10-letter words containing b, a, s
- bayberries — Plural form of bayberry.
- bazillions — Plural form of bazillion.
- beachballs — Plural form of beachball.
- beachgoers — Plural form of beachgoer.
- beachheads — Plural form of beachhead.
- beachscape — a section or expanse of beach and shore scenery.
- beadswoman — a female inhabitant of a beadhouse
- bean feast — (formerly) an annual dinner or party given by an employer for employees.
- bean goose — a grey goose, Anser fabalis
- bean-feast — (formerly) an annual dinner or party given by an employer for employees.
- beanfeasts — Plural form of beanfeast.
- beanstalks — Plural form of beanstalk.
- bear grass — Also called elk grass. a tall, western North American plant, Xerophyllum tenax, of the lily family, having narrow leaves and a dense, broad cluster of tiny white flowers.
- bear's-ear — auricula
- bear's-paw — a clam of the genus Hippopus, having a ridged, white shell with purplish-red spots.
- beard moss — any of several green or yellow lichens of the genus Usnea, having long, threadlike stems in a tangled mass typically hanging from tree branches, and growing in a wide range of habitats from tropical zones to the Arctic.
- beast epic — a long verse narrative in which the misadventures of animals satirize human foibles and follies.
- beatitudes — supreme blessedness; exalted happiness.
- beau geste — a noble or gracious gesture or act, esp one that is meaningless
- beaujolais — Beaujolais is a type of red wine that comes from the region of eastern France called Beaujolais.
- beautifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beautify.
- beautifuls — having beauty; possessing qualities that give great pleasure or satisfaction to see, hear, think about, etc.; delighting the senses or mind: a beautiful dress; a beautiful speech.
- beautyless — Devoid of beauty.
- beaux arts — noting or pertaining to a style of architecture, popularly associated with the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, that prevailed in France in the late 19th century and that was adopted in the U.S. and elsewhere c1900, characterized by the free and eclectic use and adaptation of French architectural features of the 16th through 18th centuries combined so as to give a massive, elaborate, and often ostentatious effect, and also by the use of symmetrical plans preferably allowing vast amounts of interior space.
- beaux-arts — relating to the classical decorative style, esp that of the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris
- because of — If an event or situation occurs because of something, that thing is the reason or cause.
- bedeswoman — beadswoman
- bedspreads — Plural form of bedspread.
- bedwarmers — Plural form of bedwarmer.
- beech mast — the edible nuts of the beech, especially when lying on the ground.
- beefeaters — Plural form of beefeater.
- beefmaster — one of a breed of fast-growing beef cattle of the western U.S., tolerant of humidity, heat, and insects, developed by crossbreeding Brahman, Hereford, and Shorthorn stock.
- beer glass — a glass of a standard size (in Britain holding one pint, or half a pint) with straight sides, or with a handle, to drink beer from
- beet sugar — the sucrose obtained from sugar beet, identical in composition to cane sugar
- beetmaster — a help in need
- behaviours — manner of behaving or acting.
- belisarius — ?505–565 ad, Byzantine general under Justinian I. He recovered North Africa from the Vandals and Italy from the Ostrogoths and led forces against the Persians
- bell glass — a bell-shaped glass jar or cover for protecting delicate instruments, bric-a-brac, or the like, or for containing gases or a vacuum in chemical experiments.
- belly-slam — belly-flop.
- belly-wash — any barely drinkable liquid or beverage, as inferior soda, beer, coffee, or soup.
- bellyaches — Informal. a pain in the abdomen or bowels.
- belorussia — historical region in central Europe corresponding to present-day Belarus
- belshazzar — 6th century bc, the son of Nabonidus, coregent of Babylon with his father for eight years: referred to as king and son of Nebuchadnezzar in the Old Testament (Daniel 5:1, 17; 8:1); described as having received a divine message of doom written on a wall at a banquet (Belshazzar's Feast)
- bench seat — a seat for more than one person
- beni hasan — a village in central Egypt, on the Nile, with cliff-cut tombs dating from 2000 bc
- bent grass — any grass of the genus Agrostis, especially the redtop.
- benthamism — the philosophy of utilitarianism as first expounded by Jeremy Bentham in terms of an action being good that has a greater tendency to augment the happiness of the community than to diminish it
- bergamasca — a fast dance similar to the tarantella.
- bergamasko — an inhabitant of Bergamo
- bering sea — a part of the N Pacific Ocean, between NE Siberia and Alaska. Area: about 2 275 000 sq km (878 000 sq miles)