7-letter words containing n, a, b
- buchman — Frank Nathan Daniel, 1878–1961, U.S. evangelist, founder of Moral Re-Armament movement.
- buganda — a region of Uganda: a powerful Bantu kingdom from the 17th century
- bugbane — any of several ranunculaceous plants of the genus Cimicifuga, esp C. foetida of Europe, whose flowers are reputed to repel insects
- bunraku — a Japanese form of puppet theatre in which the puppets are usually about four feet high, with moving features as well as limbs and each puppet is manipulated by up to three puppeteers who remain onstage
- buoyant — If you are in a buoyant mood, you feel cheerful and behave in a lively way.
- burbank — Luther1849-1926; U.S. horticulturist: bred numerous varieties of fruits, vegetables, & flowers
- burnaby — city in SW British Columbia, Canada; suburb of Vancouver: pop. 179,000
- burnham — Daniel Hudson, 1846–1912, U.S. architect and city planner.
- bushman — A Bushman is an aboriginal person from the southwestern part of Africa, especially the Kalahari desert region.
- butanol — a colourless substance existing in four isomeric forms. The three liquid isomers are used as solvents for resins, lacquers, etc, and in the manufacture of organic compounds. Formula: C4H9OH
- by hand — If you do something by hand, you do it using your hands rather than a machine.
- by name — When you mention someone or something by name, or address someone by name, you use their name.
- by-name — a secondary name; cognomen; surname.
- byreman — a man who works in a byre
- cabanas — Plural form of cabana.
- cabbing — a taxicab.
- cabezon — a large food fish, Scorpaenichthys marmoratus, of North American Pacific coastal waters, having greenish flesh: family Cottidae (bullheads and sea scorpions)
- cabinda — an exclave of Angola, separated from the rest of the country by part of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Pop: about 300 000 (2002 est). Area: 7270 sq km (2807 sq miles)
- cabined — a small house or cottage, usually of simple design and construction: He was born in a cabin built of rough logs.
- cabinet — A cabinet is a cupboard used for storing things such as medicine or alcoholic drinks or for displaying decorative things in.
- cabling — Cabling is used to refer to electrical or electronic cables, or to the process of putting them in a place.
- cabrini — Saint Frances Xavier(1850-1917); U.S. nun, born in Italy: first U.S. citizen canonized: her day is Dec. 22: called Mother Cabrini
- caliban — a brutish or brutalized man
- cambion — Lb mythology The offspring of an incubus and a human.
- can but — can only
- canbank — a container in which cans can be deposited for recycling
- cantab. — Cantabrigiensis
- carbarn — a streetcar depot
- carbeen — an Australian eucalyptus tree, E. tessellaris, having drooping branches and grey bark
- carbene — a neutral divalent free radical, such as methylene: CH2
- carbine — A carbine is a light automatic rifle.
- carbone — Obsolete form of carbon.
- carbons — Short for carbon copies.
- churban — the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem, first by the Babylonians in 587 bc and again by the Romans in 70 ad
- clubman — a man who is an enthusiastic member of a club or clubs
- coalbin — a bin for holding coal
- confabs — Plural form of confab.
- conflab — (informal) A discussion.
- corbans — Plural form of corban.
- corbina — a marine food fish, Menticirrhus undulatus, found in Pacific waters off Mexico and California
- cowbane — any of several N temperate poisonous umbelliferous marsh plants of the genus Cicuta, esp C. virosa, having clusters of small white flowers
- crontab — (computing, Unix) A table of commands to be executed periodically.
- cubbena — (formerly, especially in creole-speaking cultures) a name given at birth to a black child, in accordance with African customs, indicating the child's sex and the day of the week on which he or she was born, as the male and female names for Sunday (Quashee and Quasheba) Monday (Cudjo or Cudjoe and Juba) Tuesday (Cubbena and Beneba) Wednesday (Quaco and Cuba or Cubba) Thursday (Quao and Abba) Friday (Cuffee or Cuffy and Pheba or Phibbi) and Saturday (Quamin or Quame and Mimba)
- cutbank — the outer, steeper bank of a bend or meander in a river or stream
- cwmbran — a new town in SE Wales, in Torfaen county borough, developed in the 1950s. Pop: 47 254 (2001)
- dabbing — a quick or light blow; a pat, as with the hand or something soft.
- danbury — city in SW Conn., near Bridgeport: pop. 75,000
- daubing — to cover or coat with soft, adhesive matter, as plaster or mud: to daub a canvas with paint; to daub stone walls with mud.
- dhanbad — city in E Bihar, NE India: pop. 815,000
- dingbat — Slang. an eccentric, silly, or empty-headed person.