9-letter words containing b, e, t, a, n
- bannister — Sir Roger (Gilbert). born 1929, British athlete and doctor: first man to run a mile in under four minutes (1954)
- banqueted — Simple past tense and past participle of banquet.
- banqueter — A guest at a banquet.
- banquette — A banquette is a long, low, cushioned seat. Banquettes are usually long enough for more than one person to sit on at a time.
- bantering — teasing or facetious, or characterized by facetiousness
- barberton — a city in NE Ohio.
- barbitone — a long-acting barbiturate used medicinally, usually in the form of the sodium salt, as a sedative or hypnotic
- barbotine — a type of clay paste used in making decorated pottery
- baritones — Plural form of baritone.
- baronetcy — the rank, position, or patent of a baronet
- bartended — Simple past tense and past participle of bartend.
- bartender — A bartender is a person who serves drinks behind a bar.
- bartering — Present participle of barter.
- basaltine — a black or brown-green mineral (Ca, Mg, Fe)SiO3
- base unit — any of the fundamental units in a system of measurement. The base SI units are the metre, kilogram, second, ampere, kelvin, candela, and mole
- basements — Plural form of basement.
- bashments — Plural form of bashment.
- bassanite — (mineral) A saline evaporite, consisting of calcium sulphate, found at Vesuvius.
- bassinets — Plural form of bassinet.
- bastinade — bastinado.
- bastioned — Furnished with a bastion; having bastions.
- batswomen — Plural form of batswoman.
- batteling — Alternative form of battling.
- battement — extension of one leg forwards, sideways, or backwards, either once or repeatedly
- batten on — If you say that someone battens on a particular person or thing, you disapprove of the fact that they become successful by forming a close connection with that person or thing.
- battening — to thrive by feeding; grow fat.
- battering — If something takes a battering, it suffers very badly as a result of a particular event or action.
- battiness — the characteristic of being batty; craziness; insanity; eccentricity
- bayoneted — a daggerlike steel weapon that is attached to or at the muzzle of a gun and used for stabbing or slashing in hand-to-hand combat.
- bean shot — refined copper having a shotlike form from being thrown into water in a molten state.
- bean town — Boston, Mass. (used as a nickname).
- bean tree — any of various trees having beanlike pods, such as the catalpa and carob
- beanfeast — A beanfeast is a party or other social event.
- beanstalk — the stem of a bean plant
- beastings — beestings
- beat down — When the sun beats down, it is very hot and bright.
- beat-down — to strike violently or forcefully and repeatedly.
- beaten-up — A beaten-up car or other object is old and in bad condition.
- beatenest — most remarkable or unusual: This is the beatinest town I ever did see.
- beatinest — most remarkable or unusual: This is the beatinest town I ever did see.
- beaverton — a town in NW Oregon.
- bed-stand — night table.
- bee plant — any of various plants much visited by bees for nectar and pollen
- beernaert — Auguste Marie François [French oh-gyst ma-ree frahn-swa] /French oʊˈgüst maˈri frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1829–1912, Belgian statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1909.
- bel canto — a style of singing characterized by beauty of tone rather than dramatic power
- belafonte — Harry, born 1922, U.S. singer and actor.
- benignant — kind; gracious, as a king to his subjects
- bentgrass — any perennial grass of the genus Agrostis, esp A. tenuis, which has a spreading panicle of tiny flowers. Some species are planted for hay or in lawns
- bernhardt — Sarah. original name Rosine Bernard. 1844–1923, French actress, regarded as one of the greatest tragic actresses of all time
- beta iron — a nonmagnetic allotrope of pure iron stable between 770°C and 910°C