8-letter words containing a, s
- adespota — anonymous works of poetry
- adessive — a grammatical case in Finno-Ugric languages indicating place
- adherers — Plural form of adherer.
- adhesion — Adhesion is the ability of one thing to stick firmly to another.
- adhesive — An adhesive is a substance such as glue, which is used to make things stick firmly together.
- adiposis — obesity or excessive fatness
- adjoints — Plural form of adjoint.
- adjourns — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adjourn.
- adjudges — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adjudge.
- adjuncts — Plural form of adjunct.
- adjusted — psychologically well or badly equipped to cope with reality and ordinary life and relationships
- adjuster — An adjuster is a device which allows you to alter a piece of equipment's position or setting.
- adjustor — a person or thing that adjusts.
- admirals — Plural form of admiral.
- admirers — to regard with wonder, pleasure, or approval.
- admonish — If you admonish someone, you tell them very seriously that they have done something wrong.
- adonises — Classical Mythology. a youth slain by a wild boar but permitted by Zeus to pass four months every year in the lower world with Persephone, four with Aphrodite, and four wherever he chose.
- adoptees — Plural form of adoptee.
- adopters — Plural form of adopter.
- adperson — a copywriter, account executive, or other person employed in advertising.
- adrastea — a small satellite of Jupiter, discovered in 1979
- adrastos — a king of Argos and leader of the Seven against Thebes.
- adrastus — a king of Argos and leader of the Seven against Thebes, of whom he was the sole survivor
- adrenals — Plural form of adrenal.
- adscript — a serf bound to the land which they work or occupy, and who can be bought or sold along with it
- adsorbed — Simple past tense and past participle of adsorb.
- adsorber — something which adsorbs
- adultism — A predisposition towards adults (or a bias against children).
- advances — personal overtures made in an attempt to become friendly, gain a favour, etc
- advisees — one of a group of students assigned to a faculty adviser for help in selection of a course of studies.
- advisers — Plural form of adviser.
- advising — to give counsel to; offer an opinion or suggestion as worth following: I advise you to be cautious.
- advisors — Plural form of advisor.
- advisory — An advisory group regularly gives suggestions and help to people or organizations, especially about a particular subject or area of activity.
- advowson — the right of presentation to a vacant benefice
- aeacides — a patronymic for any of the descendants of Aeacus, as Achilles, Peleus, and Telamon.
- aedeagus — the phallus of a male insect.
- aegyptus — a king of Egypt and twin brother of Danaüs
- aequalis — (grammar) The case conveying an equality with another noun, equivalent to
- aerators — Plural form of aerator.
- aerobics — Aerobics is a form of exercise which increases the amount of oxygen in your blood, and strengthens your heart and lungs. The verb that follows aerobics may be either singular or plural.
- aerosols — Plural form of aerosol.
- aerostat — a lighter-than-air craft, such as a balloon
- aesculin — a chemical found in the bark of horse-chestnut trees
- aesopian — of Aesop or characteristic of his fables
- aesthete — An aesthete is someone who loves and appreciates works of art and beautiful things.
- aestival — of or occurring in summer
- afflatus — an impulse of creative power or inspiration, esp in poetry, considered to be of divine origin (esp in the phrase divine afflatus)
- afflicts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of afflict.
- affluxes — Plural form of afflux.