8-letter words containing a, b, s, i
- babbitts — Plural form of babbitt.
- babelism — a confusion, particularly a noisy confusion, of speech or ideas
- babiches — Plural form of babiche.
- babirusa — a wild pig, Babyrousa babyrussa, inhabiting marshy forests in Indonesia. It has an almost hairless wrinkled skin and enormous curved canine teeth
- baby-sit — to act or work as a baby-sitter
- babykins — Fond term of address for a baby, child, or lover.
- babysits — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of babysit.
- bacchius — a metrical foot of one short syllable followed by two long ones (◡ – –)
- bacillus — A bacillus is any bacterium that has a long, thin shape.
- backfist — a karate punch with the back of a clenched hand.
- backings — Plural form of backing.
- backlins — backward; back.
- backlist — a publisher's previously published books that are still available
- backside — Your backside is the part of your body that you sit on.
- backslid — Simple past tense and past participle of backslide.
- backspin — a backward spinning motion imparted to a ball to reduce its speed at impact, as by hitting it with a downward or undercutting motion
- baconism — of or relating to the philosopher Francis Bacon or his doctrines.
- bagpipes — Bagpipes are a musical instrument that is traditionally played in Scotland. You play the bagpipes by blowing air through a pipe into a bag, and then squeezing the bag to force the air out through other pipes.
- baha'ísm — a modern religion, developed originally in Iran from Babism, that stresses principles of universal brotherhood, social equality, etc.
- baha'íst — relating to the Baha'í Faith
- bailiffs — Plural form of bailiff.
- bailings — Plural form of bailing.
- bailouts — Plural form of bailout.
- bailsman — someone who stands bail for another
- bailsmen — Plural form of bailsman.
- bairnish — childish
- baitfish — any small fish used as bait for larger fish
- bakeries — Plural form of bakery.
- bakshish — a tip, present, or gratuity.
- baldrics — Plural form of baldric.
- balinese — of or relating to Bali, its people, or their language
- balisage — a method of marking a land route with dim lighting so that vehicles can travel at higher speeds in blackout conditions.
- balisaur — an Indian animal, Arctonyx collaris, resembling a badger
- ballista — an ancient catapult for hurling stones, etc
- ballsier — Comparative form of ballsy.
- balmiest — Superlative form of balmy.
- balsamic — any of various fragrant exudations from certain trees, especially trees of the genus Commiphora, as balm-of-Gilead. Compare balm (def 1).
- bambinos — Plural form of bambino.
- banalise — to render or make banal; trivialize: Television has often been accused of banalizing even the most serious subjects.
- banausic — merely mechanical; materialistic; utilitarian
- bandfish — a Mediterranean fish with an elongated body
- banished — Simple past tense and past participle of banish.
- banisher — someone who or something which banishes
- banishes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of banish.
- banister — A banister is a rail supported by posts and fixed along the side of a staircase. The plural banisters can be used to refer to one of these rails.
- banjoist — a musical instrument of the guitar family, having a circular body covered in front with tightly stretched parchment and played with the fingers or a plectrum.
- banksias — Plural form of banksia.
- bankside — the sloping side of any bank
- bantings — Sir Frederick Grant, 1891–1941, Canadian physician: one of the discoverers of insulin; Nobel Prize 1923.
- baptised — to immerse in water or sprinkle or pour water on in the Christian rite of baptism: They baptized the new baby.