8-letter words containing b, a, n, s
- san blas — Gulf of, a gulf of the Caribbean on the N coast of Panama.
- sand bar — a bar of sand formed in a river or sea by the action of tides or currents.
- sand dab — any of several flatfishes used for food, especially of the genus Citharichthys, inhabiting waters along the Pacific coast of North America.
- sandable — the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.
- sandbank — a large mass of sand, as on a shoal or hillside.
- sandburg — Carl, 1878–1967, U.S. poet and biographer.
- sandburr — a variety of wild grass
- saraband — a slow, stately Spanish dance, especially of the 17th and 18th centuries, in triple meter, derived from a vigorous castanet dance.
- sawbones — a surgeon or physician.
- scabland — rough, barren, volcanic topography with thin soils and little vegetation.
- schnabel — Artur [ahr-too r] /ˈɑr tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1882–1951, Austrian pianist.
- schwaben — German name of Swabia.
- scriabin — Aleksandr Nikolaevich [al-ig-zan-der nik-uh-lahy-uh-vich,, -zahn-;; Russian uh-lyi-ksahn-dr nyi-kuh-lah-yi-vyich] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər ˌnɪk əˈlaɪ ə vɪtʃ,, -ˈzɑn-;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑn dr nyɪ kʌˈlɑ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1872–1915, Russian composer and pianist.
- sea-born — born in or of the sea, as naiads.
- seaborne — transported by ship over the sea.
- semblant — semblance
- sendable — to cause, permit, or enable to go: to send a messenger; They sent their son to college.
- seremban — a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula. 2580 sq. mi. (6682 sq. km). Capital: Seremban.
- siberian — Russian Sibirʾ. an extensive region in the Russian Federation in N Asia, extending from the Ural Mountains to the Pacific.
- sibilant — hissing.
- sideband — the band of frequencies at the sides of the carrier frequency of a modulated signal.
- siegbahn — Karl Manne Georg [kahrl mahn-nuh yey-awr-yuh] /kɑrl ˈmɑn nə ˈyeɪ ɔr yə/ (Show IPA), 1886–1978, Swedish physicist: Nobel prize 1924.
- signable — suitable for signing, as in being satisfactory, appropriate, or complete: a signable legislative bill.
- sinalbin — a white, crystalline, water-soluble glucoside, C 3 0 H 4 2 N 2 O 1 5 S 2 , found in the seeds of the white mustard.
- singable — to utter words or sounds in succession with musical modulations of the voice; vocalize melodically.
- sinkable — to displace part of the volume of a supporting substance or object and become totally or partially submerged or enveloped; fall or descend into or below the surface or to the bottom (often followed by in or into): The battleship sank within two hours. His foot sank in the mud. Her head sinks into the pillows.
- slobland — an area of muddy or alluvial ground
- snakebit — bitten by a snake.
- snapback — a sudden rebound or recovery.
- sneaksby — an insignificant or cowardly person
- snowball — a ball of snow pressed or rolled together, as for throwing.
- snowbank — a mound of snow, as a snowdrift or snow shoveled from a road or sidewalk.
- sobranje — the national assembly of Bulgaria, consisting of a single chamber of elected deputies.
- stabbing — penetrating; piercing: a stabbing pain.
- stabling — a building for the lodging and feeding of horses, cattle, etc.
- stand by — a staunch supporter or adherent; one who can be relied upon.
- stand-by — a staunch supporter or adherent; one who can be relied upon.
- stopbank — an embankment to prevent flooding
- strabane — a district of W Northern Ireland, in Co Tyrone. Pop: 38 565 (2003 est). Area: 862 sq km (333 sq miles)
- subagent — a person whose duties as an agent are delegated to him or her by another agent.
- subbasin — a circular container with a greater width than depth, becoming smaller toward the bottom, used chiefly to hold water or other liquid, especially for washing.
- subhuman — less than or not quite human.
- sublunar — situated beneath the moon or between the earth and the moon.
- subnasal — situated beneath the nose
- subnodal — below the level of a node
- subpanel — a panel that is part of a larger panel
- subplant — any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
- subpoena — the usual writ for the summoning of witnesses or the submission of evidence, as records or documents, before a court or other deliberative body.
- subrange — the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible: the range of steel prices; a wide range of styles.
- subtaxon — a supplementary piece of identifying information in a plant's or animal's scientific name