8-letter words containing a, t, s, o
- ancestor — Your ancestors are the people from whom you are descended.
- anctious — Obsolete form of anxious.
- angstrom — a unit of length equal to 10–10 metre, used principally to express the wavelengths of electromagnetic radiations. It is equivalent to 0.1 nanometre
- annattos — Plural form of annatto.
- anniston — a city in E Alabama.
- antiboss — acting against a boss or bosses
- anticous — (in plants) facing the axis of the flower
- antinous — the chief suitor of Penelope, killed by Odysseus upon his return from Troy.
- antismog — acting to reduce smog, aimed at preventing smog
- antisnob — a person opposed to snobbery
- antonius — Marcus (ˈmɑːkəs)
- antonyms — a word opposite in meaning to another. Fast is an antonym of slow. Compare synonym (def 1).
- antrorse — directed or pointing upwards or forwards
- aoristic — Grammar. pertaining to the aorist.
- aortitis — inflammation of the aorta
- apastron — the point at which the stars of a binary system are farthest apart (opposed to periastron).
- aphorist — a person who makes or uses aphorisms.
- aphthous — Of, or relating to aphtha.
- apoplast — the nonprotoplasmic component of a plant, including the cell walls and intercellular material
- apositia — a lack of appetite
- apositic — causing apositia
- apostacy — Abandonment of religion.
- apostasy — If someone is accused of apostasy, they are accused of abandoning their religious faith, political loyalties, or principles.
- apostate — An apostate is someone who has abandoned their religious faith, political loyalties, or principles.
- apostilb — a unit of luminance equal to one ten thousandth of a lambert.
- apostles — Plural form of apostle.
- appoints — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of appoint.
- apposite — Something that is apposite is suitable for or appropriate to what is happening or being discussed.
- apricots — Plural form of apricot.
- apterous — (of insects) without wings, as silverfish and springtails
- arborist — a specialist in the cultivation of trees
- armorist — a heraldry expert
- arrestor — Also, arrestor. a person or thing that arrests.
- arsonist — An arsonist is a person who deliberately sets fire to a building or vehicle.
- art song — a song written by a trained composer to convey a specific artistic idea, as in projecting the mood and meaning of a poetic text
- arthouse — a cinema which specializes in showing films which are not part of the commercial mainstream
- artworks — Printing. the elements that constitute a mechanical, as type, proofs, and illustrations. a mechanical; paste-up.
- asarotum — (in ancient Roman architecture) a painted pavement.
- asbestos — Asbestos is a grey material which does not burn and which has been used as a protection against fire or heat.
- ascomata — a fruiting body that bears asci.
- ashcroft — Dame Peggy. 1907–91, English stage and film actress
- assentor — any of the eight voters legally required to endorse the nomination of a candidate in a parliamentary or local election in addition to the nominator and seconder
- assertor — One who asserts or avers.
- assiento — a slave trade treaty between other countries and Spain which allowed other countries to supply slaves to Spanish dependencies or colonies
- assistor — to give support or aid to; help: Please assist him in moving the furniture.
- assoluta — absolute; supreme: a prima ballerina assoluta.
- assonant — resemblance of sounds.
- assonate — to display assonance or match in sound
- assorted — A group of assorted things is a group of similar things that are of different sizes or colours or have different qualities.
- assorter — to distribute, place, or arrange according to kind or class; classify; sort.