8-letter words containing a, n
- affusion — the baptizing of a person by pouring water onto his head
- afghanis — Plural form of afghani.
- afikoman — Alternative spelling of afikomen.
- afikomen — a piece of matzo broken off from the center one of the three matzoth set before the leader of a Seder: it is hidden by the leader and later searched for by the children, with the finder, usually the youngest, receiving a reward.
- afrasian — of Afrasia.
- africana — objects of cultural or historical interest of African origin
- aftersun — a moisturizing lotion applied to the skin to soothe sunburn and avoid peeling
- aga khan — the hereditary title of the head of the Ismaili sect of Muslims
- agaçante — irritating
- agaricin — an impure form of agaric acid: formerly used in medicine as an agent for stopping excessive perspiration.
- agedness — the property of being aged
- agencies — Plural form of agency.
- agendums — matters to be attended to, as at a meeting of a committee
- agenesia — absence of or failed development of a body part.
- agenesis — (of an animal or plant) imperfect development
- agenetic — absence of or failed development of a body part.
- agenized — to bleach (flour) with nitrogen trichloride.
- agential — pertaining to an agent or agency.
- agentive — (in some inflected languages) denoting a case of nouns, etc, indicating the agent described by the verb
- aglisten — refulgent; glistening.
- aglycone — a chemical compound
- agminate — gathered or clustered together
- agnathan — any jawless eel-like aquatic vertebrate of the superclass Agnatha, which includes the lampreys and hagfishes
- agnation — Consanguinity by a line of males only, as distinguished from cognation.
- agnition — (obsolete) acknowledgement.
- agnizing — Present participle of agnize.
- agnomina — Plural form of agnomen.
- agnostic — An agnostic believes that it is not possible to know whether God exists or not. Compare atheist.
- agonised — Simple past tense and past participle of agonise.
- agonists — Plural form of agonist.
- agonized — Agonized describes something that you say or do when you are in great physical or mental pain.
- agonizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of agonize.
- agostini — Giacomo (ˈdʒaːkomo). born 1942, Italian racing motorcyclist: world champion (500 cc. class) 1966–72, 1975; (350 cc. class) 1968–74
- agraphon — saying of Jesus not in Gospels
- agrarian — Agrarian means relating to the ownership and use of land, especially farmland, or relating to the part of a society or economy that is concerned with agriculture.
- agreeing — to have the same views, emotions, etc.; harmonize in opinion or feeling (often followed by with): I don't agree with you.
- agremens — amenities
- agrement — diplomatic approval of a country
- agrimony — any of various N temperate rosaceous plants of the genus Agrimonia, which have compound leaves, long spikes of small yellow flowers, and bristly burlike fruits
- agrinion — a city in W Greece.
- agronomy — the science of cultivation of land, soil management, and crop production
- agrypnia — the inability to sleep
- ahankara — the false identification of the purusha, or true inner self, with the body, the mind, or the outside world.
- aidoneus — a king of Thesprotia.
- ailerons — Plural form of aileron.
- ailments — Plural form of ailment.
- air horn — a horn activated by compressed air.
- air lane — a route for travel by air; airway
- air sign — one of a group of three signs of the zodiac, Gemini, Libra, and Aquarius
- air vent — a small opening through which air can escape from an enclosed space