11-letter words containing b, a, t, c
- back stairs — stairs at the back of a house, as for use by servants.
- back street — A back street in a town or city is a small, narrow street with very little traffic.
- back-mutate — to undergo back mutation.
- back-stitch — stitching or a stitch in which the thread is doubled back on the preceding stitch.
- back-street — taking place in secrecy and often illegally: back-street political maneuvering; back-street drug dealing.
- backcasting — Present participle of backcast.
- backcountry — an area far from cities and towns that is thinly populated and largely undeveloped; hinterland
- backdraught — a reverse movement of air, gas, or liquid
- backlighted — Simple past tense and past participle of backlight.
- backlisting — Present participle of backlist.
- backscatter — the scattering of particles or radiation, such as sound waves, X-rays, or alpha-particles, by the atoms of the medium through which they pass, in the backward direction
- backscratch — a favour done for someone in return for another
- backseaters — Plural form of backseater.
- backside-to — backend-to.
- backstabbed — Simple past tense and past participle of backstab.
- backstabber — someone who attacks another deceitfully, behind his or her back
- backstopped — Simple past tense and past participle of backstop.
- backstopper — a wall, wire screen, or the like, serving to prevent a ball from going too far beyond the normal playing area.
- backstreets — Plural form of backstreet.
- backstretch — the part of a racetrack farthest from the grandstand and opposite and parallel to the homestretch
- backstroker — a person who swims the backstroke, especially a member of a competitive swimming team who specializes in the backstroke.
- backstrokes — Plural form of backstroke.
- backtalking — Present participle of backtalk.
- backtracked — Simple past tense and past participle of backtrack.
- backtracker — One who, or that which, backtracks.
- bacteraemia — the presence of bacteria in the blood
- bacteraemic — containing, caused by, or pertaining to bacteraemia
- bacterially — In reference to bacteria.
- bactericide — a substance able to destroy bacteria
- bacteriemia — Bacteremia.
- bacteriocin — any protein-based toxin given off by bacteria to prevent the growth of related bacteria nearby
- bacteriosis — any bacterial disease
- bacteriuria — the presence of bacteria in the urine
- bacteroides — any of several rod-shaped, anaerobic bacteria of the genus Bacteroides, occurring in the alimentary and genitourinary tracts of humans and other mammals, certain species of which are pathogenic.
- baitcasting — (angling) A form of casting in which the weight of the bait pulls the fishing line off of the spool (subject to some control by thumb pressure).
- balance out — If two or more opposite things balance out or if you balance them out, they become equal in amount, value, or effect.
- ballicatter — (in Newfoundland) ice that forms along a shore from waves and spray
- baluchistan — a mountainous region of SW Asia, in SW Pakistan and SE Iran
- bambocciata — a genre painting of usually small size produced in Rome in the 17th century.
- baroceptors — Plural form of baroceptor.
- baroclinity — a common state of fluid stratification in which surfaces of constant pressure and others of constant density are not parallel but intersect.
- baronetical — pertaining to baronets
- barracootas — Plural form of barracoota.
- barracoutas — Plural form of barracouta.
- barycentric — Of or relating to the center of gravity.
- basic steel — steel produced by the basic process.
- basket case — If someone describes a country or organization as a basket case, they mean that its economy or finances are in a seriously bad state.
- bastard cut — (of a file) having medium teeth; intermediate between a coarse cut and a fine cut
- batch plant — a manufacturing plant where concrete is mixed before being transported to a construction site ready to be poured.
- bateau neck — boat neck.