7-letter words containing a, b
- bairnly — childish, childlike, young
- baiters — Plural form of baiter.
- baiting — food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- bajadas — Plural form of bajada.
- bake in — to include (a feature) as an integral part of a computer's operating system
- bakeoff — a baking competition
- baker's — a bakery or shop run by a baker selling bread and usually cakes, buns etc
- bakhmut — former name of Artemovsk.
- bakhtin — ˌMikhaˈil (ˌmixɑˈil) ; mēˌkhäēlˈ) 1895-1975; Russ. literary critic & theoretician
- bakings — Plural form of baking.
- baklava — a rich cake of Middle Eastern origin consisting of thin layers of pastry filled with nuts and honey
- baklawa — a Near Eastern pastry made of many layers of paper-thin dough with a filling of ground nuts, baked and then drenched in a syrup of honey and sometimes rosewater.
- bakunin — Mikhail (mixaˈil). 1814–76, Russian anarchist and writer: a prominent member of the First International, expelled from it after conflicts with Marx
- balafon — A large xylophone having hollow gourds as resonators, used in West African music.
- balance — If you balance something somewhere, or if it balances there, it remains steady and does not fall.
- balanda — (Australian Aboriginal, Arnhem Land) a white person, a European.
- balaton — Lakelake in W Hungary: largest lake in central Europe: c. 230 sq mi (596 sq km)
- balboas — Plural form of balboa.
- balcony — A balcony is a platform on the outside of a building, above ground level, with a wall or railing around it.
- baldest — Superlative form of bald.
- baldies — a bald person (sometimes used as a facetious term of address).
- balding — Someone who is balding is beginning to lose the hair on the top of their head.
- baldish — Somewhat bald; balding.
- baldric — a wide silk sash or leather belt worn over the right shoulder to the left hip for carrying a sword, etc
- baldwin — James Arthur. 1924–87, US Black writer, whose works include the novel Go Tell it on the Mountain (1954)
- baleful — Baleful means harmful, or expressing harmful intentions.
- balfour — Arthur James, 1st Earl of Balfour. 1848–1930, British Conservative statesman: prime minister (1902–05); foreign secretary (1916–19)
- balitac — Early system on IBM 650. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
- balkans — countries of the Balkan Peninsula (Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Croatia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Albania, Greece, & the European part of Turkey) & Romania
- balking — to stop, as at an obstacle, and refuse to proceed or to do something specified (usually followed by at): He balked at making the speech.
- ball up — to muddle or bungle
- ballade — a verse form consisting of three stanzas and an envoy, all ending with the same line. The first three stanzas commonly have eight or ten lines each and the same rhyme scheme
- ballads — Plural form of ballad.
- ballant — a ballad
- ballard — J(ames) G(raham). 1930–2009, British novelist, born in China; his books include Crash (1973), The Unlimited Dream Company (1979), Empire of the Sun (1984), Cocaine Nights (1996), and Super-Cannes (2000)
- ballast — Ballast is any substance that is used in ships or hot-air balloons to make them heavier and more stable. Ballast usually consists of water, sand, or iron.
- ballata — a 14th-century Italian verse form composed of stanzas beginning and ending with a refrain, often set to music and accompanied by dancing.
- ballboy — Alternative spelling of ball boy.
- ballers — Plural form of baller.
- ballets — Plural form of ballet.
- ballett — an early 17th-century dancelike vocal composition similar to the madrigal in style.
- balling — a spherical or approximately spherical body or shape; sphere: He rolled the piece of paper into a ball.
- balliol — a college of Oxford University, founded before 1268.
- ballism — a condition characterized by twisting, shaking, and jerking motions.
- ballium — bailey.
- ballock — A testicle.
- ballons — Plural form of ballon.
- balloon — A balloon is a small, thin, rubber bag that you blow air into so that it becomes larger and rounder or longer. Balloons are used as toys or decorations.
- ballots — Plural form of ballot.
- ballows — Plural form of ballow.