8-letter words containing a, s
- amadises — a knight-errant, model of the chivalric hero.
- amakhosi — Plural form of inkhosi.
- amalgams — Plural form of amalgam.
- amaracus — a genus of herbaceous plant with fragrant flowers
- amassing — to gather for oneself; collect as one's own: to amass a huge amount of money.
- amateurs — Plural form of amateur.
- amazonas — a state of W Brazil, consisting of the central Amazon basin: vast areas of unexplored tropical rainforest. Capital: Manaus. Pop: 2 961 801 (2002). Area: 1 542 277 sq km (595 474 sq miles)
- amazonis — an area on the equator of Mars.
- amberous — of, relating to or resembling amber
- ambients — Plural form of ambient.
- ambler's — an ambling gait.
- ambonese — a native or inhabitant of Ambon.
- ambrosia — In Greek mythology, ambrosia is the food of the gods.
- ambushed — Simple past tense and past participle of ambush.
- ambusher — One who ambushes.
- ambushes — Plural form of ambush.
- ameiosis — the absence of pairing of chromosomes during meiosis
- americas — People sometimes refer to North America, Central America, and South America collectively as the Americas.
- americus — a city in SW central Georgia.
- amesbury — a town in NE Massachusetts.
- amethyst — Amethysts are clear purple stones, sometimes used to make jewellery.
- amfortas — (in medieval legend) the leader of the knights of the Holy Grail
- amidmost — in the middle or centre
- amidship — in or toward the middle part of a ship or aircraft; midway between the ends.
- amirates — Plural form of amirate.
- amissing — missing
- amission — (obsolete) deprivation; loss.
- amitosis — an unusual form of cell division in which the nucleus and cytoplasm divide by constriction without the formation of chromosomes; direct cell division
- ammeters — Plural form of ammeter.
- ammianus — Marcellinus [mahr-suh-lahy-nuh s] /ˌmɑr səˈlaɪ nəs/ (Show IPA), a.d. c325–c398, Roman historian.
- amnesiac — Someone who is amnesiac has lost their memory.
- amnesias — Plural form of amnesia.
- amnestic — causing amnesia
- amniotes — Plural form of amniote.
- amongest — Obsolete form of amongst.
- amorists — Plural form of amorist.
- amortise — amortize
- amoungst — Archaic form of amongst.
- amourist — Alternative form of amorist.
- amourous — Alternative form of amorous.
- amplexus — the mating embrace of amphibians, particularly frogs and toads
- ampoules — Plural form of ampoule.
- amputees — Plural form of amputee.
- amritsar — a city in India, in NW Punjab: centre of the Sikh religion; site of a massacre in 1919 of unarmed supporters of Indian self-government by British troops; in 1984 the Golden Temple, fortified by Sikhs, was attacked by Indian troops with the loss of many Sikh lives. Pop: 975 695 (2001)
- amundsen — Roald (ˈrɔald). 1872–1928, Norwegian explorer and navigator, who was the first man to reach the South Pole (1911)
- amusable — capable of being amused
- amusedly — in a way that shows one is amused
- amusette — a type of light field cannon
- amyelous — congenital absence of the spinal cord.
- amylases — Plural form of amylase.