7-letter words containing b
- alembic — an obsolete type of retort used for distillation
- algebra — Algebra is a type of mathematics in which letters are used to represent possible quantities.
- alibied — Simple past tense and past participle of alibi.
- alibies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of alibi.
- all but — All but a particular person or thing means everyone or everything except that person or thing.
- allenby — Edmund Henry Hynman, 1st Viscount. 1861–1936, British field marshal who captured Palestine and Syria from the Turks in 1918; high commissioner in Egypt (1919–25)
- allobar — any form of an element with a different isotopic composition than that of the naturally occurring form of the element
- alt bit — meta bit
- amabile — sweet or lovely
- ambages — winding, roundabout paths or ways.
- ambassy — an embassy
- ambatch — a tree or shrub of the Nile Valley, Aeschynomene elaphroxylon, valued for its light-coloured pithlike wood
- ambered — fixed in amber
- ambient — The ambient temperature is the temperature of the air above the ground in a particular place.
- ambitty — relating to glass which has become crystalline or brittle
- ambitus — (music) the range of a melody, especially those of ecclesiastical chants.
- ambling — the activity of walking at a leisurely pace
- amboina — Ambon
- amboise — a town in NW central France, on the River Loire: famous castle, a former royal residence. Pop: 11 457 (1999)
- amboyna — the mottled curly-grained wood of an Indonesian leguminous tree, Pterocarpus indicus, used in making furniture
- ambries — Plural form of ambry.
- ambroid — amberoid
- ambrose — Saint. ?340–397 ad, bishop of Milan; built up the secular power of the early Christian Church; also wrote music and Latin hymns. Feast day: Dec 7 or April 4
- ambsace — double ace, the lowest throw at dice
- ameboid — resembling or related to amebas.
- amiable — Someone who is amiable is friendly and pleasant to be with.
- amiably — having or showing pleasant, good-natured personal qualities; affable: an amiable disposition.
- amoebae — ameba.
- amoebas — Plural form of amoeba.
- amoebic — of, relating to, or resembling an ameba.
- anambra — a state of S Nigeria. Capital: Awka. Pop: 4 182 031 (2006). Area: 4844 sq km (1870 sq miles)
- annabel — a feminine name
- anobiid — any coleopterous beetle of the family Anobiidae, in which the pronotum characteristically forms a hood that more or less covers the head. The family includes such notorious pests as the furniture beetle (Anobium punctatum) and the deathwatch beetle, the larvae of which attack furniture and beams
- ansible — (science fiction) A hypothetical device that enables users to communicate instantaneously across great distances; that is, a faster-than-light communication device.
- antbear — Alternative spelling of ant bear.
- antbird — any of various dull-coloured South American passerine birds of the family Formicariidae, such as Hylophylax naevioides (spotted ant bird), that typically feed on ants
- antibes — a port and resort in SE France, on the Mediterranean: an important Roman town. Pop: 76 925 (2006)
- antibug — acting against computer bugs
- antisub — (informal) antisubmarine.
- anybody — Anybody means the same as anyone.
- aphobia — Fearlessness, a lack of fear.
- appleby — a town in NW England, in Cumbria: famous for its annual horse fair. Pop: 2862 (2001)
- aquabib — (very, rare, obsolete, derogatory) A teetotaler; one who does not consume alcohol.
- aquabis — (chemistry, in combination) Containing two molecules of water as a ligand.
- arabian — Arabian means belonging or relating to Arabia, especially to Saudi Arabia.
- arabica — a high-quality coffee bean obtained from the tree Coffea arabica
- arabist — An Arabist is a person who supports Arab interests or knows a lot about the Arabic language.
- arabize — to transfer to Arab control
- arariba — Any of the trees of three species in the genus Centrolobium (family Fabaceae), especially, a Brazilian tree (Centrolobium robustum) -- called also zebrawood.
- araroba — a Brazilian leguminous tree, Andira araroba