10-letter words containing s, a, b, t, i
- attic base — (in classical architecture) a base for a column, consisting of an upper and a lower torus separated by a scotia between two fillets.
- attributes — to regard as resulting from a specified cause; consider as caused by something indicated (usually followed by to): She attributed his bad temper to ill health.
- aubergiste — an innkeeper or hotelier
- baby split — a split in which the two and seven pins or the three and ten pins remain standing.
- babysitter — to take charge of a child while the parents are temporarily away.
- back shift — a group of workers who work a shift from late afternoon to midnight in an industry or occupation where a day shift or a night shift is also worked
- backbiters — Plural form of backbiter.
- backlights — Plural form of backlight.
- backlisted — Simple past tense and past participle of backlist.
- backsights — Plural form of backsight.
- backstairs — a secondary staircase in a house, esp one originally for the use of servants
- backstitch — a strong sewing stitch made by starting the next stitch at the middle or beginning of the preceding one
- balaustine — of or relating to the pomegranate.
- ballasting — Nautical. any heavy material carried temporarily or permanently in a vessel to provide desired draft and stability.
- ballistics — Ballistics is the study of the movement of objects that are shot or thrown through the air, such as bullets fired from a gun.
- ballistite — a smokeless rocket propellant composed of roughly equal proportions of the explosives nitrocellulose and nitroglycerine
- balloonist — A balloonist is a person who flies a hot-air balloon.
- ballpoints — Plural form of ballpoint.
- baltic sea — a sea in N Europe, connected with the North Sea by the Skagerrak, Kattegat, and Öresund; shallow, with low salinity and small tides
- banalities — the condition or quality of being banal, or devoid of freshness or originality: the banality of everyday life.
- bandicoots — Plural form of bandicoot.
- bandwidths — Plural form of bandwidth.
- banishment — Banishment is the act of banishing someone or the state of being banished.
- banistered — Simple past tense and past participle of banister.
- bannisters — a baluster.
- bantingism — a fat-reducing diet invented by William Banting, involving high protein intake, and low fat and carbohydrate intake
- baptistery — a place, esp. a part of a church, used for baptizing
- bariatrics — the study of obesity and its treatment
- baroswitch — a switch actuated by barometric pressure.
- barristers — Plural form of barrister.
- basic rate — the standard or lowest level on a scale of money payable, esp in taxation
- basic salt — a salt formed by the partial neutralization of a base.
- basilectal — (linguistics) of, or relating to a basilect.
- basilicata — a region of S Italy, between the Tyrrhenian Sea and the Gulf of Taranto. Capital: Potenza. Pop: 596 821 (2003 est). Area: 9985 sq km (3855 sq miles)
- basketlike — resembling a basket
- basmitzvah — in the Jewish religion, a girl attaining the age (usuALLU 12) of religious responsibility
- bassinette — Alternative spelling of bassinet.
- bassoonist — A bassoonist is someone who plays the bassoon.
- bast fiber — bast (def 2).
- bast-fiber — Botany. phloem.
- bastardise — to lower in condition or worth; debase: hybrid works that neither preserve nor bastardize existing art forms.
- bastardism — the condition of being illegitimate
- bastardize — to debase; corrupt
- bastnasite — (mineral) A light brown mineral that is a source of many rare earth elements.
- batholiths — Plural form of batholith.
- batologist — someone who practises batology
- battailous — ready for battle; pugnacious
- battalions — Plural form of battalion.
- batterings — Plural form of battering.
- battleship — A battleship is a very large, heavily armed warship.