9-letter words containing a, s
- 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.
- bathsheba — the wife of Uriah, who committed adultery with David and later married him and became the mother of his son Solomon (II Samuel 11–12)
- bathybius — a gelatinous substance discovered on the Atlantic seabed, originally thought to be protoplasm, but later discovered to be inorganic
- batswoman — a female batsman
- batswomen — Plural form of batswoman.
- battelles — Plural form of battell.
- batterers — Plural form of batterer.
- batteries — a beating together of the calves or feet during a leap.
- battersea — a district in London, in Wandsworth: noted for its dogs' home, power station (now a leisure centre), and park
- battiness — the characteristic of being batty; craziness; insanity; eccentricity
- battlebus — the coach that transports politicians and their advisers round the country during an election campaign
- bauhinias — Plural form of bauhinia.
- bawdiness — indecent; lewd; obscene: another of his bawdy stories.
- bay shore — a town on the S shore of Long Island, in SE New York.
- bay state — Massachusetts
- baybars i — 1223–77, sultan of Egypt and Syria (1260–77), of the Mameluke dynasty
- be seated — to assume a seated position; sit down
- beachside — situated near a beach
- bead test — a laboratory test used in the identification of certain metals or metal constituents, in which a bead covered with the material is heated in a flame and cooled to observe its properties.
- beadblast — a jet of small glass beads blown from a nozzle under air or steam pressure
- beadflush — (of paneling) having panels flush with their stiles and rails and surrounded with a flush bead.
- beadhouse — an almshouse in which inhabitants were expected to pray for the soul of the founder
- beam-ends — the ends of a vessel's beams
- beaminess — the quality of beaming
- beamishly — in a beamish manner; smilingly; radiantly
- bean shot — refined copper having a shotlike form from being thrown into water in a molten state.
- beaneries — Plural form of beanery.
- beanfeast — A beanfeast is a party or other social event.
- beanpoles — Plural form of beanpole.
- beanstalk — the stem of a bean plant
- bear arms — A person's right to bear arms is their right to own and use guns, as a means of defence.
- beardfish — any of several fishes of the family Polymyxiidae, found in the deeper waters of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, having a pair of long barbels under the chin.
- beardless — without a beard
- beardsley — Aubrey (Vincent). 1872–98, English illustrator: noted for his stylized black-and-white illustrations, esp those for Oscar Wilde's Salome and Pope's Rape of the Lock
- beargrass — a North-West American plant, Xerophyllum tenax, belonging to the lily family but resembling tall grass
- bearishly — In a bearish manner.
- bearnaise — rich sauce made from egg yolks, lemon juice or wine vinegar, butter, shallots, herbs, and seasoning
- bearskins — Plural form of bearskin.
- beasthood — the state of beasts, the condition of being a beast
- beastings — beestings
- beastlier — Comparative form of beastly.
- beastlike — resembling a beast
- beatboxes — Plural form of beatbox.
- beatenest — most remarkable or unusual: This is the beatinest town I ever did see.
- beatifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beatify.
- beatinest — most remarkable or unusual: This is the beatinest town I ever did see.