8-letter words containing l, a, s
- analyses — to separate (a material or abstract entity) into constituent parts or elements; determine the elements or essential features of (opposed to synthesize): to analyze an argument.
- analysis — Analysis is the process of considering something carefully or using statistical methods in order to understand it or explain it.
- analysts — Plural form of analyst.
- analytes — Plural form of analyte.
- analyzes — to separate (a material or abstract entity) into constituent parts or elements; determine the elements or essential features of (opposed to synthesize): to analyze an argument.
- analyzis — Nonstandard spelling of analysis.
- anapolis — a city in central Brazil.
- anglaise — an old English country-dance.
- anglesey — an island and county of N Wales, formerly part of Gwynedd (1974–96), separated from the mainland by the Menai Strait. Administrative centre: Llangefni. Pop: 59 500 (2003 est). Area: 720 sq km (278 sq miles)
- angolese — a member of any of the tribes residing in Angola.
- angstful — Full of angst; fearful; apprehensive.
- angulose — having angles
- angulous — angular or having angles
- ankylose — (of bones in a joint, etc) to fuse or stiffen by ankylosis
- annalise — record in annals
- annalist — a writer of annals
- annelids — Plural form of annelid.
- annulets — Plural form of annulet.
- annulose — (of earthworms, crustaceans, and similar animals) having a body formed of a series of rings; segmented
- anthills — Plural form of anthill.
- antilles — main island group of the West Indies, including all but the Bahamas
- antislip — designed to prevent slipping or to remain stationary
- apiculus — a small point or tip
- aplastic — relating to or characterized by aplasia
- aplustre — the ornamental stern on an ancient Greek or Roman ship
- apolunes — Plural form of apolune.
- apoplast — the nonprotoplasmic component of a plant, including the cell walls and intercellular material
- apostilb — a unit of luminance equal to one ten thousandth of a lambert.
- apostles — Plural form of apostle.
- apparels — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of apparel.
- applauds — to clap the hands as an expression of approval, appreciation, acclamation, etc.: They applauded wildly at the end of the opera.
- applause — Applause is the noise made by a group of people clapping their hands to show approval.
- apprisal — The act of apprising, of making aware, of informing.
- 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
- arbalist — a powerful medieval crossbow with a steel bow, used to shoot stones, metal balls, arrows, etc.
- arbuscle — a small tree, or a plant halfway between a shrub and a tree
- aridisol — a soil type common to the world's deserts, poor in organic matter and rich in salts.
- armholes — Plural form of armhole.
- armlocks — Plural form of armlock.
- arrivals — Plural form of arrival.
- 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.
- articals — Misspelling of articles Plural form of artical.
- 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
- as usual — You use as usual to indicate that you are describing something that normally happens or that is normally the case.
- ash fall — a rain of airborne ash resulting from a volcanic eruption.