8-letter words containing ast
- -plastic — growing or forming
- abastard — To abastardize. (Attested from the early 17th century until the mid 17th century.).
- 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
- alastair — a male given name.
- alastrim — a form of smallpox caused by the virus Variola minor
- ancaster — a town in S Ontario, in S Canada.
- antepast — an appetizer
- apastron — the point at which the stars of a binary system are farthest apart (opposed to periastron).
- aplastic — relating to or characterized by aplasia
- apoplast — the nonprotoplasmic component of a plant, including the cell walls and intercellular material
- arrastra — A device formerly used by gold-miners for grinding auriferous quartz, crudely resembling a mortar and pestle, with the crushing element dragged around by horse or mule.
- astatide — a binary compound of astatine with a more electropositive element
- astatine — a radioactive element of the halogen series: a decay product of uranium and thorium that occurs naturally in minute amounts and is artificially produced by bombarding bismuth with alpha particles. Symbol: At; atomic no: 85; half-life of most stable isotope, 210At: 8.1 hours; probable valency: 1,3,5, or 7; melting pt: 302°C; boiling pt: 337°C (est)
- asterion — (anatomy) The point on the side of the skull corresponding to the posterior end of the parietomastoid suture.
- asterisk — An asterisk is the sign *. It is used especially to indicate that there is further information about something in another part of the text.
- asterism — three asterisks arranged in a triangle (⁂ or ), to draw attention to the text that follows
- asternal — not connected or joined to the sternum
- asteroid — An asteroid is one of the very small planets that move around the sun between Mars and Jupiter.
- asthenia — an abnormal loss of strength; debility
- asthenic — of, relating to, or having asthenia; weak
- 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.
- astilbes — Plural form of astilbe.
- astonied — stunned; dazed
- astonish — If something or someone astonishes you, they surprise you very much.
- astounds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of astound.
- astragal — a small convex moulding, usually with a semicircular cross section
- astrally — pertaining to or proceeding from the stars; stellar; star-shaped.
- astringe — to contract or become contracted
- astroids — Plural form of astroid.
- astucity — Craftiness; astuteness.
- asturian — of or relating to Asturias
- asturias — a region and former kingdom of NW Spain, consisting of a coastal plain and the Cantabrian Mountains: a Christian stronghold against the Moors (8th to 13th centuries); rich mineral resources
- astutely — of keen penetration or discernment; sagacious: an astute analysis.
- astyanax — the young son of Hector and Andromache, who was hurled from the walls of Troy by the Greeks
- at least — You use at least to say that a number or amount is the smallest that is possible or likely and that the actual number or amount may be greater. The forms at the least and at the very least are also used.
- backcast — a backward casting of a fishing rod
- ballasts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ballast.
- bastards — Plural form of bastard.
- bastardy — the condition of being a bastard; illegitimacy
- bastides — Plural form of bastide.
- bastille — a fortress in Paris, built in the 14th century: a prison until its destruction in 1789, at the beginning of the French Revolution
- bastions — Plural form of bastion.
- bastogne — a town in SE Belgium: of strategic importance to Allied defences during the Battle of the Bulge; besieged by the Germans during the winter of 1944–45. Pop: 14 070 (2004 est)
- be toast — If someone is toast, you mean that they are certain to be defeated or destroyed.
- beastial — Misspelling of bestial.
- beasties — Plural form of beastie.
- beastily — in the manner of a beast
- bioplast — a very small unit of bioplasm
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