10-letter words starting with BA
Embark on a linguistic journey with words that begin with the letter BA. This section showcases how BA at the start shapes the identity and sound of various words. From commonly used terms to rare finds, explore the diverse range of words that start with BA, enriching your vocabulary and appreciation for language.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| background | 20 | understate the importance or quality of | - |
| basketball | 18 | a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop | - |
| babysitter | 17 | a person engaged to care for children when the parents are not home | - |
| bankruptcy | 23 | inability to discharge all your debts as they come due | the company had to declare bankruptcy |
| bargaining | 14 | the negotiation of the terms of a transaction or agreement | - |
| ballistics | 14 | the trajectory of an object in free flight | - |
| barbershop | 19 | a shop where men can get their hair cut | - |
| backgammon | 23 | a board game for two players; pieces move according to throws of the dice | - |
| battleship | 17 | large and heavily armoured warship | - |
| barricaded | 16 | preventing entry or exit or a course of action | a barricaded street |
| banishment | 17 | rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone | - |
| backstreet | 18 | - | - |
| ballplayer | 17 | an athlete who plays baseball | - |
| barbecuing | 17 | roasting a large piece of meat on a revolving spit out of doors over an open fire | - |
| backfiring | 22 | - | - |
| backstroke | 22 | a swimming stroke that resembles the crawl except the swimmer lies on his or her back | - |
| bandleader | 14 | the leader of a dance band | - |
| ballooning | 13 | flying in a balloon | - |
| backstairs | 18 | secret and sly or sordid | backstairs gossip |
| barometric | 16 | relating to atmospheric pressure or indicated by a barometer | barometric pressure |
| backpacker | 26 | a hiker who wears a backpack | - |
| balderdash | 17 | trivial nonsense | - |
| baldheaded | 18 | - | - |
| bandmaster | 15 | the conductor of a band | - |
| bannisters | 12 | - | - |
| barefooted | 16 | without shoes on | - |
| backbiting | 21 | - | - |
| backhanded | 23 | (of racket strokes) made across the body with back of hand facing direction of stroke | - |
| battlement | 14 | a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns | - |
| balustrade | 13 | a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling | - |
| barramundi | 15 | a species of large perch noted for its sporting and eating qualities; lives in marine, estuary, and freshwater habitats | - |
| barrelhead | 16 | - | - |
| barrelling | 13 | - | - |
| bathhouses | 18 | - | - |
| backhander | 22 | a backhanded blow | - |
| backlogged | 21 | - | - |
| balloonist | 12 | someone who flies a balloon | - |
| barehanded | 17 | with bare hands | fought barehanded |
| bareheaded | 17 | having the head uncovered | caught bareheaded by the downpour |
| barrenness | 12 | the quality of yielding nothing of value | - |
| baalebatim | 16 | - | - |
| babacootes | 16 | - | - |
| babbitries | 16 | - | - |
| babbitting | 17 | lining a surface or bearing with Babbitt metal | - |
| babblative | 19 | - | - |
| babblement | 18 | - | - |
| babelesque | 23 | - | - |
| babesiases | 14 | - | - |
| babesiasis | 14 | - | - |
| babesioses | 14 | - | - |
| babesiosis | 14 | - | - |
| babiroussa | 14 | Indonesian wild pig with enormous curved canine teeth | - |
| babirussas | 14 | - | - |
| babyccinos | 21 | - | - |
| babyproofs | 22 | - | - |
| bacchanals | 19 | - | - |
| bacchantes | 19 | - | - |
| bacchantic | 21 | of or relating to or resembling a bacchanalian reveler | - |
| bacharachs | 22 | - | - |
| bacillemia | 16 | - | - |
| bacilluria | 14 | - | - |
| bacitracin | 16 | a polypeptide antibiotic of known chemical structure effective against several types of Gram-positive organisms; usually applied locally | - |
| backacters | 20 | - | - |
| backbiters | 20 | - | - |
| backbitten | 20 | - | - |
| backblocks | 26 | - | - |
| backboards | 21 | - | - |
| backburned | 21 | - | - |
| backchecks | 29 | - | - |
| backcloths | 23 | - | - |
| backcombed | 25 | - | - |
| backcourts | 20 | - | - |
| backdating | 20 | - | - |
| backdrafts | 22 | - | - |
| backfields | 22 | - | - |
| backfilled | 22 | - | - |
| backfitted | 22 | - | - |
| backhauled | 22 | - | - |
| backhoeing | 22 | - | - |
| backhouses | 21 | - | - |
| backlashed | 22 | - | - |
| backlasher | 21 | - | - |
| backlashes | 21 | - | - |
| backlights | 22 | - | - |
| backliners | 18 | - | - |
| backlisted | 19 | - | - |
| backloaded | 20 | - | - |
| backmarker | 24 | - | - |
| backpacked | 27 | - | - |
| backpaddle | 22 | - | - |
| backpedals | 21 | - | - |
| backpieces | 22 | - | - |
| backplanes | 20 | - | - |
| backplates | 20 | - | - |
| backronyms | 23 | - | - |
| backroomer | 20 | - | - |
| backrushes | 21 | - | - |
| backsheesh | 24 | a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter) | - |
| backshores | 21 | - | - |
| backsights | 22 | - | - |
| backslider | 19 | someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior | - |
| backslides | 19 | - | - |
| backspaced | 23 | - | - |
| backspacer | 22 | the typewriter key used for back spacing | - |
| backspaces | 22 | - | - |
| backspeers | 20 | - | - |
| backspeirs | 20 | - | - |
| backsplash | 23 | - | - |
| backsplits | 20 | - | - |
| backstabby | 25 | - | - |
| backstages | 19 | - | - |
| backstalls | 18 | - | - |
| backstamps | 22 | - | - |
| backstitch | 23 | an overlapping stitch made by starting the next stitch at the middle of the preceding one | - |
| backstraps | 20 | - | - |
| backswings | 22 | - | - |
| backswords | 22 | - | - |
| backtracks | 24 | - | - |
| backvelder | 22 | - | - |
| backwardly | 25 | - | - |
| backwashed | 25 | - | - |
| backwashes | 24 | - | - |
| backwaters | 21 | - | - |
| backwinded | 23 | - | - |
| backwoodsy | 25 | - | - |
| backworker | 25 | - | - |
| bacteremia | 16 | transient presence of bacteria (or other microorganisms) in the blood | - |
| bacteremic | 18 | of or relating to or having bacteremia | - |
| bacterials | 14 | - | - |
| bacterioid | 15 | resembling bacteria | - |
| bacterised | 15 | - | - |
| bacterises | 14 | - | - |
| bacterized | 24 | - | - |
| bacterizes | 23 | - | - |
| bacteroids | 15 | - | - |
| bacteruria | 14 | - | - |
| baculiform | 19 | formed like a bacillus | - |
| badderlock | 20 | - | - |
| badgerlier | 14 | - | - |
| badinaging | 15 | - | - |
| badineries | 13 | - | - |
| badmintons | 15 | - | - |
| badmouthed | 19 | - | - |
| bafflegabs | 21 | - | - |
| bafflement | 20 | confusion resulting from failure to understand | - |
| bafflingly | 22 | - | - |
| bagassoses | 13 | - | - |
| bagassosis | 13 | alveolitis caused by inhaling bagasse (sugarcane dust) | - |
| bagatelles | 13 | - | - |
| baggataway | 20 | - | - |
| bagpipings | 18 | - | - |
| bagswinger | 17 | - | - |
| bahuvrihis | 21 | - | - |
| baignoires | 13 | - | - |
| bailieship | 17 | - | - |
| bailiwicks | 21 | - | - |
| bailliages | 13 | - | - |
| bairnliest | 12 | - | - |
| baisemains | 14 | - | - |
| baitcaster | 14 | - | - |
| baitfishes | 18 | - | - |
| bajillions | 19 | - | - |
| bakeapples | 20 | - | - |
| bakeboards | 19 | - | - |
| bakehouses | 19 | - | - |
| bakestones | 16 | - | - |
| bakshished | 23 | - | - |
| bakshishes | 22 | - | - |
| balaclavas | 17 | - | - |
| balalaikas | 16 | - | - |
| balancings | 15 | - | - |
| balayaging | 17 | - | - |
| balbriggan | 16 | a cotton knit fabric used for underwear | - |
| balbutient | 14 | - | - |
| balconette | 14 | - | - |
| baldachino | 18 | - | - |
| baldachins | 18 | - | - |
| baldaquins | 22 | - | - |
| baldicoots | 15 | - | - |
| baldmoneys | 18 | - | - |
| baldnesses | 13 | - | - |
| balections | 14 | - | - |
| balibuntal | 14 | - | - |
| balkanised | 17 | - | - |
| balkanises | 16 | - | - |
| balkanized | 26 | - | - |
| balkanizes | 25 | - | - |
| ballabiles | 14 | - | - |
| balladeers | 13 | - | - |
| balladines | 13 | - | - |
| balladists | 13 | - | - |
| balladries | 13 | - | - |
| ballanting | 13 | - | - |
| ballasters | 12 | - | - |
| ballasting | 13 | - | - |
| ballbuster | 14 | - | - |
| ballerinas | 12 | - | - |
| ballfields | 16 | - | - |
| ballflower | 18 | - | - |
| ballhawked | 23 | - | - |
| ballistite | 12 | an explosive (trade name Ballistite) that burns with relatively little smoke; contains pyrocellulose and is used as a propellant | - |
| ballocksed | 19 | - | - |
| ballockses | 18 | - | - |
| ballotings | 13 | - | - |
| ballpoints | 14 | - | - |
| ballsiness | 12 | - | - |
| ballyhooed | 19 | - | - |
| balmacaans | 16 | - | - |
| balnearies | 12 | - | - |
| balneation | 12 | - | - |
| balneology | 16 | - | - |
| balsamiest | 14 | - | - |
| balsamroot | 14 | a plant of the genus Balsamorhiza having downy leaves in a basal rosette and yellow flowers and long balsam-scented taproots | - |
| balsawoods | 16 | - | - |
| balthasars | 15 | - | - |
| balthazars | 24 | - | - |
| balustered | 13 | - | - |
| balzarines | 21 | - | - |
| bamboozled | 26 | - | - |
| bamboozler | 25 | - | - |
| bamboozles | 25 | - | - |
| banalising | 13 | - | - |
| banalities | 12 | - | - |
| banalizing | 22 | - | - |
| bandagings | 15 | - | - |
| bandalores | 13 | - | - |
| bandbrakes | 19 | - | - |
| bandeliers | 13 | - | - |
| banderilla | 13 | a decorated dart that is implanted in the neck or shoulders of the bull during a bull fight | - |
| banderoles | 13 | - | - |
| bandfishes | 19 | - | - |
| bandicoots | 15 | - | - |
| banditries | 13 | - | - |
| bandobasts | 15 | - | - |
| bandobusts | 15 | - | - |
| bandoleers | 13 | - | - |
| bandoleons | 13 | - | - |
| bandoleros | 13 | - | - |
| bandoliers | 13 | - | - |
| bandolined | 14 | - | - |
| bandolines | 13 | - | - |
| bandoneons | 13 | - | - |
| bandonions | 13 | - | - |
| bandpasses | 15 | - | - |
| bandsawing | 17 | - | - |
| bandshells | 16 | - | - |
| bandstands | 14 | - | - |
| bandurists | 13 | - | - |
| bandwagons | 17 | - | - |
| bandwidths | 20 | - | - |
| bangsrings | 14 | - | - |
| banistered | 13 | - | - |
| banjoleles | 19 | - | - |
| banjuleles | 19 | - | - |
| bankerlier | 16 | - | - |
| bankrolled | 17 | - | - |
| bankroller | 16 | - | - |
| bankrupted | 19 | - | - |
| banneralls | 12 | - | - |
| bannerette | 12 | - | - |
| banqueteer | 21 | - | - |
| banqueters | 21 | - | - |
| banqueting | 22 | eating an elaborate meal (often accompanied by entertainment) | - |
| banquettes | 21 | - | - |
| banterings | 13 | - | - |
| bantingism | 15 | - | - |
| baphometic | 21 | - | - |
| baptistery | 17 | bowl for baptismal water | - |
| baragouins | 13 | - | - |
| barasingas | 13 | - | - |
| barasingha | 16 | - | - |
| barathrums | 17 | - | - |
| barbarians | 14 | - | - |
| barbarised | 15 | - | - |
| barbarises | 14 | - | - |
| barbarisms | 16 | - | - |
| barbarized | 24 | - | - |
| barbarizes | 23 | - | - |
| barbascoes | 16 | - | - |
| barbastels | 14 | - | - |
| barbecuers | 16 | - | - |
| barbellate | 14 | having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. | - |
| barbequing | 24 | - | - |
| barberries | 14 | - | - |
| barbitones | 14 | - | - |
| barbituric | 16 | - | - |
| barbotines | 14 | - | - |
| barcaroles | 14 | - | - |
| barcarolle | 14 | a boating song sung by Venetian gondoliers | - |
| bardolater | 13 | - | - |
| bardolatry | 16 | the idolization of William Shakespeare | - |
| barebacked | 21 | riding without a saddle | - |
| barelegged | 15 | having the legs uncovered by clothing | barelegged children on the beach |
| barenesses | 12 | - | - |
| bargainers | 13 | - | - |
| barganders | 14 | - | - |
| bargeboard | 16 | - | - |
| bargepoles | 15 | - | - |
| barhopping | 20 | - | - |
| bariatrics | 14 | - | - |
| barkantine | 16 | - | - |
| barkeepers | 18 | - | - |
| barkentine | 16 | - | - |
| barleycorn | 17 | a grain of barley | - |
| barmbracks | 22 | - | - |
| barmitsvah | 20 | - | - |
| barmitzvah | 29 | - | - |
| barnboards | 15 | - | - |
| barnbracks | 20 | - | - |
| barnburner | 14 | an impressively successful event | the rock concert was a real barnburner |
| barnstorms | 14 | - | - |
| baroceptor | 16 | - | - |
| barognoses | 13 | - | - |
| barognosis | 13 | - | - |
| barographs | 18 | - | - |
| barometers | 14 | - | - |
| barometzes | 23 | - | - |
| baronesses | 12 | - | - |
| baronetage | 13 | the collective body of baronets | - |
| baronetess | 12 | - | - |
| barophiles | 17 | - | - |
| barophilic | 19 | - | - |
| baroscopes | 16 | - | - |
| baroscopic | 18 | - | - |
| barotrauma | 14 | - | - |
| barpersons | 14 | - | - |
| barquettes | 21 | - | - |
| barrackers | 18 | - | - |
| barracking | 19 | shouting to interrupt a speech with which you disagree | - |
| barracoons | 14 | - | - |
| barracoota | 14 | - | - |
| barracouta | 14 | a large marine food fish common on the coasts of Australia, New Zealand, and southern Africa | - |
| barracudas | 15 | - | - |
| barramunda | 15 | - | - |
| barrasways | 18 | - | - |
| barratries | 12 | - | - |
| barratrous | 12 | - | - |
| barrelages | 13 | - | - |
| barrelfuls | 15 | - | - |
| barrelsful | 15 | - | - |
| barrenwort | 15 | slow-growing creeping plant with semi-evergreen leaves on erect wiry stems; used as ground cover | - |
| barretries | 12 | - | - |
| barretrous | 12 | - | - |
| barretters | 12 | - | - |
| barricader | 15 | - | - |
| barricades | 15 | - | - |
| barricados | 15 | - | - |
| barriering | 13 | - | - |
| barristers | 12 | - | - |
| barrowfuls | 18 | - | - |
| bartenders | 13 | - | - |
| bartending | 14 | - | - |
| bartizaned | 22 | - | - |
| barycentre | 17 | - | - |
| barysphere | 20 | - | - |
| basaltines | 12 | - | - |
| basaltware | 15 | - | - |
| baseballer | 14 | - | - |
| baseboards | 15 | - | - |
| baseburner | 14 | - | - |
| baselessly | 15 | - | - |
| baseliners | 12 | - | - |
| basenesses | 12 | - | - |
| baseplates | 14 | - | - |
| baserunner | 12 | - | - |
| bashawisms | 20 | - | - |
| bashawship | 23 | - | - |
| bashfuller | 18 | - | - |
| basicities | 14 | - | - |
| basilicons | 14 | - | - |
| basketfuls | 19 | - | - |
| basketlike | 20 | - | - |
| basketries | 16 | - | - |
| basketsful | 19 | - | - |
| basketwork | 23 | - | - |
| basmitzvah | 29 | - | - |
| basophiles | 17 | - | - |
| basophilia | 17 | the tendency of cells to stain with basic dyes | cytoplasmic basophilia |
| basophilic | 19 | staining readily with basic dyes | - |
| bassetting | 13 | - | - |
| bassnesses | 12 | - | - |
| bassoonist | 12 | a musician who plays the bassoon | - |
| bastardies | 13 | - | - |
| bastardise | 13 | change something so that its value declines; for example, art forms | - |
| bastardism | 15 | - | - |
| bastardize | 22 | change something so that its value declines; for example, art forms | - |
| bastinaded | 14 | - | - |
| bastinades | 13 | - | - |
| bastnasite | 12 | a yellow-to-brown mineral that is a source of rare earth elements | - |
| batfowlers | 18 | - | - |
| batfowling | 19 | - | - |
| bathmizvah | 32 | - | - |
| batholites | 15 | - | - |
| batholiths | 18 | - | - |
| batholitic | 17 | of or relating to a batholith | - |
| bathometer | 17 | an instrument that measures the depth of water | - |
| bathometry | 20 | - | - |
| bathwaters | 18 | - | - |
| bathylites | 18 | - | - |
| bathyliths | 21 | - | - |
| bathylitic | 20 | - | - |
| bathymeter | 20 | an instrument that measures the depth of water | - |
| bathymetry | 23 | measuring the depths of the oceans | - |
| bathyscape | 22 | navigable deep diving vessel for underwater exploration | - |
| bathyscaph | 25 | navigable deep diving vessel for underwater exploration | - |
| batmitzvah | 29 | - | - |
| batologies | 13 | - | - |
| batologist | 13 | - | - |
| batonniers | 12 | - | - |
| batrachian | 17 | any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species | - |
| battailous | 12 | - | - |
| battalions | 12 | - | - |
| batteilant | 12 | - | - |
| battelling | 13 | - | - |
| battements | 14 | - | - |
| battenings | 13 | - | - |
| batterings | 13 | - | - |
| battilling | 13 | - | - |
| battleaxes | 19 | - | - |
| battledoor | 13 | - | - |
| battledore | 13 | a light long-handled racket used by badminton players | - |
| baudrickes | 19 | - | - |
| baudronses | 13 | - | - |
| baulkiness | 16 | - | - |
| baulkingly | 20 | - | - |
| baulklines | 16 | - | - |
| bavardages | 17 | - | - |
| bavaroises | 15 | - | - |
| bawdyhouse | 22 | a building where prostitutes are available | - |
| bayberries | 17 | - | - |
| baynoddies | 17 | - | - |
| bayoneting | 16 | - | - |
| bayonetted | 16 | - | - |
| bazillions | 21 | - | - |
