8-letter words starting with BAS

8-letter words 38

• bastardsinsulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous
• basementthe lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level; often used for storage
• baseballa ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs
• bastillea fortress built in Paris in the 14th century and used as a prison in the 17th and 18th centuries; it was destroyed July 14, 1789 at the start of the French Revolution
• baselinean imaginary line or standard by which things are measured or compared
• baselesswithout a basis in reason or fact
• basilicaan early Christian church designed like a Roman basilica; or a Roman Catholic church or cathedral accorded certain privileges
• bassineta basket (usually hooded) used as a baby's bed
• basilisk(classical mythology) a serpent (or lizard or dragon) able to kill with its breath or glance
• bastionsa group that defends a principle
• basenessunworthiness by virtue of lacking higher values
• bastardythe status of being born to parents who were not married
• basalticof or relating to or containing basalt
• bassoonsa double-reed instrument; the tenor of the oboe family
• basswoodsoft light-colored wood of any of various linden trees; used in making crates and boxes and in carving and millwork
• basketrythe craft of basket making
• bassetts
• basinfulthe quantity that a basin will hold
• basebornof low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)
• bassistsa musician who play the bass viol
• basophila leukocyte with basophilic granules easily stained by basic stains
• basculesa structure or device in which one end is counterbalanced by the other (on the principle of the seesaw)
• bassness
• basaltes
• basenjissmall smooth-haired breed of African origin having a tightly curled tail and the inability to bark
• bashlyks
• basicity
• basidialrelating to or characterized by basidia
• basidiuma small club-shaped structure typically bearing four basidiospores at the ends of minute projections; unique to basidiomycetes
• basifiedturn basic and less acidic
• basifier
• basifiesturn basic and less acidic
• basilaryof or relating to or located at the base
• basinetsa medieval steel helmet
• basmatis
• bassetedappear at the surface
• bastiles
• bastingsa loose temporary sewing stitch to hold layers of fabric together