9-letter words containing b, a, n, s
- newsbreak — a newsworthy event or incident.
- ninebarks — Plural form of ninebark.
- noble gas — any of the chemically inert gaseous elements of group 8A or 0 of the periodic table: helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon, and radon.
- nonbiased — Not biased.
- nonblacks — Plural form of nonblack.
- nonusable — not usable; unusable
- nosebands — Plural form of noseband.
- obeisance — a movement of the body expressing deep respect or deferential courtesy, as before a superior; a bow, curtsy, or other similar gesture.
- oblations — Plural form of oblation.
- obscurant — a person who strives to prevent the increase and spread of knowledge.
- observant — quick to notice or perceive; alert.
- obstinacy — the quality or state of being obstinate; stubbornness.
- obstinant — (proscribed) Obstinate.
- obstinate — firmly or stubbornly adhering to one's purpose, opinion, etc.; not yielding to argument, persuasion, or entreaty.
- ombudsman — a government official who hears and investigates complaints by private citizens against other officials or government agencies.
- osnabruck — a city in Lower Saxony, in NW Germany.
- pass band — the range of frequencies that pass with a minimum of attenuation through an electronic filter.
- pen-based — (of a computer) having an electronic stylus rather than a keyboard as the primary input device.
- rabbinics — the Hebrew language as used by rabbis in post-Biblical times.
- rabbinism — the beliefs, practices, and precepts of the rabbis of the Talmudic period.
- rabidness — The property of being rabid.
- ramblings — If you describe a speech or piece of writing as someone's ramblings, you are saying that it is meaningless because the person who said or wrote it was very confused or insane.
- rinseable — able to be rinsed
- rubensian — Peter Paul [pee-ter pawl;; Flemish pey-tuh r poul] /ˈpi tər pɔl;; Flemish ˈpeɪ tər paʊl/ (Show IPA), 1577–1640, Flemish painter.
- sabbatine — of or relating to Saturdays
- sabellian — a member of a group of early Italian peoples including the Samnites and Sabines.
- sabrewing — a large hummingbird of the genus Campylopterous, with long curved wings
- sainsbury — David John, Baron. born 1940, British businessman and politician, chief executive of the Sainsbury supermarket chain (1992–98); science minister (1998–2006)
- san bruno — a city in W California, S of San Francisco.
- san pablo — a city in the Philippines, on S Luzon.
- sanbenito — an ornamented garment worn by a condemned heretic at an auto-da-fé.
- sand crab — any of several crabs that live on sandy beaches, as the ghost crab or mole crab.
- sand goby — a species of goby, (Pomatoschistus minutus), that lives in European sandy waters
- sandblast — a blast of air or steam laden with sand, used to clean, grind, cut, or decorate hard surfaces, as of glass, stone, or metal.
- sarabande — a slow, stately Spanish dance, especially of the 17th and 18th centuries, in triple meter, derived from a vigorous castanet dance.
- sarbacane — a type of blowpipe
- scablands — rough, barren, volcanic topography with thin soils and little vegetation.
- scannable — to glance at or over or read hastily: to scan a page.
- screwbean — a small tree or shrub of the south-western United States that has edible pods
- scrubland — land on which the natural vegetation is chiefly scrub.
- sea robin — any of various gurnards, especially certain American species of the genus Prionotus, having large pectoral fins used to move across the ocean bottom.
- sebastian — Saint, died a.d. 288? Roman martyr.
- semblance — outward aspect or appearance.
- semiurban — of, relating to, or designating a city or town.
- serbonian — of, relating to, or designating the large marshy tract of land in the northern part of ancient Egypt in which entire armies are said to have been swallowed up.
- sevenbark — wild hydrangea.
- shambling — to walk or go awkwardly; shuffle.
- shankbone — a large bone in the lower leg between the knee and the foot of an animal; the tibia
- sheboygan — a port in E Wisconsin, on Lake Michigan.
- shirtband — a band of material sewn into a shirt for stiffening, finishing, or the like, as a neckband to which the collar is sewn or buttoned.