting or relating to languages, esp in Cameroon and Nigeria, that possess certain Bantu characteristics
- banyans — Plural form of banyan.
- bao dai — (Nguyen Vinh Thuy) 1913–97, emperor of Annam 1925–45, chief of state of Vietnam 1949–55.
- baobabs — Plural form of baobab.
- baoding — a city in NE China, in N Hebei province. Pop: 810 000 (2005 est)
- baoqing — former name of Shaoyang.
- baoshan — a town in W Yunnan province, in S China, on the Burma Road.
- baptise — to immerse in water or sprinkle or pour water on in the Christian rite of baptism: They baptized the new baby.
- 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 car — a railroad car equipped with a bar that serves beverages, especially liquors and beer, and sometimes snacks.
- bar pin — a long, slender, decorative pin or brooch.
- bar pit — a roadside borrow pit dug for drainage purposes.