7-letter words containing i, b, s
- bassing — Present participle of bass.
- bassist — A bassist is someone who plays the bass guitar or the double bass.
- bastian — Adolf [ah-dawlf] /ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1826–1905, German anthropologist.
- bastide — a large manor house in the south of France
- basting — loose temporary stitches; tacking
- bastion — If a system or organization is described as a bastion of a particular way of life, it is seen as being important and effective in defending that way of life. Bastion can be used both when you think that this way of life should be ended and when you think it should be defended.
- bataisk — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, S of Rostov, on the Don River.
- batfish — any angler of the family Ogcocephalidae, having a flattened scaleless body and moving on the sea floor by means of fleshy pectoral and pelvic fins
- batista — Fulgencio (fulˈxenθjo), full name Batista y Zaldívar. 1901–73, Cuban military leader and dictator: president of Cuba (1940–44, 1952–59); overthrown by Fidel Castro
- batiste — a fine plain-weave cotton fabric: used esp for shirts and dresses
- batshit — Completely mad or crazy.
- batties — Plural form of batty.
- bayliss — Sir William Maddock [mad-uh k] /ˈmæd ək/ (Show IPA), 1860–1924, English physiologist: codiscoverer of secretin.
- bayside — On or near the shore of a bay.
- bc soil — a soil that contains the B and C horizons only
- be wise — to be or become aware or informed (of something) or to face up (to facts)
- beamish — smiling; radiant
- beanies — Plural form of beanie.
- bearish — On the stock market, if there is a bearish mood, prices are expected to fall. Compare bullish.
- beastie — a small animal
- beauish — vain and showy
- bed-sit — bed-sitter.
- bedside — Your bedside is the area beside your bed.
- bedsite — A recess in a room for a bed.
- beliefs — something believed; an opinion or conviction: a belief that the earth is flat.
- bellies — the front or under part of a vertebrate body from the breastbone to the pelvis, containing the abdominal viscera; the abdomen.
- benison — a blessing, esp a spoken one
- bennies — Benzedrine, especially in tablet form.
- bergius — Friedrich (Karl Rudolph) (ˈfriːdrɪç). 1884– 1949, German chemist, who invented a process for producing oil by high-pressure hydrogenation of coal: Nobel prize for chemistry 1931
- berries — any small, usually stoneless, juicy fruit, irrespective of botanical structure, as the huckleberry, strawberry, or hackberry.
- besaint — to give the status of a saint to
- beshine — to illuminate or shine on
- besides — Besides something or beside something means in addition to it.
- besiege — If you are besieged by people, many people want something from you and continually bother you.
- beskids — a mountain range on Poland's border with the Czech Republic and Slovakia, in the Carpathian Mountains. Highest peak, Babia Gora, 5659 feet (1726 meters).
- beslime — to cover with slime
- besmile — to smile on
- bespice — to flavour with spices
- bestain — to stain
- bestial — If you describe behaviour or a situation as bestial, you mean that it is very unpleasant or disgusting.
- bestick — to cover with sharp points; to pierce
- bestill — to cause to be still
- besting — of the highest quality, excellence, or standing: the best work; the best students.
- bestrid — to get or be astride of; have or place the legs on both sides of.
- betimes — in good time; early
- beziers — a city in S France: scene of a massacre (1209) during the Albigensian Crusade. It is a centre of the wine trade. Pop: 71 672 (2008)
- bhikshu — a monk.
- bhishti — (formerly in India) a water-carrier
- biassed — a particular tendency, trend, inclination, feeling, or opinion, especially one that is preconceived or unreasoned: illegal bias against older job applicants; the magazine’s bias toward art rather than photography; our strong bias in favor of the idea.
- bibasic — with two bases