8-letter words containing a, s, c
- backfist — a karate punch with the back of a clenched hand.
- backhoes — Plural form of backhoe.
- backings — Plural form of backing.
- backlash — A backlash against a tendency or recent development in society or politics, is a sudden, strong reaction against it.
- backless — A backless dress leaves most of a woman's back uncovered down to her waist.
- backlins — backward; back.
- backlist — a publisher's previously published books that are still available
- backlogs — Plural form of backlog.
- backmost — furthest back
- backrest — The backrest of a seat or chair is the part which you rest your back on.
- backrush — the return of water seaward, down the foreshore of a beach, following the uprush of a wave.
- backsaws — Plural form of backsaw.
- backseat — relating to or taking place on the back seat of a vehicle
- backsets — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backset.
- backside — Your backside is the part of your body that you sit on.
- backslap — a slap on the back indicating joviality or congratulation
- backslid — Simple past tense and past participle of backslide.
- backspin — a backward spinning motion imparted to a ball to reduce its speed at impact, as by hitting it with a downward or undercutting motion
- backstab — to attack in a deceitful manner
- backstay — a stay leading aft from the upper part of a mast to the deck or stern
- backstop — a screen or fence to prevent balls leaving the playing area
- backwash — The backwash of an event or situation is an unpleasant situation that exists after it and as a result of it.
- baconers — Plural form of baconer.
- baconism — of or relating to the philosopher Francis Bacon or his doctrines.
- balances — Plural form of balance.
- baldrics — Plural form of baldric.
- ballocks — (nonce, used only by James Joyce) Alternative form of bollocks.
- balsamic — any of various fragrant exudations from certain trees, especially trees of the genus Commiphora, as balm-of-Gilead. Compare balm (def 1).
- banausic — merely mechanical; materialistic; utilitarian
- bannocks — Plural form of bannock.
- barbasco — an evergreen South American plant, Jacquinia barbasco, which produces a poison harmless to humans but useful for stunning fish to make them easy to catch
- barchans — Plural form of barchan.
- barracks — A barracks is a building or group of buildings where soldiers or other members of the armed forces live and work.
- basaltic — the dark, dense igneous rock of a lava flow or minor intrusion, composed essentially of labradorite and pyroxene and often displaying a columnar structure.
- bascules — Plural form of bascule.
- basecamp — Alternative spelling of base camp.
- basecoat — a first coat of a surfacing material, as paint.
- basicity — the state of being a base
- basilect — (in a region where creole is or has been spoken) the dialect closest to that creole and furthest removed from the most prestigious dialect (the acrolect) of the region
- basilica — A basilica is a church which is rectangular in shape and has a rounded end.
- bearcats — Plural form of bearcat.
- berascal — to accuse someone of being a rascal
- besancon — a city in E France, on the Doubs River: university (1422). Pop: 121 012 (2006)
- bescrawl — to cover with scrawls
- betacism — a type of speech impediment where the b sound is excessive
- bifocals — Bifocals are glasses with lenses made in two halves. The top part is for looking at things some distance away, and the bottom part is for reading and looking at things that are close.
- biphasic — having two phases
- bismarck — a city in North Dakota, on the Missouri River: the state capital. Pop: 56 344 (2003 est)
- blackest — lacking hue and brightness; absorbing light without reflecting any of the rays composing it.
- blackish — Something that is blackish is very dark in colour.