8-letter words containing a, s, g
- anagrams — a word, phrase, or sentence formed from another by rearranging its letters: “Angel” is an anagram of “glean.”.
- angiitis — A condition where blood or lymph vessels are inflamed.
- anginose — (dated) Relating to angina; anginous.
- anginous — of, noting, or pertaining to angina, especially angina pectoris.
- angiomas — Plural form of angioma.
- anglaise — an old English country-dance.
- anglesey — an island and county of N Wales, formerly part of Gwynedd (1974–96), separated from the mainland by the Menai Strait. Administrative centre: Llangefni. Pop: 59 500 (2003 est). Area: 720 sq km (278 sq miles)
- angolese — a member of any of the tribes residing in Angola.
- angriest — feeling or showing anger or strong resentment (usually followed by at, with, or about): to be angry at the dean; to be angry about the snub.
- angstful — Full of angst; fearful; apprehensive.
- angstrom — a unit of length equal to 10–10 metre, used principally to express the wavelengths of electromagnetic radiations. It is equivalent to 0.1 nanometre
- angulose — having angles
- angulous — angular or having angles
- angus og — the god of love and beauty
- anhingas — Plural form of anhinga.
- antigens — Immunology. any substance that can stimulate the production of antibodies and combine specifically with them.
- antismog — acting to reduce smog, aimed at preventing smog
- apposing — Present participle of appose.
- arginase — an enzyme which hydrolyses arginine into ornithine and urea
- argosies — Plural form of argosy.
- arguedas — Alcides [ahl-see-th es] /ɑlˈsi ðɛs/ (Show IPA), 1879–1946, Bolivian author, sociologist, and statesman.
- argufies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of argufy.
- arguidos — Plural form of arguido.
- arisings — Waste products or byproducts of an industrial process.
- arnsberg — a city in North Rhine–Westphalia, W Germany.
- arousing — causing sexual excitement
- arraigns — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of arraign.
- arranges — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of arrange.
- art song — a song written by a trained composer to convey a specific artistic idea, as in projecting the mood and meaning of a poetic text
- asa gray — Asa [ey-suh] /ˈeɪ sə/ (Show IPA), 1810–88, U.S. botanist.
- ash gray — pale gray resembling the color of ashes.
- ashgabat — capital of Turkmenistan, in the SC part, near the Iranian border: pop. 411,000
- ashikaga — a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled as shoguns 1338–1573.
- asperger — a developmental disorder characterized by severely impaired social skills, repetitive behaviors, and often, a narrow set of interests, but not involving delayed development of linguistic and cognitive abilities: now considered one of the autism spectrum disorders.
- asperges — a short rite preceding Mass, in which the celebrant sprinkles those present with holy water to the accompaniment of the chant Asperges me, Domine
- aspiring — If you use aspiring to describe someone who is starting a particular career, you mean that they are trying to become successful in it.
- assaying — to examine or analyze: to assay a situation; to assay an event.
- assegais — Plural form of assegai.
- assignat — the paper money issued by the Constituent Assembly in 1789, backed by the confiscated land of the Church and the émigrés
- assigned — Simple past tense and past participle of assign.
- assignee — a person to whom some right, interest, or property is transferred
- assigner — to give or allocate; allot: to assign rooms at a hotel.
- assignor — a person who transfers or assigns property
- assuaged — to make milder or less severe; relieve; ease; mitigate: to assuage one's grief; to assuage one's pain.
- assuager — Someone who or something which assuages.
- assuages — to make milder or less severe; relieve; ease; mitigate: to assuage one's grief; to assuage one's pain.
- assuming — You use assuming or assuming that when you are considering a possible situation or event, so that you can think about the consequences.
- assuring — to declare earnestly to; inform or tell positively; state with confidence to: She assured us that everything would turn out all right.
- astigmia — Also called astigmia [uh-stig-mee-uh] /əˈstɪg mi ə/ (Show IPA). Ophthalmology. a refractive error of the eye in which parallel rays of light from an external source do not converge on a single focal point on the retina.
- astragal — a small convex moulding, usually with a semicircular cross section