4-letter words containing ba
- bauf — (rare) alternative spelling of boff (to have sexual intercourse).
- baul — a member of a nonconformist Bengalese sect having gurus but no dogmas, rituals, religious institutions, or scriptures.
- baum — L(yman) Frank. 1856–1919, US novelist, author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) and its sequels
- baur — a humorous anecdote
- bawd — a person who runs a brothel, esp a woman
- bawk — (language) An Awk-like string pattern matching language by Bob Brodt, distributed with MINIX.
- bawl — If you bawl, you shout in a very loud voice, for example because you are angry or you want people to hear you.
- bawn — a fortified enclosure, either for defensive purposes or for keeping cattle
- baya — a common weaverbird, Ploceus philippinus, of India.
- baye — to bathe
- bayo — a pinto or chili bean.
- bays — Plural form of bay.
- baza — Any of three species of small, crested hawks in the genus Aviceda.
- baze — (transitive, obsolete) To stupefy; frighten; alarm.
- boba — a variety of tea containing balls of pearl tapioca, originating in Taiwan in the 1980s
- caba — (dated) A cabas, or lady's bag.
- cuba — a republic and the largest island in the Caribbean, at the entrance to the Gulf of Mexico: became a Spanish colony after its discovery by Columbus in 1492; gained independence after the Spanish-American War of 1898 but remained subject to US influence until declared a people's republic under Castro in 1960; subject of an international crisis in 1962, when the US blockaded the island in order to compel the Soviet Union to dismantle its nuclear missile base. Sugar comprises about 80 per cent of total exports; the economy was badly affected by loss of trade following the collapse of the Soviet Union and by the continuing US trade embargo. Diplomatic ties with the US restored in 2014. Language: Spanish. Religion: nonreligious majority. Currency: peso. Capital: Havana. Pop: 11 061 886 (2013 est). Area: 110 922 sq km (42 827 sq miles)
- eban — Abba [ah-buh] /ˈɑ bə/ (Show IPA), (Aubrey Solomon Eban) 1915–2002, Israeli political leader and diplomat, born in South Africa.
- ebay — a website that people and companies can use to buy or sell goods; items may be bought for a fixed price, or sold to the buyer who offers the highest price
- elba — a mountainous island off the W coast of Italy, in the Mediterranean: Napoleon Bonaparte's first place of exile (1814–15). Pop: 30 000 (latest est). Area: 223 sq km (86 sq miles)
- gaba — a neurotransmitter of the central nervous system that inhibits excitatory responses.
- geba — a river in W Africa, flowing N from NW Guinea-Bissau to the Atlantic Ocean. About 190 miles (305 km) long.
- haba — Alois [ah-lois] /ˈɑ lɔɪs/ (Show IPA), 1893–1972, Czech composer.
- hiba — A Japanese conifer with evergreen scalelike leaves that form flattened sprays of foliage, widely planted as an ornamental and yielding durable timber.
- iban — Also called Sea Dayak. a member of any of several Dayak tribes of Sarawak.
- isba — the traditional log house of rural Russia, with an unheated entrance room and a single living and sleeping room heated by a clay or brick stove.
- izba — the traditional log house of rural Russia, with an unheated entrance room and a single living and sleeping room heated by a clay or brick stove.
- juba — (formerly, especially in creole-speaking cultures) a name given at birth to a black child, in accordance with African customs, indicating the child's sex and the day of the week on which he or she was born, as the male and female names for Sunday (Quashee and Quasheba) Monday (Cudjo or Cudjoe and Juba) Tuesday (Cubbena and Beneba) Wednesday (Quaco and Cuba or Cubba) Thursday (Quao and Abba) Friday (Cuffee or Cuffy and Pheba or Phibbi) and Saturday (Quamin or Quame and Mimba)
- kaba — a small, cubical building in the courtyard of the Great Mosque at Mecca containing a sacred black stone: regarded by Muslims as the House of God and the objective of their pilgrimages.
- kbar — a kilobar
- luba — a member of any of various groups of agricultural and hunting people inhabiting the SE Democratic Republic of the Congo, some of whom are famous for their wood carvings.
- m'ba — Léon [le-awn] /lɛˈɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1902–67, African statesman: president of Gabon 1961–67.
- nuba — a member of a formerly warlike Nilotic people living chiefly in the hills of S central Sudan
- oban — a small port and resort in W Scotland, in Argyll and Bute on the Firth of Lorne. Pop: 8120 (2001)
- obas — Plural form of oba.
- paba — para-aminobenzoic acid.
- peba — nine-banded armadillo.
- rdba — Remote Database Access
- riba — (in Islam) interest or usury, as forbidden by the Koran
- saba — an island in the Netherlands Antilles, in the N Leeward Islands. 5 sq. mi. (13 sq. km).
- soba — flat noodles made from buckwheat and wheat flours, used in Japanese cookery.
- ssba — Suite Synthetique des Benchmarks de l'AFUU
- suba — a shepherd's cloak or sheepskin coat
- tuba — Music. a valved, brass wind instrument having a low range. an organ reed stop of large scale with tones of exceptional power. an ancient Roman trumpet.
- ukba — UK Border Agency
- wbal — West Bay Athletic League
- weba — Womens Eastern Basketball Alliance
- wnba — Womens National Basketball Association
- woba — Western Ontario Badminton Association
- wtba — Washington Thoroughbred Breeders Association