16-letter words containing ba

indescribability — (uncountable) The state or characteristic of being indescribable.
into the bargain — an advantageous purchase, especially one acquired at less than the usual cost: The sale offered bargains galore.
john the baptist — the forerunner and baptizer of Jesus. Matt. 3.
journeyman baker — a baker who is qualified to work in the employment of another
judas maccabaeus — Judas or Judah [joo-duh] /ˈdʒu də/ (Show IPA), ("the Hammer") died c. 160 b.c, Judean patriot, one of the Maccabees: military leader 166–160 (son of Mattathias).
lambada-calculus — (humour, logic) (A pun on "lambda-calculus") Teaching logic thru spanish dance steps. Invented by P. van der Linden <[email protected]>.
language barrier — difficulty in communication due to language difference
libation-bearers — Choëphori.
little brown bat — any of several small to medium-sized common bats of the genera Myotis and Eptesicus, found worldwide in caves, trees, and buildings, including M. lucifugus (little brown bat) and E. fuscus (big brown bat) a widespread North American species.
maitre de ballet — ballet master.
man on horseback — a military leader who presents himself as the savior of the country during a period of crisis and either assumes or threatens to assume dictatorial powers.
marine barometer — a barometer for use on shipboard, especially one mounted on gimbals so as to minimize the effects of the motion of the vessel.
mönchen-gladbach — city in WC Germany, in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia: pop. 266,000
morris plan bank — a private banking organization, formerly common in the U.S., designed primarily to grant small loans to industrial workers.
mossbauer effect — the phenomenon in which an atom in a crystal undergoes no recoil when emitting a gamma ray, giving all the emitted energy to the gamma ray, resulting in a sharply defined wavelength.
munchen-gladbach — former name of Mönchengladbach.
nagorno-karabakh — a region in SW Azerbaijan: residents mostly Armenian. 1700 sq. mi. (4400 sq. km).
narragansett bay — an inlet of the Atlantic in E Rhode Island. 28 miles (45 km) long.
network database — (database) A kind of database management system in which each record type can have multiple owners, e.g. orders are owned by both customers and products. This contrasts with a hierarchical database (one owner) or relational database (no explicit owner).
nitrogen balance — the difference between the amount of nitrogen taken in and the amount excreted or lost: used to evaluate nutritional balance.
nitrous bacteria — bacteria that convert ammonia to nitrites in the soil
north battleford — a city in W central Saskatchewan, in central Canada.
on a trial basis — for the purpose of assessment
on the back foot — at a disadvantage; outmanoeuvred or outclassed by an opponent
on the bandwagon — on the popular or apparently winning side, as in an election
one-armed bandit — slot machine (def 1).
overurbanization — the act or fact of urbanizing, or taking on the characteristics of a city: Urbanization has led to more air pollution and increasing childhood asthma.
pass-band filter — band-pass filter
philip r. bagley — (person) A pioneer of computer document retrieval. See metadata.
plant bargaining — a form of bargaining within industry, involving either informal small groups of employees or collective agreements at plant level
platform-balance — a scale with a platform for holding the items to be weighed.
port phillip bay — a bay in SE Australia: the harbor of Melbourne. 31 miles (50 km) long; 25 miles (40 km) wide.
proslambanomenos — the lowest note of the scale in ancient Greek music
put in mothballs — to postpone work on (a project, activity, etc)
redbank whiteoak — a city in S Tennessee.
sabattier effect — the alteration of the image tones of a photographic print by briefly reexposing the negative after it has been partially developed.
sabbatical leave — a year or shorter period of absence for study, rest, or travel, given at intervals (orig. every seven years) as to some college teachers and now to people in other fields, at full or partial salary
saint-barthelemy — (Saint Bartholomew; Saint Barts; Saint Barths) a resort island in the West Indies, in the Leeward Islands, part of the French department of Guadeloupe. 6900; 8 sq. mi. (21 sq. km).
sandlot baseball — a form of baseball played by children on an area of vacant ground
santiago de cuba — a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
save one's bacon — the back and sides of the hog, salted and dried or smoked, usually sliced thin and fried for food.
sebaceous glands — any of the cutaneous glands that secrete oily matter for lubricating hair and skin.
self-abandonment — absence or lack of personal restraint.
self-approbation — approval; commendation.
single-barrelled — (of a firearm) having a single barrel
slap on the back — to congratulate
sounding balloon — a balloon carrying instruments aloft to make atmospheric measurements, especially a radiosonde balloon.
southern baptist — a member of the Southern Baptist Convention, founded in Augusta, Georgia, in 1845, that is strictly Calvinistic and active in religious publishing and education.
stab in the back — to pierce or wound with or as if with a pointed weapon: She stabbed a piece of chicken with her fork.
stalked puffball — a puffball-like mushroom of the genus Tulestoma, maturing in early winter.

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