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10-letter words containing ass

  • bagassosis — an allergic response to the dust of bagasse, causing breathlessness and fever
  • barn grass — a weedy, coarse grass, Echinochloa crus-galli, having a spikelike cluster of flowers.
  • barrel ass — to charge headlong; move at high speed.
  • barrel-ass — to charge headlong; move at high speed.
  • bass flute — the lowest instrument in the flute family, pitched one octave below the concert flute
  • bass staff — a staff marked with a bass clef.
  • basseterre — a port in the Caribbean, on St Kitts in the Leeward Islands: the capital of St Kitts-Nevis. Pop: 13 220 (2001)
  • bassinette — Alternative spelling of bassinet.
  • bassoonist — A bassoonist is someone who plays the bassoon.
  • bear grass — Also called elk grass. a tall, western North American plant, Xerophyllum tenax, of the lily family, having narrow leaves and a dense, broad cluster of tiny white flowers.
  • beer glass — a glass of a standard size (in Britain holding one pint, or half a pint) with straight sides, or with a handle, to drink beer from
  • bell glass — a bell-shaped glass jar or cover for protecting delicate instruments, bric-a-brac, or the like, or for containing gases or a vacuum in chemical experiments.
  • bent grass — any grass of the genus Agrostis, especially the redtop.
  • beta brass — an alloy consisting of nearly equal proportions of copper and zinc.
  • bird grass — rough bluegrass
  • black bass — any of several predatory North American percoid freshwater game fishes of the genus Micropterus: family Centrarchidae (sunfishes, etc)
  • black mass — a blasphemous travesty of the Christian Mass, performed by practitioners of black magic
  • bolan pass — a mountain pass in W central Pakistan through the Brahui Range, between Sibi and Quetta, rising to 1800 m (5900 ft)
  • bonnilasse — a pretty girl
  • brass band — A brass band is a band that is made up of brass and percussion instruments.
  • brass neck — effrontery; nerve
  • brass ring — great success or a highly valued prize; also, an opportunity for this
  • brassboard — in certain types of engineering, an experimental model at a more advanced stage of development than a breadboard (sense 2)
  • brassbound — inflexibly entrenched
  • brassiness — made of or covered with brass.
  • bromegrass — any of various grasses of the genus Bromus, having small flower spikes in loose drooping clusters. Some species are used for hay
  • buckpasser — a person who avoids responsibility by shifting it to another, especially unjustly or improperly.
  • buffo bass — (in Italian opera of the 18th century) a bass singer who performs such a comic part
  • bunchgrass — grass that grows in tufts
  • bush grass — a coarse reedlike grass, Calamagrostis epigejos, 1–11⁄2 metres (3–41⁄2 ft) high that grows on damp clay soils in Europe and temperate parts of Asia
  • by-passers — a road enabling motorists to avoid a city or other heavy traffic points or to drive around an obstruction.
  • cane grass — any of several tall perennial hard-stemmed grasses, esp Eragrostis australasica, of inland swamps
  • canvassers — Plural form of canvasser.
  • canvassing — to solicit votes, subscriptions, opinions, or the like from.
  • carnassial — of, relating to, or designating the last upper premolar and first lower molar teeth of carnivores, which have sharp edges for tearing flesh
  • case glass — glass composed of two or more layers of glass in different colors, often having the top layer cut or ground away so that the lower layer can serve as background or contrast.
  • cassapanca — a carved bench of the Italian Renaissance, the seat of which is used as a chest.
  • cassations — Plural form of cassation.
  • cassegrain — of an arrangement of mirrors, lenses, etc. used in reflecting telescopes and microwave antennas, having its focus or transmission point near or behind the center of the main mirror
  • casseroled — Cooked in a casserole.
  • casseroles — Plural form of casserole.
  • cassiopeia — the wife of Cepheus and mother of Andromeda
  • cassolette — a small casserole
  • cassumunar — an aromatic, bitter root similar to ginger
  • chest pass — a pass in which the ball is quickly propelled from the chest by the hands and arms.
  • circassian — a native of Circassia
  • class bias — prejudicial treatment or perception based on social class
  • class book — a book published by members of a school or college class, containing pictures of students and teachers, an account of student activities, etc.
  • class list — (in Britain) a list categorizing students according to the class of honours they have obtained in their degree examination
  • class mark — a value within a class interval, esp its midpoint or the nearest integral value, used to represent the interval for computational convenience
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