10-letter words containing a, b, t
- baseplates — Plural form of baseplate.
- basic rate — the standard or lowest level on a scale of money payable, esp in taxation
- basic salt — a salt formed by the partial neutralization of a base.
- basilectal — (linguistics) of, or relating to a basilect.
- basilicata — a region of S Italy, between the Tyrrhenian Sea and the Gulf of Taranto. Capital: Potenza. Pop: 596 821 (2003 est). Area: 9985 sq km (3855 sq miles)
- basketball — Basketball is a game in which two teams of five players each try to score goals by throwing a large ball through a circular net fixed to a metal ring at each end of the court.
- basketcase — Alternative form of basket case.
- basketlike — resembling a basket
- basketwork — work that is interlaced or woven like a basket; wickerwork
- basmitzvah — in the Jewish religion, a girl attaining the age (usuALLU 12) of religious responsibility
- bass flute — the lowest instrument in the flute family, pitched one octave below the concert flute
- bass staff — a staff marked with a bass clef.
- basseterre — a port in the Caribbean, on St Kitts in the Leeward Islands: the capital of St Kitts-Nevis. Pop: 13 220 (2001)
- bassinette — Alternative spelling of bassinet.
- bassoonist — A bassoonist is someone who plays the bassoon.
- bast fiber — bast (def 2).
- bast-fiber — Botany. phloem.
- bastardise — to lower in condition or worth; debase: hybrid works that neither preserve nor bastardize existing art forms.
- bastardism — the condition of being illegitimate
- bastardize — to debase; corrupt
- bastnasite — (mineral) A light brown mineral that is a source of many rare earth elements.
- basutoland — Lesotho
- bat around — to discuss (an idea, proposition, etc) informally
- bat chayil — (in some congregations) a ceremony of confirmation for a girl of at least Bat Mitzvah age
- batch file — a computer file with sequential commands to be executed when the file is read
- batch mode — computer processing in which commands are input from a batch file, not interactively
- batchmates — Plural form of batchmate.
- batfowling — A method of catching birds at night, by holding a torch or other light, and beating the bush or perch where they roost so that the birds fly towards the light.
- bath brick — a brick-shaped piece of calcareous earth, used for cleaning polished metal
- bath chair — a wheelchair for invalids, often with a hood
- bath salts — You dissolve bath salts in bath water to make the water smell pleasant and as a water softener.
- bath sheet — a large bath towel
- bath stone — a kind of limestone used as a building material, esp at Bath in England
- bath towel — A bath towel is a very large towel used for drying your body after you have had a bath.
- bath water — Your bath water is the water in which you sit or lie when you have a bath.
- bathhouses — Plural form of bathhouse.
- bathinette — a portable folding bathtub for babies, made of rubberized cloth, etc.
- batholiths — Plural form of batholith.
- bathometer — an instrument for measuring the depth of water
- bathymeter — An instrument used to measure the depth of water in oceans, seas, or lakes.
- bathymetry — measurement of the depth of an ocean or other large body of water
- bathyscaph — a submersible vessel having a flotation compartment with an observation capsule underneath, capable of reaching ocean depths of over 10 000 metres (about 5000 fathoms)
- batologist — someone who practises batology
- batophobia — The fear of high objects or of high objects falling down.
- batrachian — any amphibian, esp a frog or toad
- battailous — ready for battle; pugnacious
- battalions — Plural form of battalion.
- battallion — Archaic form of battalion.
- batteilant — fighting; combatant
- battements — Plural form of battement.