9-letter words containing a, s
- base head — a person who is addicted to cocaine
- base jump — a parachute jump from the top of a building, bridge, cliff, etc., usually at a height of 1,000 feet (305 meters) or less.
- base line — a line serving as a base
- base load — the more or less constant part of the total load on an electrical power-supply system
- 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 path — the prescribed course for a base runner on the field extending in designated areas between the bases.
- base rate — In Britain, the base rate is the rate of interest that banks use as a basis when they are calculating the rates that they charge on loans.
- 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
- base year — a year used as an index for some phenomenon measured in other years
- baseballs — Plural form of baseball.
- basebands — Plural form of baseband.
- 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.
- baseliner — a player who plays most of his or her shots from the back of court
- baselines — Plural form of baseline.
- basements — Plural form of basement.
- baseplate — a flat supporting plate or frame at the base of a column, designed to distribute the column's weight over a greater area and provide increased stability
- basestock — Refined petroleum oil with no additives.
- bashawism — the combined characteristics of a bashaw, esp haughtiness, imperiousness
- bashed in — crushed or dented from a blow
- bashfully — In a bashful manner.
- bashments — Plural form of bashment.
- 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
- basketeer — Someone who makes baskets; a basketmaker.
- basketful — a sufficient quantity to fill a basket; the amount contained in a basket.
- basophile — Biology. a basophilic cell, tissue, organism, or substance.
- basophils — Plural form of basophil.
- basrelief — Alternative form of bas-relief.
- bass clef — the clef that establishes F a fifth below middle C on the fourth line of the staff
- bass drum — a large shallow drum of low and indefinite pitch
- bass horn — an obsolete wind instrument of low range
- bass tuba — a tuba pitched in F or E-flat
- 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.
- basswoods — Plural form of basswood.
- bastardly — of no value; worthless.
- bastardry — malicious or cruel behaviour
- bastilles — Plural form of bastille.
- bastinade — bastinado.