9-letter words containing a, s, o
- barbarous — If you describe something as barbarous, you strongly disapprove of it because you think that it is rough and uncivilized.
- barfulous — /bar'fyoo-l*s/ (Or "barfucious", /bar-fyoo-sh*s/) Said of something that would make anyone barf, if only for aesthetic reasons.
- baritones — Plural form of baritone.
- barklouse — any of numerous insects of the order Psocoptera that live on the bark of trees and other plants.
- barnstorm — When people such as politicians or performers barnstorm, they travel around the country making speeches or giving shows.
- baroscope — any instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure, esp a manometer with one side open to the atmosphere
- barotitis — inflammation of the ear caused by a change in air pressure
- barouches — Plural form of barouche.
- barperson — a person who serves in a pub: used esp in advertisements
- barrators — a person who commits barratry.
- base coat — the first coat of paint applied to a prepared surface
- base form — the simplest form of a word, to which inflections may be added
- base load — the more or less constant part of the total load on an electrical power-supply system
- baseboard — A baseboard is a narrow length of wood which goes along the bottom of a wall in a room and makes a border between the walls and the floor.
- basestock — Refined petroleum oil with no additives.
- basilicon — any of a variety of healing ointments applied to wounds in early medicine, commonly using lard or oil, resin, and wax
- basophile — Biology. a basophilic cell, tissue, organism, or substance.
- basophils — Plural form of basophil.
- bass horn — an obsolete wind instrument of low range
- bass viol — viola da gamba
- basswoods — Plural form of basswood.
- bastinado — punishment or torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with a stick
- bastioned — Furnished with a bastion; having bastions.
- bathhouse — A bathhouse is a public or private building containing baths and often other facilities such as a sauna.
- bathrobes — Plural form of bathrobe.
- bathrooms — Plural form of bathroom.
- batswoman — a female batsman
- batswomen — Plural form of batswoman.
- bay shore — a town on the S shore of Long Island, in SE New York.
- beadhouse — an almshouse in which inhabitants were expected to pray for the soul of the founder
- bean shot — refined copper having a shotlike form from being thrown into water in a molten state.
- beanpoles — Plural form of beanpole.
- beasthood — the state of beasts, the condition of being a beast
- beatboxes — Plural form of beatbox.
- beauteous — Beauteous means the same as beautiful.
- behaviors — manner of behaving or acting.
- beriosova — Svetlana (svɪtˈlanə). 1932–98, British ballet dancer, born in Lithuania
- betsiboka — a river in central Madagascar, flowing NW to the Mozambique Channel. About 200 miles (320 km) long.
- bialystok — a city in E Poland.
- białystok — a city in E Poland: belonged to Prussia (1795–1807) and to Russia (1807–1919). Pop: 315 000 (2005 est)
- bibacious — tending to drink in excess
- bicoastal — Someone or something that is bicoastal lives or occurs on both the east coast and the west coast of the U.S.
- bifarious — having parts arranged in two rows on either side of a central axis
- biomasses — Ecology. the amount of living matter in a given habitat, expressed either as the weight of organisms per unit area or as the volume of organisms per unit volume of habitat.
- biosafety — the precautions taken to control the cultivation and distribution of genetically modified crops and products
- biosocial — relating to the interaction of biological and social elements
- biostable — resistant to the effects of microorganisms
- biostatic — the branch of biology dealing with the structure of organisms in relation to their functions (opposed to biodynamics).
- bissonata — a coarse woolen cloth constructed in plain weave and dyed black or brown, used in the manufacture of clerical vestments.
- blast off — When a space rocket blasts off, it leaves the ground at the start of its journey.