7-letter words containing n, a, b
- amboyna — the mottled curly-grained wood of an Indonesian leguminous tree, Pterocarpus indicus, used in making furniture
- 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.
- arabian — Arabian means belonging or relating to Arabia, especially to Saudi Arabia.
- armband — An armband is a band of fabric that you wear round your upper arm in order to show that you have an official position or belong to a particular group. Some people also wear a black armband to show that a friend or relation has died.
- armbone — (anatomy) A bone in the arm, specifically, the humerus.
- ash bin — a dustbin
- aubaine — (historical, legal) succession to the goods of a stranger not naturalized.
- aubanel — Théodore [tey-aw-dawr] /teɪ ɔˈdɔr/ (Show IPA), 1829–86, French poet.
- audubon — John James. 1785–1851, US naturalist and artist, noted particularly for his paintings of birds in Birds of America (1827–38)
- b and d — bondage and discipline: used in reference to sadomasochistic sexual practices.
- b and e — Law. the crime of breaking and entering: two of the elements of the crime of burglary.
- b and s — a dance held for young people in country areas, usually in a field or barn
- b and w — (of a motion picture, photograph, drawing, etc.) black and white, as distinguished from color.
- babinet — Jacques (ʒɑk) 1794–1872, French physicist, noted for his work on the diffraction of light
- baboons — Plural form of baboon.
- babying — an infant or very young child.
- babylon — the chief city of ancient Mesopotamia: first settled around 3000 bc
- bachman — A proposed a style of Entity-Relationship model which differs from Chen's.
- backend — Alternative form of back end.
- backing — If someone has the backing of an organization or an important person, they receive support or money from that organization or person in order to do something.
- backman — (sports) A position in Australian rules football.
- baconer — a pig that weighs between 83 and 101 kg, from which bacon is cut
- bad man — (sometimes initial capital letters) the devil.
- badging — Present participle of badge.
- badland — Alternative form of badlands.
- badness — not good in any manner or degree.
- baffing — to strike the ground with a club in making a stroke.
- baganda — a Negroid people of E Africa living chiefly in Uganda
- bagging — coarse woven cloth; sacking
- baghlan — a province in N Afghanistan.
- bagnios — Plural form of bagnio.
- bagnold — Enid (Algerine). 1889–1981, British novelist and playwright; her works include the novel National Velvet (1935) and the play The Chalk Garden (1955)
- bagsing — Present participle of bags.
- bahrain — an independent sheikhdom on the Persian Gulf, consisting of several islands: under British protection until the declaration of independence in 1971. It has large oil reserves. Language: Arabic. Religion: Muslim. Currency: dinar. Capital: Manama. Pop: 1 281 332 (2013 est). Area: 678 sq km (262 sq miles)
- bailing — Also, bailer. a bucket, dipper, or other container used for bailing.
- bainite — a mixture of iron and iron carbide found in incompletely hardened steels, produced when austenite is transformed at temperatures between the pearlite and martensite ranges
- bairnly — childish, childlike, young
- baiting — food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- bake in — to include (a feature) as an integral part of a computer's operating system
- bakhtin — ˌMikhaˈil (ˌmixɑˈil) ; mēˌkhäēlˈ) 1895-1975; Russ. literary critic & theoretician
- bakings — Plural form of baking.