8-letter words containing a, i, s
- apposite — Something that is apposite is suitable for or appropriate to what is happening or being discussed.
- appraise — If you appraise something or someone, you consider them carefully and form an opinion about them.
- apprisal — The act of apprising, of making aware, of informing.
- apprised — appraise.
- appriser — a person who appraises
- apprises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of apprise.
- apprizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of apprize.
- apricots — Plural form of apricot.
- apuleius — Lucius (ˈluːsɪəs). 2nd century ad, Roman writer, noted for his romance The Golden Ass
- aquacise — A type of physical exercise practiced in water mostly vertically and without swimming, typically in a swimming pool in waist deep or deeper water.
- aquarids — either of two collections of meteors comprising meteor showers having their apparent origin in the constellation Aquarius and visible either in early May (Eta Aquarids) or late July (Delta Aquarids)
- aquarist — the curator of an aquarium
- aquarius — Aquarius is one of the twelve signs of the zodiac. Its symbol is a person pouring water. People who are born approximately between 20th January and 18th February come under this sign.
- aquatics — sports or pastimes performed in or on the water
- aquiesce — Misspelling of acquiesce.
- aquifers — Plural form of aquifer.
- arabises — any plant of the genus Arabis, including the rock cresses.
- arbalist — a powerful medieval crossbow with a steel bow, used to shoot stones, metal balls, arrows, etc.
- arbiters — Plural form of arbiter.
- arborise — To cause to have a tree like appearance.
- arborist — a specialist in the cultivation of trees
- arc sine — the angle, measured in radians, that has a sine equal to a given number. Symbol: sin −1. Abbreviation: arc sin, arcsin;
- arcanist — a person with secret knowledge of a manufacturing technique
- arcesius — a son of Zeus and Euryodia, father of Laertes, and grandfather of Odysseus.
- archaise — Standard spelling of from=non-Oxford.
- archaism — the adoption or imitation of something archaic, such as a word or an artistic or literary style
- archaist — something archaic, as a word or expression.
- archives — Usually, archives. documents or records relating to the activities, business dealings, etc., of a person, family, corporation, association, community, or nation.
- archwise — like an arch
- arctiids — Plural form of arctiid.
- arginase — an enzyme which hydrolyses arginine into ornithine and urea
- argosies — Plural form of argosy.
- argufies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of argufy.
- arguidos — Plural form of arguido.
- arianism — the doctrine of Arius, pronounced heretical at the Council of Nicaea, which asserted that Christ was not of one substance with the Father, but a creature raised by the Father to the dignity of Son of God
- aridisol — a soil type common to the world's deserts, poor in organic matter and rich in salts.
- aridness — The state or quality of being arid.
- ariettas — Plural form of arietta.
- ariettes — a short aria.
- arisings — Waste products or byproducts of an industrial process.
- aristate — Botany. having aristae; awned.
- aristide — Jean-Bertrand, born 1953, Haitian priest and political leader: first democratically elected president, 1991, 1994–96, 2001–04.
- arminius — ?17 bc–?21 ad, Germanic chieftain: organized a revolt against the Romans in 9 ad
- armoires — Plural form of armoire.
- armories — (US) Plural form of armory.
- armorist — a heraldry expert
- arousing — causing sexual excitement
- arraigns — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of arraign.
- arrivals — Plural form of arrival.
- arrivism — the conduct or condition of an arriviste.