8-letter words containing l, a, s, e
- apolunes — Plural form of apolune.
- apostles — Plural form of apostle.
- apparels — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of apparel.
- applause — Applause is the noise made by a group of people clapping their hands to show approval.
- appulses — Plural form of appulse.
- apuleius — Lucius (ˈluːsɪəs). 2nd century ad, Roman writer, noted for his romance The Golden Ass
- aral sea — a lake in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, east of the Caspian Sea, formerly the fourth largest lake in the world: shallow and saline, now badly polluted; use of its source waters for irrigation led to a loss of over 50% of its area between 1967 and 1997, after which the reduction began to be slowed. Area originally (to 1960) about 68 000 sq km (26 400 sq miles); water area reduced by 2004 to about 17 158 sq km (6625 sq miles) and the lake divided into sections
- arbalest — a large medieval crossbow, usually cocked by mechanical means
- arbuscle — a small tree, or a plant halfway between a shrub and a tree
- armholes — Plural form of armhole.
- arsehole — If one person calls another person an arsehole, they think that person is extremely stupid or has behaved in a stupid way.
- arsenals — Plural form of arsenal.
- articles — legal training
- as level — a public examination taken for the General Certificate of Education, with a smaller course content than an A level: since 2000 taken either as the first part of a full A level or as a qualification in its own right
- ashkelon — Ashqelon
- 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
- asparkle — in a glittering or glinting manner
- asphodel — any of various S European liliaceous plants of the genera Asphodelus and Asphodeline, having clusters of white or yellow flowers
- asplenia — Absence of normal spleen function.
- assailed — Simple past tense and past participle of assail.
- assailer — One who assails; an assailant.
- 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.
- assholes — Plural form of asshole.
- assoiled — Simple past tense and past participle of assoil.
- asternal — not connected or joined to the sternum
- astilbes — Plural form of astilbe.
- astutely — of keen penetration or discernment; sagacious: an astute analysis.
- asystole — the absence of heartbeat; cardiac arrest
- at least — You use at least to say that a number or amount is the smallest that is possible or likely and that the actual number or amount may be greater. The forms at the least and at the very least are also used.
- ateliers — Plural form of atelier.
- athletes — Plural form of athlete.
- atlantes — supporting columns for an entablature, carved in the form of standing or kneeling figures of men
- atmolyse — to separate gases, which have differing degrees of diffusibility, by filtering
- audibles — Plural form of audible.
- aurelius — Marcus(Marcus Aurelius Antoninus) a.d. 121-180; Rom. emperor (161-180) & Stoic philosopher
- aureoles — Plural form of aureole.
- auricles — Plural form of auricle.
- autolyse — to undergo or cause to undergo autolysis
- aversely — having a strong feeling of opposition, antipathy, repugnance, etc.; opposed: He is not averse to having a drink now and then.
- avulsive — Of or pertaining to an avulsion.
- awfulest — Superlative form of awful.
- b-sample — a urine or blood sample used in doping tests in professional sports to confirm or invalidate the presence of banned substances in the first sample, the A-sample
- baalebos — the master of the house
- baalshem — a person who works miracles by calling upon the name of God, especially one of the German and Polish Jews of the 16th–19th centuries considered to be saintly and to possess magical powers.
- babblers — Plural form of babbler.
- babelism — a confusion, particularly a noisy confusion, of speech or ideas
- backless — A backless dress leaves most of a woman's back uncovered down to her waist.
- bailsmen — Plural form of bailsman.
- balances — Plural form of balance.