8-letter words containing a, s
- airheads — Plural form of airhead.
- airiness — the quality or condition of being fresh, light, or breezy
- airlifts — Plural form of airlift.
- airlines — Plural form of airline.
- airlocks — Plural form of airlock.
- airmails — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of airmail.
- airparks — Plural form of airpark.
- airports — Plural form of airport.
- airscape — a view of the land or sea below from the air
- airscrew — an aircraft propeller
- airshaft — (architecture) A vertical opening running from a courtyard to the sky, thus allowing air to circulate to high-rise apartments or offices.
- airships — Plural form of airship.
- airshows — Plural form of airshow.
- airspace — A country's airspace is the part of the sky that is over that country and is considered to belong to it.
- airspeed — An aircraft's airspeed is the speed at which it travels through the air.
- airstrip — An airstrip is a stretch of land which has been cleared so that aircraft can take off and land.
- airwaves — The airwaves is used to refer to the activity of broadcasting on radio and television. For example, if someone says something over the airwaves, they say it on the radio or television.
- akinesia — the loss of the ability to move, caused by diseases of the central nervous system
- akinesis — absence, loss, or impairment of the power of voluntary movement.
- al desko — (of a meal, esp lunch) at one's desk at one's place of work
- al sirat — the correct path of religion
- alarmism — The production of needless alarms.
- alarmist — Someone or something that is alarmist causes unnecessary fear or anxiety that something unpleasant or dangerous is going to happen.
- alastair — a male given name.
- alastrim — a form of smallpox caused by the virus Variola minor
- albanese — Licia [lee-chee-uh;; Italian lee-chah] /ˈli tʃi ə;; Italian ˈli tʃɑ/ (Show IPA), 1913–2014, Italian operatic soprano.
- albiness — a female albino
- albinism — the condition of being an albino
- albumens — Plural form of albumen.
- albumins — Plural form of albumin.
- albumose — any of a class of chemical compounds derived from albumins by the action of certain enzymes, as in digestion
- alcahest — the universal solvent sought by the alchemists.
- alcaides — Plural form of alcaide.
- alcazars — Plural form of alcazar.
- alcestis — the wife of king Admetus of Thessaly. To save his life, she died in his place, but was rescued from Hades by Hercules
- alchevsk — a city in E Ukraine. Pop: 117 000 (2005 est)
- alcinous — (in Homer's Odyssey) a Phaeacian king at whose court the shipwrecked Odysseus told of his wanderings
- alcohols — Plural form of alcohol.
- alcopops — Plural form of alcopop.
- aldolase — an enzyme present in the body that breaks down fructose into triose sugars
- alehouse — An alehouse is a pub.
- alembics — Plural form of alembic.
- alewives — Plural form of alewife.
- alforjas — Plural form of alforja.
- alfresco — An alfresco activity, especially a meal, is one that takes place in the open air.
- algorism — the Arabic or decimal system of counting
- aliasing — the error in a vision or sound signal arising from limitations in the system that generates or processes the signal
- alidades — Plural form of alidade.
- alienees — Plural form of alienee.
- alienism — the study and treatment of mental illness