9-letter words containing a, b, i, t
- anabantid — any of various spiny-finned fishes constituting the family Anabantidae and including the fighting fish, climbing perch, and gourami
- anabiotic — a bringing back to consciousness; reanimation after apparent death.
- anabolite — a product of anabolism
- anatabine — a liquid alkaloid, C 10 H 12 N 2 , obtained from tobacco.
- ant tribe — (in China) a generation of young people who have migrated from rural areas to cities in large numbers
- antiabuse — designed to prevent abuse
- antiblack — showing discrimination against Black people
- antibully — Intended to counter bullying.
- antibuser — someone who opposes busing
- antilabor — opposed to labor unions or to the interests of workers
- antiurban — opposed to the urban environment or urban life
- appetible — desirable or capable of arousing desire
- aquabatic — of or relating to gymnastic feats that are performed in water
- arability — the suitability of land for growing crops
- arbitrage — In finance, arbitrage is the activity of buying shares or currency in one financial market and selling it at a profit in another.
- arbitrary — If you describe an action, rule, or decision as arbitrary, you think that it is not based on any principle, plan, or system. It often seems unfair because of this.
- arbitrate — When someone in authority arbitrates between two people or groups who are in dispute, they consider all the facts and make an official decision about who is right.
- arbitress — a female arbitrator
- arbitrium — the power to decide
- arborists — Plural form of arborist.
- artmobile — a truck trailer outfitted to transport and exhibit works of art in areas without access to museums.
- asbestine — Mineralogy. a fibrous mineral, either amphibole or chrysotile, formerly used for making incombustible or fireproof articles.
- asbestoid — Mineralogy. a fibrous mineral, either amphibole or chrysotile, formerly used for making incombustible or fireproof articles.
- atabalipa — Atahualpa.
- attribute — If you attribute something to an event or situation, you think that it was caused by that event or situation.
- aubrietia — any trailing purple-flowered plant of the genus Aubrieta, native to European mountains but widely planted in rock gardens: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- auditable — able to be audited
- auger bit — an auger having a square tang at its upper end and rotated by a brace, used for boring through wood.
- avertible — Capable of being averted; preventable.
- babbitted — Simple past tense and past participle of babbitt.
- babbittry — the attitude and behavior of a Babbitt.
- babington — Anthony 1561–86, English conspirator, executed for organizing an unsuccessful plot (1586) to assassinate Elizabeth I and place Mary, Queen of Scots, on the English throne
- backbiter — to attack the character or reputation of (a person who is not present).
- backbites — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backbite.
- backlifts — Plural form of backlift.
- backlight — light falling on a photographic or television subject from the rear
- backlists — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backlist.
- backprint — The mark or impression left by a person's back having been pressed against a surface.
- backshift — The changing of a present tense in direct speech to a past tense in reported speech (or a past tense to pluperfect).
- backsight — the sight of a rifle nearer the stock
- bacterial — Bacterial is used to describe things that relate to or are caused by bacteria.
- bacterias — (US) Plural form of bacteria.
- bacterins — a vaccine prepared from killed bacteria.
- bacterio- — indicating bacteria or an action or condition relating to or characteristic of bacteria
- bacterium — Bacterium is the singular of bacteria.
- bacterize — to subject to bacterial action
- bacteroid — resembling a bacterium
- bad faith — intention to deceive; treachery or dishonesty (esp in the phrase in bad faith)
- bad thing — (jargon) (From the 1930 Sellar & Yeatman parody "1066 And All That") Something that can't possibly result in improvement of the subject. This term is always capitalised, as in "Replacing all of the 9600-baud modems with bicycle couriers would be a Bad Thing". Opposite: Good Thing. British correspondents confirm that Bad Thing and Good Thing (and probably therefore Right Thing and Wrong Thing) come from the book referenced in the etymology, which discusses rulers who were Good Kings but Bad Things. This has apparently created a mainstream idiom on the British side of the pond.
- badminton — Badminton is a game played by two or four players on a rectangular court with a high net across the middle. The players try to score points by hitting a small object called a shuttlecock across the net using a racket.