11-letter words containing s, a
- barbershops — Plural form of barbershop.
- barbitalism — barbiturism.
- barbiturism — chronic poisoning caused by the excessive use of phenobarbital, secobarbital, or other derivative of barbituric acid.
- barents sea — a part of the Arctic Ocean, bounded by Norway, Russia, and the islands of Novaya Zemlya, Spitsbergen, and Franz Josef Land
- baresthesia — the sense or perception of pressure.
- barge spike — a square spike with a chisel point.
- bargeboards — Plural form of bargeboard.
- bargemaster — the owner of a barge
- barley sack — a burlap bag.
- barnstormed — Simple past tense and past participle of barnstorm.
- barnstormer — to conduct a campaign or speaking tour in rural areas by making brief stops in many small towns.
- barnyardism — a smutty or indecent word or expression.
- baroceptors — Plural form of baroceptor.
- barons' war — either of two civil wars in 13th-century England. The First Barons' War (1215–17) was precipitated by King John's failure to observe the terms of Magna Carta: many of the Barons' grievances were removed by his death (1216) and peace was concluded in 1217. The Second Barons' War (1264–67) was caused by Henry III's refusal to accept limitations on his authority: the rebel Barons (led (1264–65) by Simon de Montfort), initially successful, were defeated at the battle of Evesham (1265); sporadic resistance continued until 1267
- baroqueness — The state or condition of being baroque.
- barotseland — a region in W Zambia. 44,920 sq. mi. (116,343 sq. km).
- barra mansa — a city in Rio de Janeiro state, SE Brazil.
- barracootas — Plural form of barracoota.
- barracoutas — Plural form of barracouta.
- barramundis — Plural form of barramundi.
- barrelheads — Plural form of barrelhead.
- barrelhouse — a cheap and disreputable drinking establishment
- barthianism — the theological doctrines and principles of Karl Barth and his followers, especially in reference to neoorthodoxy.
- baryshnikov — Mikhail. born 1948, Soviet-born ballet dancer, who defected (1974) to the West while on tour with the Kirov Ballet: director (1980–90) of the American Ballet Theatre
- bas mitzvah — bat mitzvah
- basal ridge — a U -shaped ridge at the base of the posterior surface of the crown of a tooth.
- base clause — the initial element of a recursive definition, that defines the first element of the infinite sequence generated thereby
- base estate — an estate held from a lord on the condition of performing some service, especially service of a demeaning nature.
- base memory — (hardware, jargon) The lowest 640 kilobytes of memory in an IBM PC-compatible computer running MS-DOS. Other PC operating systems can usually compensate and "ignore" the fact that there is a 640K limit to base memory. This was put in place because the original CPU - the Intel 8088 - could only access one megabyte of memory, and IBM wanted to reserve the upper 384KB for device drivers. The high memory area (HMA) lies above 640KB and can be accessed on MS-DOS computers that have an A20 handler.
- base period — a neutral period used as a standard for comparison in constructing an index to express a variable factor: 100 is usually taken as the index number for the variable in the base period
- base runner — any member of the team at bat who has reached first, second, or third base safely or is trying to reach a base or home plate
- base tenant — a tenant of a base estate.
- basehearted — having a low, mean, or contemptible nature or character; meanspirited.
- basel-stadt — a demicanton in N Switzerland: virtually coextensive with the city of Basel. 14 sq. mi. (36 sq. km). Capital: Basel.
- basepersons — Plural form of baseperson.
- baserunning — the act of running around bases
- bashfulness — The quality or property of being bashful; shyness; reserve; timidity.
- bashibazouk — (in the 19th century) one of a group of irregular Turkish soldiers notorious for their brutality
- basic cobol — (language) A subset of COBOL from COBOL-60 standards.
- basic dress — a simple, usually dark dress that may be worn with various accessories or in combination with other garments so that it is suitable for different occasions.
- basic steel — steel produced by the basic process.
- basicranial — of or relating to the base of the skull
- basicranium — (anatomy) The inferior region of the skull.
- basidiocarp — the fruiting body of basidiomycetous fungi; the mushroom of agarics
- basil thyme — a plant, Acinos thymoides, of the mint family, having egg-shaped leaves and purplish flowers.
- basil-thyme — a European plant, Acinos arvensis, having clusters of small violet-and-white flowers: family Lamiaceae
- basin range — a mountain range of the type found in the Great Basin region of the western U.S., typically long and narrow and characterized by faulted, tilted blocks of strata.
- basingstoke — a town in S England, in N Hampshire. Pop: 90 171 (2001)
- basipetally — in the manner of a basipetal
- basis point — In finance, a basis point is one hundredth of a per cent (.01%).