Words That End With: MBAS

• arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal

• viol that is the bass member of the viol family with approximately the range of the cello

• A large African tree, Terminalia superba, whose hard wood is used for furniture, table tennis paddles and musical instruments.

• large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds; yields soft white to pale yellow wood

• music composed for dancing the samba

• a lively dance from Brazil, with roots from Africa

• a form of canasta using three decks of cards and six jokers

• dance the samba

• syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba

• a folk dance in duple time that originated in Cuba with Spanish and African elements; features complex footwork and violent movement

• a ballroom dance based on the Cuban folk dance

• dance the rhumba