7-letter words containing ba
- bagnold — Enid (Algerine). 1889–1981, British novelist and playwright; her works include the novel National Velvet (1935) and the play The Chalk Garden (1955)
- bagpipe — of or relating to the bagpipes
- bagsing — Present participle of bags.
- baguets — Plural form of baguet.
- bagwash — a laundry that washes clothes without drying or pressing them
- bagwork — a revetment, consisting of heavy material sewn into bags, for protecting embankments against scour.
- bagworm — the larva of moths of the family Psychidae, which forms a protective case of silk covered with grass, leaves, etc
- bahadur — a title formerly conferred by the British on distinguished Indians
- bahaism — the religion of Bahaʾi.
- bahamas — country on a group of islands (Bahama Islands) in the West Indies, southeast of Fla. & north of Cuba: formerly a British possession, it became independent (1973) & a member of the Commonwealth: 5,353 sq mi (13,864 sq km); pop. 264,000; cap. Nassau
- bahrain — an independent sheikhdom on the Persian Gulf, consisting of several islands: under British protection until the declaration of independence in 1971. It has large oil reserves. Language: Arabic. Religion: Muslim. Currency: dinar. Capital: Manama. Pop: 1 281 332 (2013 est). Area: 678 sq km (262 sq miles)
- bail up — to confine (a cow) or (of a cow) to be confined by the head in a bail
- bailers — Plural form of bailer.
- baileys — Plural form of bailey.
- bailiff — A bailiff is a law officer who makes sure that the decisions of a court are obeyed. Bailiffs can take a person's furniture or possessions away if the person owes money.
- bailing — Also, bailer. a bucket, dipper, or other container used for bailing.
- baillie — Dame Isobel. 1895–1983, British soprano
- bailout — A bailout of an organization or individual that has financial problems is the act of helping them by giving them money.
- bainite — a mixture of iron and iron carbide found in incompletely hardened steels, produced when austenite is transformed at temperatures between the pearlite and martensite ranges
- bairnly — childish, childlike, young
- baiters — Plural form of baiter.
- baiting — food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- bajadas — Plural form of bajada.
- bake in — to include (a feature) as an integral part of a computer's operating system
- bakeoff — a baking competition
- baker's — a bakery or shop run by a baker selling bread and usually cakes, buns etc
- bakhmut — former name of Artemovsk.
- bakhtin — ˌMikhaˈil (ˌmixɑˈil) ; mēˌkhäēlˈ) 1895-1975; Russ. literary critic & theoretician
- bakings — Plural form of baking.
- baklava — a rich cake of Middle Eastern origin consisting of thin layers of pastry filled with nuts and honey
- baklawa — a Near Eastern pastry made of many layers of paper-thin dough with a filling of ground nuts, baked and then drenched in a syrup of honey and sometimes rosewater.
- bakunin — Mikhail (mixaˈil). 1814–76, Russian anarchist and writer: a prominent member of the First International, expelled from it after conflicts with Marx
- balafon — A large xylophone having hollow gourds as resonators, used in West African music.
- balance — If you balance something somewhere, or if it balances there, it remains steady and does not fall.
- balanda — (Australian Aboriginal, Arnhem Land) a white person, a European.
- balaton — Lakelake in W Hungary: largest lake in central Europe: c. 230 sq mi (596 sq km)
- balboas — Plural form of balboa.
- balcony — A balcony is a platform on the outside of a building, above ground level, with a wall or railing around it.
- baldest — Superlative form of bald.
- baldies — a bald person (sometimes used as a facetious term of address).
- balding — Someone who is balding is beginning to lose the hair on the top of their head.
- baldish — Somewhat bald; balding.
- baldric — a wide silk sash or leather belt worn over the right shoulder to the left hip for carrying a sword, etc
- baldwin — James Arthur. 1924–87, US Black writer, whose works include the novel Go Tell it on the Mountain (1954)
- baleful — Baleful means harmful, or expressing harmful intentions.
- balfour — Arthur James, 1st Earl of Balfour. 1848–1930, British Conservative statesman: prime minister (1902–05); foreign secretary (1916–19)
- balitac — Early system on IBM 650. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
- balkans — countries of the Balkan Peninsula (Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Croatia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Albania, Greece, & the European part of Turkey) & Romania
- balking — 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.
- ball up — to muddle or bungle