8-letter words containing a, s, c
- armlocks — Plural form of armlock.
- articals — Misspelling of articles Plural form of artical.
- articles — legal training
- artistic — Someone who is artistic is good at drawing or painting, or arranging things in a beautiful way.
- aruspicy — haruspicy.
- asbestic — relating to asbestos
- ascanius — the son of Aeneas and Creusa; founder of Alba Longa, mother city of Rome
- ascarids — Plural form of ascarid.
- ascended — to move, climb, or go upward; mount; rise: The airplane ascended into the clouds.
- ascender — the part of certain lower-case letters, such as b or h, that extends above the body of the letter
- ascetics — Plural form of ascetic.
- ascidian — any minute marine invertebrate animal of the class Ascidiacea, such as the sea squirt, the adults of which are degenerate and sedentary: subphylum Tunicata (tunicates)
- ascidium — part of a plant that is shaped like a pitcher, such as the modified leaf of the pitcher plant
- ascocarp — (in some ascomycetous fungi) a globular structure containing the asci
- ascomata — a fruiting body that bears asci.
- asconoid — pertaining to or resembling an ascon.
- ascorbic — Of or pertaining to ascorbic acid or its derivatives.
- ascribed — Simple past tense and past participle of ascribe.
- ascribes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ascribe.
- aseismic — denoting a region free of earthquakes
- ashcroft — Dame Peggy. 1907–91, English stage and film actress
- aspartic — Of or pertaining to aspartic acid or its derivatives.
- aspected — (astrology, obsolete) Subject to a particular planetary aspect.
- aspermic — (of a male animal) Unable to produce sperm.
- aspheric — a lens that has a shape that is not completely round
- ass-kick — to kick ass. See kick (def 33).
- asscheek — (vulgar slang) A buttock.
- asthenic — of, relating to, or having asthenia; weak
- astucity — Craftiness; astuteness.
- asuncion — the capital and chief port of Paraguay, on the Paraguay River, 1530 km (950 miles) from the Atlantic. Pop: 1 750 000 (2005 est)
- atamasco — relating to an American lily of the genus Zephyranthes
- atchison — a city in NE Kansas, on the Missouri River.
- attaches — to fasten or affix; join; connect: to attach a photograph to an application with a staple.
- atticism — the idiom or character of the Attic dialect of Ancient Greek, esp in the Hellenistic period
- attracts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of attract.
- auctions — Plural form of auction.
- auricles — Plural form of auricle.
- auspices — an augur of ancient Rome.
- autecism — the development of the entire life cycle of a parasitic fungus on a single host or group of hosts.
- autistic — An autistic person suffers from autism.
- autopsic — relating to autopsy
- avionics — Avionics is the science of electronics used in aviation.
- avocados — Plural form of avocado.
- avouches — to make frank acknowledgment or affirmation of; declare or assert with positiveness.
- babiches — Plural form of babiche.
- bacchius — a metrical foot of one short syllable followed by two long ones (◡ – –)
- bacillus — A bacillus is any bacterium that has a long, thin shape.
- back saw — a short saw with a reinforced back.
- backcast — a backward casting of a fishing rod
- backends — Plural form of backend.