Word starting with b ending in a - (153 words)

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ba⁴	(Egyptian mythology) A being's soul or personality, represented as a bird-headed figure, which survives after death but must be sustained with offerings of food.

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baa⁵	(onomatopoeia) The characteristic cry or bleating of a sheep.
boa⁵	Any of a group of large American snakes, of the genus Boa, subfamily Boinae, or family Boidae, including the boa constrictor and the emperor boa of Mexico.
bra⁵	Clipping of brassiere. [from 1920s]

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baba⁸	A kind of sponge cake soaked in rum-flavoured syrup.
bema⁸	A platform from which speakers addressed an assembly.
beta⁶	The second letter of the Greek alphabet (Β, β), preceded by alpha (Α, α) and followed by gamma, (Γ, γ). In modern Greek it represents the voiced labiodental fricative sound of v found in the English words have and vase.
bima⁸	(Judaism) The raised platform in the front of a synagogue where the Torah is read on a podium.
bola⁶	A throwing weapon made of weights on the ends of a cord.

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babka¹³	A Central and Eastern European coffee cake flavored with orange rind, rum, almonds, and raisins.
bacca¹¹
baiza¹⁶
balsa⁷	A large tree, Ochroma pyramidale, native to tropical America, with wood that is very light in weight.
banda⁸	(uncountable, music) A style of Mexican brass band music, emerged in the 19th century.

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bacula¹⁰	plural of baculum
balata⁸	Manilkara bidentata, a large South American tree that yields latex and edible yellow berries.
balboa¹⁰	The currency of Panama, divided into 100 centésimos
banana⁸	An elongated curved tropical fruit that grows in bunches and has a creamy flesh and a smooth skin.
baryta¹¹	Any of several compounds of barium, especially barium sulphate and barium hydroxide.

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babesia¹¹	(microbiology, epidemiology) Any of the hematozoa of the genus Babesia that invades the erythrocytes of living mammals, notably including cattle and humans, causing the disease babesiosis.
baccara¹³	A French game of cards, played by a banker and punters.
baklava¹⁶	A popular sweet pastry found in many cuisines of the Middle East and the Balkans, made of chopped nuts layered with phyllo pastry. [since c. 1650; modern spelling since 1800s]
baklawa¹⁶	Alternative form of baklava
bandana¹⁰	A large kerchief, usually colourful and used either as headgear or as a handkerchief, neckerchief, bikini, or sweatband.

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babirusa¹²	Any of several mammals in the genus Babyrousa in the pig family Suidae, in which the upper tusk grows upward.
babushka¹⁹	An old woman.
bacteria¹²	plural of bacterium
baidarka¹⁵	Alternative form of bidarka
ballista¹⁰	(weaponry, historical) An ancient military engine, in the form of a crossbow, used for hurling large missiles.

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babirussa¹³	Alternative form of babiroussa
balaclava¹⁶	A type of warm headgear covering the neck, head, and often part of the face, with apertures left as necessary, often made out of wool.
balalaika¹⁵	A plucked stringed instrument with a triangular body, short neck and three strings, of Russian origin.
ballerina¹¹	a female ballet dancer
barracuda¹⁴	Any large marine fish of the genus Sphyraena that have elongated bodies, a projecting lower jaw, displaying prominent fang-shaped teeth, and are aggressive predators.

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bacteremia¹⁶	Alternative spelling of bacteraemia
banderilla¹³	(bullfighting) A decorated barbed stick used in bullfighting to stick into the bulls' shoulders.
barracouta¹⁴	(Australia, New Zealand) The snoek, Thyrsites atun, a foodfish.
barramunda¹⁵	Neoceratodus forsteri, the Queensland lungfish.
basophilia¹⁷	The condition of being basophilic.

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bacchanalia²⁰	Any wild, orgiastic party or celebration.
bacteriuria¹⁵	(pathology) The presence of bacteria in the urine
bibliomania¹⁷	A passion for owning valuable books.
bibliotheca²⁰	(obsolete) A library.
bodhisattva²⁰	(Buddhism) A person who has taken specific lay or monastic vows and who is on the road to perfect knowledge; specifically, one who foregoes personal nirvana in order to help others achieve enlightenment.

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balletomania¹⁶	An extraordinary enthusiasm for ballets.
boddhisattva²²	Alternative form of bodhisattva

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bougainvillea¹⁹	Any of several South American flowering shrubs or lianas, of the genus Bougainvillea, having three showy, colorful bracts attached below each group of three inconspicuous flowers.

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bougainvillaea²⁰	Alternative spelling of bougainvillea

We found 153 words starting with b and ending in a

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