9-letter words containing a, i, s
- bar joist — a welded steel joist having an open web consisting of a single bent bar running in a zigzag pattern between horizontal upper and lower chords.
- barachois — (in the Atlantic Provinces of Canada) a shallow lagoon formed by a sand bar
- barasinga — a species of deer, Cervus duvaucelii, native to India and Nepal, known for the many-pointed nature of its antlers
- barbarism — If you refer to someone's behaviour as barbarism, you strongly disapprove of it because you think that it is extremely cruel or uncivilized.
- barbicels — Plural form of barbicel.
- baritones — Plural form of baritone.
- barminess — the quality of being barmy; craziness
- barotitis — inflammation of the ear caused by a change in air pressure
- barrister — In England and Wales, a barrister is a lawyer who represents clients in the higher courts of law. Compare solicitor.
- bartizans — Plural form of bartizan.
- basaltine — a black or brown-green mineral (Ca, Mg, Fe)SiO3
- base line — a line serving as a base
- base pair — a pair of bases consisting of the pyrimidine base of one nucleotide joined by a hydrogen bond to the complementary purine base of another nucleotide: such pairs form the links between the two strands of DNA and of double-stranded RNA
- base unit — any of the fundamental units in a system of measurement. The base SI units are the metre, kilogram, second, ampere, kelvin, candela, and mole
- baseliner — a player who plays most of his or her shots from the back of court
- baselines — Plural form of baseline.
- bashawism — the combined characteristics of a bashaw, esp haughtiness, imperiousness
- bashed in — crushed or dented from a blow
- basic dye — a dye soluble in acid and insoluble in basic solution, consisting mostly of amino or imino compounds of xanthene or triarylmethane: used mainly for inks, carbon paper, and typewriter ribbon.
- basically — You use basically for emphasis when you are stating an opinion, or when you are making an important statement about something.
- basicness — Quality or degree of being basic.
- basifixed — (of an anther) attached to the filament by its base
- basilical — royal, regal
- basilican — basilic (def 2).
- basilicas — Plural form of basilica.
- basilicon — any of a variety of healing ointments applied to wounds in early medicine, commonly using lard or oil, resin, and wax
- basilisks — Plural form of basilisk.
- basinlike — resembling a basin
- basipetal — (of leaves and flowers) produced in order from the apex downwards so that the youngest are at the base
- basophile — Biology. a basophilic cell, tissue, organism, or substance.
- basophils — Plural form of basophil.
- basrelief — Alternative form of bas-relief.
- bass viol — viola da gamba
- bassanite — (mineral) A saline evaporite, consisting of calcium sulphate, found at Vesuvius.
- bassarisk — any carnivorous mammal of the genus Bassariscus, comprising the cacomistles and ringtails.
- bassinets — Plural form of bassinet.
- bastilles — Plural form of bastille.
- bastinade — bastinado.
- bastinado — punishment or torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with a stick
- bastioned — Furnished with a bastion; having bastions.
- bathybius — a gelatinous substance discovered on the Atlantic seabed, originally thought to be protoplasm, but later discovered to be inorganic
- batteries — a beating together of the calves or feet during a leap.
- battiness — the characteristic of being batty; craziness; insanity; eccentricity
- bauhinias — Plural form of bauhinia.
- bawdiness — indecent; lewd; obscene: another of his bawdy stories.
- baybars i — 1223–77, sultan of Egypt and Syria (1260–77), of the Mameluke dynasty
- beachside — situated near a beach
- beaminess — the quality of beaming
- beamishly — in a beamish manner; smilingly; radiantly
- beaneries — Plural form of beanery.