8-letter words containing ba
- banister — A banister is a rail supported by posts and fixed along the side of a staircase. The plural banisters can be used to refer to one of these rails.
- banjaxed — destroyed or ruined
- banjoist — a musical instrument of the guitar family, having a circular body covered in front with tightly stretched parchment and played with the fingers or a plectrum.
- bank box — safe-deposit box.
- bankable — In the entertainment industry, someone or something that is described as bankable is very popular and therefore likely to be very profitable.
- bankbook — a book held by depositors at certain banks, in which the bank enters a record of deposits, withdrawals, and earned interest
- bankcard — any plastic card issued by a bank, such as a cash card or cheque card
- bankerly — relating to or resembling a banker
- bankhead — Tallulah (Brockman). 1902–68, US stage and film actress; her successes included the plays The Little Foxes (1939) and The Skin of Our Teeth (1942)
- banknote — Banknotes are pieces of paper money.
- bankroll — To bankroll a person, organization, or project means to provide the financial resources that they need.
- bankrupt — People or organizations that go bankrupt do not have enough money to pay their debts.
- banksias — Plural form of banksia.
- bankside — the sloping side of any bank
- banksman — a crane driver's helper, who signals instructions to the driver for the movement of the crane and its jib
- bankster — a banker or investor whose financial practices have been exposed as illegal
- banlieue — a suburb of a city
- bannable — able to be banned
- banneker — Benjamin, 1731–1806, U.S. mathematician, natural historian, and astronomer.
- bannered — Decorated with a banner or banners.
- banneret — a knight who was entitled to command other knights and men-at-arms under his own banner
- bannerol — banderole
- bannocks — Plural form of bannock.
- banoffee — a filling for a pie, consisting of toffee and banana
- banquets — Plural form of banquet.
- banshees — Plural form of banshee.
- banstead — a town in S England, in NE Surrey. Pop: 19 332 (2001)
- bantengs — Plural form of banteng.
- bantered — Simple past tense and past participle of banter.
- banterer — One who banters.
- bantings — Sir Frederick Grant, 1891–1941, Canadian physician: one of the discoverers of insulin; Nobel Prize 1923.
- bantling — a young child; brat
- banville — Théodore de (teɔdɔr də). 1823–91, French poet, who anticipated the Parnassian school in his perfection of form and command of rhythm
- banxring — a small tree-dwelling and insectivorous animal, Tupaia, resembling a squirrel, native to Java and Sumatra
- banyalla — Victorian box.
- baptised — to immerse in water or sprinkle or pour water on in the Christian rite of baptism: They baptized the new baby.
- baptises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of baptise.
- baptisia — a genus of wild flower native to North America
- baptisms — Plural form of baptism.
- baptista — a female given name.
- baptists — a member of a Christian denomination that baptizes believers by immersion and that is usually Calvinistic in doctrine.
- baptized — Simple past tense and past participle of baptize.
- baptizer — someone who baptises
- baptizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of baptize.
- bar cart — a small table on wheels, outfitted for serving drinks; a portable bar.
- bar code — A bar code is an arrangement of numbers and parallel lines that is printed on products to be sold in shops. The bar code can be read by computers.
- bar food — food served in a pub
- bar foot — a foot having the form of a bar connecting the corresponding front and rear legs of a piece.
- bar game — any game or contest that takes place in a pub
- bar girl — an attractive girl employed by the management of a bar to befriend male customers and encourage them to buy drinks