7-letter words containing a, k
- 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.
- baglike — resembling a bag
- bagwork — a revetment, consisting of heavy material sewn into bags, for protecting embankments against scour.
- bake in — to include (a feature) as an integral part of a computer's operating system
- bakeoff — a baking competition
- baker's — a bakery or shop run by a baker selling bread and usually cakes, buns etc
- bakhmut — former name of Artemovsk.
- bakhtin — ˌMikhaˈil (ˌmixɑˈil) ; mēˌkhäēlˈ) 1895-1975; Russ. literary critic & theoretician
- bakings — Plural form of baking.
- baklava — a rich cake of Middle Eastern origin consisting of thin layers of pastry filled with nuts and honey
- baklawa — a Near Eastern pastry made of many layers of paper-thin dough with a filling of ground nuts, baked and then drenched in a syrup of honey and sometimes rosewater.
- bakunin — Mikhail (mixaˈil). 1814–76, Russian anarchist and writer: a prominent member of the First International, expelled from it after conflicts with Marx
- balkans — countries of the Balkan Peninsula (Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Croatia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Albania, Greece, & the European part of Turkey) & Romania
- balking — to stop, as at an obstacle, and refuse to proceed or to do something specified (usually followed by at): He balked at making the speech.
- ballock — A testicle.
- 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)
- 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
- bannock — a round flat unsweetened cake originating in Scotland, made from oatmeal or barley and baked on a griddle
- bantock — Sir Granville. 1868–1946, British composer. His works include the Hebridean Symphony (1915), five ballets, and three operas
- barkeep — a barkeeper
- barkers — Plural form of barker.
- barking — mad; crazy
- barkley — Alben William [al-buh n] /ˈæl bən/ (Show IPA), 1877–1956, vice president of the U.S. 1949–53.
- barmkin — the outer fortification of a castle, or the battlement thereof
- barrack — A barracks is a building or group of buildings where soldiers or other members of the armed forces live and work. 'Barracks' is the singular and plural form.
- bashkir — a member of a Mongoloid people of E central Russia, living chiefly in the Bashkir Republic
- bashlik — a type of cone-shaped hood extending over the neck, worn primarily in Russia and Turkey as protection against bad weather
- baskets — Plural form of basket.
- basking — to lie in or be exposed to a pleasant warmth: to bask in the sunshine.
- bataisk — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, S of Rostov, on the Don River.