7-letter words containing i, s, t, a
- atonies — Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- atopies — Plural form of atopy.
- atreids — a dynasty of rulers of ancient Mycenae, whose members included Atreus
- atresia — absence of or unnatural narrowing of a body channel
- atresic — marked by atresia
- atriums — Plural form of atrium.
- attains — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of attain.
- attires — to dress, array, or adorn, especially for special occasions, ceremonials, etc.
- attrist — to sadden or make sad
- aunties — Informal. aunt.
- austria — a republic in central Europe: ruled by the Hapsburgs from 1282 to 1918; formed a dual monarchy with Hungary in 1867 and became a republic in 1919; a member of the European Union; contains part of the Alps, the Danube basin in the east, and extensive forests. Official language: German. Religion: Roman Catholic majority. Currency: euro. Capital: Vienna. Pop: 8 221 646 (2013 est). Area: 83 849 sq km (32 374 sq miles)
- autoist — motorist.
- azotise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of azotize.
- babysit — If you babysit for someone or babysit their children, you look after their children while they are out.
- baiters — Plural form of baiter.
- baltics — of, near, or on the Baltic Sea.
- bandits — Plural form of bandit.
- baptise — to immerse in water or sprinkle or pour water on in the Christian rite of baptism: They baptized the new baby.
- baptism — A baptism is a Christian ceremony in which a person is baptized. Compare christening.
- baptist — A Baptist is a Christian who believes that people should not be baptized until they are old enough to understand the meaning of baptism.
- barista — a person who makes and serves coffee in a coffee bar
- bartsia — any of several species of semiparasitic scrophulariaceous plants, including red bartsia (Odontites verna), a pink-flowered weed of cornfields
- basinet — a close-fitting medieval helmet of light steel usually with a visor
- basmati — a variety of cultivated long-grain rice that is notably fragrant.
- 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.
- beastie — a small animal
- besaint — to give the status of a saint to
- bestain — to stain
- bestial — If you describe behaviour or a situation as bestial, you mean that it is very unpleasant or disgusting.
- bistate — involving two states
- blastie — a wretched, ugly little creature
- cambist — a dealer or expert in foreign exchange
- caritas — charity
- carlist — (in Spain) a supporter of Don Carlos or his descendants as the rightful kings of Spain
- casitas — a small crude dwelling forming part of a shantytown inhabited by Mexican laborers in the southwestern U.S.
- cassite — a member of an ancient people related to the Elamites, who ruled Babylonia from c1650 to c1100 b.c.
- castile — a former kingdom comprising most of modern Spain: originally part of León, it became an independent kingdom in the 10th century and united with Aragon (1469), the first step in the formation of the Spanish state
- casting — A casting is an object or piece of machinery which has been made by pouring a liquid such as hot metal into a container, so that when it hardens it has the required shape.
- castism — Alt form casteism.
- castizo — (historical, under the caste system of colonial Latin America) The offspring of a European and a mestizo; someone of three quarters European and one quarter Amerindian ancestry.