9-letter words containing s, a, b, t, i
- bartizans — Plural form of bartizan.
- basaltine — a black or brown-green mineral (Ca, Mg, Fe)SiO3
- base unit — any of the fundamental units in a system of measurement. The base SI units are the metre, kilogram, second, ampere, kelvin, candela, and mole
- basipetal — (of leaves and flowers) produced in order from the apex downwards so that the youngest are at the base
- bassanite — (mineral) A saline evaporite, consisting of calcium sulphate, found at Vesuvius.
- bassinets — Plural form of bassinet.
- bastilles — Plural form of bastille.
- bastinade — bastinado.
- bastinado — punishment or torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with a stick
- bastioned — Furnished with a bastion; having bastions.
- bathybius — a gelatinous substance discovered on the Atlantic seabed, originally thought to be protoplasm, but later discovered to be inorganic
- batteries — a beating together of the calves or feet during a leap.
- battiness — the characteristic of being batty; craziness; insanity; eccentricity
- beastings — beestings
- beastlier — Comparative form of beastly.
- beastlike — resembling a beast
- beatifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beatify.
- beatinest — most remarkable or unusual: This is the beatinest town I ever did see.
- bestially — of, relating to, or having the form of a beast: the belief that a person could assume bestial form after death; the bestial signs of the zodiac.
- bethsaida — a ruined town in N Israel, near the N shore of the Sea of Galilee
- betsiboka — a river in central Madagascar, flowing NW to the Mozambique Channel. About 200 miles (320 km) long.
- bialystok — a city in E Poland.
- białystok — a city in E Poland: belonged to Prussia (1795–1807) and to Russia (1807–1919). Pop: 315 000 (2005 est)
- bicoastal — Someone or something that is bicoastal lives or occurs on both the east coast and the west coast of the U.S.
- bierstadt — Albert1830-1902; U.S. painter, born in Germany
- big beast — an important or powerful person
- big skate — See under skate2 .
- bile salt — a product of a bile acid and a base, functioning as an emulsifier of lipids and fatty acids for absorption in the duodenum.
- biosafety — the precautions taken to control the cultivation and distribution of genetically modified crops and products
- biostable — resistant to the effects of microorganisms
- biostatic — the branch of biology dealing with the structure of organisms in relation to their functions (opposed to biodynamics).
- biseriate — (of plant parts, such as petals) arranged in two whorls, cycles, rows, or series
- biserrate — (of leaf margins, etc) having serrations that are themselves serrate
- bissonata — a coarse woolen cloth constructed in plain weave and dyed black or brown, used in the manufacture of clerical vestments.
- bisulcate — marked by two grooves
- bisulfate — an acid sulfate containing the monovalent negative radical HSO4
- bitstream — a sequence of digital data transmitted electronically
- 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.
- boa vista — a town in N Brazil, capital of the state of Roraima, on the Rio Branco. Pop: 275 000 (2005 est)
- boatswain — a petty officer on a merchant ship or a warrant officer on a warship who is responsible for the maintenance of the ship and its equipment
- 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.
- bostonian — a person from Boston
- braillist — a person who transcribes or creates Braille
- brainstem — the stalklike part of the brain consisting of the medulla oblongata, the midbrain, and the pons Varolii
- breasting — Anatomy, Zoology. (in bipeds) the outer, front part of the thorax, or the front part of the body from the neck to the abdomen; chest.
- breastpin — a brooch worn on the breast, esp to close a garment
- brutalism — an austere style of architecture characterized by emphasis on such structural materials as undressed concrete and unconcealed service pipes
- busticate — to break
- busy-wait — (programming) To wait for an event by spinning through a tight loop or timed-delay loop that polls for the event on each pass, as opposed to setting up an interrupt handler and continuing execution on another part of the task. This is a wasteful technique, best avoided on time-sharing systems where a busy-waiting program may hog the processor.
- cabbalist — cabala.