9-letter words containing s, e, a, b, c
- 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.
- basicness — Quality or degree of being basic.
- 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
- 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)
- blackness — Blackness is the state of being very dark.
- 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.
- bracelets — a slang name for handcuffs
- braincase — the part of the cranium that protects the brain
- 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.
- bucharest — the capital of Romania, in the southeast. Pop: 1 764 000 (2005 est)
- bud scale — one of the hard protective sometimes hairy or resinous specialized leaves surrounding the buds of certain plants, such as the rhododendron
- busticate — to break
- cabernets — Plural form of cabernet.
- cablecast — the transmission of a TV programme via a cable system
- cableways — Plural form of cableway.
- cagebirds — Plural form of cagebird.
- calaboose — a prison; jail
- calabrese — a variety of green sprouting broccoli
- carbolise — phenolate (def 2).
- carbonise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of carbonize.
- casebooks — Plural form of casebook.
- casebound — bound in hard covers.
- castlebar — the county town of Co Mayo, Republic of Ireland; site of the battle (1798) between the French and British known as Castlebar Races. Pop: 11 371 (2002)
- celibates — Plural form of celibate.
- chabasite — Alternative form of chabazite.
- chamberys — a city in and the capital of Savoie, in SE France.
- chaseable — to pursue in order to seize, overtake, etc.: The police officer chased the thief.
- chasubles — Plural form of chasuble.
- choosable — to select from a number of possibilities; pick by preference: She chose Sunday for her departure.
- clambakes — Plural form of clambake.
- classible — able to be classed
- closeable — able to be closed
- clubfaces — Plural form of clubface.
- clubmates — Plural form of clubmate.
- cohobates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cohobate.
- combaters — Plural form of combater.
- comebacks — Plural form of comeback.
- constable — In Britain and some other countries, a constable is a police officer of the lowest rank.
- crabbiest — Superlative form of crabby.
- crossable — able to be crossed