English words starting with ba

Meanings of Ba:

noun

(in ancient egypt) the supposed soul of a person or god, which survived after death but had to be sustained with offerings of food. it was typically represented as a human-headed bird.

Usage examples:

The ba is everything other than the body that makes a person an individual.

abbreviation

Bachelor of arts.

Usage examples:

David brown, ba

The chemical element barium.

Meanings of Baa:

verb

(of a sheep or lamb) bleat.

Usage examples:

We knew they had brought sheep with them, for they could be heard, baaing and jingling their bells,…

noun

The cry of a sheep or lamb.

Usage examples:

Loud baas fill the air in the springtime

Meanings of Baaed:

verb

(of a sheep or lamb) bleat.

Usage examples:

We knew they had brought sheep with them, for they could be heard, baaing and jingling their bells,…

noun

The cry of a sheep or lamb.

Usage examples:

Loud baas fill the air in the springtime

Meanings of Baaing:

verb

(of a sheep or lamb) bleat.

Usage examples:

We knew they had brought sheep with them, for they could be heard, baaing and jingling their bells,…

noun

The cry of a sheep or lamb.

Usage examples:

Loud baas fill the air in the springtime

Meanings of Baal:

proper noun

A male fertility god whose cult was widespread in ancient phoenician and canaanite lands.

Meanings of Baas:

noun

A supervisor or employer, especially a white man in charge of coloured or black people.

Usage examples:

Baas o'brien

Meanings of Bab:

noun

A baby or young child.

Usage examples:

Why does my mom keep asking me if the royal bab is born—i'm not the royal correspondent

Meanings of Baba:

noun

A small, rich sponge cake, typically soaked in rum-flavoured syrup.

Usage examples:

The cooked babas are hollowed out and filled with confectioners' custard

Meanings of Babacoote:

noun

The indri, indri indri (family indriidae), which is the largest lemur found in madagascar.

Meanings of Babakoto:

noun

The indri, indri indri.

Meanings of Babas:

noun

A small, rich sponge cake, typically soaked in rum-flavoured syrup.

Usage examples:

The cooked babas are hollowed out and filled with confectioners' custard

Meanings of Babassu:

noun

A brazilian palm that yields an edible oil which is sometimes used in cosmetics.

Usage examples:

The rubs harness the soothing properties of babassu oil (harvested from the amazonian babassu palm)…

Meanings of Babassus:

noun

A brazilian palm that yields an edible oil which is sometimes used in cosmetics.

Usage examples:

The rubs harness the soothing properties of babassu oil (harvested from the amazonian babassu palm)…

Meanings of Babbitt:

noun

A materialistic, complacent, and conformist businessman.

Usage examples:

I think she believed it would liberate the american imagination, and teach the googly-eyed babbitts…

Meanings of Babbitting:

noun

The action or process of adding a lining of babbitt metal to a bearing or other part in order to reduce friction.

Meanings of Babbittism:

noun

= babbitry .

Meanings of Babbitts:

noun

A materialistic, complacent, and conformist businessman.

Usage examples:

I think she believed it would liberate the american imagination, and teach the googly-eyed babbitts…

Meanings of Babblative:

adjective

Given to babbling; loquacious, prattling. also: characterized by an excess of talk; verbose, bombastic. now somewhat archaic.

Meanings of Babble:

verb

Talk rapidly and continuously in a foolish, excited, or incomprehensible way.

Usage examples:

They babbled on about their holiday

noun

(of a flowing water) make a continuous murmuring sound.

Usage examples:

The shallow river babbled over smooth rocks

combining form

Forming nouns denoting confusing or pretentious jargon, especially that characteristic of a particular field or group.

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Psychobabble

Meanings of Babbled:

verb

Talk rapidly and continuously in a foolish, excited, or incomprehensible way.

Usage examples:

They babbled on about their holiday

noun

The sound of people talking simultaneously.

Usage examples:

The answers were difficult to hear amid the babble of conversation

Meanings of Babbler:

noun

An old world songbird with a long tail, short rounded wings, and a loud, discordant or musical voice.

Usage examples:

I stray from the purpose of our trip: birds, which were no less alluring than all the scenes mentio…

Meanings of Babblers:

noun

An old world songbird with a long tail, short rounded wings, and a loud, discordant or musical voice.

Usage examples:

I stray from the purpose of our trip: birds, which were no less alluring than all the scenes mentio…

Meanings of Babbles:

verb

Talk rapidly and continuously in a foolish, excited, or incomprehensible way.

Usage examples:

They babbled on about their holiday

noun

(of a flowing water) make a continuous murmuring sound.

Usage examples:

The shallow river babbled over smooth rocks

Meanings of Babbling:

noun

The action or fact of talking rapidly and continuously in a foolish, excited, or incomprehensible way.

Usage examples:

The constant babbling of the kids

adjective

Talking rapidly and continuously in a foolish, excited, or incomprehensible way.

Usage examples:

The noise of babbling tourists

verb

Talk rapidly and continuously in a foolish, excited, or incomprehensible way.

Usage examples:

They babbled on about their holiday

Meanings of Babblingly:

adverb

In a babbling manner; chatteringly, prattlingly.