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13-letter words containing ba

  • back to front — If you are wearing something back to front, you are wearing it with the back of it at the front of your body. If you do something back to front, you do it the wrong way around, starting with the part that should come last.
  • back walkover — Racing. a walking or trotting over the course by a contestant who is the only starter.
  • back-breaking — Back-breaking work involves a lot of hard physical effort.
  • back-end load — the final charges of commission and expenses made by an investment trust, insurance policy, etc, when the investor is paid out
  • back-slapping — Back-slapping is noisy, cheerful behaviour which people use in order to show affection or appreciation to each other.
  • back-stabbing — Back-stabbing consists of unkind and disloyal actions or remarks that are likely to harm someone such as a friend or colleague.
  • back-up light — a light on the rear of a motor vehicle to warn others that the vehicle is being reversed
  • backbone site — A key Usenet, electronic mail and/or Internet site; one that processes a large amount of third-party traffic, especially if it is the home site of any of the regional coordinators for the Usenet maps. Notable backbone sites as of early 1993 include uunet and the mail machines at Rutgers University, UC Berkeley, DEC's Western Research Laboratories, Ohio State University and the University of Texas. Compare rib site, leaf site.
  • backdoor play — an offensive tactic whereby a player breaks away from a defender to receive a pass near the baseline in order to make a quick layup.
  • backformation — Alternative spelling of back-formation.
  • backgrounders — Plural form of backgrounder.
  • backgrounding — Present participle of background.
  • backing group — a group of musicians providing an instrumental or vocal accompaniment for a pop singer
  • backing light — Also called backing striplight, backing strip. Theater. a striplight providing diffused illumination for the background of a stage set.
  • backing store — a computer storage device, usually a disk, that provides additional storage space for information so that it can be accessed and referred to when required and may be copied into the processor if needed
  • backing track — a recorded instrumental or vocal accompaniment for a pop singer or pop number
  • backpedalling — to retard the forward motion by pressing backward on the pedal, especially of a bicycle with coaster brakes.
  • backscratcher — an implement with a long handle, used for scratching one's back
  • backspace key — a key on a typewriter or computer keyboard that makes the carriage or cursor move backwards one space
  • backstitching — Present participle of backstitch.
  • backward roll — a gymnastic roll that is performed with the feet going first and the rest of the body and the head following
  • backwardation — the difference between the spot price for a commodity, including rent and interest, and the forward price
  • bacteriocidal — Alternative spelling of bactericidal.
  • bacteriogenic — Caused by bacteria.
  • bacteriologic — a branch of microbiology dealing with the identification, study, and cultivation of bacteria and with their applications in medicine, agriculture, industry, and biotechnology.
  • bacteriolysin — an antibody which, when it combines with bacterial cells, causes lysis of those cells, thus destroying them
  • bacteriolysis — the destruction or disintegration of bacteria
  • bacteriolytic — disintegration or dissolution of bacteria.
  • bacteriophage — a virus that is parasitic in a bacterium and multiplies within its host, which is destroyed when the new viruses are released
  • bacteriophagy — the action of a bacteriophage
  • bacterioscopy — the examination of bacteria with a microscope.
  • bacteriostats — Plural form of bacteriostat.
  • bacteriotoxin — any toxin that kills bacteria
  • bacterization — subjection to bacterial action
  • bad godesberg — official name of Godesberg.
  • badminton cup — a long refreshing drink of claret with soda water and sugar
  • baedeker raid — one of the German air raids in 1942 on places of cultural and historical importance in England
  • bafana bafana — the official name for the South African national soccer team
  • baffin island — the largest island of the Canadian Arctic, between Greenland and Hudson Bay. Area: 476 560 sq km (184 000 sq miles)
  • bag of tricks — a container or receptacle of leather, plastic, cloth, paper, etc., capable of being closed at the mouth; pouch.
  • bag of waters — a fluid-filled membranous sac in the pregnant uterus that encloses and cushions the fetus, normally breaking at or just before the time of birth; the amnion.
  • bag-snatching — theft that involves snatching women's handbags
  • baggage check — a receipt for baggage left in a checkroom
  • baggage claim — At an airport, the baggage claim is the area where you collect your baggage at the end of your trip.
  • baggage train — a train of wagons carrying the equipment needed by an army on the march
  • baggagemaster — a person employed, especially by a railroad, bus company, or steamship line, to take charge of passengers' baggage.
  • bahr el jebel — a river in S Sudan: a segment of the White Nile river. 594 miles (956 km) long.
  • bail bondsman — an individual or firm that lends bail money to defendants awaiting trial
  • bailey bridge — a temporary bridge made of prefabricated steel panels that can be rapidly assembled
  • baily's beads — the brilliant points of sunlight that appear briefly around the moon, just before and after a total eclipse
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