10-letter words containing b, a, n, s
- bandmaster — the conductor of a band
- bandoleers — Plural form of bandoleer.
- bandoleros — Plural form of bandolero.
- bandoliers — Plural form of bandolier.
- bandoneons — Plural form of bandoneon.
- bandstands — Plural form of bandstand.
- bandwagons — Plural form of bandwagon.
- bandwidths — Plural form of bandwidth.
- banffshire — (until 1975) a county of NE Scotland: formerly (1975–96) part of Grampian region, now part of Aberdeenshire
- bangladesh — a republic in S Asia: formerly the Eastern Province of Pakistan; became independent in 1971 after civil war and the defeat of Pakistan by India; consists of the plains and vast deltas of the Ganges and Brahmaputra Rivers; prone to flooding: economy based on jute and jute products (over 70 per cent of world production); a member of the Commonwealth. Language: Bengali. Religion: Muslim. Currency: taka. Capital: Dhaka. Pop: 163 654 860 (2013 est). Area: 142 797 sq km (55 126 sq miles)
- 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.
- bantingism — a fat-reducing diet invented by William Banting, involving high protein intake, and low fat and carbohydrate intake
- bantustans — Plural form of bantustan.
- baragnosis — loss of the ability to estimate or perceive the weight of an object.
- barasingha — Rucervus duvaucelii, the swamp deer.
- barbarians — Plural form of barbarian.
- bare bones — The bare bones of something are its most basic parts or details.
- bargainers — Plural form of bargainer.
- bargainous — (informal) cheap (characteristic of a bargain).
- bargestone — any of several stones forming the sloping edge of a gable.
- barkhausen — Heinrich Georg. 1881–1956, German physicist; discovered that ferromagnetic material in an increasing magnetic field becomes magnetized in discrete jumps (the Barkhausen effect)
- barn grass — a weedy, coarse grass, Echinochloa crus-galli, having a spikelike cluster of flowers.
- barnardo's — a charity, founded by Thomas John Barnardo, that supports vulnerable children and young people
- 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)
- barognosis — the ability to judge weight
- baronesses — Plural form of baroness.
- baronetess — the wife of a baronet
- barpersons — Plural form of barperson.
- barrenness — not producing or incapable of producing offspring; sterile: a barren woman.
- bartenders — Plural form of bartender.
- baseburner — a stove into which coal is automatically fed from a hopper above the fire chamber
- basel-land — a demicanton in N Switzerland. 165 sq. mi. (425 sq. km). Capital: Liestal.
- baseliners — Plural form of baseliner.
- baseperson — (baseball, softball) A fielder (of either gender) positioned near a base.
- baserunner — a baseball player in the act of running around bases
- bassinette — Alternative spelling of bassinet.
- bassoonist — A bassoonist is someone who plays the bassoon.
- bastnasite — (mineral) A light brown mineral that is a source of many rare earth elements.
- basutoland — Lesotho
- bath stone — a kind of limestone used as a building material, esp at Bath in England
- battalions — Plural form of battalion.
- battements — Plural form of battement.
- batterings — Plural form of battering.
- bazillions — Plural form of bazillion.
- beadswoman — a female inhabitant of a beadhouse