8-letter words containing b, s, t
- benefits — The benefits of a life or medical insurance policy are the money that it pays out.
- bepester — to pester persistently
- besmooth — to smooth
- besoothe — to soothe
- besotted — If you are besotted with someone or something, you like them so much that you seem foolish or silly.
- besought — beseech
- besprent — sprinkled over
- best boy — the assistant to the senior electrician or to the key grip in a film crew
- best end — the end of the neck of lamb, pork, etc, nearest to the ribs
- best fit — (algorithm) A resource allocation scheme (usually for memory). Best Fit allocates resources in a way that optimises some parameter. Alternative schemes such as first fit or random allocation are likely to be quicker but sub-optimal in use of resources. For example, when allocating a new block of memory from a pool of free blocks (a heap), one might choose the smallest space which is big enough. This would leave larger spaces free to satisfy larger requests and reduce fragmentation of the remaining free space.
- best man — The best man at a wedding is the man who assists the bridegroom.
- bestiary — a moralizing medieval collection of descriptions (and often illustrations) of real and mythical animals
- bestowal — to present as a gift; give; confer (usually followed by on or upon): The trophy was bestowed upon the winner.
- bestowed — to present as a gift; give; confer (usually followed by on or upon): The trophy was bestowed upon the winner.
- bestreak — to streak
- bestride — To bestride something means to be the most powerful and important person or thing in it.
- bestrode — to get or be astride of; have or place the legs on both sides of.
- besuited — wearing a suit
- betacism — a type of speech impediment where the b sound is excessive
- bethesda — a pool in Jerusalem reputed to have healing powers, where a paralysed man was healed by Jesus (John 5:2)
- bettinus — a crater in the third quadrant of the face of the moon: about 60 miles (96 km) in diameter.
- big shot — A big shot is an important and powerful person in a group or organization.
- bigamist — A bigamist is a person who commits the crime of marrying someone when they are already legally married to someone else.
- bigstick — of, or relating to, irresistible military strength
- bimester — a period of two months
- bioplast — a very small unit of bioplasm
- birdshot — small pellets designed for shooting birds
- biscotti — hard, plain, bar-shaped cookies containing almonds or hazelnuts
- biscotto — a thin Italian biscuit
- biscuity — tasting or smelling of biscuit
- bisector — a straight line or plane that bisects an angle
- bistable — having two stable states
- bistoury — a long surgical knife with a narrow blade
- bit mask — (programming) A pattern of binary values which is combined with some value using bitwise AND with the result that bits in the value in positions where the mask is zero are also set to zero. For example, if, in C, we want to test if bits 0 or 2 of x are set, we can write int mask = 5; /* binary 101 */ if (x & mask) ... A bit mask might also be used to set certain bits using bitwise OR, or to invert them using bitwise exclusive OR.
- bitstock — the handle or stock of a tool into which a drilling bit is fixed
- blackest — lacking hue and brightness; absorbing light without reflecting any of the rays composing it.
- blandest — pleasantly gentle or agreeable: a bland, affable manner.
- blastema — a mass of undifferentiated animal cells that will develop into an organ or tissue: present at the site of regeneration of a lost part
- blasting — a distortion of sound caused by overloading certain components of a radio system
- blastoff — Blastoff is the moment when a rocket leaves the ground and rises into the air to begin a journey into space.
- blastoid — a type of extinct echinoderm, which can be found in fossil form in regions of North America
- blastoma — a tumour composed of embryonic tissue that has not yet developed a specialized function
- blastula — an early form of an animal embryo that develops from a morula, consisting of a sphere of cells with a central cavity
- bleakest — bare, desolate, and often windswept: a bleak plain.
- blissout — supreme happiness; utter joy or contentment: wedded bliss.
- blistery — having blisters, as paint or glass.
- blogpost — A blogpost is a piece of writing that forms part of a regular blog.
- blondest — (of a woman or girl) having fair hair and usually fair skin and light eyes.
- blotless — without blots or blemishes, pure, faultless
- bluestem — a name applied to a number of North American prairie grasses