9-letter words containing a, b, s, t
- brainstem — the stalklike part of the brain consisting of the medulla oblongata, the midbrain, and the pons Varolii
- brass hat — a top-ranking official, esp a military officer
- bratwurst — a type of small pork sausage
- breakfast — Breakfast is the first meal of the day. It is usually eaten in the early part of the morning.
- breasting — Anatomy, Zoology. (in bipeds) the outer, front part of the thorax, or the front part of the body from the neck to the abdomen; chest.
- breastpin — a brooch worn on the breast, esp to close a garment
- broadcast — A broadcast is a programme, performance, or speech on the radio or on television.
- brutalism — an austere style of architecture characterized by emphasis on such structural materials as undressed concrete and unconcealed service pipes
- bucharest — the capital of Romania, in the southeast. Pop: 1 764 000 (2005 est)
- buckstays — a beam held by stays to the exterior of a masonry wall, as that of a furnace or boiler, to keep the adjacent areas of the wall from being forced outward.
- bundesrat — (in Germany and formerly in West Germany) the council of state ministers with certain legislative and administrative powers, representing the state governments at federal level
- bundestag — (in Germany and formerly in West Germany) the legislative assembly, which is elected by universal adult suffrage and elects the federal chancellor
- bush coat — a belted, hip-length, shirtlike jacket, usually with four patch pockets and a notched collar, adapted from the hunting coat customarily worn in the African bush.
- bush tram — a railway line in the bush, used to facilitate the entry of workers and the removal of timber
- bushcraft — ability and experience in matters concerned with living in the bush
- busticate — to break
- busy-wait — (programming) To wait for an event by spinning through a tight loop or timed-delay loop that polls for the event on each pass, as opposed to setting up an interrupt handler and continuing execution on another part of the task. This is a wasteful technique, best avoided on time-sharing systems where a busy-waiting program may hog the processor.
- buttstrap — (in metal construction) a plate which overlaps and fastens two pieces butted together.
- bystander — A bystander is a person who is present when something happens and who sees it but does not take part in it.
- cab stand — A cab stand is a place where taxis wait for passengers, for example, at an airport or outside a station.
- cabbalist — cabala.
- cabernets — Plural form of cabernet.
- cablecast — the transmission of a TV programme via a cable system
- cabstands — Plural form of cabstand.
- cast back — to turn (the mind) to the past
- castlebar — the county town of Co Mayo, Republic of Ireland; site of the battle (1798) between the French and British known as Castlebar Races. Pop: 11 371 (2002)
- catabasis — a descent or downward movement
- catacombs — an underground burial place, esp the galleries at Rome, consisting of tunnels with vaults or niches leading off them for tombs
- celibates — Plural form of celibate.
- chabasite — Alternative form of chabazite.
- clubmates — Plural form of clubmate.
- cobaltous — of or containing cobalt in the divalent state
- cockboats — Plural form of cockboat.
- cohobates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cohobate.
- combaters — Plural form of combater.
- constable — In Britain and some other countries, a constable is a police officer of the lowest rank.
- crabbiest — Superlative form of crabby.
- crabstick — a stick, cane, or cudgel made of crab-apple wood
- cristobal — seaport in Panama, at the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal: part of the city of Colón
- crosstabs — Simple language for statistical analysis of tabular data. "User's Manual for the CROSSTABS System", Cambridge Computer Assoc (Feb 1977).
- cubatures — Plural form of cubature.
- cybercast — (Internet) A broadcast of audiovisual material over the Internet.
- cymbalist — A musician who plays the cymbals.
- data base — a comprehensive collection of related data organized for convenient access, generally in a computer.
- databased — Simple past tense and past participle of database.
- databases — Plural form of database.
- datebooks — Plural form of datebook.
- deadbeats — Plural form of deadbeat.
- deathbeds — Plural form of deathbed.
- debt swap — A debt swap is a legal agreement where two people or companies exchange their debts, often where one has a fixed interest rate and one does not.