6-letter words containing ab
- agabus — a Christian prophet who predicted a great famine. Acts 11:28.
- aintab — Gaziantep
- aljabr — (tool) An implementation of MACSYMA for the Macintosh by Fort Pond Research.
- anabas — any of several labyrinth fishes of the genus Anabas, esp the climbing fish
- annaba — a port in NE Algeria: site of the Roman city of Hippo Regius. Pop: 382 000 (2005 est)
- araban — a pentosan, found chiefly in vegetable gums, that yields arabinose upon hydrolysis.
- arabel — a female given name.
- arabia — a great peninsula of SW Asia, between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf: consists chiefly of a desert plateau, with mountains rising over 3000 m (10 000 ft) in the west and scattered oases; includes the present-day countries of Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates. Area: about 2 600 000 sq km (1 000 000 sq miles)
- arabic — Arabic is a language that is spoken in the Middle East and in parts of North Africa.
- arabin — the essence of gum arabic, being a carbohydrate gum composed of hexoses and D-arabinose
- arabis — any plant of the annual or perennial genus Arabis, some of which form low-growing mats with downy grey foliage and white flowers: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- arable — Arable farming involves growing crops such as wheat and barley rather than keeping animals or growing fruit and vegetables. Arable land is land that is used for arable farming.
- atabal — a drum played by the Moorish people of N Africa
- atabeg — a Turkish leader who had a lower status than the ruler of the country and who acted as teacher and guardian to the male heir apparent
- atabek — Turkish ruler
- babaco — a subtropical parthenocarpic tree, Carica pentagona, originating in South America, cultivated for its fruit: family Caricaceae
- babble — If someone babbles, they talk in a confused or excited way.
- babbly — babbling; chatty; talkative
- babeuf — François Noël (frɑ̃swa nɔɛl) 1760–97, French political agitator: plotted unsuccessfully to destroy the Directory and establish a communistic system
- babied — an infant or very young child.
- babier — an infant or very young child.
- babies — an infant or very young child.
- babish — Like a babe; childish; babyish.
- babism — a pantheistic Persian religious sect, founded in 1844 by the Bab, forbidding polygamy, concubinage, begging, trading in slaves, and indulgence in alcohol and drugs
- bablah — the rind of the fruit of several varieties of acacia, containing tannin and therefore used as a dye
- babool — Alternative form of babul.
- baboon — A baboon is a large monkey that lives in Africa.
- baboos — babu.
- babson — Roger Ward, 1875–1967, U.S. statistician and businessman.
- banaba — an island in the SW Pacific, in the Republic of Kiribati. Phosphates were mined by Britain (1900–79). Area: about 5 sq km (2 sq miles). Pop: 301 (2005)
- baobab — a bombacaceous tree, Adansonia digitata, native to Africa, that has a very thick trunk, large white flowers, and a gourdlike fruit with an edible pulp called monkey bread
- beable — (physics) Anything that could possibly be.
- bhabha — Homi J(ehangir) [hoh-mee juh-hahn-geer] /ˈhoʊ mi dʒə hɑnˈgɪər/ (Show IPA), 1909–1966, Indian physicist and government official.
- blabby — overly talkative
- cabala — a Jewish mystical movement based on a symbolic interpretation of the Scriptures: it flourished from the end of the 12th cent.
- cabals — Plural form of cabal.
- cabana — a tent used as a dressing room by the sea
- cabane — a mastlike structure on some early airplanes, used for supporting the wing.
- cabbed — Simple past tense and past participle of cab.
- cabbie — A cabbie is a person who drives a taxi.
- cabbin — Obsolete spelling of cabin.
- cabble — Metallurgy. to cut up (iron or steel bars) for fagoting.
- cabell — James Branch1879-1958; U.S. novelist
- cabers — Plural form of caber.
- cabins — Plural form of cabin.
- cabiri — a group of gods, probably of Eastern origin, worshiped in mysteries in various parts of ancient Greece, the cult centers being at Samothrace and Thebes.
- cabled — Simple past tense and past participle of cable.
- cabler — a cable broadcasting company
- cables — Plural form of cable.
- cablet — a small cable, esp a cable-laid rope that has a circumference of less than 25 centimetres (ten inches)