9-letter words containing s, t, i
- avisement — the careful consideration or observation of something
- awestrike — to inspire great awe in
- axanthism — (zoology) Absence of yellow pigmentation.
- axminster — a type of patterned carpet with a cut pile
- b-setting — a shutter setting in which the shutter remains open until the shutter control is released
- backbites — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backbite.
- backlifts — Plural form of backlift.
- backlists — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backlist.
- backshift — The changing of a present tense in direct speech to a past tense in reported speech (or a past tense to pluperfect).
- backsight — the sight of a rifle nearer the stock
- bacterias — (US) Plural form of bacteria.
- bacterins — a vaccine prepared from killed bacteria.
- balanitis — inflammation of the glans penis, usually due to infection
- balladist — someone who composes or performs ballads
- ballastic — Nautical. any heavy material carried temporarily or permanently in a vessel to provide desired draft and stability.
- ballistae — an ancient military engine for throwing stones or other missiles.
- ballister — (obsolete) A crossbow.
- ballistic — Ballistic means relating to ballistics.
- ballsiest — Superlative form of ballsy.
- band list — a list of Canadian Indians formally recognized as belonging to a band
- banisters — the railing and supporting balusters on a staircase; balustrade
- bannister — Sir Roger (Gilbert). born 1929, British athlete and doctor: first man to run a mile in under four minutes (1954)
- baptisand — Alternative spelling of baptizand.
- baptising — Present participle of baptise.
- baptismal — Baptismal means relating to or connected with baptism.
- baptistic — Of or for baptism; baptismal.
- baptistry — a part of a Christian church in which baptisms are carried out
- bar joist — a welded steel joist having an open web consisting of a single bent bar running in a zigzag pattern between horizontal upper and lower chords.
- baritones — Plural form of baritone.
- barotitis — inflammation of the ear caused by a change in air pressure
- barrister — In England and Wales, a barrister is a lawyer who represents clients in the higher courts of law. Compare solicitor.
- 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.
- bechstein — Karl. 1826–1900, German piano maker; founder (1853) of the Bechstein company of piano manufacturers in Berlin