9-letter words containing a, t, s, b
- hypoblast — the endoderm.
- idioblast — a cell that differs greatly from the surrounding cells or tissue.
- in-basket — in-box.
- incubates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of incubate.
- interbase — A commercial active DBMS.
- intubates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of intubate.
- isobathic — having the same depth.
- isobutane — a colorless, flammable gas, C 4 H 10 , used as a fuel, as a refrigerant, and in the manufacture of gasoline by alkylation.
- istambuli — a native or inhabitant of Istanbul.
- jackboots — Plural form of jackboot.
- jacobsite — a rare magnetic mineral, manganese iron oxide, MnFe 2 O 4 , similar to magnetite.
- jailbaits — a girl with whom sexual intercourse is punishable as statutory rape because she is under the legal age of consent.
- jambstone — a stone, or one of the stones, forming one jamb of an opening.
- jambuster — (Canada, Manitoba and northwestern Ontario) A doughnut filled with jam.
- jobstears — (used with a plural verb) the hard, nearly spherical bracts that surround the female flowers of an Asian grass, Coix lacryma-jobi, and which when ripe are used as beads.
- johnboats — Plural form of johnboat.
- jubilates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jubilate.
- katabasis — a march from the interior of a country to the coast, as that of the 10,000 Greeks after their defeat and the death of Cyrus the Younger at Cunaxa.
- keelboats — Plural form of keelboat.
- labellist — a person who wears only clothes with fashionable brand names
- laborists — Plural form of laborist.
- laborites — Plural form of laborite.
- labourist — a member or supporter of the Labour party.
- lambasted — to beat or whip severely.
- lambastes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lambaste.
- last-born — last in order of birth; youngest.
- layabouts — Plural form of layabout.
- libations — Plural form of libation.
- liberates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of liberate.
- lifeboats — Plural form of lifeboat.
- lift-slab — noting or pertaining to a technique of constructing multistory buildings in which all horizontal slabs are cast at ground level and, when ready, are raised into position by hydraulic jacks.
- longboats — Plural form of longboat.
- marabouts — Plural form of marabout.
- marimbist — A player of the marimba.
- mast ball — an ornamental ball forming the truck of a mast.
- mast band — a hoop of metal around a mast, used as a reinforcement or as an object for attaching stays, tackles, etc.
- meatballs — Plural form of meatball.
- megabytes — Plural form of megabyte.
- mesoblast — the mesoderm.
- metabasis — (rhetoric) A change from one subject to another.
- minibeast — (informal) An insect / bug etc.
- monoblast — A cell, normally found in bone marrow, that matures into a monocyte.
- mothballs — a small ball of naphthalene or sometimes of camphor for placing in closets or other storage areas to repel moths from clothing, blankets, etc.
- nanotubes — Plural form of nanotube.
- news-beat — beat (def 40b).
- obfuscate — to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
- oblations — Plural form of oblation.
- obligates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of obligate.
- obscurant — a person who strives to prevent the increase and spread of knowledge.
- obsecrate — to entreat solemnly; beseech; supplicate.