8-letter words containing a, s
- afforest — to plant trees on; convert into forested land
- affronts — Plural form of affront.
- affusion — the baptizing of a person by pouring water onto his head
- afghanis — Plural form of afghani.
- afrasian — of Afrasia.
- aftersun — a moisturizing lotion applied to the skin to soothe sunburn and avoid peeling
- aga saga — a novel or drama depicting the lives and concerns of the English middle classes
- agaricus — any mushroom of the genus Agaricus, comprising the meadow mushrooms and a commercially grown species, A. brunnescens.
- agathism — The doctrine that the ultimate end of all things is good, although the intermediate means may be evil.
- agathist — A person who believes in agathism.
- agedness — the property of being aged
- agemates — Plural form of agemate.
- 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
- agerasia — An outward appearance more youthful than one's true age.
- agitates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of agitate.
- aglisten — refulgent; glistening.
- aglossia — congenital absence of the tongue
- 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.
- 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
- agremens — amenities
- agrestal — (of uncultivated plants such as weeds) growing on cultivated land
- agrestic — rural; rustic
- aguishly — in an aguish manner
- ahmose i — 1580–1557 b.c, founder of the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt.
- aidoneus — a king of Thesprotia.
- ailerons — Plural form of aileron.
- ailments — Plural form of ailment.
- air base — An air base is a centre where military aircraft take off or land and are serviced, and where many of the centre's staff live.
- air kiss — a kissing gesture, esp one directed towards a person's cheek, made without making physical contact
- air mass — a large body of air having characteristics of temperature, moisture, and pressure that are approximately uniform horizontally
- air miss — a situation in which two aircraft pass very close to one another in the air; near miss
- air shot — a shot that misses the ball completely but counts as a stroke
- air sign — one of a group of three signs of the zodiac, Gemini, Libra, and Aquarius
- air-ship — to send or ship via aircraft: to air-ship machine parts overseas.
- airboats — Plural form of airboat.
- airbrush — An airbrush is an artist's tool which sprays paint onto a surface.
- airburst — the explosion of a bomb, shell, etc, in the air
- aircrews — Plural form of aircrew.
- airdates — Plural form of airdate.
- airdries — a city in central Scotland, near Glasgow.
- airdrops — Plural form of airdrop.
- airfares — Plural form of airfare.
- airflows — Plural form of airflow.
- airfoils — Plural form of airfoil.