8-letter words containing a, b, s, t
- backlist — a publisher's previously published books that are still available
- backmost — furthest back
- backrest — The backrest of a seat or chair is the part which you rest your back on.
- backseat — relating to or taking place on the back seat of a vehicle
- backsets — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backset.
- backstab — to attack in a deceitful manner
- backstay — a stay leading aft from the upper part of a mast to the deck or stern
- backstop — a screen or fence to prevent balls leaving the playing area
- baha'íst — relating to the Baha'í Faith
- bailouts — Plural form of bailout.
- baitfish — any small fish used as bait for larger fish
- balestra — a jump toward the opponent followed immediately by a lunge.
- ballasts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ballast.
- ballista — an ancient catapult for hurling stones, etc
- balmiest — Superlative form of balmy.
- baluster — any of a set of posts supporting a rail or coping
- bandster — a person who goes behind a reaper and binds sheaves of wheat
- bangster — a ruffian; thug
- 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.
- bankster — a banker or investor whose financial practices have been exposed as illegal
- banquets — Plural form of banquet.
- banstead — a town in S England, in NE Surrey. Pop: 19 332 (2001)
- bantengs — Plural form of banteng.
- 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.
- baptises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of baptise.
- baptisia — a genus of wild flower native to North America
- baptisms — Plural form of baptism.
- baptista — a female given name.
- baptists — a member of a Christian denomination that baptizes believers by immersion and that is usually Calvinistic in doctrine.
- baptizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of baptize.
- barghest — (in the North of England, esp Yorkshire) a goblin that appears in the shape of a dog as an omen of death or other misfortune
- baristas — Plural form of barista.
- baronets — Plural form of baronet.
- barostat — a device for maintaining constant pressure, such as one used in an aircraft cabin
- barrista — Misspelling of barista.
- barstool — a stool or seat, usually high and having a round, cushioned top, of a type often used for seating customers at a bar.
- basalt's — the dark, dense igneous rock of a lava flow or minor intrusion, composed essentially of labradorite and pyroxene and often displaying a columnar structure.
- basaltes — unglazed black stoneware
- basaltic — the dark, dense igneous rock of a lava flow or minor intrusion, composed essentially of labradorite and pyroxene and often displaying a columnar structure.
- basanite — a black basaltic rock containing plagioclase, augite, olivine, and nepheline, leucite, or analcite, formerly used as a touchstone
- 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
- basecoat — a first coat of a surfacing material, as paint.
- basement — The basement of a building is a floor built partly or completely below ground level.
- bash out — If you say that someone bashes something out, you mean that they produce it quickly or in large quantities, but without much care or thought.
- bashment — (slang, countable, especially Jamaican) A party or rave.
- basicity — the state of being a base
- 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
- basketry — Basketry is baskets made by weaving together thin strips of materials such as wood.