8-Letter Words Containing: BATI__

• a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal

• the formal presentation of a stated proposition and the opposition to it (usually followed by a vote)

• argue with one another

• think about carefully; weigh

• discuss the pros and cons of an issue

• have an argument about something

• of or having to do with or belonging to an abbey or abbot, or abbess

• a refund of some fraction of the amount paid

• a rectangular groove made to hold two pieces together

• give a reduction in the price during a sale

• cut a rebate in (timber or stone)

• join with a rebate

• (facetious) a serving of an alcoholic beverage

• a serving (of wine) poured out in honor of a deity

• the act of pouring a liquid offering (especially wine) as a religious ceremony

• A means of defense formed by felled trees, or sometimes by bent trees, the ends of whose branches are sharpened and directed outwards, or against the enemy, and more recently fortified with barbed wire.

• In the middle ages, an officer of the stables who had the care of measuring out the provender; an avenor.

• In fortification, a barricade made of felled trees denuded of their smaller branches, with the butt-ends of the trunks embedded in the earth or secured by pickets, and the sharpened ends of the branches directed upward and outward toward an advancing enemy, for the purpose of obstructing his progress. In field-fortifications the abatis is usually constructed in front of the ditch. See fortification.

• In coal-mining, walls of cord-wood piled up crosswise to keep the underground roads open so as to secure ventilation.

• a thin plain-weave cotton or linen fabric; used for shirts or dresses