8-letter words containing e, s, a
- asherite — a member of the tribe of Asher.
- ashiness — the condition of being like ash in colour or texture or of containing or being coated with ash
- ashkelon — Ashqelon
- ashkenaz — a son of Gomer and grandson of Japheth. Gen 10:1–3; I Chron. 1:6.
- ashmedai — (tool) A symbolic mathematics package by Michael Levine <[email protected]> that influenced SMP and FORM. There are versions for the Univac 1108 and VAX/VMS.
- ashqelon — city in SW Israel, on the Mediterranean: nearby is the site of an ancient city-state (often sp. Ashkelon) of the Philistines, 12th cent. b.c. (cf. I Sam. 6:17; Jer. 25:20): pop. 57,000
- asmodeus — (in Jewish demonology) prince of the demons
- asmonean — Hasmonean.
- asnieres — a suburb of Paris, France, on the Seine. Pop: 82 720 (2006)
- asparkle — in a glittering or glinting manner
- aspected — (astrology, obsolete) Subject to a particular planetary aspect.
- asperate — (of plant parts) having a rough surface due to a covering of short stiff hairs
- asperger — a developmental disorder characterized by severely impaired social skills, repetitive behaviors, and often, a narrow set of interests, but not involving delayed development of linguistic and cognitive abilities: now considered one of the autism spectrum disorders.
- asperges — a short rite preceding Mass, in which the celebrant sprinkles those present with holy water to the accompaniment of the chant Asperges me, Domine
- asperity — If you say something with asperity, you say it impatiently and severely.
- aspermia — the failure to form or emit semen
- aspermic — (of a male animal) Unable to produce sperm.
- asperous — Rough, rugged, uneven.
- aspersed — Simple past tense and past participle of asperse.
- asperser — to attack with false, malicious, and damaging charges or insinuations; slander.
- aspheric — a lens that has a shape that is not completely round
- asphodel — any of various S European liliaceous plants of the genera Asphodelus and Asphodeline, having clusters of white or yellow flowers
- aspirate — to articulate (a stop) with some force, so that breath escapes with audible friction as the stop is released
- aspirers — to long, aim, or seek ambitiously; be eagerly desirous, especially for something great or of high value (usually followed by to, after, or an infinitive): to aspire after literary immortality; to aspire to be a doctor.
- asplenia — Absence of normal spleen function.
- assailed — Simple past tense and past participle of assail.
- assailer — One who assails; an assailant.
- assamese — the state language of Assam, belonging to the Indic branch of the Indo-European family and closely related to Bengali
- assayers — to examine or analyze: to assay a situation; to assay an event.
- asscheek — (vulgar slang) A buttock.
- assegais — Plural form of assegai.
- assemble — When people assemble or when someone assembles them, they come together in a group, usually for a particular purpose such as a meeting.
- assembly — An assembly is a large group of people who meet regularly to make decisions or laws for a particular region or country.
- assented — to agree or concur; subscribe to (often followed by to): to assent to a statement.
- assenter — a person who agrees or complies
- 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
- asserted — resting on a statement or claim unsupported by evidence or proof; alleged: The asserted value of the property was twice the amount anyone offered.
- asserter — One who makes an assertion.
- assertor — One who asserts or avers.
- assessed — Simple past tense and past participle of assess.
- assessee — Something or someone that is assessed.
- assesses — to estimate officially the value of (property, income, etc.) as a basis for taxation.
- assessor — An assessor is a person who is employed to calculate the value of something, or the amount of money that should be paid, for example in tax.
- assholes — Plural form of asshole.
- assidean — a member of a sect, characterized by its religious zeal and piety, that flourished in the 2nd century b.c. during the time of the Maccabees and vigorously resisted the Hellenization of Jewish culture and religion.
- assiento — a slave trade treaty between other countries and Spain which allowed other countries to supply slaves to Spanish dependencies or colonies
- assigned — Simple past tense and past participle of assign.
- assignee — a person to whom some right, interest, or property is transferred
- assigner — to give or allocate; allot: to assign rooms at a hotel.
- assinine — Alternative spelling of asinine.