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9-letter words containing s, a, b, c

  • barachois — (in the Atlantic Provinces of Canada) a shallow lagoon formed by a sand bar
  • barbecues — Plural form of barbecue.
  • barbicels — Plural form of barbicel.
  • barnacles — nose pincers for controlling an unruly horse
  • baroscope — any instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure, esp a manometer with one side open to the atmosphere
  • barouches — Plural form of barouche.
  • barrancas — Plural form of barranca.
  • base camp — an encampment that serves as a staging area for a larger activity, for example in mountaineering
  • base coat — the first coat of paint applied to a prepared surface
  • basestock — Refined petroleum oil with no additives.
  • basic dye — a dye soluble in acid and insoluble in basic solution, consisting mostly of amino or imino compounds of xanthene or triarylmethane: used mainly for inks, carbon paper, and typewriter ribbon.
  • basically — You use basically for emphasis when you are stating an opinion, or when you are making an important statement about something.
  • basicness — Quality or degree of being basic.
  • basilical — royal, regal
  • basilican — basilic (def 2).
  • basilicas — Plural form of basilica.
  • basilicon — any of a variety of healing ointments applied to wounds in early medicine, commonly using lard or oil, resin, and wax
  • bass clef — the clef that establishes F a fifth below middle C on the fourth line of the staff
  • beachside — situated near a beach
  • beechmast — collective term for beech nuts, esp when lying on the ground
  • beefcakes — Plural form of beefcake.
  • bescatter — to scatter or strew about
  • best-case — being the best that can possibly be expected; optimal
  • bibacious — tending to drink in excess
  • bicoastal — Someone or something that is bicoastal lives or occurs on both the east coast and the west coast of the U.S.
  • biosocial — relating to the interaction of biological and social elements
  • biostatic — the branch of biology dealing with the structure of organisms in relation to their functions (opposed to biodynamics).
  • bisulcate — marked by two grooves
  • black sea — an inland sea between SE Europe and Asia: connected to the Aegean Sea by the Bosporus, the Sea of Marmara, and the Dardanelles, and to the Sea of Azov by the Kerch Strait. Area: about 415 000 sq km (160 000 sq miles)
  • blackfish — a minnow-like Alaskan freshwater fish, Dallia pectoralis, related to the pikes and thought to be able to survive prolonged freezing
  • blacklist — If someone is on a blacklist, they are seen by a government or other organization as being one of a number of people who cannot be trusted or who have done something wrong.
  • blackness — Blackness is the state of being very dark.
  • blackwash — to present (someone or something) in the worst possible light
  • bleachers — The bleachers are a part of an outdoor sports stadium, or the seats in that area, which are usually uncovered and are the least expensive place where people can sit.
  • bodacious — If you say that someone or something is bodacious, you mean that they are very good or impressive.
  • bombastic — If you describe someone as bombastic, you are criticizing them for trying to impress other people by saying things that sound impressive but have little meaning.
  • bookstack — Usually, bookstacks. stack (def 4).
  • bop stack — A BOP stack is one of two or more units which control well pressure, and contain the wellhead and blowout preventers.
  • boschvark — a bush pig of S Africa
  • bracelets — a slang name for handcuffs
  • braincase — the part of the cranium that protects the brain
  • brainsick — relating to or caused by insanity; crazy; mad
  • brash ice — small, floating fragments of sea ice or river ice.
  • briefcase — A briefcase is a case used for carrying documents in.
  • broachers — Machinery. an elongated, tapered, serrated cutting tool for shaping and enlarging holes.
  • broadcast — A broadcast is a programme, performance, or speech on the radio or on television.
  • brushback — a pitch that narrowly misses the batter
  • bucharest — the capital of Romania, in the southeast. Pop: 1 764 000 (2005 est)
  • buckstays — a beam held by stays to the exterior of a masonry wall, as that of a furnace or boiler, to keep the adjacent areas of the wall from being forced outward.
  • bud scale — one of the hard protective sometimes hairy or resinous specialized leaves surrounding the buds of certain plants, such as the rhododendron
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