8-letter words containing a, n, t, s
- bantings — Sir Frederick Grant, 1891–1941, Canadian physician: one of the discoverers of insulin; Nobel Prize 1923.
- baronets — Plural form of baronet.
- basanite — a black basaltic rock containing plagioclase, augite, olivine, and nepheline, leucite, or analcite, formerly used as a touchstone
- basement — The basement of a building is a floor built partly or completely below ground level.
- bashment — (slang, countable, especially Jamaican) A party or rave.
- bassinet — A bassinet is a small bed for a baby that is like a basket.
- bastions — Plural form of bastion.
- bastogne — a town in SE Belgium: of strategic importance to Allied defences during the Battle of the Bulge; besieged by the Germans during the winter of 1944–45. Pop: 14 070 (2004 est)
- batangas — a port in the Philippines, in SW Luzon. Pop: 293 000 (2005 est)
- batinism — a secret movement in Islam, often associated with Ismaʿili Shiʿism.
- batlings — Plural form of batling.
- batswing — in the form of the wing of a bat
- bayonets — Plural form of bayonet.
- beatings — Plural form of beating.
- beatniks — (sometimes initial capital letter) a member of the Beat Generation.
- bedstand — a bedside table
- best man — The best man at a wedding is the man who assists the bridegroom.
- blandest — pleasantly gentle or agreeable: a bland, affable manner.
- blasting — a distortion of sound caused by overloading certain components of a radio system
- boasting — to speak with exaggeration and excessive pride, especially about oneself.
- boatsman — boatman.
- bonavist — hyacinth bean.
- bostangi — a Turkish imperial guard
- botanist — A botanist is a scientist who studies plants.
- botswana — a republic in southern Africa: established as the British protectorate of Bechuanaland in 1885 as a defence against the Boers; became an independent state within the Commonwealth in 1966; consists mostly of a plateau averaging 1000 m (3300 ft), with the extensive Okavango swamps in the northwest and the Kalahari Desert in the southwest. Languages: English and Tswana. Religion: animist majority. Currency: pula. Capital: Gaborone. Pop: 2 127 825 (2013 est). Area: about 570 000 sq km (220 000 sq miles)
- butsudan — (in Buddhism) a small household altar
- cabinets — Plural form of cabinet.
- cabstand — a taxi rank
- camstone — a limestone used for whitening stone doorsteps and hearths
- canastas — Plural form of canasta.
- canaster — coarsely broken dried tobacco leaves
- canistel — an evergreen tree, Pouteria campechiana, that is native to Central America and the West Indies
- canister — A canister is a strong metal container. It is used to hold gases or chemical substances.
- canities — greyness or whiteness of hair
- canoeist — A canoeist is someone who is skilled at racing and performing tests of skill in a canoe.
- canonist — a specialist in canon law
- canstick — a candlestick
- cantatas — Plural form of cantata.
- canteens — Plural form of canteen.
- cantinas — Plural form of cantina.
- cantoris — (in antiphonal music) to be sung by the cantorial side of a choir
- cantrips — Plural form of cantrip.
- capstans — Plural form of capstan.
- capstern — Misspelling of capstan.
- capstone — one of a set of slabs on the top of a wall, building, etc
- captains — Plural form of captain.
- captions — Plural form of caption.
- carnitas — A Mexican dish involving strips of braised or roasted pork.
- cartoons — Plural form of cartoon.
- casement — A casement or a casement window is a window that opens by means of hinges, usually at the side.