10-letter words containing ba
- ascorbates — Plural form of ascorbate.
- ascribable — to credit or assign, as to a cause or source; attribute; impute: The alphabet is usually ascribed to the Phoenicians.
- athabascan — a family of languages spoken by American Indians in most of inland northwest Canada and Alaska, in coastal Oregon and California, and in Arizona and the Rio Grande basin, and including especially Navajo, Apache, and Chipewyan. Compare family (def 14).
- athabaskan — a family of North American Indian languages, including Chipewyan, Hupa, and Navajo
- attic base — (in classical architecture) a base for a column, consisting of an upper and a lower torus separated by a scotia between two fillets.
- aurangabad — city in central Maharashtra, W India: pop. 573,000
- azerbaijan — a republic in NW Asia: the region was acquired by Russia from Persia in the early 19th century; became the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic in 1936 and gained independence in 1991; consists of dry subtropical steppes around the Aras and Kura rivers, surrounded by the Caucasus; contains the extensive Baku oilfields. Language: Azerbaijani (or Azeri). Religion: Shiite Muslim. Currency: manat. Capital: Baku. Pop: 9 590 159 (2013 est). Area: 86 600 sq km (33 430 sq miles)
- bab ed-din — (the Bab; Ali Muhammad of Shiraz) 1819–50, a Persian religious leader: founder of Bābī.
- babbitting — Present participle of babbitt.
- babblative — having a tendency to babble; loquacious
- babblement — (obsolete) babble.
- babelesque — resembling the situation at Babel, confused, impeding communication
- babesiasis — any of several tick-borne diseases of cattle, dogs, horses, sheep, and swine, caused by a babesia protozoan and characterized by fever and languor.
- babesiosis — a tick-borne disease of domesticated and wild mammals as well as humans, caused by a protozoan of the genera Babesia and characterized by fever, anaemia, jaundice, and in severe cases leading to death
- babia gora — the highest peak in Beskids mountain range, on the border of Poland and Slovakia. 5659 feet (1726 meters).
- babo's law — the law stating that the vapour pressure of a solution is reduced in proportion to the amount of solute added
- baby blues — depression suffered after childbirth
- baby bonus — family allowance
- baby buggy — A baby buggy is a small folding seat with wheels, which a young child can sit in and which can be pushed around.
- baby coach — a baby carriage.
- baby daddy — the biological father of a woman's child, not married to the child's mother and usually not in a relationship with her: Her baby daddy seldom comes to visit her and their child.
- baby grand — a small grand piano, approximately 5 feet long
- baby jesus — Jesus as a baby, esp in Nativity scenes
- baby linen — sheets, clothes, etc for babies
- baby sling — a pouch supported by straps at the shoulder or neck, used to carry small babies on one's chest
- baby split — a split in which the two and seven pins or the three and ten pins remain standing.
- baby tooth — Your baby teeth are the first teeth that grow in your mouth, which later fall out and are replaced by a second set.
- baby-daddy — the absent father of an illegitimate child
- baby-faced — having a smooth round face like a baby's
- babyboomer — Alternative spelling of baby boomer.
- babylonian — an inhabitant of ancient Babylon or Babylonia
- babylonish — Babylonian.
- babymakers — Plural form of babymaker.
- babysitter — to take charge of a child while the parents are temporarily away.
- bacchanals — Plural form of bacchanal.
- bacchantes — Plural form of bacchant.
- bachelor's — a person who has been awarded a bachelor's degree.
- bacillemia — the presence of bacilli in the blood.
- bacilluria — the presence of bacilli in the urine
- bacitracin — an antibiotic used mainly in treating bacterial skin infections: obtained from the bacterium Bacillus subtilis
- back alley — dirty, unprepossessing, sordid, or clandestine: back-alley morals; back-alley political schemes.
- back bacon — lean bacon from the back of a pig's loin
- back bench — any of the rows of seats occupied by the backbenchers.
- back cover — the back part of the cover of a book or magazine
- back float — a floating position on one's back with arms extended out to the sides and face upward.
- back focus — the distance between the back surface of a lens and the focal plane when the lens is focused at infinity.
- back forty — remote, usually uncultivated acreage on a large piece of land, as on a farm or ranch.
- back green — grass or a garden at the back of a house, esp a tenement
- back issue — A back issue of a magazine or newspaper is one that was published some time ago and is not the most recent.
- back judge — an official who makes rulings regarding pass receptions, field goals, etc.