7-letter words containing a, s, t
- austral — of or coming from the south
- austria — a republic in central Europe: ruled by the Hapsburgs from 1282 to 1918; formed a dual monarchy with Hungary in 1867 and became a republic in 1919; a member of the European Union; contains part of the Alps, the Danube basin in the east, and extensive forests. Official language: German. Religion: Roman Catholic majority. Currency: euro. Capital: Vienna. Pop: 8 221 646 (2013 est). Area: 83 849 sq km (32 374 sq miles)
- austro- — Austro- combines with adjectives indicating nationality to form adjectives which describe something connected with Austria and another country.
- auteurs — Plural form of auteur.
- authors — a person who writes a novel, poem, essay, etc.; the composer of a literary work, as distinguished from a compiler, translator, editor, or copyist.
- autobus — a motor vehicle which can carry a large group of passengers
- autoist — motorist.
- autopsy — An autopsy is an examination of a dead body by a doctor who cuts it open in order to try to discover the cause of death.
- autumns — Plural form of autumn.
- avatars — Plural form of avatar.
- avestan — the oldest recorded language of the Iranian branch of the Indo-European family; the language of the Avesta
- avocets — Plural form of avocet.
- azotise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of azotize.
- azotous — nitrous, containing nitrogen
- babysat — to take charge of a child while the parents are temporarily away.
- babysit — If you babysit for someone or babysit their children, you look after their children while they are out.
- backset — a setback; a reversal
- baddest — not good in any manner or degree.
- baguets — Plural form of baguet.
- baiters — Plural form of baiter.
- baldest — Superlative form of bald.
- ballast — Ballast is any substance that is used in ships or hot-air balloons to make them heavier and more stable. Ballast usually consists of water, sand, or iron.
- ballets — Plural form of ballet.
- ballots — Plural form of ballot.
- balteus — (on an Ionic capital) the horizontal band connecting the volutes on either side.
- balthus — real name Balthasar Klossowski de Rola. 1908–2001, French painter of Polish descent, noted esp for his paintings of adolescent girls
- baltics — of, near, or on the Baltic Sea.
- bandits — Plural form of bandit.
- bantams — Plural form of bantam.
- banters — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of banter.
- baptise — to immerse in water or sprinkle or pour water on in the Christian rite of baptism: They baptized the new baby.
- baptism — A baptism is a Christian ceremony in which a person is baptized. Compare christening.
- baptist — A Baptist is a Christian who believes that people should not be baptized until they are old enough to understand the meaning of baptism.
- barbets — Plural form of barbet.
- barents — Willem [wil-uh m] /ˈwɪl əm/ (Show IPA), died 1597, Dutch navigator and explorer.
- barista — a person who makes and serves coffee in a coffee bar
- barotse — a member of a Negroid people of central Africa living chiefly in SW Zambia
- barrets — Plural form of barret.
- barstow — a city in S California.
- barters — Plural form of barter.
- barthes — Roland. 1915–80, French writer and critic, who applied structuralist theory to literature and popular culture: his books include Mythologies (1957) and Elements of Semiology (1964)
- bartsia — any of several species of semiparasitic scrophulariaceous plants, including red bartsia (Odontites verna), a pink-flowered weed of cornfields
- barytes — a colourless or white mineral consisting of barium sulphate in orthorhombic crystalline form, occurring in sedimentary rocks and with sulphide ores: a source of barium. Formula: BaSO4
- basalts — Plural form of basalt.
- bashtag — (on the Twitter website) a hashtag that is used for critical and abusive comments
- basinet — a close-fitting medieval helmet of light steel usually with a visor
- baskets — Plural form of basket.
- basmati — a variety of cultivated long-grain rice that is notably fragrant.
- basotho — a member of the subgroup of the Sotho people who chiefly inhabit Lesotho
- bassist — A bassist is someone who plays the bass guitar or the double bass.