9-letter words containing t
- barometer — A barometer is an instrument that measures air pressure and shows when the weather is changing.
- barometre — (nonstandard) Alternative form of barometer.
- barometry — the process of measuring atmospheric pressure.
- baronetcy — the rank, position, or patent of a baronet
- barotitis — inflammation of the ear caused by a change in air pressure
- barotropy — a state of fluid stratification in which surfaces of constant pressure and others of constant density do not intersect but are parallel.
- barquette — a boat-shaped pastry shell
- barrators — a person who commits barratry.
- barretter — a form of detector or control device employing a resistor that varies in proportion to its temperature.
- barrettes — Plural form of barrette.
- barrister — In England and Wales, a barrister is a lawyer who represents clients in the higher courts of law. Compare solicitor.
- bartended — Simple past tense and past participle of bartend.
- bartender — A bartender is a person who serves drinks behind a bar.
- bartering — Present participle of barter.
- barthelme — Donald, 1931–89, U.S. short-story writer and novelist.
- bartholdi — Frédéric August. 1834–1904, French sculptor and architect, who designed (1884) the Statue of Liberty
- bartizans — Plural form of bartizan.
- bartokian — characteristic of the music of Béla Bartók: driving, percussive, Bartokian rhythm.
- basaltine — a black or brown-green mineral (Ca, Mg, Fe)SiO3
- base coat — the first coat of paint applied to a prepared surface
- base path — the prescribed course for a base runner on the field extending in designated areas between the bases.
- base rate — In Britain, the base rate is the rate of interest that banks use as a basis when they are calculating the rates that they charge on loans.
- 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
- basements — Plural form of basement.
- baseplate — a flat supporting plate or frame at the base of a column, designed to distribute the column's weight over a greater area and provide increased stability
- basestock — Refined petroleum oil with no additives.
- bashments — Plural form of bashment.
- basipetal — (of leaves and flowers) produced in order from the apex downwards so that the youngest are at the base
- basketeer — Someone who makes baskets; a basketmaker.
- basketful — a sufficient quantity to fill a basket; the amount contained in a basket.
- bass tuba — a tuba pitched in F or E-flat
- bassanite — (mineral) A saline evaporite, consisting of calcium sulphate, found at Vesuvius.
- bassinets — Plural form of bassinet.
- bastardly — of no value; worthless.
- bastardry — malicious or cruel behaviour
- 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.
- bat-eared — (of a dog or other canid) having large, erect ears rounded at the top, resembling those of a bat.
- batardeau — A cofferdam.
- batchelor — (British) alternative spelling of bachelor.
- batchmate — (India) classmate.
- bath bomb — a ball of carbonates and scent that is placed in bath water to dissolve and impart supposedly therapeutic properties to the water
- bath chap — the lower part of the cheek of a pig, cooked and eaten, usually cold
- bathhouse — A bathhouse is a public or private building containing baths and often other facilities such as a sauna.
- batholite — (obsolete) alternative name of batholith.
- batholith — a very large irregular-shaped mass of igneous rock, esp granite, formed from an intrusion of magma at great depth, esp one exposed after erosion of less resistant overlying rocks
- bathonian — of or relating to Bath
- bathrobes — Plural form of bathrobe.