8-letter words containing n, a, b
- barranca — a ravine or precipice
- barrenly — Unfruitfully; unproductively.
- barrings — Plural form of barring.
- barspoon — a long-handled spoon, usually having the capacity of a teaspoon, used for mixing or measuring ingredients for alcoholic drinks.
- barthian — of or relating to Karl Barth, or his ideas
- bartizan — a small turret projecting from a wall, parapet, or tower
- baryonic — of or relating to a baryon
- barytone — having the last syllable unaccented
- bas-rhin — a department of NE France in Alsace region. Capital: Strasbourg. Pop: 1 052 698 (2003 est). Area: 4793 sq km (1869 sq miles)
- basanite — a black basaltic rock containing plagioclase, augite, olivine, and nepheline, leucite, or analcite, formerly used as a touchstone
- baseband — a transmission technique using a narrow range of frequencies that allows only one message to be telecommunicated at a time
- baseborn — born of humble parents
- baseline — The baseline of a tennis, badminton, or basketball court is one of the lines at each end of the court that mark the limits of play.
- basement — The basement of a building is a floor built partly or completely below ground level.
- basename — (file system) The name of a file which, in contrast to a pathname, does not mention any of the directories containing the file. Examples:
- baseness — morally low; without estimable personal qualities; dishonorable; meanspirited; selfish; cowardly.
- bashings — Plural form of bashing.
- bashment — (slang, countable, especially Jamaican) A party or rave.
- basildon — a town in SE England, in S Essex: designated a new town in 1955. Pop: 99 876 (2001)
- basilian — a monk of the Eastern Christian order of St Basil, founded in Cappadocia in the 4th century ad
- basinful — As much as a basin will hold.
- basquine — a tight-fitting bodice worn by women in the Basque region and in Spain
- bassinet — A bassinet is a small bed for a baby that is like a basket.
- bassline — (in jazz, rock, and pop music) the part played by the bass guitar
- bassness — the quality of being low-pitched
- bassoons — Plural form of bassoon.
- bastions — Plural form of bastion.
- bastogne — a town in SE Belgium: of strategic importance to Allied defences during the Battle of the Bulge; besieged by the Germans during the winter of 1944–45. Pop: 14 070 (2004 est)
- bat turn — a sharp and sudden change in an aircraft's heading.
- batangas — a port in the Philippines, in SW Luzon. Pop: 293 000 (2005 est)
- batavian — of or relating to Batavia (a former name for Holland or Jakarta) or its inhabitants
- batching — a quantity or number coming at one time or taken together: a batch of prisoners.
- batement — reduction; abatement
- bath bun — a sweet bun containing spices and dried fruit
- batinism — a secret movement in Islam, often associated with Ismaʿili Shiʿism.
- batlings — Plural form of batling.
- batswing — in the form of the wing of a bat
- battened — Simple past tense and past participle of batten.
- battener — someone who flourishes, grows fat, is strengthened
- battling — a hostile encounter or engagement between opposing military forces: the battle of Waterloo.
- batwoman — a female servant in any of the armed forces
- baudekin — baldachin
- baudouin — 1930-93; king of Belgium (1951-93): son of Leopold III
- baudrons — a cat
- bauhinia — any climbing or shrubby leguminous plant of the genus Bauhinia, of tropical and warm regions, widely cultivated for ornament
- baulking — to stop, as at an obstacle, and refuse to proceed or to do something specified (usually followed by at): He balked at making the speech.
- bavarian — of or relating to Bavaria or its inhabitants
- bay lynx — bobcat
- bayesian — (of a theory) presupposing known a priori probabilities which may be subjectively assessed and which can be revised in the light of experience in accordance with Bayes' theorem. A hypothesis is thus confirmed by an experimental observation which is likely given the hypothesis and unlikely without it
- bayonets — Plural form of bayonet.