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9-letter words containing b, a, c

  • barcarole — a Venetian boat song in a time of six or twelve quaver beats to the bar
  • barcelona — the chief port of Spain, on the NE Mediterranean coast: seat of the Republican government during the Civil War (1936–39); the commercial capital of Spain. Pop: 1 582 738 (2003 est)
  • barcoding — The assignment of a barcode to a product and the printing of the barcode on the product.
  • barefaced — You use barefaced to describe someone's behavior when you want to emphasize that they do not care that they are behaving wrongly.
  • bariatric — of or relating to the treatment of obesity
  • barkcloth — Cloth made from the inner bark of the paper mulberry or similar tree.
  • barm cake — a round flat soft bread roll
  • barmbrack — a loaf of bread with currants in it
  • barmecide — lavish or plentiful in imagination only; illusory; sham
  • barnacled — any marine crustacean of the subclass Cirripedia, usually having a calcareous shell, being either stalked (goose barnacle) and attaching itself to ship bottoms and floating timber, or stalkless (rock barnacle or acorn barnacle) and attaching itself to rocks, especially in the intertidal zone.
  • barnacles — nose pincers for controlling an unruly horse
  • barocchio — Giacomo (ˈdʒakomo)
  • baronetcy — the rank, position, or patent of a baronet
  • baroscope — any instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure, esp a manometer with one side open to the atmosphere
  • barouches — Plural form of barouche.
  • barracked — Simple past tense and past participle of barrack.
  • barracker — to shout boisterously for or against a player or team; root or jeer.
  • barracoon — (formerly) a temporary place of confinement for slaves or convicts, esp those awaiting transportation
  • barracuda — A barracuda is a large tropical sea fish that eats other fish.
  • barrancas — Plural form of barranca.
  • barricade — A barricade is a line of vehicles or other objects placed across a road or open space to stop people getting past, for example during street fighting or as a protest.
  • barricado — a barricade.
  • base camp — an encampment that serves as a staging area for a larger activity, for example in mountaineering
  • base coat — the first coat of paint applied to a prepared surface
  • basestock — Refined petroleum oil with no additives.
  • basic dye — a dye soluble in acid and insoluble in basic solution, consisting mostly of amino or imino compounds of xanthene or triarylmethane: used mainly for inks, carbon paper, and typewriter ribbon.
  • basically — You use basically for emphasis when you are stating an opinion, or when you are making an important statement about something.
  • basicness — Quality or degree of being basic.
  • basilical — royal, regal
  • basilican — basilic (def 2).
  • basilicas — Plural form of basilica.
  • basilicon — any of a variety of healing ointments applied to wounds in early medicine, commonly using lard or oil, resin, and wax
  • bass clef — the clef that establishes F a fifth below middle C on the fourth line of the staff
  • batchelor — (British) alternative spelling of bachelor.
  • batchmate — (India) classmate.
  • bath chap — the lower part of the cheek of a pig, cooked and eaten, usually cold
  • batrachia — amphibians, including frogs and toads, which have gills and a tail in their larval state, which are discarded later in life
  • bc neliac — Version of NELIAC, post 1962. Sammet 1969, p.197.
  • beach bag — a large bag for carrying towels, swimsuits etc
  • beach bum — If you refer to someone as a beach bum, you mean that they spend a lot of time enjoying themselves on the beach or in the sea.
  • beach hut — a hut used for changing, storing deckchairs, etc
  • beach pea — either of two plants of the legume family, Lathyrus japonicus, of seashores of the North Temperate Zone, or L. littoralis, of the temperate western coast of North America, both having oblong leaves and clusters of pealike flowers.
  • beachball — a large light brightly coloured ball for playing with on a beach
  • beachcomb — to search for and collect objects such as seashells and driftwood along the seashore
  • beachgoer — a person who goes to the beach, esp frequently
  • beachhead — A beachhead is an area of land next to the sea or a river where an attacking force has taken control and can prepare to advance further inland.
  • beachside — situated near a beach
  • beachwear — Beachwear is the things people wear for swimming.
  • beaconage — a number or system of beacons.
  • beaconing — a guiding or warning signal, as a light or fire, especially one in an elevated position.
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