7-letter words containing a, b
- ambling — the activity of walking at a leisurely pace
- amboina — Ambon
- amboise — a town in NW central France, on the River Loire: famous castle, a former royal residence. Pop: 11 457 (1999)
- amboyna — the mottled curly-grained wood of an Indonesian leguminous tree, Pterocarpus indicus, used in making furniture
- ambries — Plural form of ambry.
- ambroid — amberoid
- ambrose — Saint. ?340–397 ad, bishop of Milan; built up the secular power of the early Christian Church; also wrote music and Latin hymns. Feast day: Dec 7 or April 4
- ambsace — double ace, the lowest throw at dice
- ameboid — resembling or related to amebas.
- amiable — Someone who is amiable is friendly and pleasant to be with.
- amiably — having or showing pleasant, good-natured personal qualities; affable: an amiable disposition.
- amoebae — ameba.
- amoebas — Plural form of amoeba.
- amoebic — of, relating to, or resembling an ameba.
- anambra — a state of S Nigeria. Capital: Awka. Pop: 4 182 031 (2006). Area: 4844 sq km (1870 sq miles)
- annabel — a feminine name
- anobiid — any coleopterous beetle of the family Anobiidae, in which the pronotum characteristically forms a hood that more or less covers the head. The family includes such notorious pests as the furniture beetle (Anobium punctatum) and the deathwatch beetle, the larvae of which attack furniture and beams
- ansible — (science fiction) A hypothetical device that enables users to communicate instantaneously across great distances; that is, a faster-than-light communication device.
- antbear — Alternative spelling of ant bear.
- antbird — any of various dull-coloured South American passerine birds of the family Formicariidae, such as Hylophylax naevioides (spotted ant bird), that typically feed on ants
- antibes — a port and resort in SE France, on the Mediterranean: an important Roman town. Pop: 76 925 (2006)
- antibug — acting against computer bugs
- antisub — (informal) antisubmarine.
- anybody — Anybody means the same as anyone.
- aphobia — Fearlessness, a lack of fear.
- appleby — a town in NW England, in Cumbria: famous for its annual horse fair. Pop: 2862 (2001)
- aquabib — (very, rare, obsolete, derogatory) A teetotaler; one who does not consume alcohol.
- aquabis — (chemistry, in combination) Containing two molecules of water as a ligand.
- arabian — Arabian means belonging or relating to Arabia, especially to Saudi Arabia.
- arabica — a high-quality coffee bean obtained from the tree Coffea arabica
- arabist — An Arabist is a person who supports Arab interests or knows a lot about the Arabic language.
- arabize — to transfer to Arab control
- arariba — Any of the trees of three species in the genus Centrolobium (family Fabaceae), especially, a Brazilian tree (Centrolobium robustum) -- called also zebrawood.
- araroba — a Brazilian leguminous tree, Andira araroba
- arbiter — An arbiter is a person or institution that judges and settles a quarrel between two other people or groups.
- arbored — having an arbor, or bower
- arbores — Plural form of arbor.
- arboret — an area planted with shrubs
- arborio — a variety of cultivated short-grain rice with a high starch content: used especially for risotto.
- arbours — Plural form of arbour.
- arbutus — any of several temperate ericaceous shrubs of the genus Arbutus, esp the strawberry tree of S Europe. They have clusters of white or pinkish flowers, broad evergreen leaves, and strawberry-like berries
- archbsd — (operating system) 4.4 BSD-Lite for the Acorn Archimedes.
- ardabil — city in NW Iran, near the Caspian Sea: pop. 311,000
- ardebil — a town in NW Iran, near the Caspian Sea.
- arecibo — seaport in N Puerto Rico: pop. 100,000
- arlberg — a mountain pass in W Austria: a winter sports region. Height: 1802 m (5910 ft)
- armband — An armband is a band of fabric that you wear round your upper arm in order to show that you have an official position or belong to a particular group. Some people also wear a black armband to show that a friend or relation has died.
- armbone — (anatomy) A bone in the arm, specifically, the humerus.
- asbuilt — May refer to a field survey, construction drawing, 3D model, or other descriptive representation of an engineered project or a design. Derived from usage of the adjective asbuilt. (See examples.).
- ascribe — If you ascribe an event or condition to a particular cause, you say or consider that it was caused by that thing.