8-letter words containing a, d, s
- 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.
- agedness — the property of being aged
- agendums — matters to be attended to, as at a meeting of a committee
- agonised — Simple past tense and past participle of agonise.
- aidoneus — a king of Thesprotia.
- airdates — Plural form of airdate.
- airdries — a city in central Scotland, near Glasgow.
- airdrops — Plural form of airdrop.
- airheads — Plural form of airhead.
- airspeed — An aircraft's airspeed is the speed at which it travels through the air.
- al desko — (of a meal, esp lunch) at one's desk at one's place of work
- alcaides — Plural form of alcaide.
- aldolase — an enzyme present in the body that breaks down fructose into triose sugars
- alidades — Plural form of alidade.
- alledges — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of alledge.
- amadises — a knight-errant, model of the chivalric hero.
- ambushed — Simple past tense and past participle of ambush.
- amidmost — in the middle or centre
- amidship — in or toward the middle part of a ship or aircraft; midway between the ends.
- amundsen — Roald (ˈrɔald). 1872–1928, Norwegian explorer and navigator, who was the first man to reach the South Pole (1911)
- amusedly — in a way that shows one is amused
- analysed — to separate (a material or abstract entity) into constituent parts or elements; determine the elements or essential features of (opposed to synthesize): to analyze an argument.
- andersen — Hans Christian. 1805–75, Danish author of fairy tales, including The Ugly Duckling, The Tin Soldier, and The Snow Queen
- anderson — a river in N Canada, in the Northwest Territories, rising in lakes north of Great Bear Lake and flowing west and north to the Beaufort Sea. Length: about 580 km (360 miles)
- andesine — a feldspar mineral of the plagioclase series consisting of an aluminium silicate of sodium and calcium. Formula: NaAlSi3O8.CaAl2Si2O8