11-letter words containing a, b, i, t
- 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
- bat mitzvah — (of a Jewish girl) having attained religious majority at the age of twelve
- bath oliver — a kind of unsweetened biscuit
- bath tissue — toilet paper.
- bathing cap — a tight rubber cap worn by a swimmer to keep the hair dry
- bathing hut — a small waterside building where swimmers can change their clothes
- batholithic — Containing or relating to batholith.
- bathophobia — the fear of depths of any kind, whether a fear of deep water or of falling from a great height
- bathtub gin — homemade gin, especially gin made illegally during Prohibition.
- bathymetric — Of, pertaining to, or derived from bathymetry.
- batological — relating to the study of brambles
- batrachians — Plural form of batrachian.
- batsmanship — (cricket) A skilled or courteous display of skill as a batsman.
- batter pile — a pile driven at an angle to the vertical.
- batting eye — the batter's visual appraisal of balls pitched toward home plate.
- battle line — the line along which troops are positioned for battle
- battlefield — A battlefield is a place where a battle is fought.
- battlepiece — a painting, relief, mosaic, etc, depicting a battle, usually commemorating an actual event
- battleships — Plural form of battleship.
- battologist — wearisome repetition of words in speaking or writing.
- battologize — to repeat (a word, phrase, mannerism, etc.) excessively.
- bayonetting — (British) present participle of bayonet.
- be hard hit — To be hard hit by something means to be affected very severely by it.
- beach drift — the drifting of sediments, especially marine sediments, in patterns parallel to the contours of a beach, due to the action of waves and currents.
- bearability — the quality of being able to be borne
- bearbaiting — an old form of diversion in which dogs were made to torment a chained bear
- bearded tit — a small European bird, Panurus biarmicus, found in reedy places, the male of which has a tuft of black feathers on each side of the face.
- beastiality — Misspelling of bestiality.
- beastliness — of or like a beast; bestial.
- beatificate — (obsolete, religion) To beatify.
- beauticians — Plural form of beautician.
- beautifiers — Plural form of beautifier.
- beautifuler — Obsolete spelling of beautifuller.
- beautifully — in a beautiful manner
- beautifying — Present participle of beautify.
- beaver tail — a flat oval doughnut served fried and sugared
- beetlebrain — a person of severely limited intelligence
- behaviorist — the theory or doctrine that human or animal psychology can be accurately studied only through the examination and analysis of objectively observable and quantifiable behavioral events, in contrast with subjective mental states.
- belligerati — intellectuals, such as writers, who advocate war or imperialism
- belowstairs — (formerly) at or in the basement of a large house, considered as the place where the servants live and work
- benactyzine — a crystalline drug, C20H25NO3, used to make tranquilizers
- benefaction — the act of doing good, esp by giving a donation to charity
- benefactive — of or relating to a linguistic form, case, or semantic role that denotes the person or persons for whom an action is performed, as for his son in He opened the door for his son.
- benefactrix — benefactress.
- beneficiate — to process (ores) through reduction
- beneplacito — an indication of approval
- benignantly — kind, especially to inferiors; gracious: a benignant sovereign.
- benjaminite — a member of the tribe of Benjamin.
- bequeathing — to dispose of (personal property, especially money) by last will: She bequeathed her half of the company to her niece.
- bertrandite — a mineral, hydrous beryllium silicate, Be 4 Si 2 O 7 (OH) 2 , colorless or pale yellow, with a vitreous luster, occurring as tabular or prismatic crystals in pegmatites and hydrothermal veins.