9-letter words containing ta
- attainted — Law. to condemn by a sentence or a bill or act of attainder.
- attalus i — (Soter) king of Pergamum 241–197 b.c.
- audiotape — Audiotape is magnetic tape which is used to record sound.
- auditable — able to be audited
- autarchic — absolute sovereignty.
- autarkies — Plural form of autarky.
- autopista — a Spanish motorway
- autostart — (transitive, intransitive, computing) To start automatically.
- aventaile — avantail
- avertable — Preventable.
- baby talk — Baby talk is the language used by babies when they are just learning to speak, or the way in which some adults speak when they are talking to babies.
- back talk — If you refer to something that someone says as backtalk, you mean that it is rude or shows a lack of respect. You use backtalk especially to refer to things said by a child or by someone who is below you in rank or status.
- back-talk — an impudent response; impudence.
- backstabs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backstab.
- backstage — In a theatre, backstage refers to the areas behind the stage.
- backstall — the loss of power and tendency to drop of a kite in low winds
- backstamp — a mark stamped on the back of an envelope by a post office to indicate the date and place of its arrival
- backstays — Plural form of backstay.
- bad taste — lack of discernment
- bag table — a sewing table or worktable having a suspended pouch or bag for holding needlework.
- bakhtaran — city in W Iran: pop. 561,000
- ballistae — an ancient military engine for throwing stones or other missiles.
- ballotade — a movement similar to a croupade except that the horse draws in its hind legs so that the iron of the shoes is visible.
- baltassar — Belteshazzar.
- bandstand — A bandstand is a platform with a roof where a military band or a brass band can play in the open air.
- bantustan — (formerly, in South Africa) an area reserved for occupation by a Black African people, with limited self-government; abolished in 1993
- basipetal — (of leaves and flowers) produced in order from the apex downwards so that the youngest are at the base
- bastardly — of no value; worthless.
- bastardry — malicious or cruel behaviour
- batardeau — A cofferdam.
- battalion — A battalion is a large group of soldiers that consists of three or more companies.
- bay state — Massachusetts
- beanstalk — the stem of a bean plant
- bed table — an adjustable table or a tray with legs, designed to extend over or rest upon a bed.
- bed-stand — night table.
- beta cell — B cell (def 2).
- beta iron — a nonmagnetic allotrope of pure iron stable between 770°C and 910°C
- beta line — beta (def 6).
- beta test — beta testing
- beta wave — any of the electrical waves from the parietal-frontal regions of the brain, having frequencies from 13 to 30 hertz: a sign of mental activity and alertness
- beta-test — a test of a new or modified piece of computer software by customers who volunteer to do so
- betamaxed — (jargon) When a technology is overtaken in the market by inferior but better marketed competition. E.g. "Microsoft betamaxed Apple right out of the market". The Betamex videotape standard lost to VHS.
- betatopic — (of atoms) differing in proton number by one, theoretically as a result of emission of a beta particle
- bhaktapur — a city in E central Nepal, near Kathmandu.
- bhutanese — a native or inhabitant of Bhutan
- bicipital — having two heads
- bicoastal — Someone or something that is bicoastal lives or occurs on both the east coast and the west coast of the U.S.
- bidentate — having two teeth or toothlike parts or processes
- bierstadt — Albert1830-1902; U.S. painter, born in Germany
- biostable — resistant to the effects of microorganisms