5 Letter Words That Start With BA

banal

Adjective : Common in a boring way, to the point of being predictable; containing nothing new or fresh.

Adjective : (uncommon, historical) Relating to a type of feudal jurisdiction or service.

basis

Noun : A physical base or foundation.

Noun : A starting point, base or foundation for an argument or hypothesis.

Noun : An underlying condition or circumstance.

basic

Adjective : Necessary, essential for life or some process.

Adjective : Elementary, simple, fundamental, merely functional.

Adjective : (chemistry) Of or pertaining to a base; having a pH greater than 7.

basin

Noun : A wide bowl for washing, sometimes affixed to a wall.

Noun : (obsolete) A shallow bowl used for a single serving of a drink or liquidy food.

Noun : A depression, natural or artificial, containing water.

batch

Noun : The quantity of bread or other baked goods baked at one time.

Noun : (by extension) A quantity of anything produced at one operation.

Noun : A group or collection of things of the same kind, such as a batch of letters or the next batch of business.

bacon

Noun : Cured meat from the sides, belly, or back of a pig.

Noun : Thin slices of the above in long strips.

Noun : (slang, derogatory) The police or spies.

based

Adjective : Founded on; having a basis; often used in combining forms.

Verb : simple past and past participle of base

Verb : Being derived from (usually followed by on or upon).

baton

Noun : A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes.

Noun : (music) The stick of a conductor in musical performances.

Noun : (sports) An object transferred by runners in a relay race.

barge

Noun : A large flat-bottomed towed or self-propelled boat used mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods or bulk cargo.

Noun : A richly decorated ceremonial state vessel propelled by rowers for river processions.

Noun : A large flat-bottomed coastal trading vessel having a large spritsail and jib-headed topsail, a fore staysail and a very small mizen, and having leeboards instead of a keel.

baron

Noun : The male ruler of a barony.

Noun : A male member of the lowest rank of English nobility (the equivalent rank in Scotland is lord).

Noun : (by extension) A person of great power in society, especially in business and politics.

badge

Noun : A distinctive mark, token, sign, emblem or cognizance, worn on one's clothing, as an insignia of some rank, or of the membership of an organization.

Noun : A small nameplate, identifying the wearer, and often giving additional information.

Noun : A card, sometimes with a barcode or magnetic strip, granting access to a certain area.

bayou

Noun : A slow-moving, often stagnant creek or river.

Noun : A swamp; a marshy (stagnant) body of water.

basil

Noun : A plant (Ocimum basilicum).

Noun : The leaves of this plant used as a herb.

Noun : Any other species in the genus Ocimum.

balmy

Adjective : Producing balm.

Adjective : Soothing or fragrant.

Adjective : Of weather, mild and pleasant.

baker

Noun : A person who bakes and sells bread, cakes and similar items.

Noun : A portable oven for baking.

Noun : An apple suitable for baking.

bandy

Verb : (transitive) To give and receive reciprocally; to exchange.

Verb : (transitive) To use or pass about casually.

Verb : (transitive) To throw or strike reciprocally, like balls in sports.

barre

Noun : (ballet) A handrail fixed to a wall used for ballet exercises.

Verb : (music) To form a barre chord on an instrument.

Noun : A surname from French.

bawdy

Adjective : Obscene; filthy; unchaste.

Adjective : (of language) Sexual in nature and usually meant to be humorous but considered rude.

babel

Noun : (biblical) The city and tower in the land of Shinar where the confusion of languages took place, according to the Bible.

Noun : A confused mixture of sounds and voices, especially in different languages.

Noun : A place or scene of noise and confusion.

batik

Noun : A wax-resist method of dyeing fabric.

Verb : To dye fabric using the wax-resist method.

basal

Adjective : Basic, elementary; relating to, or forming, the base, or point of origin.

Adjective : (anatomy) Associated with the base of an organism or structure.

Adjective : (medicine) Of a minimal level that is necessary for maintaining the health or life of an organism.

bagel

Noun : A toroidal bread roll that is boiled before it is baked.

Noun : (tennis, slang) A score of 6-0 in a set (after the shape of a bagel, which looks like a zero).

Noun : (slang, ethnic slur, South Africa) An overly materialistic and selfish young Jewish man.

bathe

Verb : (intransitive) To clean oneself by immersion in water or using water; to take a bath, have a bath.

Verb : (intransitive) To immerse oneself, or part of the body, in water for pleasure or refreshment; to swim.

Verb : (transitive) To clean a person by immersion in water or using water; to give someone a bath.

baste

Verb : To sew with long or loose stitches, as for temporary use, or in preparation for gathering the fabric.

Verb : To sprinkle flour and salt and drip butter or fat on, as on meat in roasting.

Verb : (by extension) To coat over something.

badly

Verb : In a bad manner.

Verb : Very much; to a great degree.

Adjective : (Northern England) Ill, unwell.

baize

Noun : A thick, soft, usually woolen cloth resembling felt; often colored green and used for coverings on card tables, billiard and snooker tables, etc.

Noun : (dated) A coarse woolen material with a long nap; usually dyed in plain colors.

Verb : To cover or line with baize.

balls

Noun : (vulgar, colloquial) The testicles.

Noun : (uncountable, vulgar, colloquial) Masculinity, particularly strength, courage, and force of will; chutzpah; brazenness.

Noun : (uncountable, Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Hawaii, vulgar, colloquial) Synonym of bollocks, nonsense.

baulk

Noun : (British spelling) Alternative spelling of balk [(agriculture) An uncultivated ridge formed in the open field system, caused by the action of ploughing.]

Verb : (British spelling) Alternative spelling of balk [(archaic) To pass over or by.]

balsa

Noun : A large tree, Ochroma pyramidale, native to tropical America, with wood that is very light in weight.

Noun : (uncountable) The wood of this tree.

Noun : A raft or float, used principally on the Pacific coast of South America.

banks

Noun : An English toponymic surname for someone who lives near a hill or bank of land.

Noun : A number of places in the United States:

Noun : A town in Pike County, Alabama.

bases

Noun : Something from which other things extend; a foundation.

Noun : A supporting, lower or bottom component of a structure or object.

Noun : The starting point of a logical deduction or thought; basis.

bantu

Noun : (countable) A member of any of the African ethnic groups that speak a Bantu language.

Noun : (South Africa, dated, now offensive) A black South African.

Noun : (uncountable) The largest African language family of the Niger-Congo group, spoken in much of Sub-Saharan Africa.

basso

Noun : (music) A bass singer, especially in opera.

Noun : (music) An instrumental part written for a bass instrument.

Noun : (music) The double bass, or contrabasso.

baggy

Adjective : Of clothing, very loose-fitting, so as to hang away from the body.

Adjective : (music) Of or relating to a British music genre of the 1980s and 1990s, influenced by Madchester and psychedelia and associated with baggy clothing.

Adjective : (figurative) Of writing, etc.: overwrought; flabby; having too much padding.

bambi

Noun : A female given name.

Noun : A surname from Italian.

Noun : A town in Huíla, Angola.

banjo

Noun : A stringed musical instrument (chordophone), usually with a round body, a membrane-like soundboard and a fretted neck, played by plucking or strumming the strings.

Noun : Any of various similar musical instruments, such as the Tuvan doshpuluur, with a membrane-like soundboard.

Noun : (slang) An object shaped like a banjo, especially a frying pan or a shovel.

barry

Noun : A male given name from Irish

Noun : A surname from Irish derived from the given name, or from place names in Scotland and Wales.

Noun : Any of a number of places:

bated

Adjective : Reduced; lowered; restrained

bared

Adjective : having the head uncovere

banta

Noun : A surname.

barmy

Adjective : (also figuratively) Containing, covered with, or pertaining to barm (“foam rising upon beer or other malt liquors when fermenting, used as leaven in brewing and making bread”).

Adjective : (figuratively) Bubbling with activity or excitement; active, excited.

Adjective : Crazy, mad; also, eccentric, odd, strange.

bally

Adjective : (Britain, dated, euphemistic) Bloody (used as a mild intensifier).

Verb : (UK, dated, euphemistic) Very.

Noun : (MLE) A balaclava.

bairn

Noun : (Scotland, and parts of Northern England) A child or baby.

Verb : (transitive, Scotland) To make pregnant.

baser

Noun : Something from which other things extend; a foundation.

Noun : A supporting, lower or bottom component of a structure or object.

Noun : The starting point of a logical deduction or thought; basis.

balti

Noun : A people who live in Baltistan, Gilgit and Kargil.

Noun : Their language.

Noun : (uncountable) A style of Pakistani cooking in which the food is cooked in an iron pan having two handles.

bahai

Noun : Alternative form of Baháʼí [a follower of the Baháʼí Faith.]

Adjective : Alternative form of Baháʼí [pertaining to Baháʼís or beliefs held in the Baháʼí Faith]

basel

Noun : The capital city of Basel-Stadt canton, Switzerland.

Noun : A former canton in northwestern Switzerland.

baked

Adjective : That has been cooked by baking.

Adjective : (slang) High on cannabis.

babka

Noun : A Central and Eastern European coffee cake flavored with orange rind, rum, almonds, and raisins; or with some single flavoring, e.g. chocolate, lemon, etc.

bando

Noun : (uncountable) A Welsh team sport related to hockey, hurling, shinty, and bandy.

Noun : (countable) The curve-ended stick used in this game.

Noun : (MLE, MTE, regionally African-American Vernacular) Drug lair, trap house.

batty

Adjective : (slang) Mad, crazy, silly.

Adjective : (obsolete) Belonging to, or resembling, a bat (mammal).

Noun : (West Indian slang, MLE, MTE) The buttocks or anus.

baler

Noun : A machine for creating bales, e.g., of hay or cotton.

Noun : A person who creates bales, either by operating or feeding such a machine, or by creating the bales by hand.

Noun : The provincial capital of Aurora, Philippines.

bazar

Noun : A surname.

Noun : Obsolete spelling of bazaar [A marketplace, particularly in the Middle East and South Asia, and often covered with shops and stalls.]

bands

Noun : A strip of material used for strengthening or coupling.

Noun : A strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together.

Noun : A narrow strip of cloth or other material on clothing, to bind, strengthen, or ornament it.

bangs

Noun : (chiefly US, Philippines) Hair hanging over the forehead.

Noun : (chiefly US) A hairstyle including such hair, especially cut straight across the forehead.

Noun : Brucellosis, a bacterial disease.

baded

banns

Noun : The announcement of a forthcoming marriage (legally required for a church wedding in England and Wales and read on the three Sundays preceding the marriage).

Noun : Historically, any public announcement of a coming event.

babar

Noun : A surname.

bajan

Noun : (demonym) A Barbadian.

Noun : A Creole language spoken on the island of Barbados.

Noun : A surname.

baboo

Noun : Dated form of babu. [(India) A Hindu title of respect, equivalent to Mr., usually appended to the surname of a Hindu man]

banff

Noun : A town in Alberta, Canada.

Noun : A town in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland, and the former county town of Banffshire.

baird

Noun : A surname.

Noun : A city, the county seat of Callahan County, Texas, United States.

balky

Adjective : Refusing to proceed or cooperate.

basta

bardo

Noun : (Tibetan Buddhism) The state of existence between death and subsequent reincarnation.

Noun : A surname.

basra

Noun : A city and port in southeastern Iraq.

Noun : A surname from Punjabi.

barca

Noun : (informal, soccer) FC Barcelona, a prominent Spanish association football club.

Noun : A surname from Punic; A surname of Phoenician Carthaginian origin.

bayer

Noun : A surname.

Noun : A German multinational life science, chemical, and pharmaceutical company.

barbs

Noun : The point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc., to prevent it from being easily extracted. Hence: Anything which stands out with a sharp point obliquely or crosswise to something else.

Noun : (figuratively) A hurtful or disparaging remark.

Noun : A beard, or that which resembles it, or grows in the place of it.

banat

Noun : The territory governed by a ban.

Noun : (historical) A geographical region of Central Europe, now spread over three countries: an eastern, greater part in Romania, a western part in Serbia (mostly in Vojvodina) and a small northwestern part in Hungary.

barny

Adjective : Barn-like.

Noun : (UK, Australia, slang) Alternative form of barney (“argument or fight”) [(obsolete, UK, slang) A lark, a romp, some fun.]

bares

Adjective : Minimal; that is or are just sufficient.

Adjective : Naked, uncovered.

Adjective : Having no supplies.

baity

Noun : A surname.

Adjective : (Britain, dated, slang) Angry, bad-tempered.

Adjective : (informal) Constituting bait (something intended to allure), especially Oscar bait or clickbait.

bauer

Noun : A surname from German.

Noun : A German farmer or peasant.

banda

Noun : (uncountable, music) A style of Mexican brass band music, emerged in the 19th century.

Noun : (countable, music) An ensemble playing such music.

Noun : A surname.

bantz

Noun : A surname.

Noun : Alternative spelling of bants [(UK, slang) Banter, particularly among men.]

barth

Noun : (UK, obsolete, dialect) A place of shelter for cattle.

Noun : A surname.

bacca

Noun : an indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp: e.g. grape; tomato; cranberr

babes

Noun : (treated as a singular noun; plural babes) Alternative form of babe used as a term of endearment to a loved one.

bahia

Noun : A state of the Northeast Region, Brazil. Capital: Salvador

barra

Noun : (Tyneside) A barrow; a hand-pushed cart of the type commonly used in markets.

Noun : (Australia) A barramundi.

Noun : An island in Outer Hebrides, Scotland.

bales

Noun : Evil, especially considered as an active force for destruction or death.

Noun : Suffering, woe, torment.

Noun : (obsolete) A large fire, a conflagration or bonfire.

bates

Noun : A surname originating as a patronymic.

Noun : A number of places in the United States:

Noun : An unincorporated community in Scott County, Arkansas.

basho

Noun : (sumo) a sumo tournament of any kind

bayed

Adjective : Having a bay or bays.

basie

banco

Adjective : Being or relating to a type of court involving a bench of judges, often an appeals court.

Noun : (attributive) A bank, especially that of Venice; formerly used to indicate bank money, as distinguished from the current money when it has become depreciated.

Noun : (gambling) In baccarat or chemin de fer, a bet on the banker hand.

bator

Noun : A surname.

basse

Noun : A surname.

Noun : Archaic form of bass (“perch”). [A low spectrum of sound tones.]

baden

Noun : (historical) Baden-Baden, a spa town in Germany.

Noun : Its former margravate, electorate, grand duchy, and republic.

Noun : Its present area of Baden-Württemberg, a German state.

balun

Noun : An electronic device for connecting a balanced transmission line to an unbalanced one.

baled

Noun : Evil, especially considered as an active force for destruction or death.

Noun : Suffering, woe, torment.

Noun : (obsolete) A large fire, a conflagration or bonfire.

baume

baiza

Noun : A surname.

Noun : Alternative form of paisa [A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a rupee in India, Nepal, and Pakistan.]

baric

Adjective : Of or pertaining to weight, especially to the weight or pressure of the atmosphere as measured by a barometer.

Adjective : Of or pertaining to barium.

barye

Noun : (physics) A unit of pressure under the CGS system; symbol Ba; equal to 1 dyne per square centimeter. 1 Ba = 0.1 Pa = 0.1 N/m2 = 1x10⁻⁶ bar.

bacci

Noun : A surname from Italian.

basha

Noun : A tarpaulin or plastic waterproof sheet.

Noun : (UK military slang) A makeshift shelter made from the above.

Noun : A surname.

backs

Noun : (Cambridge University, with "the") The backyard of the University.

bafta

Noun : A mask sculpture, similar in purpose to an Oscar, awarded for excellence in film, television, etc.

Noun : (historical) Former free trade area in Eastern Europe superseded by the EU in 2004.

Noun : A coarse material, usually of cotton, originally made in India.

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