9-letter words containing aba
- flabagast — (archaic) Alternative form of flabbergast.
- funabashi — a city in E central Honshu, Japan, on Tokyo Bay.
- futabatei — Shimei [shee-mey] /ʃiˈmeɪ/ (Show IPA), (Tatsunosuke Hasegawa) 1864–1909, Japanese author.
- gabaonite — Gibeonite.
- gabardine — Also, gaberdine. a firm, tightly woven fabric of worsted, cotton, polyester, or other fiber, with a twill weave.
- ghaziabad — a city in Uttar Pradesh, N central India, near New Delhi.
- guanabana — soursop.
- guanabara — a state in SE Brazil. 452 sq. mi. (1170 sq. km). Capital: Rio de Janeiro.
- habaneras — Plural form of habanera.
- hexabasic — containing six hydrogen atoms capable of being replaced or ionized: a hexabasic acid.
- huckaback — toweling of linen or cotton, of a distinctive absorbent weave.
- hyderabad — a state in SE India, formed from portions of Chennai and Hyderabad states 1956. 105,963 sq. mi. (274,444 sq. km). Capital: Hyderabad.
- intraband — (physics) Describing a property within a band (magnetic, spectral etc).
- intrabank — Within a single bank (financial institution).
- islamabad — Islamic Republic of, a republic in S Asia, between India and Afghanistan: formerly part of British India; known as West Pakistan from 1947–71 to distinguish it from East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). 310,403 sq. mi. (803,881 sq. km). Capital: Islamabad.
- jalalabad — a city in NE Afghanistan, capital of Nangarhar province; a trading, military, and tourist centre on the main route between Kabul and the Khyber Pass. Pop: 96 000 (2004 est)
- kabardian — a Circassian language of the Kabardino-Balkar Autonomous Republic.
- katabasis — a march from the interior of a country to the coast, as that of the 10,000 Greeks after their defeat and the death of Cyrus the Younger at Cunaxa.
- katabatic — (of a wind or air current) moving downward or down a slope. Compare anabatic (def 1).
- kirovabad — a city in NW Azerbaijan.
- leninabad — former (1936–91) name of Khodzhent.
- megabases — Plural form of megabase.
- metabasis — (rhetoric) A change from one subject to another.
- metabatic — Relating to metabasis.
- moradabad — a city in N Uttar Pradesh, in N India.
- nabataean — a subject of the ancient kingdom of Nabataea.
- parabasis — (in ancient Greek drama) a choral ode addressed to the audience, especially of comedy, and independent of the action of the play: usually following the agon and, in the earliest forms of comedy, serving often to end the play.
- pickaback — piggyback
- rabatment — the act of rotating a plane to align it with another
- sabadilla — a Mexican plant, Schoenocaulon officinale, of the lily family, having long, grasslike leaves and bitter seeds.
- sarabande — a slow, stately Spanish dance, especially of the 17th and 18th centuries, in triple meter, derived from a vigorous castanet dance.
- soerabaja — Dutch name of Surabaya.
- syllabary — a list or catalog of syllables.
- tabasheer — dried bamboo sap, used medicinally in the Far East
- tatabanya — a city in NW Hungary, W of Budapest.
- teabagger — Slang. a person who tea-bags a sexual partner.
- the cabal — a group of ministers of Charles II that governed from 1667–73: consisting of Clifford, Ashley, Buckingham, Arlington, and Lauderdale
- unabashed — not ashamed, disconcerted, or apologetic; boldly certain of one's position.
- unabating — to reduce in amount, degree, intensity, etc.; lessen; diminish: to abate a tax; to abate one's enthusiasm.
- wazirabad — Balkh.