9-letter words containing a, b
- b & e — breaking and entering
- b & w — black and white
- b battery — the power source for the plate and screen-grid electrodes of electron tubes in battery-operated equipment
- b bursary — the lower of two bursaries available for students entering university, polytechnic, etc
- b special — a member of a part-time largely Protestant police force formerly functioning in Northern Ireland
- baal kore — an official in the synagogue, as a cantor, who reads the weekly portion of the Torah.
- babacoote — a species of large lemur, Lichanotus brevicaudatus, native to Madagascar
- babashoff — Shirley, born 1957, U.S. swimmer.
- babbitted — Simple past tense and past participle of babbitt.
- babbittry — the attitude and behavior of a Babbitt.
- babelized — reduced to complete confusion or meaninglessness.
- babington — Anthony 1561–86, English conspirator, executed for organizing an unsuccessful plot (1586) to assassinate Elizabeth I and place Mary, Queen of Scots, on the English throne
- babirusas — Plural form of babirusa.
- baboonery — uncouth or brutish behaviour
- baboonish — resembling a baboon
- babushkas — Plural form of babushka.
- baby bath — a plastic bath used for bathing a baby
- baby beef — meat from a prime heifer or steer fattened for butchering when one to two years old
- baby bell — one of the seven regional telephone companies formed after the breakup of the Bell system in 1983.
- baby blue — a very light blue.
- baby bond — a sum of money invested shortly after the birth of a child, the returns of which may not be collected until the child reaches adulthood
- baby book — an album for mounting pictures and other memorabilia of a baby and for keeping a record of its growth from infancy.
- baby boom — A baby boom is a period of time when a lot of babies are born in a particular place.
- baby bump — the rounded abdominal area of a pregnant woman: She's delighted to be pregnant, and loves showing off her baby bump.
- baby doll — a doll that looks like a baby
- baby face — a face having a bland babyish or childish appearance, especially a plump, small-featured face unmarked by characteristic lines.
- baby farm — a place that houses and takes care of babies for a fee.
- baby food — food, as vegetables, fruits, or meat, puréed or minced for easy ingestion by infants.
- baby girl — a female baby
- baby mama — the biological mother of a man's child, not married to the child's father and usually not in a relationship with him.
- baby milk — a powder made from dried cows' milk, or other ingredients, mixed with water to feed babies
- baby seat — a seat anchored to the body of the car, with straps to buckle across the baby
- baby spot — a small spotlight, usually 250–400 watts, used to highlight a specific section of a stage setting or acting area.
- baby step — (in the game of giant steps) the shortest step permitted a player, executed by placing the heel of one foot against the toe of the other and drawing the back foot up to the front foot.
- 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.
- baby wipe — a disposable moistened medicated paper towel, usually supplied in a plastic drum or packet, used for cleaning babies
- baby-blue — in a pastel shade of blue
- baby-face — a smooth round face like a baby's
- babycakes — (slang) Term of endearment for a young woman.
- babyfaced — Alternative spelling of baby-faced.
- babyhouse — A place for children's dolls and dolls' furniture.
- babyishly — in a baby-like fashion; childishly
- babylonia — the southern kingdom of ancient Mesopotamia: a great empire from about 2200–538 bc, when it was conquered by the Persians
- babymaker — Somebody who gives birth to a baby.
- babyproof — made safe for babies to come into contact with
- bacchanal — a follower of Bacchus
- bacchante — a priestess or female votary of Bacchus
- bacchants — Plural form of bacchant.
- bacchical — Of or relating to Bacchus; hence, jovial, or riotous,with intoxication.
- bacciform — shaped like a berry