13-letter words containing ba
- malabar coast — a region along the entire SW coast of India, extending from the Arabian Sea inland to the Western Ghats.
- malted barley — barley that has been kiln-dried after it has germinated by soaking in water
- marching band — musical group that parades
- market basket — a basket or cart for groceries.
- matagorda bay — a bay in SE Texas, at the mouth of the Colorado River, separated from the Gulf of Mexico by the Matagorda Peninsula. About 50 miles (80 km) long.
- medicine ball — a large, solid, heavy, leather-covered ball, thrown from one person to another for exercise.
- mephobarbital — The drug methylphenobarbital.
- merchant bank — a private banking firm engaged chiefly in investing in new issues of securities and in accepting bills of exchange in foreign trade.
- methocarbamol — a substance, C 1 1 H 1 5 NO 5 , used as a muscle relaxant in combination with other drugs in the treatment of acute, painful musculoskeletal conditions.
- microbalances — Plural form of microbalance.
- microbarogram — a record made by a microbarograph.
- military band — a musical band, usually made up of players of wind, percussion and some brass instruments, that play at military functions, etc
- military base — a facility for the storage of military equipment and the training of soldiers
- mount lebanon — a town in SW Pennsylvania, SW of Pittsburgh.
- mountebankery — The practices of a mountebank; quackery; boastful and vain pretenses.
- mountebanking — Present participle of mountebank.
- mourning band — a piece of black material, esp an armband, worn to indicate that the wearer is in mourning
- mycobacterial — (medicine) Of or pertaining to mycobacteria.
- mycobacterium — A bacterium of a group that includes the causative agents of leprosy and tuberculosis.
- national bank — a bank chartered by the U.S. government and formerly authorized to issue notes that served as money.
- neurofeedback — The presentation of realtime feedback on brainwave activity, as measured by sensors on the scalp, sometimes offered as a means of therapy.
- new ball game — a new or changed situation: Once we're out of debt it'll be a whole new ball game.
- nitrobacteria — Plural form of nitrobacterium.
- nitrogen base — Chemistry, Biochemistry. a nitrogen-containing organic compound that has the chemical properties of a base, especially a pyrimidine or purine: Four nitrogen bases are present in a DNA molecule.
- non-combatant — a person connected with a military force in some capacity other than that of a fighter, as a surgeon or chaplain.
- nonabsorbable — That is not able to be absorbed; not absorbable.
- nonce-bashing — violent attacks against rapists, child molesters, or sexual offenders, esp inside a prison
- noncombatants — Plural form of noncombatant.
- north babylon — a city on S Long Island, in SE New York.
- north brabant — a province in S Netherlands. 1965 sq. mi. (5090 sq. km). Capital: 's Hertogenbosch.
- oil-based mud — Oil-based mud is a drilling fluid that is an emulsion containing oil as the base fluid.
- on one's back — the rear part of the human body, extending from the neck to the lower end of the spine.
- onus probandi — the burden of proof.
- over a barrel — a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
- overbalancing — Present participle of overbalance.
- overnight bag — a travel bag large enough to hold personal articles and clothing for an overnight trip.
- parallel bars — (used with a plural verb) a gymnasium apparatus consisting of two wooden bars on uprights, adjustable in height, and used for swinging, vaulting, balancing exercises, etc.
- pas de basque — a step in which the dancer swings one foot to the side, springs onto it, and swings the other foot against it.
- penobscot bay — an inlet of the Atlantic in S Maine. 30 miles (48 km) long.
- pensacola bay — an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico, in NW Florida. About 30 miles (48 km) long.
- pentobarbital — a barbiturate, C 1 1 H 1 7 N 2 O 3 , used as a hypnotic and as a sedative.
- peruvian bark — cinchona (def 2).
- phenobarbital — a white, crystalline powder, C 1 2 H 1 2 N 2 O 3 , used as a sedative, a hypnotic, and as an antispasmodic in epilepsy.
- phony-baloney — nonsense; baloney.
- picnic basket — woven container for carrying food outdoors
- piggyback car — a flatcar designed to accommodate containers or highway truck trailers.
- pilot balloon — a balloon for the visual observation of upper-atmosphere wind currents.
- placentia bay — a bay of the Atlantic Ocean on the SE coast of Newfoundland, Canada, W of the Avalon Peninsula. About 100 miles (160 km) long and 80 miles (129 km) wide.
- play hardball — baseball, as distinguished from softball.
- play-the-ball — a method for bringing the ball back into play after a tackle, in which the tackled player is allowed to stand up and kick or heel the ball behind him or her to a team-mate