9-letter words containing a, b, s, i
- basilical — royal, regal
- basilican — basilic (def 2).
- basilicas — Plural form of basilica.
- basilicon — any of a variety of healing ointments applied to wounds in early medicine, commonly using lard or oil, resin, and wax
- basilisks — Plural form of basilisk.
- basinlike — resembling a basin
- basipetal — (of leaves and flowers) produced in order from the apex downwards so that the youngest are at the base
- basophile — Biology. a basophilic cell, tissue, organism, or substance.
- basophils — Plural form of basophil.
- basrelief — Alternative form of bas-relief.
- bass viol — viola da gamba
- bassanite — (mineral) A saline evaporite, consisting of calcium sulphate, found at Vesuvius.
- bassarisk — any carnivorous mammal of the genus Bassariscus, comprising the cacomistles and ringtails.
- bassinets — Plural form of bassinet.
- bastilles — Plural form of bastille.
- bastinade — bastinado.
- bastinado — punishment or torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with a stick
- bastioned — Furnished with a bastion; having bastions.
- bathybius — a gelatinous substance discovered on the Atlantic seabed, originally thought to be protoplasm, but later discovered to be inorganic
- batteries — a beating together of the calves or feet during a leap.
- battiness — the characteristic of being batty; craziness; insanity; eccentricity
- bauhinias — Plural form of bauhinia.
- bawdiness — indecent; lewd; obscene: another of his bawdy stories.
- baybars i — 1223–77, sultan of Egypt and Syria (1260–77), of the Mameluke dynasty
- beachside — situated near a beach
- beaminess — the quality of beaming
- beamishly — in a beamish manner; smilingly; radiantly
- beaneries — Plural form of beanery.
- beardfish — any of several fishes of the family Polymyxiidae, found in the deeper waters of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, having a pair of long barbels under the chin.
- bearishly — In a bearish manner.
- bearnaise — rich sauce made from egg yolks, lemon juice or wine vinegar, butter, shallots, herbs, and seasoning
- bearskins — Plural form of bearskin.
- beastings — beestings
- beastlier — Comparative form of beastly.
- beastlike — resembling a beast
- beatifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beatify.
- beatinest — most remarkable or unusual: This is the beatinest town I ever did see.
- beaumaris — a resort in N Wales, on the island of Anglesey: 13th-century castle. Pop: 1513 (2001)
- bedlamism — anything characteristic of bedlam
- behaviors — manner of behaving or acting.
- benjamins — hundred-dollar bills
- beriosova — Svetlana (svɪtˈlanə). 1932–98, British ballet dancer, born in Lithuania
- bestially — of, relating to, or having the form of a beast: the belief that a person could assume bestial form after death; the bestial signs of the zodiac.
- bethsaida — a ruined town in N Israel, near the N shore of the Sea of Galilee
- betsiboka — a river in central Madagascar, flowing NW to the Mozambique Channel. About 200 miles (320 km) long.
- bialystok — a city in E Poland.
- białystok — a city in E Poland: belonged to Prussia (1795–1807) and to Russia (1807–1919). Pop: 315 000 (2005 est)
- bibacious — tending to drink in excess
- bicoastal — Someone or something that is bicoastal lives or occurs on both the east coast and the west coast of the U.S.
- bierstadt — Albert1830-1902; U.S. painter, born in Germany