8-letter words containing b, s
- balestra — a jump toward the opponent followed immediately by a lunge.
- balinese — of or relating to Bali, its people, or their language
- balisage — a method of marking a land route with dim lighting so that vehicles can travel at higher speeds in blackout conditions.
- balisaur — an Indian animal, Arctonyx collaris, resembling a badger
- balkhash — Lakelarge lake in SE Kazakhstan, half saline & half freshwater, the halves separated by a sandbar: c. 6,500 sq mi (16,835 sq km)
- ballades — Plural form of ballade.
- ballasts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ballast.
- ballista — an ancient catapult for hurling stones, etc
- ballocks — (nonce, used only by James Joyce) Alternative form of bollocks.
- balloons — a bag made of thin rubber or other light material, usually brightly colored, inflated with air or with some lighter-than-air gas and used as a children's plaything or as a decoration.
- balls up — If you balls up a task or activity, you do it very badly, making a lot of mistakes.
- balls-up — a spherical or approximately spherical body or shape; sphere: He rolled the piece of paper into a ball.
- ballsier — Comparative form of ballsy.
- balmiest — Superlative form of balmy.
- baloneys — Plural form of baloney.
- balsamic — any of various fragrant exudations from certain trees, especially trees of the genus Commiphora, as balm-of-Gilead. Compare balm (def 1).
- baluster — any of a set of posts supporting a rail or coping
- bambinos — Plural form of bambino.
- banalise — to render or make banal; trivialize: Television has often been accused of banalizing even the most serious subjects.
- banausic — merely mechanical; materialistic; utilitarian
- band saw — a power-operated saw consisting of an endless toothed metal band running over and driven by two wheels
- bandages — Plural form of bandage.
- bandanas — Plural form of bandana.
- bandfish — a Mediterranean fish with an elongated body
- bandores — Plural form of bandore.
- bandpass — (of a filter) transmitting only a set range of frequencies.
- bandsman — Bandsmen are musicians in a band, especially a military or brass band.
- bandsmen — Plural form of bandsman.
- bandster — a person who goes behind a reaper and binds sheaves of wheat
- bangster — a ruffian; thug
- banished — Simple past tense and past participle of banish.
- banisher — someone who or something which banishes
- banishes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of banish.
- banister — A banister is a rail supported by posts and fixed along the side of a staircase. The plural banisters can be used to refer to one of these rails.
- banjoist — a musical instrument of the guitar family, having a circular body covered in front with tightly stretched parchment and played with the fingers or a plectrum.
- banksias — Plural form of banksia.
- bankside — the sloping side of any bank
- banksman — a crane driver's helper, who signals instructions to the driver for the movement of the crane and its jib
- bankster — a banker or investor whose financial practices have been exposed as illegal
- bannocks — Plural form of bannock.
- banquets — Plural form of banquet.
- banshees — Plural form of banshee.
- banstead — a town in S England, in NE Surrey. Pop: 19 332 (2001)
- bantengs — Plural form of banteng.
- bantings — Sir Frederick Grant, 1891–1941, Canadian physician: one of the discoverers of insulin; Nobel Prize 1923.
- baptised — to immerse in water or sprinkle or pour water on in the Christian rite of baptism: They baptized the new baby.
- baptises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of baptise.
- baptisia — a genus of wild flower native to North America
- baptisms — Plural form of baptism.
- baptista — a female given name.