6-letter words containing b, a
- besant — Annie, née Wood. 1847–1933, British theosophist, writer, and political reformer in England and India
- beslan — a town in the North Ossetian Republic in Russia: scene of a massacre in 2004 when Chechen extremists held a school hostage, leading to a siege in which 344 people were killed. Pop: 35 550 (2002)
- bestar — to decorate with stars
- betake — to apply (oneself) to
- betcha — I bet you
- betray — If you betray someone who loves or trusts you, your actions hurt and disappoint them.
- beulah — the land of Israel (Isaiah 62:4)
- bewail — If you bewail something, you express great sorrow about it.
- beware — If you tell someone to beware of a person or thing, you are warning them that the person or thing may harm them or be dangerous.
- bewrap — to wrap up; to conceal
- bewray — to divulge; reveal; betray
- bezant — a medieval Byzantine gold coin
- bezazz — pizazz
- bezoar — a hard mass, such as a stone or hairball, in the stomach and intestines of animals, esp ruminants, and man: formerly thought to be an antidote to poisons
- bhabha — Homi J(ehangir) [hoh-mee juh-hahn-geer] /ˈhoʊ mi dʒə hɑnˈgɪər/ (Show IPA), 1909–1966, Indian physicist and government official.
- bhajan — the singing of devotional songs and hymns
- bhakta — a devotee of God
- bhakti — loving devotion to God leading to nirvana
- bhangi — a Hindu scavenger who belongs to one of the untouchable castes.
- bharal — a wild Himalayan sheep, Pseudois nayaur, with a bluish-grey coat and round backward-curving horns
- bharat — India (the republic)
- bhavan — (in India) a large house or building
- bhilai — a city in S Madhya Pradesh, in central India.
- bhopal — a city in central India, the capital of Madhya Pradesh state and of the former state of Bhopal: site of a poisonous gas leak from a US-owned factory, which killed over 7000 people in 1984 and was implicated in a further 15 000 deaths afterwards. Pop: 1 433 875 (2001)
- bhutan — a kingdom in central Asia: disputed by Tibet, China, India, and Britain since the 18th century but most closely connected with India; contains inaccessible stretches of the E Himalayas in the north. Official language: Dzongka; Nepali is also spoken. Official religion: Mahayana Buddhist. Currencies: ngultrum and Indian rupee. Capital: Thimbu. Pop: 725 296 (2013 est). Area: about 46 600 sq km (18 000 sq miles)
- biafra — a region of E Nigeria, formerly a local government region: seceded as an independent republic (1967–70) during the Civil War, but defeated by Nigerian government forces
- bialik — Hayyim Nahman (ˈhaɪm ˈnɑxman) or Chaim Nachman. 1873–1934, Russian Jewish poet and writer. His long poems The Talmud Student (1894) and In the City of Slaughter (1903) established him as the major Hebrew poet of modern times
- bianca — a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “white.”.
- bianco — Mon·te [mawn-te] /ˈmɔn tɛ/ (Show IPA). Italian name of Mont Blanc.
- biased — If someone is biased, they prefer one group of people to another, and behave unfairly as a result. You can also say that a process or system is biased.
- biases — a particular tendency, trend, inclination, feeling, or opinion, especially one that is preconceived or unreasoned: illegal bias against older job applicants; the magazine’s bias toward art rather than photography; our strong bias in favor of the idea.
- bicarb — Bicarb is an abbreviation for bicarbonate of soda.
- bichat — Marie François Xavier [ma-ree frahn-swa gza-vyey] /maˈri frɑ̃ˈswa gzaˈvyeɪ/ (Show IPA), 1771–1802, French physician.
- biface — a prehistoric stone tool with two faces
- bigamy — Bigamy is the crime of marrying a person when you are already legally married to someone else.
- bigtha — one of the seven eunuchs who served in the court of King Ahasuerus. Esther 1:10.
- bihari — a member of an Indian people living chiefly in Bihar but also in other parts of NW India and Bangladesh
- bihzad — Kamal ad-Din [key-mahl ahd-deen] /ˈkeɪ mɑl ɑdˈdin/ (Show IPA), c1440–c1527, Persian painter and calligrapher.
- bikila — Abebe (əˈbeɪbeɪ). 1932–73, Ethiopian long-distance runner: winner of the Marathon at the Olympic Games in Rome (1960) and Tokyo (1964)
- bilbao — a port in N Spain, on the Bay of Biscay: the largest city in the Basque Provinces: famous since medieval times for the production of iron and steel goods: modern buildings include the Guggenheim Art Museum (1997). Pop: 353 567 (2003 est)
- bildad — a friend of Job. Job 2:11.
- bilhah — the mother of Dan and Naphtali. Gen. 30:1–8.
- bilian — a type of ironwood from Borneo
- bimane — a bimanous animal.
- binary — Binary describes something that has two different parts.
- binate — occurring in two parts or in pairs
- biogas — a gas that is produced by the action of bacteria on organic waste matter: used as a fuel
- biovar — a group of microorganisms, usually bacteria, that have identical genetic but different biochemical or physiological characters.
- bipack — an obsolete filming process
- birman — a breed of large long-haired cat having a light-coloured coat with dark face, tail, and legs, and white feet