9-letter words containing ast
- ballaster — someone who supplies ballast for a ship; someone who ballasts
- ballastic — Nautical. any heavy material carried temporarily or permanently in a vessel to provide desired draft and stability.
- barbastel — a type of insectivorous forest bat, Barbastellus communis, native to Europe and known for its hairy lips
- barmaster — (historical) A local judge among miners.
- 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.
- beadblast — a jet of small glass beads blown from a nozzle under air or steam pressure
- beanfeast — A beanfeast is a party or other social event.
- beasthood — the state of beasts, the condition of being a beast
- beastings — beestings
- beastlier — Comparative form of beastly.
- beastlike — resembling a beast
- beechmast — collective term for beech nuts, esp when lying on the ground
- beplaster — to cover in thick plaster
- bicoastal — Someone or something that is bicoastal lives or occurs on both the east coast and the west coast of the U.S.
- big beast — an important or powerful person
- blast off — When a space rocket blasts off, it leaves the ground at the start of its journey.
- blast out — If music or noise is blasting out, loud music or noise is being produced.
- blastemal — of or relating to blastema
- blastment — shrivelling up due to something in the air
- blow past — To blow out despite a safeguard. "The server blew past the 5K reserve buffer."
- boastless — without boasting
- bombaster — a person who stuffs or pads
- bombastic — If you describe someone as bombastic, you are criticizing them for trying to impress other people by saying things that sound impressive but have little meaning.
- botmaster — (chat) The owner of a bot.
- breakfast — Breakfast is the first meal of the day. It is usually eaten in the early part of the morning.
- breasting — Anatomy, Zoology. (in bipeds) the outer, front part of the thorax, or the front part of the body from the neck to the abdomen; chest.
- breastpin — a brooch worn on the breast, esp to close a garment
- broadcast — A broadcast is a programme, performance, or speech on the radio or on television.
- cablecast — the transmission of a TV programme via a cable system
- cadastral — Surveying. (of a map or survey) showing or including boundaries, property lines, etc.
- capitasti — a plural of capotasto.
- capotasto — capo1 .
- cast away — to throw or hurl; fling: The gambler cast the dice.
- cast back — to turn (the mind) to the past
- cast down — If someone is cast down by something, they are sad or worried because of it.
- cast iron — Cast iron is iron which contains a small amount of carbon. It is hard and cannot be bent so it has to be made into objects by casting.
- cast-iron — made of cast iron.
- castaneda — Carlos, 1925–1998, U.S. anthropologist and writer, born in Peru.
- castanets — Castanets are a Spanish musical instrument consisting of two small round pieces of wood or plastic held together by a cord. You hold the castanets in your hand and knock the pieces together with your fingers.
- castaways — Plural form of castaway.
- casteless — having no caste
- castellan — a keeper or governor of a castle
- castellón — seaport in E Spain, on the Mediterranean: pop. 133,000
- castellum — a small fort, normally used as a watch tower
- castering — a person or thing that casts.