9-letter words starting with ba
- baisemain — a kissing of the hand; thus, a sign of respect
- bajillion — an extremely large but unspecified number, quantity, or amount
- bake sale — a sale of homemade, donated baked goods, as by a church or club to raise money.
- bakeapple — the fruit of the cloudberry
- bakeboard — a board on which bread dough is rolled and kneaded
- bakegoods — baked goods, as bread, cakes, or pies.
- bakehouse — a building or room to bake in; bakery.
- bakeshops — Plural form of bakeshop.
- bakestone — a flat stone placed in or near an oven or fire, for baking cakes on
- bakhtaran — city in W Iran: pop. 561,000
- baksheesh — money given as a tip, a present, or alms
- bakuchiol — A meroterpene phenol, extracted from seeds of Psoralea corylifolia, that shows antimicrobial activity.
- balaclava — A balaclava is a tight woollen hood that covers every part of your head except your face.
- balakirev — Mily Alexeyevich (ˈmilij alɪkˈsjejɪvitʃ). 1837–1910, Russian composer, whose works include two symphonic poems, two symphonies, and many arrangements of Russian folk songs
- balaklava — a small port in S Crimea: scene of an inconclusive battle (1854), which included the charge of the Light Brigade, during the Crimean War
- balalaika — a plucked musical instrument, usually having a triangular body and three strings: used chiefly for Russian folk music
- balancers — Plural form of balancer.
- balancing — the process of achieving or maintaining equilibrium
- balanitis — inflammation of the glans penis, usually due to infection
- balconied — That has a balcony attached.
- balconies — Plural form of balcony.
- baldachin — a richly ornamented silk and gold brocade
- baldaquin — Also, baudekin. Textiles. a silk brocade interwoven with gold or silver threads, used chiefly for ceremonial purposes.
- baldfaced — blatant or undisguised
- baldheads — Plural form of baldhead.
- baldmoney — Meum athamanticum, an ornamental plant in the Apiaceae family.
- baldpated — (archaic) Lacking hair on the head; bald.
- baldwin i — 1058–1118, crusader and first king of Jerusalem (1100–18), who captured Acre (1104), Beirut (1109), and Sidon (1110)
- baleboste — a capable, efficient housewife, especially a traditional Jewish one, devoted to maintaining a well-run home.
- balefully — In a baleful manner.
- balikesir — city in NW Asiatic Turkey: pop. 173,000
- balk ring — A balk ring is a rotating part of a gearbox that prevents the gears from engaging too early.
- balkanise — to divide (a country, territory, etc.) into small, quarrelsome, ineffectual states.
- balkanism — to divide (a country, territory, etc.) into small, quarrelsome, ineffectual states.
- balkanize — to divide (a territory) into small warring states
- balkiness — The state or quality of being balky.
- balkingly — in a balking manner
- balklines — Plural form of balkline.
- ball clay — a fine dark kaolinic clay that turns white or nearly white when fired, used in the manufacture of a wide variety of ceramic wares in combination with other clays for its exceptional bonding properties and plasticity.
- ball club — a permanent team of professional or amateur players of a ball game, especially baseball.
- ball cock — a device for regulating the flow of a liquid into a tank, cistern, etc, consisting of a floating ball mounted at one end of an arm and a valve on the other end that opens and closes as the ball falls and rises with the water level in the cistern
- ball fern — a feathery fern, Davallia trichomanoides, of Malaysia, having rhizomes covered with toothed scales.
- ball foot — a ball-like turned foot, used especially in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- ball game — Ball games are games that are played with a ball such as tennis, baseball, and football.
- ball girl — In a tennis match, the ball girls pick up any balls that go into the net or off the court and throw them back to the players. In a baseball game, the ball girls are in charge of collecting the balls that are hit out of the field.
- ball hawk — Baseball. an outfielder with outstanding defensive skills, especially at fielding fly balls.
- ball mill — a horizontal cylinder or cone in which a substance, such as a mineral, is ground by rotation with steel or ceramic balls
- ball race — a ball bearing
- ballabile — a dance within a ballet where the chorus perform, with or without the principal dancers
- balladeer — a singer of ballads