7-letter words containing a, b
- babyish — Babyish actions, feelings, or looks are like a baby's, or are immature.
- babylon — the chief city of ancient Mesopotamia: first settled around 3000 bc
- babysat — to take charge of a child while the parents are temporarily away.
- babysit — If you babysit for someone or babysit their children, you look after their children while they are out.
- bacabal — a city in NE Brazil.
- bacalao — dried salt cod
- bacardi — a cocktail made with Bacardi rum, grenadine, and lime juice.
- baccara — a gambling game at cards played by a banker and two or more punters who bet against the banker.
- baccate — like a berry in form, texture, etc
- bacchae — the priestesses or female devotees of Bacchus
- bacchic — of or relating to Bacchus
- bacchii — Plural form of bacchius.
- bacchus — (in ancient Greece and Rome) a god of wine and giver of ecstasy, identified with Dionysus
- bachata — a type of dance music originating in the Dominican Republic
- bachman — A proposed a style of Entity-Relationship model which differs from Chen's.
- bacilli — bacillus
- back of — the rear part of the human body, extending from the neck to the lower end of the spine.
- back up — If someone or something backs up a statement, they supply evidence to suggest that it is true.
- backare — an instruction to keep one's distance; back off!
- backbar — a construction of shelves and counter space behind a bar, used for storing bottles, glasses, etc.
- backbit — Simple past tense and past participle of backbite.
- backend — Alternative form of back end.
- backers — Plural form of backer.
- backfit — to retrofit, overhaul, esp an industrial plant
- backhoe — A backhoe is a large vehicle which is used for moving large amounts of earth.
- backing — If someone has the backing of an organization or an important person, they receive support or money from that organization or person in order to do something.
- backlit — illuminated from behind
- backlog — A backlog is a number of things which have not yet been done but which need to be done.
- backlot — an area outside a film or television studio used for outdoor filming
- backman — (sports) A position in Australian rules football.
- backoff — the rear part of the human body, extending from the neck to the lower end of the spine.
- backout — an instance of withdrawing (from an agreement, etc)
- backrub — therapeutic manipulation of the muscles of the back; massage of the back.
- backsaw — a small handsaw stiffened along its upper edge by a metal section
- backset — a setback; a reversal
- backsey — a sirloin
- backups — Plural form of backup.
- backway — A back alley.
- bacolod — a town in the Philippines, on the NW coast of Negros Island. Pop: 468 000 (2005 est)
- baconer — a pig that weighs between 83 and 101 kg, from which bacon is cut
- bactria — an ancient country of SW Asia, between the Hindu Kush mountains and the Oxus River: forms the present Balkh region in N Afghanistan
- baculum — a bony support in the penis of certain mammals, esp the carnivores
- bad boy — male child: naughty
- bad egg — a bad person
- 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.
- bad man — (sometimes initial capital letters) the devil.
- bad off — If you are bad off, you are in a bad situation.
- bad rap — bum rap.
- badajoz — a city in SW Spain: strategically positioned near the frontier with Portugal. Pop: 138 415 (2003 est)
- badders — (UK, informal) badminton.