11-letter words containing s, i, t, a
- axisymmetry — any symmetry formed around an axis
- baby sister — a younger sister
- baby-sitter — a person who takes care of a child or children while the parents are out
- babysitters — Plural form of babysitter.
- babysitting — to take charge of a child while the parents are temporarily away.
- back stairs — stairs at the back of a house, as for use by servants.
- back-stitch — stitching or a stitch in which the thread is doubled back on the preceding stitch.
- backcasting — Present participle of backcast.
- backlisting — Present participle of backlist.
- backside-to — backend-to.
- bacteriosis — any bacterial disease
- bacteroides — any of several rod-shaped, anaerobic bacteria of the genus Bacteroides, occurring in the alimentary and genitourinary tracts of humans and other mammals, certain species of which are pathogenic.
- baitcasting — (angling) A form of casting in which the weight of the bait pulls the fishing line off of the spool (subject to some control by thumb pressure).
- balistraria — (in a medieval fortification) an opening, usually in the form of a cross, through which a crossbow could be fired.
- balloonists — Plural form of balloonist.
- baluchistan — a mountainous region of SW Asia, in SW Pakistan and SE Iran
- bananaquits — Plural form of bananaquit.
- banistering — Present participle of banister.
- banquetings — Plural form of banqueting.
- baptismally — In a baptismal way; through baptism.
- baptistries — Plural form of baptistry.
- barbarities — Plural form of barbarity.
- barbitalism — barbiturism.
- barbiturism — chronic poisoning caused by the excessive use of phenobarbital, secobarbital, or other derivative of barbituric acid.
- baresthesia — the sense or perception of pressure.
- barthianism — the theological doctrines and principles of Karl Barth and his followers, especially in reference to neoorthodoxy.
- bas mitzvah — bat mitzvah
- basic steel — steel produced by the basic process.
- 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
- 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%).
- basket fish — basket star.
- basket hilt — a hilt fitted to a broadsword, with a generally padded basket-shaped guard to protect the hand
- bass guitar — a guitar that has the same pitch and tuning as a double bass, usually electrically amplified
- bass strait — a channel between mainland Australia and Tasmania, linking the Indian Ocean and the Tasman Sea
- bastardised — Simple past tense and past participle of bastardise.
- bastardized — If you refer to something as a bastardized form of something else, you mean that the first thing is similar to or copied from the second thing, but is of much poorer quality.
- bastardizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bastardize.
- bastinadoed — Simple past tense and past participle of bastinado.
- bastinadoes — Plural form of bastinado.
- bastnaesite — a rare yellow to reddish-brown mineral consisting of a carbonate of fluorine and several lanthanide metals. It occurs in association with zinc and is a source of the lanthanides. Formula: LaFCO3
- bath tissue — toilet paper.
- batrachians — Plural form of batrachian.
- batsmanship — (cricket) A skilled or courteous display of skill as a batsman.
- battleships — Plural form of battleship.
- battologist — wearisome repetition of words in speaking or writing.
- beastiality — Misspelling of bestiality.
- beastliness — of or like a beast; bestial.