8-letter words containing b, a, n, s
- boasting — to speak with exaggeration and excessive pride, especially about oneself.
- boatsman — boatman.
- bonavist — hyacinth bean.
- bondages — slavery or involuntary servitude; serfdom.
- bondsman — a person bound by bond to act as surety for another
- bone ash — the residue obtained when bones are burned in air, consisting mainly of calcium phosphate. It is used as a fertilizer and in the manufacture of bone china
- bostangi — a Turkish imperial guard
- botanist — A botanist is a scientist who studies plants.
- botswana — a republic in southern Africa: established as the British protectorate of Bechuanaland in 1885 as a defence against the Boers; became an independent state within the Commonwealth in 1966; consists mostly of a plateau averaging 1000 m (3300 ft), with the extensive Okavango swamps in the northwest and the Kalahari Desert in the southwest. Languages: English and Tswana. Religion: animist majority. Currency: pula. Capital: Gaborone. Pop: 2 127 825 (2013 est). Area: about 570 000 sq km (220 000 sq miles)
- bowyangs — a pair of strings or straps secured round each trouser leg below the knee, worn esp by sheep-shearers and other labourers
- brahmins — Hinduism. Brahman1 (def 1).
- brainish — impulsive or impetuous
- branches — a division or subdivision of the stem or axis of a tree, shrub, or other plant.
- branchus — a son of Apollo, given the power of augury by his father.
- brancusi — Constantin (konstanˈtin). 1876–1957, Romanian sculptor, noted for his streamlined abstractions of animal forms
- brandeis — ˈLouis Demˌbitz (ˈdɛmˌbɪts ) ; demˈbitsˌ) 1856-1941; U.S. jurist: associate justice, Supreme Court (1916-39)
- brandise — a trivet
- brandish — If you brandish something, especially a weapon, you hold it in a threatening way.
- brasilin — brazilin
- brigands — a bandit, especially one of a band of robbers in mountain or forest regions.
- brisance — the shattering effect or power of an explosion or explosive
- brisbane — a port in E Australia, the capital of Queensland: founded in 1824 as a penal settlement; vast agricultural hinterland. Pop: 2 189 878 (2013)
- bus lane — A bus lane is a part of the road which is intended to be used only by buses.
- bushland — uncultivated land (esp in Australia) that is covered with trees, shrubs, or other natural vegetation
- busulfan — a drug used to treat cancer
- butsudan — (in Buddhism) a small household altar
- cabinets — Plural form of cabinet.
- cabstand — a taxi rank
- cannabis — Cannabis is the hemp plant when it is used as a drug.
- carbarns — Plural form of carbarn.
- carbenes — Plural form of carbene.
- carbines — Plural form of carbine.
- casaubon — Isaac (izaak). 1559–1614, French Protestant theologian and classical scholar
- corbinas — Plural form of corbina.
- debasing — to reduce in quality or value; adulterate: They debased the value of the dollar.
- dingbats — Slang. an eccentric, silly, or empty-headed person.
- disbands — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disband.
- drabness — dull; cheerless; lacking in spirit, brightness, etc.
- dushanbe — a republic in central Asia, N of Afghanistan. 55,240 sq. mi. (143,600 sq. km). Capital: Dushanbe.
- enablers — Plural form of enabler.
- fan base — the fans of a celebrity, team, media franchise, etc., when considered collectively: The fan base was crushed when the team moved to a different city. The studio marketed the sequels heavily to the franchise’s established fan base.
- finbacks — Plural form of finback.
- gabonese — of or relating to Gabon or its inhabitants.
- gambeson — a quilted garment worn under mail.
- gunboats — a small, armed warship of light draft, used in ports where the water is shallow.
- gynobase — an elevation of the receptacle of a flower, bearing the gynoecium.
- handbags — a bag or box of leather, fabric, plastic, or the like, held in the hand or carried by means of a handle or strap, commonly used by women for holding money, toilet articles, small purchases, etc.
- has-been — a person or thing that is no longer effective, successful, popular, etc.
- hatbands — Plural form of hatband.
- henbanes — Plural form of henbane.