9-letter words containing n, a, b
- barbotine — a type of clay paste used in making decorated pottery
- barcelona — the chief port of Spain, on the NE Mediterranean coast: seat of the Republican government during the Civil War (1936–39); the commercial capital of Spain. Pop: 1 582 738 (2003 est)
- barcoding — The assignment of a barcode to a product and the printing of the barcode on the product.
- bardolino — a light dry red wine produced around Verona in NE Italy
- bareboned — short of resources
- barenboim — Daniel. born 1942, Israeli concert pianist and conductor, born in Argentina
- bargained — Simple past tense and past participle of bargain.
- bargainer — an advantageous purchase, especially one acquired at less than the usual cost: The sale offered bargains galore.
- baritonal — of or relating to a baritone
- baritones — Plural form of baritone.
- barminess — the quality of being barmy; craziness
- barn door — an adjustable flap over the front of a studio or theatre lamp
- barnacled — any marine crustacean of the subclass Cirripedia, usually having a calcareous shell, being either stalked (goose barnacle) and attaching itself to ship bottoms and floating timber, or stalkless (rock barnacle or acorn barnacle) and attaching itself to rocks, especially in the intertidal zone.
- barnacles — nose pincers for controlling an unruly horse
- barnboard — barnwood.
- barnstorm — When people such as politicians or performers barnstorm, they travel around the country making speeches or giving shows.
- barnyards — Plural form of barnyard.
- baronetcy — the rank, position, or patent of a baronet
- barperson — a person who serves in a pub: used esp in advertisements
- barracoon — (formerly) a temporary place of confinement for slaves or convicts, esp those awaiting transportation
- barraging — Military. a heavy barrier of artillery fire to protect one's own advancing or retreating troops or to stop the advance of enemy troops.
- barrancas — Plural form of barranca.
- barreling — a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
- bartended — Simple past tense and past participle of bartend.
- bartender — A bartender is a person who serves drinks behind a bar.
- bartering — Present participle of barter.
- bartizans — Plural form of bartizan.
- bartokian — characteristic of the music of Béla Bartók: driving, percussive, Bartokian rhythm.
- basaltine — a black or brown-green mineral (Ca, Mg, Fe)SiO3
- base line — a line serving as a base
- base unit — any of the fundamental units in a system of measurement. The base SI units are the metre, kilogram, second, ampere, kelvin, candela, and mole
- basebands — Plural form of baseband.
- baseliner — a player who plays most of his or her shots from the back of court
- baselines — Plural form of baseline.
- basements — Plural form of basement.
- bashed in — crushed or dented from a blow
- bashments — Plural form of bashment.
- basicness — Quality or degree of being basic.
- basilican — basilic (def 2).
- basilicon — any of a variety of healing ointments applied to wounds in early medicine, commonly using lard or oil, resin, and wax
- basinlike — resembling a basin
- bass horn — an obsolete wind instrument of low range
- bassanite — (mineral) A saline evaporite, consisting of calcium sulphate, found at Vesuvius.
- bassinets — Plural form of bassinet.
- bastinade — bastinado.
- bastinado — punishment or torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with a stick
- bastioned — Furnished with a bastion; having bastions.
- bathonian — of or relating to Bath
- batswoman — a female batsman
- batswomen — Plural form of batswoman.