9-letter words containing e, a, k
- backseats — Plural form of backseat.
- backshore — the area of a beach above the usual high tide mark
- backsides — Plural form of backside.
- backslide — to lapse into bad habits or vices from a state of virtue, religious faith, etc
- backsolve — To determine the inputs that would lead to a given output in a mathematical system.
- backspace — to move a (typewriter carriage) backwards
- backspeir — to cross-examine, interrogate
- backstage — In a theatre, backstage refers to the areas behind the stage.
- backswept — slanting backwards
- backtrace — (computing) A stack trace.
- backwater — A backwater is a place that is isolated.
- bad break — misfortune, period of bad luck
- bad check — A bad check is a check that will not be paid because there is a mistake on it, or because there is not enough money in the account of the person who wrote the check.
- baekeland — Leo Hendrik [lee-oh hen-drik;; Flemish ley-oh hen-drik] /ˈli oʊ ˈhɛn drɪk;; Flemish ˈleɪ oʊ ˈhɛn drɪk/ (Show IPA), 1863–1944, U.S. chemist, born in Belgium: developed Bakelite.
- bahookies — Plural form of bahookie.
- bairnlike — childlike
- bake sale — a sale of homemade, donated baked goods, as by a church or club to raise money.
- bakeapple — the fruit of the cloudberry
- bakeboard — a board on which bread dough is rolled and kneaded
- bakegoods — baked goods, as bread, cakes, or pies.
- bakehouse — a building or room to bake in; bakery.
- bakeshops — Plural form of bakeshop.
- bakestone — a flat stone placed in or near an oven or fire, for baking cakes on
- baksheesh — money given as a tip, a present, or alms
- balakirev — Mily Alexeyevich (ˈmilij alɪkˈsjejɪvitʃ). 1837–1910, Russian composer, whose works include two symphonic poems, two symphonies, and many arrangements of Russian folk songs
- balikesir — city in NW Asiatic Turkey: pop. 173,000
- balkanise — to divide (a country, territory, etc.) into small, quarrelsome, ineffectual states.
- balkanize — to divide (a territory) into small warring states
- balkiness — The state or quality of being balky.
- balklines — Plural form of balkline.
- bandbrake — a device used to measure the power of brakes
- bank note — a promissory note issued by a bank, payable on demand: it is a form of paper money
- bank rate — The bank rate is the rate of interest at which a bank lends money, especially the minimum rate of interest that banks are allowed to charge, which is decided from time to time by the country's central bank.
- bankerish — resembling or befitting a banker, especially in being perceived as reserved and conservative in dress and demeanor: a model of bankerish decorum.
- banknotes — Plural form of banknote.
- barkeeper — A barkeeper is someone who serves drinks behind a bar.
- barklouse — any of numerous insects of the order Psocoptera that live on the bark of trees and other plants.
- barm cake — a round flat soft bread roll
- barracked — Simple past tense and past participle of barrack.
- barracker — to shout boisterously for or against a player or team; root or jeer.
- basestock — Refined petroleum oil with no additives.
- basinlike — resembling a basin
- basketeer — Someone who makes baskets; a basketmaker.
- basketful — a sufficient quantity to fill a basket; the amount contained in a basket.
- baulkline — a straight line across a billiard table behind which the cue balls are placed at the start of a game
- beakerful — the amount of liquid a beaker will hold
- beanstalk — the stem of a bean plant
- bearskins — Plural form of bearskin.
- beastlike — resembling a beast
- beat back — to force to retreat; drive back