5-letter words starting with ba
- baire — mosquito net.
- bairn — A bairn is a child.
- baisa — a unit of currency in Oman, worth one-thousandth of a rial
- baith — both
- baits — Plural form of bait.
- baiza — a monetary unit of Oman, equal to 1⁄1000 of a rial
- baize — Baize is a thick woollen material which is used for covering tables on which games such as cards and snooker are played.
- bajaj — (Indonesia) A tuk-tuk.
- bajan — a native of Barbados
- bajer — Fredrik [fred-rik;; Danish frith -rik] /ˈfrɛd rɪk;; Danish ˈfrɪð rɪk/ (Show IPA), 1837–1922, Danish politician and author: Nobel Peace Prize 1908.
- bajra — a type of millet grown in India
- baked — to cook by dry heat in an oven or on heated metal or stones.
- baker — A baker is a person whose job is to bake and sell bread, pastries, and cakes.
- bakes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bake.
- bakra — a White person, esp one from Britain
- bakst — Leon Nikolayevich (lɪˈɔn nikaˈlajɪvitʃ). 1866–1924, Russian painter and stage designer, noted particularly for his richly coloured sets for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes (1909–21)
- balak — a Moabite king who sent for Balaam to come and curse the Israelites. Num. 22–23.
- balao — a halfbeak, Hemiramphus balao, of tropical western Atlantic seas.
- balas — a red variety of spinel, used as a gemstone
- balbo — Italo (ˈitalo). 1896–1940, Italian Fascist politician and airman: minister of aviation (1929–33)
- balch — Emily Greene, 1867–1961, U.S. economist, sociologist, and author: Nobel Peace Prize 1946.
- baldy — People sometimes refer to a bald person as a baldy, especially if they are talking about them or to them in a friendly or humorous way. Some people might find this offensive.
- baled — Also, bailer. a bucket, dipper, or other container used for bailing.
- baler — an agricultural machine for making bales of hay, etc
- bales — Also, bailer. a bucket, dipper, or other container used for bailing.
- balkh — a region of N Afghanistan, corresponding to ancient Bactria. Chief town: Mazar-i-Sharif
- balks — 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.
- balky — Someone or something that is balky does not behave or work the way you want them to.
- balla — Giacomo [jah-kaw-maw] /ˈdʒɑ kɔ mɔ/ (Show IPA), 1871?–1958, Italian painter.
- balls — If you say that someone has balls, you mean that they have courage.
- bally — a thumb
- balms — Plural form of balm.
- balmy — Balmy weather is fairly warm and pleasant.
- balon — the lightness and grace of movement that make a dancer appear buoyant.
- baloo — a lullaby
- balop — Also called balop card. a photographic print made on smooth, matte, double-weight paper, used especially in television advertisements.
- balot — Alternative form of balut.
- balpa — British Airline Pilots' Association
- balsa — Balsa or balsa wood is a very light wood from a South American tree.
- balti — A balti is a vegetable or meat dish of Indian origin which is cooked and served in a bowl-shaped pan.
- balun — a device for coupling two electrical circuit elements, such as an aerial and its feeder cable, where one is balanced and the other is unbalanced
- balut — Asian street food consisting of a developing duck embryo boiled alive and eaten in the shell.
- bambi — born-again middle-aged biker: an affluent middle-aged man who rides a powerful motorbike
- bammy — (Scotland, slang) Crazy.
- banak — a tree of the genus Virola, of Central America: family Myristicaceae
- banal — If you describe something as banal, you do not like it because you think that it is so ordinary that it is not at all effective or interesting.
- banan — (rare, informal) Banana.
- banat — a fertile plain extending through Hungary, Romania, and Serbia
- banco — a call in gambling games such as chemin de fer and baccarat by a player or bystander who wishes to bet against the entire bank
- banda — Hastings Kamuzu (kæˈmuːzuː). 1906–97, Malawi statesman. As first prime minister of Nyasaland (from 1963), he led his country to independence (1964) as Malawi: president (1966–94)