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13-letter words containing ba

  • specbase_fp92 — A variant of SPECfp92 that reports "baseline" results, using stricter run rules.
  • spine-bashing — to rest; loaf.
  • state banquet — a formal banquet given for the head of a country
  • stock buyback — buyback (def 3).
  • store baggage — If a hotel stores baggage, it puts a guest's baggage in a storage room until it is needed by the guest.
  • streaky bacon — Streaky bacon is bacon which has stripes of fat between stripes of meat.
  • subadolescent — younger than or not quite adolescent
  • suballocation — an allocation made from a previous allocation
  • subappearance — a slight appearance
  • subassemblage — a group of persons or things gathered or collected; an assembly; collection; aggregate.
  • subastringent — slightly astringent.
  • surbased arch — drop arch (def 2).
  • swamp cabbage — skunk cabbage.
  • swimming bath — swimming pool.
  • sword bayonet — a short sword that may be attached to the muzzle of a gun and used as a bayonet.
  • take the bait — If you take the bait, you react to something that someone has said or done exactly as they intended you to do. The expression rise to the bait is also used, mainly in British English.
  • team handball — a game, similar to soccer, played between two teams of seven players who catch, dribble, throw, or hit the ball with the hands.
  • techno-babble — technical jargon relating to computing and other technological subjects
  • the backfield — the quarterback and running backs in a team
  • the west bank — a semi-autonomous Palestinian region in the Middle East on the W bank of the River Jordan, comprising the hills of Judaea and Samaria and part of Jerusalem: formerly part of Palestine (the entity created by the League of Nations in 1922 and operating until 1948): became part of Jordan after the ceasefire of 1949: occupied by Israel since the 1967 Arab-Israeli War. In 1993 a peace treaty between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization provided for the West Bank to become a self-governing Palestinian area; a new Palestinian National Authority assumed control of parts of the territory in 1994–95, but subsequent talks broke down and Israel reoccupied much of this in 2001–02 and continues to maintain most existing Israeli settlements. Pop: 2 676 740 (2013 est). Area: 5879 sq km (2270 sq miles)
  • thermal baths — warm water spa
  • thermobalance — an analytical balance that measures weight changes when matter is heated
  • thiocarbamide — thiourea.
  • third baseman — the player whose position is third base.
  • thoracolumbar — of the thoracic and lumbar regions
  • thorough bass — figured bass.
  • throttle back — If you throttle back, or you throttle back the engine, when driving a motor vehicle or flying an aircraft, you make it go slower by reducing the quantity of fuel entering the engine.
  • tidal barrage — a barrier that traps water at high tide, creating a tidal basin
  • tillamook bay — a bay of the Pacific Ocean, on the NW coast of Oregon: resort center. 6 miles (10 km) long and 2 miles (3 km) wide.
  • tobaccanalian — a smoker
  • tobacco heart — a functional disorder of the heart, characterized by a rapid and often irregular pulse, caused by excessive use of tobacco.
  • tobacco plant — any of numerous solanaceous plants of the genus Nicotiana, having mildly narcotic properties, tapering hairy leaves, and tubular or funnel-shaped fragrant flowers. The species N. tabacum is cultivated as the chief source of commercial tobacco
  • tobacco pouch — a pouch for carrying pipe tobacco
  • touchline ban — an official prohibition of a manager or coach from being present on or near the field during a match
  • trade balance — balance of trade.
  • trade barrier — any regulation or policy that restricts international trade, especially tariffs, quotas, etc.
  • trade embargo — a government order imposing a trade barrier
  • traveling bag — a small bag, as a valise or suitcase, usually made of leather, having an oblong shape, and used chiefly to hold clothes.
  • trial balance — a statement of all the open debit and credit items, made preliminary to balancing a double-entry ledger.
  • trial balloon — a statement, program, or the like issued publicly as a means of determining reactions in advance: The speech was a trial balloon for a new law.
  • tromba marina — trumpet marine.
  • turban squash — a turban-shaped variety of winter squash, Cucurbita maxima turbaniformis.
  • ultrawideband — a transmission technique using a very wide spectrum of frequencies that enables high-speed transfer of data
  • undescribable — to tell or depict in written or spoken words; give an account of: He described the accident very carefully.
  • unembarrassed — to cause confusion and shame to; make uncomfortably self-conscious; disconcert; abash: His bad table manners embarrassed her.
  • unperturbable — to disturb or disquiet greatly in mind; agitate.
  • urban dweller — a person who lives in an urban area
  • urban planner — a person who plans and designs urban areas
  • urban renewal — the rehabilitation of city areas by renovating or replacing dilapidated buildings with new housing, public buildings, parks, roadways, industrial areas, etc., often in accordance with comprehensive plans.
  • urban studies — the various disciplines associated with the study of urban areas, including urban planning, urban economics and urban architecture
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