11-letter words containing i, a
- barthianism — the theological doctrines and principles of Karl Barth and his followers, especially in reference to neoorthodoxy.
- barycentric — Of or relating to the center of gravity.
- baryshnikov — Mikhail. born 1948, Soviet-born ballet dancer, who defected (1974) to the West while on tour with the Kirov Ballet: director (1980–90) of the American Ballet Theatre
- bas mitzvah — bat mitzvah
- basal ridge — a U -shaped ridge at the base of the posterior surface of the crown of a tooth.
- base period — a neutral period used as a standard for comparison in constructing an index to express a variable factor: 100 is usually taken as the index number for the variable in the base period
- baserunning — the act of running around bases
- bashibazouk — (in the 19th century) one of a group of irregular Turkish soldiers notorious for their brutality
- basic cobol — (language) A subset of COBOL from COBOL-60 standards.
- basic dress — a simple, usually dark dress that may be worn with various accessories or in combination with other garments so that it is suitable for different occasions.
- basic steel — steel produced by the basic process.
- basicranial — of or relating to the base of the skull
- basicranium — (anatomy) The inferior region of the skull.
- basidiocarp — the fruiting body of basidiomycetous fungi; the mushroom of agarics
- basil thyme — a plant, Acinos thymoides, of the mint family, having egg-shaped leaves and purplish flowers.
- basil-thyme — a European plant, Acinos arvensis, having clusters of small violet-and-white flowers: family Lamiaceae
- basin range — a mountain range of the type found in the Great Basin region of the western U.S., typically long and narrow and characterized by faulted, tilted blocks of strata.
- basingstoke — a town in S England, in N Hampshire. Pop: 90 171 (2001)
- basipetally — in the manner of a basipetal
- basis point — In finance, a basis point is one hundredth of a per cent (.01%).
- baskerville — a style of type
- basket fish — basket star.
- basket hilt — a hilt fitted to a broadsword, with a generally padded basket-shaped guard to protect the hand
- bass fiddle — double bass.
- bass guitar — a guitar that has the same pitch and tuning as a double bass, usually electrically amplified
- bass strait — a channel between mainland Australia and Tasmania, linking the Indian Ocean and the Tasman Sea
- bastardised — Simple past tense and past participle of bastardise.
- bastardized — If you refer to something as a bastardized form of something else, you mean that the first thing is similar to or copied from the second thing, but is of much poorer quality.
- bastardizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bastardize.
- bastinadoed — Simple past tense and past participle of bastinado.
- bastinadoes — Plural form of bastinado.
- bastnaesite — a rare yellow to reddish-brown mineral consisting of a carbonate of fluorine and several lanthanide metals. It occurs in association with zinc and is a source of the lanthanides. Formula: LaFCO3
- bat mitzvah — (of a Jewish girl) having attained religious majority at the age of twelve
- bath oliver — a kind of unsweetened biscuit
- bath tissue — toilet paper.
- bathing cap — a tight rubber cap worn by a swimmer to keep the hair dry
- bathing hut — a small waterside building where swimmers can change their clothes
- batholithic — Containing or relating to batholith.
- bathophobia — the fear of depths of any kind, whether a fear of deep water or of falling from a great height
- bathtub gin — homemade gin, especially gin made illegally during Prohibition.
- bathymetric — Of, pertaining to, or derived from bathymetry.
- batological — relating to the study of brambles
- batrachians — Plural form of batrachian.
- batsmanship — (cricket) A skilled or courteous display of skill as a batsman.
- batter pile — a pile driven at an angle to the vertical.
- batting eye — the batter's visual appraisal of balls pitched toward home plate.
- battle line — the line along which troops are positioned for battle
- battlefield — A battlefield is a place where a battle is fought.
- battlepiece — a painting, relief, mosaic, etc, depicting a battle, usually commemorating an actual event
- battleships — Plural form of battleship.