8-letter words containing a, s
- accusers — Plural form of accuser.
- accusing — If you look at someone with an accusing expression or speak to them in an accusing tone of voice, you are showing that you think they have done something wrong.
- accusive — Accusative.
- accustom — If you accustom yourself or another person to something, you make yourself or them become used to it.
- acescent — slightly sour or turning sour
- acetates — Plural form of acetate.
- acharyas — Plural form of acharya.
- achelous — a river god who changed into a snake and a bull while fighting Hercules but was defeated when Hercules broke off one of his horns
- achenese — Atjehnese.
- achieves — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of achieve.
- achilles — Greek hero, the son of Peleus and the sea goddess Thetis: in the Iliad the foremost of the Greek warriors at the siege of Troy. While he was a baby his mother plunged him into the river Styx making his body invulnerable except for the heel by which she held him. After slaying Hector, he was killed by Paris who wounded him in the heel
- achimaas — Ahimaaz.
- achinese — Atjehnese.
- achiness — a constant, dull pain
- achroous — Colorless; achromatic.
- acidness — Acidity, sourness.
- acidosis — a condition characterized by an abnormal increase in the acidity of the blood and extracellular fluids
- acoelous — not having a true digestive tract
- acolytes — Plural form of acolyte.
- aconites — Plural form of aconite.
- acosmism — a belief that no world distinct from God exists
- acosmist — someone who believes that no world distinct from God exists
- acoustic — An acoustic guitar or other instrument is one whose sound is produced without any electrical equipment.
- acquires — to come into possession or ownership of; get as one's own: to acquire property.
- acreages — Plural form of acreage.
- acrobats — Plural form of acrobat.
- acronyms — a word formed from the initial letters or groups of letters of words in a set phrase or series of words and pronounced as a separate word, as Wac from Women's Army Corps, OPEC from Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, or loran from long-range navigation.
- acrosome — a cap-like structure on the tip of a spermatozoon that releases enzymes on encountering the ovum allowing fusion with the ovum in the sexual reproductive process; this part of the process is known as the acrosome reaction
- acrostic — a number of lines of writing, such as a poem, certain letters of which form a word, proverb, etc. A single acrostic is formed by the initial letters of the lines, a double acrostic by the initial and final letters, and a triple acrostic by the initial, middle, and final letters
- acrotism — an absence of pulse
- acrylics — Plural form of acrylic.
- actinism — that property of ultraviolet light, X-rays, or other radiations, by which chemical changes are produced
- actives' — engaged in action; characterized by energetic work, participation, etc.; busy: an active life.
- activise — to make active; activate.
- activism — Activism is the process of campaigning in public or working for an organization in order to bring about political or social change.
- activist — An activist is a person who works to bring about political or social changes by campaigning in public or working for an organization.
- actoress — Alternative form of actress.
- actorish — of, relating to, or characteristic of an actor
- actressy — exaggerated and affected in manner; theatrical
- actuates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of actuate.
- acuities — sharpness; acuteness; keenness: acuity of vision; acuity of mind.
- adamsite — a yellow poisonous crystalline solid that readily sublimes; diphenylaminechlorarsine. It is used in chemical warfare as a vomiting agent. Formula: C6H4AsClNHC6H4; relative density: 1.65; melting pt: 195°C; boiling pt: 410°C
- adapters — Plural form of adapter.
- adaptors — Plural form of adaptor.
- addendas — a plural of addendum.
- addorsed — placed back to back
- adenitis — inflammation of a gland or lymph node
- adenoids — Adenoids are soft lumps of flesh at the back and top of a person's throat that sometimes become swollen and have to be removed.
- adenomas — Plural form of adenoma.
- adenosis — a minor glandular condition typified by swelling of the lymph glands