6-letter words containing b
- bailer — to dip (water) out of a boat, as with a bucket.
- bailey — the outermost wall or court of a castle
- bailie — (in Scotland) a municipal magistrate
- bailor — a person who retains ownership of goods but entrusts possession of them to another under a bailment
- báinín — Irish collarless jacket made of white wool
- bairam — either of two Muslim festivals, one (Lesser Bairam) falling at the end of Ramadan, the other (Greater Bairam) 70 days later at the end of the Islamic year
- baited — food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- baiter — someone who baits or teases
- baizes — Plural form of baize.
- bajada — a scrummaging technique, developed in Argentina, in which all eight forwards in a pack drive forward low and hard
- bakers — Plural form of baker.
- bakery — A bakery is a building where bread, pastries, and cakes are baked, or the shop where they are sold.
- bakgat — fine, excellent, marvellous
- baking — You can use baking to describe weather or a place that is very hot indeed.
- bakkie — a small truck with an open body and low sides
- balaam — a Mesopotamian diviner who, when summoned to curse the Israelites, prophesied future glories for them instead, after being reproached by his ass (Numbers 22–23)
- balata — a tropical American sapotaceous tree, Manilkara bidentata, yielding a latex-like sap
- balboa — Vasco Núñez de (ˈbasko ˈnuɲeθ de). ?1475–1519, Spanish explorer, who discovered the Pacific Ocean in 1513
- balche — (among the Yucatec Maya) a drink made from the bark of a leguminous tree, Lonchocarpus violaceus, which is soaked in honey and water and fermented.
- balcon — Sir Michael. 1896–1977, British film producer; his films made at Ealing Studios include the comedies Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) and The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
- baldad — Bildad.
- balded — having little or no hair on the scalp: a bald head; a bald person.
- balder — a god, son of Odin and Frigg, noted for his beauty and sweet nature. He was killed by a bough of mistletoe thrown by the blind god Höd, misled by the malicious Loki
- baldie — a bald person (sometimes used as a facetious term of address).
- baldly — having little or no hair on the scalp: a bald head; a bald person.
- baleen — whalebone
- balers — Plural form of baler.
- balewa — Sir Abubakar Tafawa [ah-boo-bah-kahr tah-fah-wah,, ah-boo-bah-kahr] /ˌɑ buˈbɑ kɑr tɑˈfɑ wɑ,, ɑˈbu bɑˌkɑr/ (Show IPA), 1912–66, Nigerian statesman: prime minister 1957–66.
- balgol — (language) ALGOL on Burroughs 220.
- baling — Also, bailer. a bucket, dipper, or other container used for bailing.
- baliol — Edward. ?1283–1364, king of Scotland (1332, 1333–56)
- balise — an electronic beacon used on a railway
- balkan — of, denoting, or relating to the Balkan States or their inhabitants, the Balkan Peninsula, or the Balkan Mountains
- balkar — a member of a Sunni Muslim people living mainly in the Kabardino-Balkar Autonomous Republic in the Russian Federation, closely related to the Karachai.
- balked — 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.
- balker — One who, or that which balks.
- ballad — A ballad is a long song or poem which tells a story in simple language.
- ballas — a spherical aggregate of small diamond crystals used for drilling and for various industrial purposes.
- ballat — a ballad
- balled — a round or roundish body, of various sizes and materials, either hollow or solid, for use in games, as baseball, football, tennis, or golf.
- baller — a ball-game player, esp in basketball
- ballet — Ballet is a type of very skilled and artistic dancing with carefully planned movements.
- ballon — a quality of gracefulness, poise and buoyancy as found in good dancers
- ballot — A ballot is a secret vote in which people select a candidate in an election, or express their opinion about something.
- ballow — a heavy club; a cudgel
- ballsy — You can describe a person or their behaviour as ballsy if you admire them because you think they are energetic and brave.
- ballup — a state of confusion; mix-up.
- balmer — Johann Jakob. 1825–98, Swiss mathematician; discovered a formula giving the wavelengths of a series of lines in the hydrogen spectrum (the Balmer series)
- balots — Plural form of balot.
- balrog — (fantasy) A fiery demonic creature.