9-letter words containing a, s
- body-slam — to lift and throw (someone) to the ground, as in wrestling
- bojangles — Bill ("Bojangles") 1878–1949, U.S. tap dancer.
- bokassa i — original name Jean Bedel Bokassa. 1921–96, president of the Central African Republic (1972–76); emperor of the renamed Central African Empire from 1976 until overthrown in 1979
- bombasine — bombazine.
- bombaster — a person who stuffs or pads
- bombastic — If you describe someone as bombastic, you are criticizing them for trying to impress other people by saying things that sound impressive but have little meaning.
- bondslave — a person held in bondage.
- bonilasse — an attractive young woman
- bookmarks — a ribbon or other marker placed between the pages of a book to mark a place.
- bookstack — Usually, bookstacks. stack (def 4).
- bookstall — A bookstall is a long table from which books and magazines are sold, for example at a conference or in a street market.
- bookstand — a cradle for holding an open book so that it may be read comfortably
- boomslang — a large greenish venomous arboreal colubrid snake, Dispholidus typus, of southern Africa
- bootstrap — If you bootstrap an organization or an activity, you set it up or achieve it alone, using very few resources.
- bop stack — A BOP stack is one of two or more units which control well pressure, and contain the wellhead and blowout preventers.
- bordelais — a wine-growing region in SW France, in Gironde.
- borgesian — of Jorge Luis Borges or his works
- bosanquet — Bernard, 1848–1923, English philosopher and writer.
- bosberaad — a meeting in an isolated venue to break a political deadlock
- boschvark — a bush pig of S Africa
- bostonian — a person from Boston
- botmaster — (chat) The owner of a bot.
- bourasque — a tempest
- box stall — a small stall with four walls for holding a horse
- bra strap — a strap for fastening a bra
- bracelets — a slang name for handcuffs
- braillist — a person who transcribes or creates Braille
- braincase — the part of the cranium that protects the brain
- brainless — If you describe someone or something as brainless, you mean that you think they are stupid.
- brainsick — relating to or caused by insanity; crazy; mad
- brainstem — the stalklike part of the brain consisting of the medulla oblongata, the midbrain, and the pons Varolii
- brainwash — If you brainwash someone, you force them to believe something by continually telling them that it is true, and preventing them from thinking about it properly.
- brakesman — a pithead winch operator
- bran mash — a food for horses made with bran and hot water, and sometimes including carrots, molasses, apples, etc
- brandless — having or displaying no brand
- brash ice — small, floating fragments of sea ice or river ice.
- brashness — impertinent; impudent; tactless: a brash young man.
- brasilein — brazilein
- brass hat — a top-ranking official, esp a military officer
- brasserie — A brasserie is a small and usually cheap restaurant or bar.
- brassiere — A brassiere is the same as a bra.
- brassware — articles made of brass, considered as a group
- bratwurst — a type of small pork sausage
- braveness — possessing or exhibiting courage or courageous endurance.
- brazeless — seamless
- breadless — without bread; without food
- breakages — things broken, usually accidentally
- breakfast — Breakfast is the first meal of the day. It is usually eaten in the early part of the morning.
- breasting — Anatomy, Zoology. (in bipeds) the outer, front part of the thorax, or the front part of the body from the neck to the abdomen; chest.
- breastpin — a brooch worn on the breast, esp to close a garment