3-letter words containing b
- bai — a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- bak — back at keyboard
- bal — British anti-lewisite
- bam — a hoax, deception, cheating
- ban — To ban something means to state officially that it must not be done, shown, or used.
- bao — an African board game usually played by moving pebbles along two rows of holes.
- bap — In some dialects of British English, a bap is a soft flat bread roll.
- bar — A bar is a place where you can buy and drink alcoholic drinks.
- bas — the second letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- bat — A bat is a specially shaped piece of wood that is used for hitting the ball in baseball, softball, cricket, rounders, or table tennis.
- bau — Any of various types of steamed bread used in Chinese cuisine.
- bax — Sir Arnold (Edward Trevor). 1883–1953, English composer of romantic works, often based on Celtic legends, including the tone poem Tintagel (1917)
- bay — A bay is a part of a coast where the land curves inwards.
- baz — (computing) A metasyntactic variable used to stand for some unspecified entity, typically the third in a series after foo and bar.
- bba — Bachelor of Business Administration
- bbb — Better Business Bureau
- bbc — The BBC is a British organization which broadcasts programmes on radio and television. BBC is an abbreviation for 'British Broadcasting Corporation'.
- bbl — be back later
- bbm — BlackBerry Messenger: an instant messaging application for BlackBerry devices
- bbq — BBQ is the written abbreviation for barbecue.
- bbs — be back soon
- bca — Bachelor of Commerce and Administration
- bcc — British Coal Corporation (formerly the National Coal Board)
- bcd — binary-coded decimal
- bce — Non-Christians often use BCE instead of BC in dates. BCE indicates a number of years or centuries before the year in which Jesus Christ is believed to have been born. BCE is an abbreviation for 'before the Common Era.' Compare AD, , BC.
- bcf — British Chess Federation
- bcg — bacille Calmette-Guérin (antituberculosis vaccine)
- bch — Bachelor of Surgery
- bcl — Bachelor of Civil Law
- bcs — Bachelor of Computer Science
- bd. — board.
- bda — British Dental Association
- bdc — Backup Domain Controller
- bdd — body dysmorphic disorder
- bde — brigade
- bdk — Black Disciple Killers
- bdl — bundle
- bds — bundles
- be- — Be- can be added to a noun followed by an '-ed' suffix to form an adjective that indicates that a person is covered with or wearing the thing named.
- bea — British European Airways
- bed — A BEd is a degree which usually takes four years to complete and which qualifies someone to teach in a school. BEd is an abbreviation for 'Bachelor of Education.' Compare PGCE.
- bee — A bee is an insect with a yellow-and-black striped body that makes a buzzing noise as it flies. Bees make honey, and can sting.
- bef — British Expeditionary Force, the British armies that served in France and Belgium 1914–18 and in France 1939–40
- beg — If you beg someone to do something, you ask them very anxiously or eagerly to do it.
- bel — a unit for comparing two power levels, equal to the logarithm to the base ten of the ratio of the two powers
- bem — British Empire Medal
- ben — an inner room in a house or cottage
- ber — 1. (protocol, standard) Basic Encoding Rules. 2. (communications) Bit Error Rate.
- bes — an ancient Egyptian god represented as a grotesque hairy dwarf: the patron of music and pleasure
- bet — If you bet on the result of a horse race, football game, or other event, you give someone a sum of money which they give you back with extra money if the result is what you predicted, or which they keep if it is not.