8-letter words containing i, s, t, a
- bastions — Plural form of bastion.
- bathmism — a hypothetical growth-force, once thought to animate living beings
- batinism — a secret movement in Islam, often associated with Ismaʿili Shiʿism.
- batlings — Plural form of batling.
- batswing — in the form of the wing of a bat
- baziotes — William, 1912–63, U.S. painter.
- beastial — Misspelling of bestial.
- beasties — Plural form of beastie.
- beastily — in the manner of a beast
- beatings — Plural form of beating.
- beatniks — (sometimes initial capital letter) a member of the Beat Generation.
- beauties — the quality present in a thing or person that gives intense pleasure or deep satisfaction to the mind, whether arising from sensory manifestations (as shape, color, sound, etc.), a meaningful design or pattern, or something else (as a personality in which high spiritual qualities are manifest).
- bestiary — a moralizing medieval collection of descriptions (and often illustrations) of real and mythical animals
- betacism — a type of speech impediment where the b sound is excessive
- bigamist — A bigamist is a person who commits the crime of marrying someone when they are already legally married to someone else.
- bioplast — a very small unit of bioplasm
- bistable — having two stable states
- 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.
- blasting — a distortion of sound caused by overloading certain components of a radio system
- blastoid — a type of extinct echinoderm, which can be found in fossil form in regions of North America
- boasting — to speak with exaggeration and excessive pride, especially about oneself.
- boatslip — a docking place for a boat, as between wharves.
- bonavist — hyacinth bean.
- bostangi — a Turkish imperial guard
- botanist — A botanist is a scientist who studies plants.
- cabalist — a member of a cabal.
- cabinets — Plural form of cabinet.
- caecitis — an inflammation of the caecum
- caitiffs — Plural form of caitiff.
- calixtus — (Alfonso de Borja; Alfonso Borgia) 1378–1458, Spanish ecclesiastic: pope 1455–58.
- callisto — a nymph who attracted the love of Zeus and was changed into a bear by Hera. Zeus then set her in the sky as the constellation Ursa Major
- calorist — a believer in caloric theory
- cambists — Plural form of cambist.
- campiest — of, relating to, or characterized by camp: a campy send-up of romantic operetta.
- campsite — A campsite is a place where people who are on holiday can stay in tents.
- canistel — an evergreen tree, Pouteria campechiana, that is native to Central America and the West Indies
- canister — A canister is a strong metal container. It is used to hold gases or chemical substances.
- canities — greyness or whiteness of hair
- canoeist — A canoeist is someone who is skilled at racing and performing tests of skill in a canoe.
- canonist — a specialist in canon law
- canstick — a candlestick
- cantinas — Plural form of cantina.
- cantoris — (in antiphonal music) to be sung by the cantorial side of a choir
- cantrips — Plural form of cantrip.
- capitals — Plural form of capital.
- capitols — Plural form of capitol.
- captains — Plural form of captain.
- captions — Plural form of caption.
- captious — apt to make trivial criticisms; fault-finding; carping
- captives — Plural form of captive; persons held prisoner.