8-letter words containing a, t, s
- basaltic — the dark, dense igneous rock of a lava flow or minor intrusion, composed essentially of labradorite and pyroxene and often displaying a columnar structure.
- basanite — a black basaltic rock containing plagioclase, augite, olivine, and nepheline, leucite, or analcite, formerly used as a touchstone
- base hit — a play in which the batter hits a fair ball and gets on base without benefit of an opponent's error and without forcing out a runner already on base
- basecoat — a first coat of a surfacing material, as paint.
- basement — The basement of a building is a floor built partly or completely below ground level.
- bash out — If you say that someone bashes something out, you mean that they produce it quickly or in large quantities, but without much care or thought.
- bashment — (slang, countable, especially Jamaican) A party or rave.
- basicity — the state of being a base
- basilect — (in a region where creole is or has been spoken) the dialect closest to that creole and furthest removed from the most prestigious dialect (the acrolect) of the region
- basketry — Basketry is baskets made by weaving together thin strips of materials such as wood.
- basseted — an outcrop, as of the edges of strata.
- bassinet — A bassinet is a small bed for a baby that is like a basket.
- bassists — Plural form of bassist.
- bastards — Plural form of bastard.
- bastardy — the condition of being a bastard; illegitimacy
- bastides — Plural form of bastide.
- bastille — a fortress in Paris, built in the 14th century: a prison until its destruction in 1789, at the beginning of the French Revolution
- bastions — Plural form of bastion.
- bastogne — a town in SE Belgium: of strategic importance to Allied defences during the Battle of the Bulge; besieged by the Germans during the winter of 1944–45. Pop: 14 070 (2004 est)
- batangas — a port in the Philippines, in SW Luzon. Pop: 293 000 (2005 est)
- bateless — not abating or not able to be abated
- bathless — without a bath
- bathmats — Plural form of bathmat.
- bathmism — a hypothetical growth-force, once thought to animate living beings
- bathorse — a horse which carries a military officer's baggage; a military packhorse
- bathtubs — Plural form of bathtub.
- bathurst — a town in SE Australia, in E New South Wales: scene of a gold rush in 1851. Pop: 27 036 (2001)
- batinism — a secret movement in Islam, often associated with Ismaʿili Shiʿism.
- batlings — Plural form of batling.
- batswing — in the form of the wing of a bat
- battlers — Plural form of battler.
- bay salt — salt derived by evaporating seawater in the sun.
- bayonets — Plural form of bayonet.
- baysmelt — topsmelt.
- baziotes — William, 1912–63, U.S. painter.
- be toast — If someone is toast, you mean that they are certain to be defeated or destroyed.
- bearcats — Plural form of bearcat.
- beastial — Misspelling of bestial.
- beasties — Plural form of beastie.
- beastily — in the manner of a beast
- beatings — Plural form of beating.
- beatless — without a beat, not beating
- beatniks — (sometimes initial capital letter) a member of the Beat Generation.
- beauties — the quality present in a thing or person that gives intense pleasure or deep satisfaction to the mind, whether arising from sensory manifestations (as shape, color, sound, etc.), a meaningful design or pattern, or something else (as a personality in which high spiritual qualities are manifest).
- bedstand — a bedside table
- bedstead — A bedstead is the metal or wooden frame of an old-fashioned bed.
- bedstraw — any of numerous rubiaceous plants of the genus Galium, which have small white or yellow flowers and prickly or hairy fruits: some species formerly used as straw for beds as they are aromatic when dry
- beermats — Plural form of beermat.
- best man — The best man at a wedding is the man who assists the bridegroom.
- bestiary — a moralizing medieval collection of descriptions (and often illustrations) of real and mythical animals