9-letter words containing a, s
- beaumaris — a resort in N Wales, on the island of Anglesey: 13th-century castle. Pop: 1513 (2001)
- beauteous — Beauteous means the same as beautiful.
- bed-stand — night table.
- bedazzles — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedazzle.
- bedlamism — anything characteristic of bedlam
- bedplates — Plural form of bedplate.
- bedspread — A bedspread is a decorative cover which is put over a bed, on top of the sheets and blankets.
- bedsteads — Plural form of bedstead.
- bedstraws — Plural form of bedstraw.
- beechmast — collective term for beech nuts, esp when lying on the ground
- beefcakes — Plural form of beefcake.
- beefsteak — Beefsteak is steak.
- beersheba — a town in S Israel: commercial centre of the Negev. In biblical times it marked the southern limit of Palestine. Pop: 183 000 (2003 est)
- beeswaxed — Simple past tense and past participle of beeswax.
- beeswaxes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beeswax.
- behaviors — manner of behaving or acting.
- bejabbers — bejesus
- bel paese — a mild creamy Italian cheese
- bell labs — Bell Laboratories
- bemelmans — Ludwig [luhd-wig,, loo d-] /ˈlʌd wɪg,, ˈlʊd-/ (Show IPA), 1898–1962, U.S. humorous satirist and painter; born in Austria: author and illustrator of children's books.
- bengalese — Bengali adjective
- benjamins — hundred-dollar bills
- bentgrass — any perennial grass of the genus Agrostis, esp A. tenuis, which has a spreading panicle of tiny flowers. Some species are planted for hay or in lawns
- beplaster — to cover in thick plaster
- berdyansk — a city in S Ukraine, on the Sea of Azov.
- bergamask — person from Bergamo
- beriosova — Svetlana (svɪtˈlanə). 1932–98, British ballet dancer, born in Lithuania
- bescatter — to scatter or strew about
- besmeared — to smear all over; bedaub.
- besmearer — someone who besmears
- bespangle — to cover or adorn with or as if with spangles
- bespatter — to splash all over, as with dirty water
- best-ball — of, relating to, or denoting a match in which one player competes against the best individual totals of two or more other players at each hole
- best-case — being the best that can possibly be expected; optimal
- bestially — of, relating to, or having the form of a beast: the belief that a person could assume bestial form after death; the bestial signs of the zodiac.
- beta test — beta testing
- beta-test — a test of a new or modified piece of computer software by customers who volunteer to do so
- bethsabee — Bathsheba.
- bethsaida — a ruined town in N Israel, near the N shore of the Sea of Galilee
- betsiboka — a river in central Madagascar, flowing NW to the Mozambique Channel. About 200 miles (320 km) long.
- bhutanese — a native or inhabitant of Bhutan
- 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.
- bierstadt — Albert1830-1902; U.S. painter, born in Germany
- bifarious — having parts arranged in two rows on either side of a central axis
- big beast — an important or powerful person
- big skate — See under skate2 .
- bile salt — a product of a bile acid and a base, functioning as an emulsifier of lipids and fatty acids for absorption in the duodenum.