8-letter words containing t, e, s, b, a
- basseted — an outcrop, as of the edges of strata.
- bassinet — A bassinet is a small bed for a baby that is like a basket.
- bastides — Plural form of bastide.
- bastille — a fortress in Paris, built in the 14th century: a prison until its destruction in 1789, at the beginning of the French Revolution
- bastogne — a town in SE Belgium: of strategic importance to Allied defences during the Battle of the Bulge; besieged by the Germans during the winter of 1944–45. Pop: 14 070 (2004 est)
- bateless — not abating or not able to be abated
- bathless — without a bath
- bathorse — a horse which carries a military officer's baggage; a military packhorse
- battlers — Plural form of battler.
- bayonets — Plural form of bayonet.
- baysmelt — topsmelt.
- baziotes — William, 1912–63, U.S. painter.
- be toast — If someone is toast, you mean that they are certain to be defeated or destroyed.
- bearcats — Plural form of bearcat.
- beastial — Misspelling of bestial.
- beasties — Plural form of beastie.
- beastily — in the manner of a beast
- beatings — Plural form of beating.
- beatless — without a beat, not beating
- beatniks — (sometimes initial capital letter) a member of the Beat Generation.
- beauties — the quality present in a thing or person that gives intense pleasure or deep satisfaction to the mind, whether arising from sensory manifestations (as shape, color, sound, etc.), a meaningful design or pattern, or something else (as a personality in which high spiritual qualities are manifest).
- bedstand — a bedside table
- bedstead — A bedstead is the metal or wooden frame of an old-fashioned bed.
- bedstraw — any of numerous rubiaceous plants of the genus Galium, which have small white or yellow flowers and prickly or hairy fruits: some species formerly used as straw for beds as they are aromatic when dry
- beermats — Plural form of beermat.
- best man — The best man at a wedding is the man who assists the bridegroom.
- bestiary — a moralizing medieval collection of descriptions (and often illustrations) of real and mythical animals
- bestowal — to present as a gift; give; confer (usually followed by on or upon): The trophy was bestowed upon the winner.
- bestreak — to streak
- betacism — a type of speech impediment where the b sound is excessive
- bethesda — a pool in Jerusalem reputed to have healing powers, where a paralysed man was healed by Jesus (John 5:2)
- bistable — having two stable states
- blackest — lacking hue and brightness; absorbing light without reflecting any of the rays composing it.
- blandest — pleasantly gentle or agreeable: a bland, affable manner.
- blastema — a mass of undifferentiated animal cells that will develop into an organ or tissue: present at the site of regeneration of a lost part
- bleakest — bare, desolate, and often windswept: a bleak plain.
- botsares — Markos [Greek mahr-kaws] /Greek ˈmɑr kɔs/ (Show IPA), Bozzaris, Marco.
- box seat — a seat in a theatre box
- brackets — a support, as of metal or wood, projecting from a wall or the like to hold or bear the weight of a shelf, part of a cornice, etc.
- breasted — having a breast.
- breathes — to take air, oxygen, etc., into the lungs and expel it; inhale and exhale; respire.
- broadest — of great breadth: The river was too broad to swim across.
- budapest — the capital of Hungary, on the River Danube: formed in 1873 from the towns of Buda and Pest. Traditionally Buda, the old Magyar capital, was the administrative and Pest the trade centre: suffered severely in the Russian siege of 1945 and in the unsuccessful revolt against the Communist regime (1956). Pop: 1 719 342 (2003 est)
- bush tea — a leguminous shrub of the genus Cyclopia, of southern Africa
- bushmeat — meat taken from any animal native to African forests, including species that may be endangered or not usually eaten outside Africa
- cabarets — Plural form of cabaret.
- cabestro — a halter made from horsehair
- cabinets — Plural form of cabinet.
- castable — able to be cast; suitable for casting
- costable — For which a monetary cost may be assessed.