7-letter words containing ab
- arabize — to transfer to Arab control
- ardabil — city in NW Iran, near the Caspian Sea: pop. 311,000
- astable — not stable
- attaboy — an expression of approval or exhortation
- aufgabe — a task or an assignment
- ausable — a river in NE New York, flowing NE through a gorge (Ausable Chasm) into Lake Champlain. 20 miles (32 km) long.
- babalas — drunk; hungover
- babassu — a Brazilian palm tree, Orbignya martiana (or O. speciosa), having hard edible nuts that yield an oil used in making soap, margarine, etc
- babbage — Charles 1792–1871, English mathematician and inventor, who built a calculating machine that anticipated the modern electronic computer
- babbies — Plural form of babby.
- babbitt — a narrow-minded and complacent member of the middle class
- babbled — Simple past tense and past participle of babble.
- babbler — a person who babbles
- babbles — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of babble.
- babelic — an ancient city in the land of Shinar in which the building of a tower (Tower of Babel) intended to reach heaven was begun and the confusion of the language of the people took place. Gen. 11:4–9.
- babesia — any of several species of parasite that affect humans and animals, esp Babesia bigemina, which causes fever in cattle
- babette — a female given name, form of Barbara.
- babiche — thongs or lacings of rawhide
- babinet — Jacques (ʒɑk) 1794–1872, French physicist, noted for his work on the diffraction of light
- baboons — Plural form of baboon.
- babudom — the rule of babus
- 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.
- babying — an infant or very young child.
- babyish — Babyish actions, feelings, or looks are like a baby's, or are immature.
- babylon — the chief city of ancient Mesopotamia: first settled around 3000 bc
- 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.
- bacabal — a city in NE Brazil.
- banaban — of or relating to the SW Pacific island of Banaba
- baobabs — Plural form of baobab.
- barnaby — a masculine name
- batable — debatable; disputable
- belabor — If you say that someone belabors the point, you mean that they keep on talking about it, perhaps in an annoying or boring way.
- bitable — which can be bitten
- blabbed — to reveal indiscreetly and thoughtlessly: They blabbed my confidences to everyone.
- blabber — a person who blabs
- boabdil — original name Abu-Abdullah, called El Chico, ruled as Mohammed XI. died ?1538, last Moorish king of Granada (1482–83; 1486–92)
- brabant — a former duchy of W Europe: divided when Belgium became independent (1830), the south forming the Belgian provinces of Antwerp and Brabant and the north forming the province of North Brabant in the Netherlands
- brabble — to quarrel noisily over trifles
- brabham — Sir John Arthur, known as Jack. 1926–2014, Australian motor-racing driver: Formula One world champion 1959, 1960, and 1966
- bugaboo — Something or someone that is your bugaboo worries or upsets you.
- burnaby — city in SW British Columbia, Canada; suburb of Vancouver: pop. 179,000
- buyable — available to be bought
- caballe — Montserrat (monserˈrat). born 1933, Spanish operatic soprano
- cabanas — Plural form of cabana.
- cabaret — Cabaret is live entertainment consisting of dancing, singing, or comedy acts that are performed in the evening in restaurants or nightclubs.
- cabbage — A cabbage is a round vegetable with white, green or purple leaves that is usually eaten cooked.
- cabbagy — having the characteristics of the cabbage as in odor, taste, or color; cabbagelike.
- cabbala — cabala
- cabbies — Plural form of cabby.