9-letter words containing b, a, n, s
- subnormal — below the normal; less than or inferior to the normal: a subnormal amount of rain.
- subpoenas — the usual writ for the summoning of witnesses or the submission of evidence, as records or documents, before a court or other deliberative body.
- substance — that of which a thing consists; physical matter or material: form and substance.
- subtenant — a person who rents land, a house, or the like, from a tenant.
- subungual — of, pertaining to, bearing, or shaped like a nail, claw, or hoof.
- subwarden — an assistant to a warden, a deputy or subordinate warden
- sun-baked — Sun-baked land or earth has been made hard and dry by the sun shining on it.
- superbank — a bank that owns other banks; an overarching banking organization
- sweatband — a band lining the inside of a hat or cap to protect it against sweat from the head.
- swingback — (especially in political affairs) a return or reversion, as to previous opinion, custom, or ideology: We must fight any swingback to isolationism.
- swingbeat — a type of modern dance music that combines soul, rhythm and blues, and hip-hop
- swingboat — a piece of fairground equipment consisting of a boat-shaped carriage for swinging in
- symbolang — Lapidus & Goldstein, 1965. Symbol manipulating Fortran subroutine package for IBM 7094, later CDC 6600.
- tabescent — wasting away; becoming emaciated or consumed.
- tribesman — a member of a tribe.
- unabashed — not ashamed, disconcerted, or apologetic; boldly certain of one's position.
- unabusive — using, containing, or characterized by harshly or coarsely insulting language: an abusive author; abusive remarks.
- unbashful — uncomfortably diffident and easily embarrassed; shy; timid.
- unbespeak — to annul or cancel a request
- undebased — not profaned
- unlosable — susceptible to becoming lost.
- unsalable — subject to or suitable for sale; readily sold: The books were sent back by the store in salable condition.
- unsatable — not able to be satisfied
- unsayable — of the sort that can be said or spoken; utterable: He felt a great deal that was not sayable.
- unseeable — not able to be seen
- unuseable — available or convenient for use: 2000 square feet of usable office space.
- waistband — a band encircling the waist, especially as a part of a skirt or pair of trousers.
- wannabees — Plural form of wannabee.
- washbasin — a large bowl or basin used for washing one's hands and face, small articles of clothing, etc.
- wavebands — Plural form of waveband.
- west bank — an area in the Middle East, between the W bank of the Jordan River and the E frontier of Israel: occupied in 1967 and subsequently claimed by Israel; formerly held by Jordan.
- wiesbaden — Hermann [her-mahn] /ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1877–1962, German novelist and poet: Nobel Prize 1946.
- windblast — a strong, sudden gust of wind.
- wingbacks — Plural form of wingback.
- wingbeats — Plural form of wingbeat.
- wolfsbane — any of several plants in the aconite genus Aconitum, including A. lycoctonum, bearing stalks of hood-shaped purplish-blue flowers, the monkshood A. napellus, which yields a poisonous alkaloid used medicinally, and numerous garden varieties in various colors.
- wristband — the band of a sleeve, especially that of a shirt sleeve, that covers the wrist.
- xenoblast — a crystal that forms in metamorphic rock and gets its outline from neighboring crystals.
- zabernism — (obsolete) The misuse or abuse of military authority; bullying.