9-letter words containing b, a, y, s
- layabouts — Plural form of layabout.
- lazybones — a lazy person.
- mangabeys — Plural form of mangabey.
- may blobs — marsh marigold.
- megabytes — Plural form of megabyte.
- miserably — wretchedly unhappy, uneasy, or uncomfortable: miserable victims of war.
- moneybags — a bag for money.
- naseberry — the fruit of the sapodilla, Manilkara zapota.
- obstinacy — the quality or state of being obstinate; stubbornness.
- osaka bay — an inlet of the Pacific in S Honshu, S Japan
- passer-by — a person passing by.
- passersby — a person passing by.
- plausibly — having an appearance of truth or reason; seemingly worthy of approval or acceptance; credible; believable: a plausible excuse; a plausible plot.
- polybasic — (of an acid) having two or more atoms of replaceable hydrogen.
- raspberry — the fruit of any of several shrubs belonging to the genus Rubus, of the rose family, consisting of small and juicy red, black, or pale yellow drupelets forming a detachable cap about a convex receptacle.
- sainsbury — David John, Baron. born 1940, British businessman and politician, chief executive of the Sainsbury supermarket chain (1992–98); science minister (1998–2006)
- salisbury — Harrison, 1908–93, U.S. journalist and writer.
- salubrity — favorable to or promoting health; healthful: salubrious air.
- sand goby — a species of goby, (Pomatoschistus minutus), that lives in European sandy waters
- scrape by — If someone scrapes by, they earn just enough money to live on with difficulty.
- scrub jay — a crestless jay, Aphelocoma coerulescens, of the western and southern U.S. and Mexico, having blue and grayish plumage.
- scybalous — of or relating to scybalum
- shadberry — the fruit of a shadbush.
- shark bay — a large inlet on the W coast of Western Australia, 800 km (500 miles) north of Perth; the coastline is over 1500 km (930 miles) long and has two large shallow embayments and numerous islands; noted for its large sea-grass beds, stromatolites, and colonies of dugong; a World Heritage site. Area: 2.2 million hectares. Pop: 900 (2014 est)
- sheboygan — a port in E Wisconsin, on Lake Michigan.
- sissy bar — a tall, looplike frame fitted to the rear of a bicycle or motorcycle saddle, functioning chiefly as a backrest.
- sligo bay — an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean situated in the NW Republic of Ireland
- soapberry — the fruit of any of certain tropical or subtropical trees of the genus Sapindus, especially S. saponaria, used as a substitute for soap.
- soya bean — soybean.
- spar buoy — a buoy resembling a vertical log
- squeak by — a short, sharp, shrill cry; a sharp, high-pitched sound.
- stability — the state or quality of being stable.
- stableboy — a person who works in a stable.
- star ruby — a ruby that resembles a starlike figure in reflected light because of its crystalline structure
- stylobate — a course of masonry, part of the stereobate, forming the foundation for a colonnade, especially the outermost colonnade.
- suability — liable to be sued; capable of being sued.
- subagency — an organization, company, or bureau that provides some service for another: a welfare agency.
- subahdary — the position or office of subadar
- subcavity — a cavity within a larger cavity
- subfamily — Biology. a category of related genera within a family.
- subic bay — a bay in the South China Sea, near the Bataan Peninsula in W Luzon, in the Philippines: former U.S. naval base.
- sublunary — situated beneath the moon or between the earth and the moon.
- substylar — of or relating to a substyle
- superably — capable of being overcome; surmountable.
- superbaby — an infant whose mental development and language acquisition are stimulated and presumably accelerated by certain teaching methods.
- sway-back — an excessive downward curvature of the spinal column in the dorsal region, especially of horses.
- sweet bay — laurel (def 1).
- sybaritic — (usually lowercase) pertaining to or characteristic of a sybarite; characterized by or loving luxury or sensuous pleasure: to wallow in sybaritic splendor.
- syllabary — a list or catalog of syllables.
- syllabify — to form or divide into syllables.