8-letter words containing n, s, a
- barkings — Plural form of barking.
- barnabas — original name Joseph. a Cypriot Levite who supported Saint Paul in his apostolic work (Acts 4:36, 37). Feast day: June 11
- barnsley — an industrial town in N England, in Barnsley unitary authority, South Yorkshire. Pop: 71 599 (2001)
- baroness — A baroness is a woman who is a member of the lowest rank of the nobility, or who is the wife of a baron.
- baronets — Plural form of baronet.
- baronies — Plural form of barony.
- barrings — Plural form of barring.
- barspoon — a long-handled spoon, usually having the capacity of a teaspoon, used for mixing or measuring ingredients for alcoholic drinks.
- bas-rhin — a department of NE France in Alsace region. Capital: Strasbourg. Pop: 1 052 698 (2003 est). Area: 4793 sq km (1869 sq miles)
- basanite — a black basaltic rock containing plagioclase, augite, olivine, and nepheline, leucite, or analcite, formerly used as a touchstone
- baseband — a transmission technique using a narrow range of frequencies that allows only one message to be telecommunicated at a time
- baseborn — born of humble parents
- baseline — The baseline of a tennis, badminton, or basketball court is one of the lines at each end of the court that mark the limits of play.
- basement — The basement of a building is a floor built partly or completely below ground level.
- basename — (file system) The name of a file which, in contrast to a pathname, does not mention any of the directories containing the file. Examples:
- baseness — morally low; without estimable personal qualities; dishonorable; meanspirited; selfish; cowardly.
- bashings — Plural form of bashing.
- bashment — (slang, countable, especially Jamaican) A party or rave.
- basildon — a town in SE England, in S Essex: designated a new town in 1955. Pop: 99 876 (2001)
- basilian — a monk of the Eastern Christian order of St Basil, founded in Cappadocia in the 4th century ad
- basinful — As much as a basin will hold.
- basquine — a tight-fitting bodice worn by women in the Basque region and in Spain
- bassinet — A bassinet is a small bed for a baby that is like a basket.
- bassline — (in jazz, rock, and pop music) the part played by the bass guitar
- bassness — the quality of being low-pitched
- bassoons — Plural form of bassoon.
- bastions — Plural form of bastion.
- bastogne — a town in SE Belgium: of strategic importance to Allied defences during the Battle of the Bulge; besieged by the Germans during the winter of 1944–45. Pop: 14 070 (2004 est)
- batangas — a port in the Philippines, in SW Luzon. Pop: 293 000 (2005 est)
- 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
- baudrons — a cat
- bayesian — (of a theory) presupposing known a priori probabilities which may be subjectively assessed and which can be revised in the light of experience in accordance with Bayes' theorem. A hypothesis is thus confirmed by an experimental observation which is likely given the hypothesis and unlikely without it
- bayonets — Plural form of bayonet.
- beadings — Plural form of beading.
- beadsman — a person who prays for another's soul, esp one paid or fed for doing so
- beadsmen — Plural form of beadsman.
- beanbags — Plural form of beanbag.
- bearings — a sense of one's relative position or situation; orientation (esp in the phrases lose, get, or take one's bearings)
- bearskin — A bearskin is a tall fur hat that is worn by some British soldiers on ceremonial occasions.
- beatings — Plural form of beating.
- beatniks — (sometimes initial capital letter) a member of the Beat Generation.
- bedesman — beadsman
- bedsonia — a former name for the genus of bacteria now called Chlamydia
- bedstand — a bedside table
- being as — You can use being as to introduce a reason for what you are saying.
- bensalem — urban township in SE Pa., near Philadelphia: pop. 58,000
- bernanos — Georges (ʒɔrʒ). 1888–1948, French novelist and Roman Catholic pamphleteer, best known for The Diary of a Country Priest (1936)
- besancon — a city in E France, on the Doubs River: university (1422). Pop: 121 012 (2006)