8-letter words containing c, a, b
- archbanc — archebanc.
- asbestic — relating to asbestos
- ascorbic — Of or pertaining to ascorbic acid or its derivatives.
- ascribed — Simple past tense and past participle of ascribe.
- ascribes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ascribe.
- auerbach — Frank (Helmuth). born 1931, British painter, born in Germany, noted esp for his use of impasto
- babiches — Plural form of babiche.
- babouche — a Middle-Eastern, particularly Turkish, heelless slipper
- babracot — a wooden grating used by Indians in South America for roasting and drying food.
- babycino — a drink of frothy milk with a chocolate topping, designed as an alternative to coffee for young children
- baccarat — a card game in which two or more punters gamble against the banker
- bacchant — a priest or votary of Bacchus
- bacchiac — of, containing, or consisting of bacchii
- bacchius — a metrical foot of one short syllable followed by two long ones (◡ – –)
- bachelor — A bachelor is a man who has never married.
- bacillar — (biology) Shaped like a rod or staff.
- bacillus — A bacillus is any bacterium that has a long, thin shape.
- back bay — a small bay or inlet of a lake
- back emf — an electromagnetic force appearing in an inductive circuit in such a direction as to oppose any change of current in the circuit
- back end — autumn
- back lot — an outdoor area, usually adjoining a studio, used for the shooting of exterior scenes.
- back off — If you back off, you move away in order to avoid problems or a fight.
- back out — If you back out, you decide not to do something that you previously agreed to do.
- back pay — Back pay is money which an employer owes an employee for work that he or she did in the past.
- back row — the forwards at the rear of a scrum
- back rub — a form of massage in which the masseur rubs one's back
- back run — a period during which a particular process, as the flow of materials in manufacturing, is reversed.
- back saw — a short saw with a reinforced back.
- back-end — (programming) Any software performing either the final stage in a process, or a task not apparent to the user. A common usage is in a compiler. A compiler's back-end generates machine language and performs optimisations specific to the machine's architecture. The term can also be used in the context of network applications. E.g. "The back-end of the system handles socket protocols". Contrast front end.
- backache — Backache is a dull pain in your back.
- backband — a moulding used at the edges of a window casing
- backbeat — the second and fourth beats of a bar written in even time or, in more complex time signatures, the last beat of the bar
- backbend — a gymnastic exercise in which the trunk is bent backwards until the hands touch the floor
- backbite — to talk spitefully about (an absent person)
- backbond — a legal document qualifying the terms of a bond or explaining the purpose for which a bond has been granted
- backbone — Your backbone is the column of small linked bones down the middle of your back.
- backburn — to clear (an area of scrub, bush, etc) by creating a new fire that burns in the opposite direction to the line of advancing fire
- backcast — a backward casting of a fishing rod
- backchat — the act of answering back, esp impudently
- backcomb — to comb the under layers of (the hair) towards the roots to give more bulk to a hairstyle
- backdate — If a document or an arrangement is backdated, it is valid from a date before the date when it is completed or signed.
- backdoor — You can use backdoor to describe an action or process if you disapprove of it because you think it has been done in a secret, indirect, or dishonest way.
- backdown — an act of retreating from a previously asserted position
- backdrop — A backdrop is a large piece of cloth, often with scenery painted on it, that is hung at the back of a stage while a play is being performed.
- backends — Plural form of backend.
- backfall — a fall or throw onto the back
- backfile — the archives of a newspaper or magazine
- backfill — to refill an excavated trench, esp (in archaeology) at the end of an investigation
- backfire — If a plan or project backfires, it has the opposite result to the one that was intended.
- backfist — a karate punch with the back of a clenched hand.