8 letter word starting with ba

Words	Parts of Speech	Meaning/Definition/Similar Words
babbling	present participle & vb. noun	of Babble
babblery	noun	Babble.
babehood	noun	Babyhood.
babyhood	noun	The state or period of infancy.
babyship	noun	The quality of being a baby; the personality of an infant.
baccarat	noun	A French game of cards, played by a banker and punters.
baccated	adjective	Having many berries., Set or adorned with pearls.
bacchant	noun	A priest of Bacchus., A bacchanal; a reveler., Bacchanalian; fond of drunken revelry; wine-loving; reveling; carousing.
bacchius	noun	A metrical foot composed of a short syllable and two long ones; according to some, two long and a short.
bachelor	noun	A man of any age who has not been married., An unmarried woman., A person who has taken the first or lowest degree in the liberal arts, or in some branch of science, at a college or university; as, a bachelor of arts., A knight who had no standard of his own, but fought under the standard of another in the field; often, a young knight., In the companies of London tradesmen, one not yet admitted to wear the livery; a junior member., A kind of bass, an edible fresh-water fish (Pomoxys annularis) of the southern United States.
bachelry	noun	The body of young aspirants for knighthood.
bacillar	adjective	Shaped like a rod or staff.
bacillus	noun	A variety of bacterium; a microscopic, rod-shaped vegetable organism.
backband	noun	The band which passes over the back of a horse and holds up the shafts of a carriage.
backbite	verb i.	To wound by clandestine detraction; to censure meanly or spitefully (an absent person); to slander or speak evil of (one absent)., To censure or revile the absent.
backbond	noun	An instrument which, in conjunction with another making an absolute disposition, constitutes a trust.
backbone	noun	The column of bones in the back which sustains and gives firmness to the frame; the spine; the vertebral or spinal column., Anything like , or serving the purpose of, a backbone., Firmness; moral principle; steadfastness.
backcast	noun	Anything which brings misfortune upon one, or causes failure in an effort or enterprise; a reverse.
backdoor	adjective	Acting from behind and in concealment; as, backdoor intrigues.
backdown	noun	A receding or giving up; a complete surrender.
backfall	noun	A fall or throw on the back in wrestling.
backhand	noun	A kind of handwriting in which the downward slope of the letters is from left to right., Sloping from left to right; — said of handwriting., Backhanded; indirect; oblique.
backlash	noun	The distance through which one part of connected machinery, as a wheel, piston, or screw, can be moved without moving the connected parts, resulting from looseness in fitting or from wear; also, the jarring or reflex motion caused in badly fitting machinery by irregularities in velocity or a reverse of motion.
backless	adjective	Without a back.
backrack	noun	Alt. of Backrag
backside	noun	The hinder part, posteriors, or rump of a person or animal.
backslid	imp.	of Backslide, of Backslide
backstay	noun	A rope or stay extending from the masthead to the side of a ship, slanting a little aft, to assist the shrouds in supporting the mast., A rope or strap used to prevent excessive forward motion.
backster	noun	A backer.
backward	adverb	Alt. of Backwards, Directed to the back or rear; as, backward glances., Unwilling; averse; reluctant; hesitating; loath., Not well advanced in learning; not quick of apprehension; dull; inapt; as, a backward child., Late or behindhand; as, a backward season., Not advanced in civilization; undeveloped; as, the country or region is in a backward state., Already past or gone; bygone., The state behind or past., To keep back; to hinder.
backwash	verb i.	To clean the oil from (wood) after combing.
backworm	noun	A disease of hawks. See Filanders.
baconian	adjective	Of or pertaining to Lord Bacon, or to his system of philosophy.
bacteria	nounp.	See Bacterium., of Bacterium
bactrian	adjective	Of or pertaining to Bactria in Asia., A native of Bactria.
baculine	adjective	Of or pertaining to the rod or punishment with the rod.
baculite	noun	A cephalopod of the extinct genus Baculites, found fossil in the Cretaceous rocks. It is like an uncoiled ammonite.
badgered	imp. & past participle	of Badger
badgerer	noun	One who badgers., A kind of dog used in badger baiting.
badigeon	noun	A cement or paste (as of plaster and freestone, or of sawdust and glue or lime) used by sculptors, builders, and workers in wood or stone, to fill holes, cover defects, or finish a surface.
badinage	noun	Playful raillery; banter.
baenopod	noun	One of the thoracic legs of Arthropods.
baffling	present participle & vb. noun	of Baffle, Frustrating; discomfiting; disconcerting; as, baffling currents, winds, tasks.
baggager	noun	One who takes care of baggage; a camp follower.
bagpiper	noun	One who plays on a bagpipe; a piper.
baguette	noun	A small molding, like the astragal, but smaller; a bead., One of the minute bodies seen in the divided nucleoli of some Infusoria after conjugation.
bailable	adjective	Having the right or privilege of being admitted to bail, upon bond with sureties; — used of persons., Admitting of bail; as, a bailable offense., That can be delivered in trust; as, bailable goods.
bailment	noun	The action of bailing a person accused., A delivery of goods or money by one person to another in trust, for some special purpose, upon a contract, expressed or implied, that the trust shall be faithfully executed.
bakemeat	noun	Alt. of Baked-meat
bakingly	adverb	In a hot or baking manner.
bakistre	noun	A baker.
bakshish	noun	Same as Backsheesh.
balanced	imp. & past participle	of Balance
balancer	noun	One who balances, or uses a balance., In Diptera, the rudimentary posterior wing.
balanite	noun	A fossil balanoid shell.
balanoid	adjective	Resembling an acorn; — applied to a group of barnacles having shells shaped like acorns. See Acornshell, and Barnacle.
baldhead	noun	A person whose head is bald., A white-headed variety of pigeon.
baldness	noun	The state or condition of being bald; as, baldness of the head; baldness of style.
baldpate	noun	A baldheaded person., The American widgeon (Anas Americana)., Alt. of Baldpated
balearic	adjective	Of or pertaining to the isles of Majorca, Minorca, Ivica, etc., in the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Valencia.
balefire	noun	A signal fire; an alarm fire.
balisaur	noun	A badgerlike animal of India (Arcionyx collaris).
balister	noun	A crossbow.
ballader	noun	A writer of ballads.
balladry	noun	Ballad poems; the subject or style of ballads.
ballahoo	noun	Alt. of Ballahou
ballahou	noun	A fast-sailing schooner, used in the Bermudas and West Indies.
ballarag	verb i.	To bully; to threaten.
ballatry	noun	See Balladry.
ballist/	plural	of Ballista
ballista	noun	An ancient military engine, in the form of a crossbow, used for hurling large missiles.
balloted	imp. & past participle	of Ballot
balloter	noun	One who votes by ballot.
ballotin	noun	An officer who has charge of a ballot box.
ballroom	noun	A room for balls or dancing.
balmoral	noun	A long woolen petticoat, worn immediately under the dress., A kind of stout walking shoe, laced in front.
balneary	noun	A bathing room.
balotade	noun	See Ballotade.
balsamic	adjective	Alt. of Balsamical
baluster	noun	A small column or pilaster, used as a support to the rail of an open parapet, to guard the side of a staircase, or the front of a gallery. See Balustrade.
banality	noun	Something commonplace, hackneyed, or trivial; the commonplace, in speech.
bandaged	imp. & past participle	of Bandage
bandanna	noun	Alt. of Bandana
bandeaux	plural	of Bandeau
bandelet	noun	Alt. of Bandlet
banditti	plural	of Bandit
bandying	present participle & vb. noun	of Bandy
banewort	noun	Deadly nightshade.
banished	imp. & past participle	of Banish
banisher	noun	One who banishes.
banister	noun	A stringed musical instrument having a head and neck like the guitar, and its body like a tambourine. It has five strings, and is played with the fingers and hands.
bankable	adjective	Receivable at a bank.
bankrupt	noun	A trader who secretes himself, or does certain other acts tending to defraud his creditors., A trader who becomes unable to pay his debts; an insolvent trader; popularly, any person who is unable to pay his debts; an insolvent person., A person who, in accordance with the terms of a law relating to bankruptcy, has been judicially declared to be unable to meet his liabilities., Being a bankrupt or in a condition of bankruptcy; unable to pay, or legally discharged from paying, one’s debts; as, a bankrupt merchant., Depleted of money; not having the means of meeting pecuniary liabilities; as, a bankrupt treasury., Relating to bankrupts and bankruptcy., Destitute of, or wholly wanting (something once possessed, or something one should possess)., To make bankrupt; to bring financial ruin upon; to impoverish.
bankside	noun	The slope of a bank, especially of the bank of a steam.
banlieue	noun	The territory without the walls, but within the legal limits, of a town or city.
bannered	adjective	Furnished with, or bearing, banners.
banneret	noun	Originally, a knight who led his vassals into the field under his own banner; — commonly used as a title of rank., A title of rank, conferred for heroic deeds, and hence, an order of knighthood; also, the person bearing such title or rank., A civil officer in some Swiss cantons., A small banner.
bannerol	noun	A banderole; esp. a banner displayed at a funeral procession and set over the tomb. See Banderole.
bantered	imp. & past participle	of Banter
banterer	noun	One who banters or rallies.
bantling	noun	A young or small child; an infant. [Slightly contemptuous or depreciatory.]
banxring	noun	An East Indian insectivorous mammal of the genus Tupaia.
baphomet	noun	An idol or symbolical figure which the Templars were accused of using in their mysterious rites.
baptized	imp. & past participle	of Baptize
baptizer	noun	One who baptizes.
barbacan	noun	See Barbican., A tower or advanced work defending the entrance to a castle or city, as at a gate or bridge. It was often large and strong, having a ditch and drawbridge of its own., An opening in the wall of a fortress, through which missiles were discharged upon an enemy.
barbados	noun	Alt. of Barbadoes
barbated	adjective	Having barbed points.
barbecue	noun	A hog, ox, or other large animal roasted or broiled whole for a feast., A social entertainment, where many people assemble, usually in the open air, at which one or more large animals are roasted or broiled whole., A floor, on which coffee beans are sun-dried., To dry or cure by exposure on a frame or gridiron., To roast or broil whole, as an ox or hog.
barbered	imp. & past participle	of Barber
barberry	noun	A shrub of the genus Berberis, common along roadsides and in neglected fields. B. vulgaris is the species best known; its oblong red berries are made into a preserve or sauce, and have been deemed efficacious in fluxes and fevers. The bark dyes a fine yellow, esp. the bark of the root.
barbette	noun	A mound of earth or a platform in a fortification, on which guns are mounted to fire over the parapet.
barbican	noun	Alt. of Barbacan
barbicel	noun	One of the small hooklike processes on the barbules of feathers.
barbiers	noun	A variety of paralysis, peculiar to India and the Malabar coast; — considered by many to be the same as beriberi in chronic form.
barbiton	noun	An ancient Greek instrument resembling a lyre.
bardling	noun	An inferior bard.
bardship	noun	The state of being a bard.
bareback	adverb	On the bare back of a horse, without using a saddle; as, to ride bareback.
barebone	noun	A very lean person; one whose bones show through the skin.
barefoot	adjective & adverb	With the feet bare; without shoes or stockings.
barehead	adjective & adverb	Having the head uncovered; as, a bareheaded girl.
bareness	noun	The state of being bare.
baresark	noun	A Berserker, or Norse warrior who fought without armor, or shirt of mail. Hence, adverbially: Without shirt of mail or armor.
bargeman	noun	The man who manages a barge, or one of the crew of a barge.
barghest	noun	A goblin, in the shape of a large dog, portending misfortune.
barillet	noun	A little cask, or something resembling one.
bar iron		See under Iron.
baritone	adjective & noun	See Barytone., Grave and deep, as a kind of male voice., Not marked with an accent on the last syllable, the grave accent being understood., A male voice, the compass of which partakes of the common bass and the tenor, but which does not descend as low as the one, nor rise as high as the other., A person having a voice of such range., The viola di gamba, now entirely disused., A word which has no accent marked on the last syllable, the grave accent being understood.
barkless	adjective	Destitute of bark.
barnacle	noun	Any cirriped crustacean adhering to rocks, floating timber, ships, etc., esp. (a) the sessile species (genus Balanus and allies), and (b) the stalked or goose barnacles (genus Lepas and allies). See Cirripedia, and Goose barnacle., A bernicle goose., An instrument for pinching a horse’s nose, and thus restraining him., Spectacles; — so called from their resemblance to the barnacles used by farriers.
barnyard	noun	A yard belonging to a barn.
barology	noun	The science of weight or gravity.
barometz	noun	The woolly-skinned rhizoma or rootstock of a fern (Dicksonia barometz), which, when specially prepared and inverted, somewhat resembles a lamb; — called also Scythian lamb.
baronage	noun	The whole body of barons or peers., The dignity or rank of a baron., The land which gives title to a baron.
baroness	noun	A baron’s wife; also, a lady who holds the baronial title in her own right; as, the Baroness Burdett-Coutts.
baronial	adjective	Pertaining to a baron or a barony.
baronies	plural	of Barony
barouche	noun	A four-wheeled carriage, with a falling top, a seat on the outside for the driver, and two double seats on the inside arranged so that the sitters on the front seat face those on the back seat.
barracan	noun	A thick, strong stuff, somewhat like camlet; — still used for outer garments in the Levant.
barranca	noun	A ravine caused by heavy rains or a watercourse.
barrator	verb i.	One guilty of barratry.
barratry	noun	The practice of exciting and encouraging lawsuits and quarrels., A fraudulent breach of duty or willful act of known illegality on the part of a master of a ship, in his character of master, or of the mariners, to the injury of the owner of the ship or cargo, and without his consent. It includes every breach of trust committed with dishonest purpose, as by running away with the ship, sinking or deserting her, etc., or by embezzling the cargo., The crime of a judge who is influenced by bribery in pronouncing judgment.
barreled	imp. & past participle	of Barrel, Alt. of Barrelled
barrenly	adverb	Unfruitfully; unproductively.
barrulet	noun	A diminutive of the bar, having one fourth its width.
bartered	imp. & past participle	of Barter
barterer	noun	One who barters.
bartizan	noun	A small, overhanging structure for lookout or defense, usually projecting at an angle of a building or near an entrance gateway.
bartlett	noun	A Bartlett pear, a favorite kind of pear, which originated in England about 1770, and was called Williams’ Bonchretien. It was brought to America, and distributed by Mr. Enoch Bartlett, of Dorchester, Massachusetts.
barytone	adjective	Alt. of Baritone, Alt. of Baritone
basaltic	adjective	Pertaining to basalt; formed of, or containing, basalt; as basaltic lava.
basanite	noun	Lydian stone, or black jasper, a variety of siliceous or flinty slate, of a grayish or bluish black color. It is employed to test the purity of gold, the amount of alloy being indicated by the color left on the stone when rubbed by the metal.
bascinet	noun	A light helmet, at first open, but later made with a visor.
baseball	noun	A game of ball, so called from the bases or bounds ( four in number) which designate the circuit which each player must endeavor to make after striking the ball., The ball used in this game.
baseborn	adjective	Born out of wedlock., Born of low parentage., Vile; mean.
baselard	noun	A short sword or dagger, worn in the fifteenth century.
baseless	adjective	Without a base; having no foundation or support.
basement	adjective	The outer wall of the ground story of a building, or of a part of that story, when treated as a distinct substructure. ( See Base, n., 3 (a).) Hence: The rooms of a ground floor, collectively.
baseness	noun	The quality or condition of being base; degradation; vileness.
bashless	adjective	Shameless; unblushing.
basicity	noun	The quality or state of being a base., The power of an acid to unite with one or more atoms or equivalents of a base, as indicated by the number of replaceable hydrogen atoms contained in the acid.
basidium	noun	A special oblong or pyriform cell, with slender branches, which bears the spores in that division of fungi called Basidiomycetes, of which the common mushroom is an example.
basifier	noun	That which converts into a salifiable base.
basihyal	adjective	Noting two small bones, forming the body of the inverted hyoid arch.
basiling	present participle & vb. noun	of Basil
basilary	noun	Relating to, or situated at, the base., Lower; inferior; applied to impulses or springs of action.
basilic/	plural	of Basilica
basilica	noun	Originally, the place of a king; but afterward, an apartment provided in the houses of persons of importance, where assemblies were held for dispensing justice; and hence, any large hall used for this purpose., A building used by the Romans as a place of public meeting, with court rooms, etc., attached., A church building of the earlier centuries of Christianity, the plan of which was taken from the basilica of the Romans. The name is still applied to some churches by way of honorary distinction., A digest of the laws of Justinian, translated from the original Latin into Greek, by order of Basil I., in the ninth century.
basilisk	noun	A fabulous serpent, or dragon. The ancients alleged that its hissing would drive away all other serpents, and that its breath, and even its look, was fatal. See Cockatrice., A lizard of the genus Basiliscus, belonging to the family Iguanidae., A large piece of ordnance, so called from its supposed resemblance to the serpent of that name, or from its size.
basketry	noun	The art of making baskets; also, baskets, taken collectively.
basquish	adjective	Pertaining to the country, people, or language of Biscay; Basque
basseted	imp. & past participle	of Basset
bassetto	noun	A tenor or small bass viol.
bassinet	noun	A wicker basket, with a covering or hood over one end, in which young children are placed as in a cradle., See Bascinet.
bassorin	noun	A constituent part of a species of gum from Bassora, as also of gum tragacanth and some gum resins. It is one of the amyloses.
basswood	noun	The bass (Tilia) or its wood; especially, T. Americana. See Bass, the lime tree.
bastardy	noun	The state of being a bastard; illegitimacy., The procreation of a bastard child.
basylous	adjective	Pertaining to, or having the nature of, a basyle; electro-positive; basic; — opposed to chlorous.
batavian	adjective	Of or pertaining to (a) the Batavi, an ancient Germanic tribe; or to (b) /atavia or Holland; as, a Batavian legion., A native or inhabitant of Batavia or Holland.
bateless	adjective	Not to be abated.
batement	noun	Abatement; diminution.
bathetic	adjective	Having the character of bathos.
bathmism	noun	See Vital force.
bathorse	noun	A horse which carries an officer’s baggage during a campaign.
batoidei	noun pl.	The division of fishes which includes the rays and skates.
battable	adjective	Capable of cultivation; fertile; productive; fattening.
battalia	noun	Order of battle; disposition or arrangement of troops (brigades, regiments, battalions, etc.), or of a naval force, for action., An army in battle array; also, the main battalia or body.
batteler	noun	Alt. of Battler
battened	imp. & past participle	of Batten
battered	imp. & past participle	of Batter
batterer	noun	One who, or that which, batters.
battling	present participle & vb. noun	of Battle
baubling	adjective	See Bawbling.
baudekin	noun	The richest kind of stuff used in garments in the Middle Ages, the web being gold, and the woof silk, with embroidery : — made originally at Bagdad.
baudrick	noun	A belt. See Baldric.
bavarian	adjective	Of or pertaining to Bavaria., A native or an inhabitant of Bavaria.
bawbling	adjective	Insignificant; contemptible.
bawdrick	noun	A belt. See Baldric.
bawhorse	noun	Same as Bathorse.
bayadere	noun	A female dancer in the East Indies.
bayardly	adjective	Blind; stupid.
bayberry	noun	The fruit of the bay tree or Laurus nobilis., A tree of the West Indies related to the myrtle (Pimenta acris)., The fruit of Myrica cerifera (wax myrtle); the shrub itself; — called also candleberry tree.
bay leaf		See under 3d Bay.
bay salt		Salt which has been obtained from sea water, by evaporation in shallow pits or basins, by the heat of the sun; the large crystalline salt of commerce.
bay tree		A species of laurel. (Laurus nobilis).
bay yarn		Woolen yarn.