10-letter words containing b, a, s
- baseliners — Plural form of baseliner.
- baseperson — (baseball, softball) A fielder (of either gender) positioned near a base.
- baseplates — Plural form of baseplate.
- baserunner — a baseball player in the act of running around bases
- bashawship — the position or jurisdiction of a bashaw
- basic rate — the standard or lowest level on a scale of money payable, esp in taxation
- basic salt — a salt formed by the partial neutralization of a base.
- basic slag — a furnace slag produced in steel-making, containing large amounts of calcium phosphate: used as a fertilizer
- basic wage — a person's wage excluding overtime, bonuses, etc
- basilectal — (linguistics) of, or relating to a basilect.
- basilicata — a region of S Italy, between the Tyrrhenian Sea and the Gulf of Taranto. Capital: Potenza. Pop: 596 821 (2003 est). Area: 9985 sq km (3855 sq miles)
- basketball — Basketball is a game in which two teams of five players each try to score goals by throwing a large ball through a circular net fixed to a metal ring at each end of the court.
- basketcase — Alternative form of basket case.
- basketlike — resembling a basket
- basketwork — work that is interlaced or woven like a basket; wickerwork
- basmitzvah — in the Jewish religion, a girl attaining the age (usuALLU 12) of religious responsibility
- basophiles — Biology. a basophilic cell, tissue, organism, or substance.
- basophilia — an abnormal increase of basophil leucocytes in the blood
- basophilic — having an affinity for basic stains.
- bass flute — the lowest instrument in the flute family, pitched one octave below the concert flute
- bass staff — a staff marked with a bass clef.
- basseterre — a port in the Caribbean, on St Kitts in the Leeward Islands: the capital of St Kitts-Nevis. Pop: 13 220 (2001)
- bassinette — Alternative spelling of bassinet.
- bassoonist — A bassoonist is someone who plays the bassoon.
- bast fiber — bast (def 2).
- bast-fiber — Botany. phloem.
- bastardise — to lower in condition or worth; debase: hybrid works that neither preserve nor bastardize existing art forms.
- bastardism — the condition of being illegitimate
- bastardize — to debase; corrupt
- bastnasite — (mineral) A light brown mineral that is a source of many rare earth elements.
- basutoland — Lesotho
- batchmates — Plural form of batchmate.
- bath salts — You dissolve bath salts in bath water to make the water smell pleasant and as a water softener.
- bath sheet — a large bath towel
- bath stone — a kind of limestone used as a building material, esp at Bath in England
- bathhouses — Plural form of bathhouse.
- batholiths — Plural form of batholith.
- bathyscaph — a submersible vessel having a flotation compartment with an observation capsule underneath, capable of reaching ocean depths of over 10 000 metres (about 5000 fathoms)
- batologist — someone who practises batology
- battailous — ready for battle; pugnacious
- battalions — Plural form of battalion.
- battements — Plural form of battement.
- batterings — Plural form of battering.
- battleaxes — Plural form of battleaxe.
- battleship — A battleship is a very large, heavily armed warship.
- battlesome — argumentative; quarrelsome.
- battlesuit — (science fiction) A technologically enhanced suit worn in battle for protection, camouflage, etc.
- baumeister — Willi [vil-ee] /ˈvɪl i/ (Show IPA), 1889–1955, German painter.
- bawdyhouse — a house of prostitution
- bay street — the financial centre of Toronto, in which Canada's largest stock exchange is situated