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8-letter words containing a, b, s, e

  • bascules — Plural form of bascule.
  • base box — a unit used in the sale of tin plate, equal to the total area of 112 sheets each measuring 14 by 20 inches (35 by 50 cm), or 31,360 square inches (196,000 sq. cm).
  • base hit — a play in which the batter hits a fair ball and gets on base without benefit of an opponent's error and without forcing out a runner already on base
  • base map — an outline map on which data may be plotted
  • base pay — the basic rate of pay for a particular job exclusive of overtime pay, bonuses, etc.
  • baseball — In America, baseball is a game played by two teams of nine players. Each player from one team hits a ball with a bat and then tries to run around three bases and get to the home base before the other team can get the ball back.
  • baseband — a transmission technique using a narrow range of frequencies that allows only one message to be telecommunicated at a time
  • baseborn — born of humble parents
  • basecamp — Alternative spelling of base camp.
  • basecoat — a first coat of a surfacing material, as paint.
  • baselard — a historical (predominantly 13th–17th century) short Swiss sword with a distinctive crescent-shaped pommel and crossguard
  • baseless — If you describe an accusation, rumour, or report as baseless, you mean that it is not true and is not based on facts.
  • baseline — The baseline of a tennis, badminton, or basketball court is one of the lines at each end of the court that mark the limits of play.
  • baseload — The minimum load on a power station over a standard period.
  • basement — The basement of a building is a floor built partly or completely below ground level.
  • basename — (file system)   The name of a file which, in contrast to a pathname, does not mention any of the directories containing the file. Examples:
  • baseness — morally low; without estimable personal qualities; dishonorable; meanspirited; selfish; cowardly.
  • baseword — (linguistics) The word used a base and upon whose stem affixes are added, forming new words.
  • bashless — not ashamed; unabashed
  • bashment — (slang, countable, especially Jamaican) A party or rave.
  • basified — Simple past tense and past participle of basify.
  • basifier — anything that makes something alkaline
  • basilect — (in a region where creole is or has been spoken) the dialect closest to that creole and furthest removed from the most prestigious dialect (the acrolect) of the region
  • basileus — A title of the Byzantine emperor.
  • basketry — Basketry is baskets made by weaving together thin strips of materials such as wood.
  • basquine — a tight-fitting bodice worn by women in the Basque region and in Spain
  • basseted — an outcrop, as of the edges of strata.
  • bassinet — A bassinet is a small bed for a baby that is like a basket.
  • bassline — (in jazz, rock, and pop music) the part played by the bass guitar
  • bassness — the quality of being low-pitched
  • bastides — Plural form of bastide.
  • bastille — a fortress in Paris, built in the 14th century: a prison until its destruction in 1789, at the beginning of the French Revolution
  • bastogne — a town in SE Belgium: of strategic importance to Allied defences during the Battle of the Bulge; besieged by the Germans during the winter of 1944–45. Pop: 14 070 (2004 est)
  • bateless — not abating or not able to be abated
  • bathless — without a bath
  • bathorse — a horse which carries a military officer's baggage; a military packhorse
  • battlers — Plural form of battler.
  • bayesian — (of a theory) presupposing known a priori probabilities which may be subjectively assessed and which can be revised in the light of experience in accordance with Bayes' theorem. A hypothesis is thus confirmed by an experimental observation which is likely given the hypothesis and unlikely without it
  • bayonets — Plural form of bayonet.
  • baysmelt — topsmelt.
  • baziotes — William, 1912–63, U.S. painter.
  • be arsed — to be willing, inclined, or prepared (esp in the phrase can't be arsed)
  • be toast — If someone is toast, you mean that they are certain to be defeated or destroyed.
  • beadings — Plural form of beading.
  • beadsman — a person who prays for another's soul, esp one paid or fed for doing so
  • beadsmen — Plural form of beadsman.
  • beakfish — Any of certain fishes of the family Oplegnathidae.
  • beam sea — a sea striking the vessel at right angles to its keel.
  • beamless — Not having a beam.
  • beanbags — Plural form of beanbag.
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