9-letter words containing b, r, a, c
- back room — a place where research or planning is done, esp secret research in wartime
- back yard — an area, usually paved, at the rear of a building
- back-door — secret; furtive; illicit; indirect.
- backbiter — to attack the character or reputation of (a person who is not present).
- backboard — In basketball, the backboard is the flat board above each of the baskets.
- backcourt — In sports such tennis and badminton, the backcourt is the section of each side of the court that is furthest from the net. In basketball, the backcourt is the rear part of the court, where the defense plays. You can also use backcourt to refer to the members of a team who play mainly in this part of the court.
- backcross — to mate (a hybrid of the first generation) with one of its parents
- backdraft — an explosive surge in a fire produced by the sudden mixing of air with other combustible gases.
- backdrops — Plural form of backdrop.
- backer-up — a supporter; backer; second.
- backfired — Simple past tense and past participle of backfire.
- backfires — Plural form of backfire.
- backorder — Commerce. an order or part of an order waiting to be filled.
- backprint — The mark or impression left by a person's back having been pressed against a surface.
- backrests — Plural form of backrest.
- backroads — Plural form of backroad.
- backronym — an existing word turned into an acronym by creating an apt phrase whose initial letters match the word, as to help remember it or offer a theory of its origin. For example, rap has been said to be a backronym of “rhythm and poetry.”.
- backrooms — Plural form of backroom.
- backround — Misspelling of background.
- backshore — the area of a beach above the usual high tide mark
- backspeir — to cross-examine, interrogate
- backstory — the events which take place before, and which help to bring about, the events portrayed in a film
- backstrap — A pull strap extending the backstay of a boot or shoe.
- backsword — a person who uses the backsword
- backtrace — (computing) A stack trace.
- backtrack — If you backtrack on a statement or decision you have made, you do or say something that shows that you no longer agree with it or support it.
- backwards — If you move or look backwards, you move or look in the direction that your back is facing.
- backwater — A backwater is a place that is isolated.
- backwords — Plural form of backword.
- backyards — Plural form of backyard.
- bacterial — Bacterial is used to describe things that relate to or are caused by bacteria.
- bacterias — (US) Plural form of bacteria.
- bacterins — a vaccine prepared from killed bacteria.
- bacterio- — indicating bacteria or an action or condition relating to or characteristic of bacteria
- bacterium — Bacterium is the singular of bacteria.
- bacterize — to subject to bacterial action
- bacteroid — resembling a bacterium
- bad actor — a mean, ill-tempered, troublemaking, or evil person.
- balancers — Plural form of balancer.
- ball race — a ball bearing
- bank card — A bank card is a plastic card which your bank gives you so you can get money from your bank account using a cash machine. It is also called an ATM card in American English. In Britain, you also use bank cards to prove who you are when you pay for something by cheque.
- bar chart — A bar chart is a graph which uses parallel rectangular shapes to represent changes in the size, value, or rate of something or to compare the amount of something relating to a number of different countries or groups.
- bar chord — a musical chord that is played on a stringed instrument using the barré technique.
- bar clamp — a clamp having two jaws attached to a bar, one fixed and the other adjustable by means of a screw mechanism.
- bar ditch — a roadside borrow pit dug for drainage purposes.
- bar snack — a light quick meal, such as a sandwich or pie, served in a bar
- baracaldo — city in The Basque Country, N Spain: pop. 105,000
- barachois — (in the Atlantic Provinces of Canada) a shallow lagoon formed by a sand bar
- barbecued — Cooked in a barbecue.
- barbecuer — someone who cooks using a barbecue