8-letter words starting with bas
- bas bleu — a bluestocking; intellectual woman
- bas-rhin — a department of NE France in Alsace region. Capital: Strasbourg. Pop: 1 052 698 (2003 est). Area: 4793 sq km (1869 sq miles)
- basalt's — the dark, dense igneous rock of a lava flow or minor intrusion, composed essentially of labradorite and pyroxene and often displaying a columnar structure.
- basaltes — unglazed black stoneware
- basaltic — the dark, dense igneous rock of a lava flow or minor intrusion, composed essentially of labradorite and pyroxene and often displaying a columnar structure.
- basanite — a black basaltic rock containing plagioclase, augite, olivine, and nepheline, leucite, or analcite, formerly used as a touchstone
- bascules — Plural form of bascule.
- base box — a unit used in the sale of tin plate, equal to the total area of 112 sheets each measuring 14 by 20 inches (35 by 50 cm), or 31,360 square inches (196,000 sq. cm).
- base hit — a play in which the batter hits a fair ball and gets on base without benefit of an opponent's error and without forcing out a runner already on base
- base map — an outline map on which data may be plotted
- base pay — the basic rate of pay for a particular job exclusive of overtime pay, bonuses, etc.
- baseball — In America, baseball is a game played by two teams of nine players. Each player from one team hits a ball with a bat and then tries to run around three bases and get to the home base before the other team can get the ball back.
- baseband — a transmission technique using a narrow range of frequencies that allows only one message to be telecommunicated at a time
- baseborn — born of humble parents
- basecamp — Alternative spelling of base camp.
- basecoat — a first coat of a surfacing material, as paint.
- baselard — a historical (predominantly 13th–17th century) short Swiss sword with a distinctive crescent-shaped pommel and crossguard
- baseless — If you describe an accusation, rumour, or report as baseless, you mean that it is not true and is not based on facts.
- baseline — The baseline of a tennis, badminton, or basketball court is one of the lines at each end of the court that mark the limits of play.
- baseload — The minimum load on a power station over a standard period.
- basement — The basement of a building is a floor built partly or completely below ground level.
- basename — (file system) The name of a file which, in contrast to a pathname, does not mention any of the directories containing the file. Examples:
- baseness — morally low; without estimable personal qualities; dishonorable; meanspirited; selfish; cowardly.
- baseword — (linguistics) The word used a base and upon whose stem affixes are added, forming new words.
- bash out — If you say that someone bashes something out, you mean that they produce it quickly or in large quantities, but without much care or thought.
- bashfull — Archaic form of bashful.
- bashings — Plural form of bashing.
- bashless — not ashamed; unabashed
- bashment — (slang, countable, especially Jamaican) A party or rave.
- basicity — the state of being a base
- basidium — the structure, produced by basidiomycetous fungi after sexual reproduction, in which spores are formed at the tips of projecting slender stalks
- basified — Simple past tense and past participle of basify.
- basifier — anything that makes something alkaline
- basilard — a medieval dagger having a tapering blade with straight transverse quillons and a T -shaped pommel.
- basilary — Basilar.
- basildon — a town in SE England, in S Essex: designated a new town in 1955. Pop: 99 876 (2001)
- basilect — (in a region where creole is or has been spoken) the dialect closest to that creole and furthest removed from the most prestigious dialect (the acrolect) of the region
- basileus — A title of the Byzantine emperor.
- basilian — a monk of the Eastern Christian order of St Basil, founded in Cappadocia in the 4th century ad
- basilica — A basilica is a church which is rectangular in shape and has a rounded end.
- basilisk — (in classical legend) a serpent that could kill by its breath or glance
- basilius — Saint, Basil, Saint.
- basinful — As much as a basin will hold.
- basketry — Basketry is baskets made by weaving together thin strips of materials such as wood.
- basophil — (of cells or cell contents) easily stained by basic dyes
- basquine — a tight-fitting bodice worn by women in the Basque region and in Spain
- bass-bar — a strip of wood glued lengthwise inside the belly of instruments of the violin family, used to spread vibrations over the surface.
- basseted — an outcrop, as of the edges of strata.
- bassinet — A bassinet is a small bed for a baby that is like a basket.
- bassists — Plural form of bassist.
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