10-letter words containing a, t, e, s
- bagatelles — Plural form of bagatelle.
- bakersheet — dripping pan.
- balaustine — of or relating to the pomegranate.
- ballbuster — Ball-breaker.
- ballistite — a smokeless rocket propellant composed of roughly equal proportions of the explosives nitrocellulose and nitroglycerine
- baltic sea — a sea in N Europe, connected with the North Sea by the Skagerrak, Kattegat, and Öresund; shallow, with low salinity and small tides
- balustrade — A balustrade is a railing or wall on a balcony or staircase.
- banalities — the condition or quality of being banal, or devoid of freshness or originality: the banality of everyday life.
- bandmaster — the conductor of a band
- banishment — Banishment is the act of banishing someone or the state of being banished.
- banistered — Simple past tense and past participle of banister.
- bannisters — a baluster.
- banqueters — Plural form of banqueter.
- banquettes — Plural form of banquette.
- baptistery — a place, esp. a part of a church, used for baptizing
- bargestone — any of several stones forming the sloping edge of a gable.
- barnstable — a city in SE Massachusetts.
- barnstaple — a town in SW England, in Devon, on the estuary of the River Taw: tourism, agriculture. Pop: 30 765 (2001)
- barometers — Plural form of barometer.
- baronetess — the wife of a baronet
- barquettes — a small, boat-shaped pastry shell filled with a savory or sweet mixture and served as an hors d'oeuvre or dessert.
- barristers — Plural form of barrister.
- bartenders — Plural form of bartender.
- basaltware — hard fine-grained black stoneware, made in Europe, esp in England, in the late 18th century
- base metal — A base metal is a metal such as copper, zinc, tin, or lead that is not a precious metal.
- baseplates — Plural form of baseplate.
- basic rate — the standard or lowest level on a scale of money payable, esp in taxation
- basilectal — (linguistics) of, or relating to a basilect.
- basketball — Basketball is a game in which two teams of five players each try to score goals by throwing a large ball through a circular net fixed to a metal ring at each end of the court.
- basketcase — Alternative form of basket case.
- basketlike — resembling a basket
- basketwork — work that is interlaced or woven like a basket; wickerwork
- bass flute — the lowest instrument in the flute family, pitched one octave below the concert flute
- basseterre — a port in the Caribbean, on St Kitts in the Leeward Islands: the capital of St Kitts-Nevis. Pop: 13 220 (2001)
- bassinette — Alternative spelling of bassinet.
- bast fiber — bast (def 2).
- bast-fiber — Botany. phloem.
- bastardise — to lower in condition or worth; debase: hybrid works that neither preserve nor bastardize existing art forms.
- bastardize — to debase; corrupt
- bastnasite — (mineral) A light brown mineral that is a source of many rare earth elements.
- batchmates — Plural form of batchmate.
- bath sheet — a large bath towel
- bath stone — a kind of limestone used as a building material, esp at Bath in England
- bathhouses — Plural form of bathhouse.
- battements — Plural form of battement.
- batterings — Plural form of battering.
- battleaxes — Plural form of battleaxe.
- battleship — A battleship is a very large, heavily armed warship.
- battlesome — argumentative; quarrelsome.
- battlesuit — (science fiction) A technologically enhanced suit worn in battle for protection, camouflage, etc.