4-letter words containing a, b
- slab — a broad, flat, somewhat thick piece of stone, wood, or other solid material.
- soba — flat noodles made from buckwheat and wheat flours, used in Japanese cookery.
- ssba — Suite Synthetique des Benchmarks de l'AFUU
- stab — to pierce or wound with or as if with a pointed weapon: She stabbed a piece of chicken with her fork.
- suba — a shepherd's cloak or sheepskin coat
- swab — a large mop used on shipboard for cleaning decks, living quarters, etc.
- tabi — a covering for the foot, similar to a sock, having a separate pouchlike stall for the large toe, worn especially in Japan, often with zoris.
- tabs — tabloid (def 1).
- tabu — to put under a taboo; prohibit or forbid. Synonyms: prohibit, ban, forbid, proscribe. Antonyms: allow, permit, sanction.
- tuba — Music. a valved, brass wind instrument having a low range. an organ reed stop of large scale with tones of exceptional power. an ancient Roman trumpet.
- ubpa — Unfair Business Practices Act
- ukba — UK Border Agency
- wabi — Windows Application Binary Interface
- wabs — web.
- wagb — Whistler Alpine Guides Bureau
- warb — a dirty or insignificant person
- wbal — West Bay Athletic League
- wbha — Wheatfield Blades Hockey Association
- wbka — West Boggs Karting Association
- wbra — Washington Barrel Racing Association
- wbua — Womens Baseball Umpire Association
- weba — Womens Eastern Basketball Alliance
- wnba — Womens National Basketball Association
- woba — Western Ontario Badminton Association
- wtba — Washington Thoroughbred Breeders Association
- yaba — /ya'b*/ [Cambridge] Yet Another Bloody Acronym. Whenever some program is being named, someone invariably suggests that it be given a name that is acronymic. The response from those with a trace of originality is to remark ironically that the proposed name would then be "YABA-compatible". Also used in response to questions like "What is WYSIWYG?" See also YA-, TLA.
- ymba — York Mountain Biking Association (Ontario)
- yuba — Dried tofu skin; the film that forms on top of a vat of boiling soy milk.