10-letter words containing a, i, s
- 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)
- basketlike — resembling a basket
- basmitzvah — in the Jewish religion, a girl attaining the age (usuALLU 12) of religious responsibility
- basophiles — Biology. a basophilic cell, tissue, organism, or substance.
- basophilia — an abnormal increase of basophil leucocytes in the blood
- basophilic — having an affinity for basic stains.
- 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.
- batholiths — Plural form of batholith.
- batologist — someone who practises batology
- battailous — ready for battle; pugnacious
- battalions — Plural form of battalion.
- batterings — Plural form of battering.
- battleship — A battleship is a very large, heavily armed warship.
- battlesuit — (science fiction) A technologically enhanced suit worn in battle for protection, camouflage, etc.
- baumeister — Willi [vil-ee] /ˈvɪl i/ (Show IPA), 1889–1955, German painter.
- bayberries — Plural form of bayberry.
- bazillions — Plural form of bazillion.
- beast epic — a long verse narrative in which the misadventures of animals satirize human foibles and follies.
- beatitudes — supreme blessedness; exalted happiness.
- beaujolais — Beaujolais is a type of red wine that comes from the region of eastern France called Beaujolais.
- beautifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beautify.
- beautifuls — having beauty; possessing qualities that give great pleasure or satisfaction to see, hear, think about, etc.; delighting the senses or mind: a beautiful dress; a beautiful speech.
- behaviours — manner of behaving or acting.
- belisarius — ?505–565 ad, Byzantine general under Justinian I. He recovered North Africa from the Vandals and Italy from the Ostrogoths and led forces against the Persians
- belorussia — historical region in central Europe corresponding to present-day Belarus
- beni hasan — a village in central Egypt, on the Nile, with cliff-cut tombs dating from 2000 bc
- benthamism — the philosophy of utilitarianism as first expounded by Jeremy Bentham in terms of an action being good that has a greater tendency to augment the happiness of the community than to diminish it
- bering sea — a part of the N Pacific Ocean, between NE Siberia and Alaska. Area: about 2 275 000 sq km (878 000 sq miles)
- bessarabia — a region in E Europe, mostly in Moldova and Ukraine: long disputed by the Turks and Russians; a province of Romania from 1918 until 1940. Area: about 44 300 sq km (17 100 sq miles)
- bestialism — the state of beasts
- bestiality — Bestiality is disgusting behaviour.
- bestialize — to make bestial or brutal
- bicapsular — (of plants) having two capsules or one capsule with two chambers
- bienseance — good breeding; decorum
- big casino — (in the game of casino) the ten of diamonds.
- big rapids — a town in central Michigan.
- bill gates — (person) William Henry Gates III, Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft, which he co-founded in 1975 with Paul Allen. In 1994 Gates is a billionaire, worth $9.35b and Microsoft is worth about $27b. He was a computer nerd who dropped out of Harvard and one of the first programmers to oppose software piracy ("Open Letter to Hobbyists," Computer Notes, February 3, 1976).
- bimestrial — lasting for two months
- binoculars — Binoculars consist of two small telescopes joined together side by side, which you look through in order to look at things that are a long way away.
- bioclastic — (of deposits, esp limestones) derived from shell fragments or similar organic remains
- bioplastic — plastic suitable for use as a biomaterial.
- biostatics — the branch of biology that deals with the structure of organisms in relation to their function
- bipartisan — Bipartisan means concerning or involving two different political parties or groups.