9-letter words starting with ba
- basilican — basilic (def 2).
- basilicas — Plural form of basilica.
- basilicon — any of a variety of healing ointments applied to wounds in early medicine, commonly using lard or oil, resin, and wax
- basilisks — Plural form of basilisk.
- basinlike — resembling a basin
- basipetal — (of leaves and flowers) produced in order from the apex downwards so that the youngest are at the base
- basketeer — Someone who makes baskets; a basketmaker.
- basketful — a sufficient quantity to fill a basket; the amount contained in a basket.
- basophile — Biology. a basophilic cell, tissue, organism, or substance.
- basophils — Plural form of basophil.
- basrelief — Alternative form of bas-relief.
- bass clef — the clef that establishes F a fifth below middle C on the fourth line of the staff
- bass drum — a large shallow drum of low and indefinite pitch
- bass horn — an obsolete wind instrument of low range
- bass tuba — a tuba pitched in F or E-flat
- bass viol — viola da gamba
- bassanite — (mineral) A saline evaporite, consisting of calcium sulphate, found at Vesuvius.
- bassarisk — any carnivorous mammal of the genus Bassariscus, comprising the cacomistles and ringtails.
- bassinets — Plural form of bassinet.
- basswoods — Plural form of basswood.
- bastardly — of no value; worthless.
- bastardry — malicious or cruel behaviour
- bastilles — Plural form of bastille.
- bastinade — bastinado.
- bastinado — punishment or torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with a stick
- bastioned — Furnished with a bastion; having bastions.
- bat-eared — (of a dog or other canid) having large, erect ears rounded at the top, resembling those of a bat.
- batardeau — A cofferdam.
- batchelor — (British) alternative spelling of bachelor.
- batchmate — (India) classmate.
- bath bomb — a ball of carbonates and scent that is placed in bath water to dissolve and impart supposedly therapeutic properties to the water
- bath chap — the lower part of the cheek of a pig, cooked and eaten, usually cold
- bathhouse — A bathhouse is a public or private building containing baths and often other facilities such as a sauna.
- batholite — (obsolete) alternative name of batholith.
- batholith — a very large irregular-shaped mass of igneous rock, esp granite, formed from an intrusion of magma at great depth, esp one exposed after erosion of less resistant overlying rocks
- bathonian — of or relating to Bath
- bathrobes — Plural form of bathrobe.
- bathrooms — Plural form of bathroom.
- bathsheba — the wife of Uriah, who committed adultery with David and later married him and became the mother of his son Solomon (II Samuel 11–12)
- bathwater — water in which a person bathes
- bathybius — a gelatinous substance discovered on the Atlantic seabed, originally thought to be protoplasm, but later discovered to be inorganic
- batmobile — (slang) To proceed in a fast, urgent, or reckless way, especially in a vehicle.
- batrachia — amphibians, including frogs and toads, which have gills and a tail in their larval state, which are discarded later in life
- batswoman — a female batsman
- batswomen — Plural form of batswoman.
- battalion — A battalion is a large group of soldiers that consists of three or more companies.
- batteling — Alternative form of battling.
- battelles — Plural form of battell.
- battement — extension of one leg forwards, sideways, or backwards, either once or repeatedly
- batten on — If you say that someone battens on a particular person or thing, you disapprove of the fact that they become successful by forming a close connection with that person or thing.