7-letter words containing t, a, b
- adiabat — a line on a thermodynamic chart relating the pressure and temperature of a substance undergoing an adiabatic change.
- aerobat — a person who performs spectacular or dangerous manoeuvres while in an aircraft
- aerobot — an unmanned aircraft used esp in space exploration
- airboat — a light, flat-bottomed boat driven by a propeller revolving in the air
- alberta — a province of W Canada: mostly prairie, with the Rocky Mountains in the southwest. Capital: Edmonton. Pop: 3 645 257 (2011 est). Area: 661 188 sq km (255 285 sq miles)
- alberti — Leon Battista (leˈɔn batˈtista). 1404–72, Italian Renaissance architect, painter, writer, and musician; among his architectural designs are the façades of Sta. Maria Novella at Florence and S. Francesco at Rimini
- albitic — Of or relating to the mineral albite.
- all but — All but a particular person or thing means everyone or everything except that person or thing.
- alt bit — meta bit
- ambatch — a tree or shrub of the Nile Valley, Aeschynomene elaphroxylon, valued for its light-coloured pithlike wood
- ambient — The ambient temperature is the temperature of the air above the ground in a particular place.
- ambitty — relating to glass which has become crystalline or brittle
- ambitus — (music) the range of a melody, especially those of ecclesiastical chants.
- 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.
- arabist — An Arabist is a person who supports Arab interests or knows a lot about the Arabic language.
- arbiter — An arbiter is a person or institution that judges and settles a quarrel between two other people or groups.
- arboret — an area planted with shrubs
- arbutus — any of several temperate ericaceous shrubs of the genus Arbutus, esp the strawberry tree of S Europe. They have clusters of white or pinkish flowers, broad evergreen leaves, and strawberry-like berries
- asbuilt — May refer to a field survey, construction drawing, 3D model, or other descriptive representation of an engineered project or a design. Derived from usage of the adjective asbuilt. (See examples.).
- astable — not stable
- astbury — John. 1688–1743, English potter; earliest of the great Staffordshire potters
- astilbe — any perennial saxifragaceous plant of the genus Astilbe of E Asia and North America: cultivated for their ornamental spikes or panicles of pink or white flowers
- at best — You use at best to indicate that even if you describe something as favourably as possible or if it performs as well as it possibly can, it is still not very good.
- attaboy — an expression of approval or exhortation
- attrib. — attribute
- autobio — autobiography.
- autobus — a motor vehicle which can carry a large group of passengers
- babbitt — a narrow-minded and complacent member of the middle class
- babette — a female given name, form of Barbara.
- babinet — Jacques (ʒɑk) 1794–1872, French physicist, noted for his work on the diffraction of light
- baby at — (hardware) The redesigned AT motherboard that had the same size as the XT motherboard had (8.5" x 11") and could thus fit into an XT case. The original 12" x 13" AT motherboards are now largely forgotten. Compare ATX.
- babysat — to take charge of a child while the parents are temporarily away.
- babysit — If you babysit for someone or babysit their children, you look after their children while they are out.
- baccate — like a berry in form, texture, etc
- bachata — a type of dance music originating in the Dominican Republic
- backbit — Simple past tense and past participle of backbite.
- backfit — to retrofit, overhaul, esp an industrial plant
- backlit — illuminated from behind
- backlot — an area outside a film or television studio used for outdoor filming
- backout — an instance of withdrawing (from an agreement, etc)
- backset — a setback; a reversal
- bactria — an ancient country of SW Asia, between the Hindu Kush mountains and the Oxus River: forms the present Balkh region in N Afghanistan
- baddest — not good in any manner or degree.
- bagatha — Bigtha.
- bagehot — Walter. 1826–77, English economist and journalist: editor of The Economist; author of The English Constitution (1867), Physics and Politics (1872), and Lombard Street (1873)
- baguets — Plural form of baguet.