8-letter words containing l, a, s
- ash flow — an avalanche of volcanic ash.
- ashkelon — Ashqelon
- ashplant — a walking stick made from an ash sapling
- 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.
- assaults — Plural form of assault.
- 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.
- assoluta — absolute; supreme: a prima ballerina assoluta.
- asternal — not connected or joined to the sternum
- astilbes — Plural form of astilbe.
- astragal — a small convex moulding, usually with a semicircular cross section
- astrally — pertaining to or proceeding from the stars; stellar; star-shaped.
- 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
- atlantis — (in ancient legend) a continent said to have sunk beneath the Atlantic Ocean west of the Straits of Gibraltar
- atmolyse — to separate gases, which have differing degrees of diffusibility, by filtering
- audibles — Plural form of audible.
- augustly — inspiring reverence or admiration; of supreme dignity or grandeur; majestic: an august performance of a religious drama.
- 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.
- autolisp — (language) A dialect of Lisp used by the Autocad CAD package from Autodesk.
- 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.
- avulsion — a forcible tearing away or separation of a bodily structure or part, either as the result of injury or as an intentional surgical procedure
- avulsive — Of or pertaining to an avulsion.
- awfulest — Superlative form of awful.
- axolotls — Plural form of axolotl.
- axoplasm — the fluid substance found in the axon of a neuron which surrounds the fibrils
- 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
- bacillus — A bacillus is any bacterium that has a long, thin shape.
- backlash — A backlash against a tendency or recent development in society or politics, is a sudden, strong reaction against it.
- backless — A backless dress leaves most of a woman's back uncovered down to her waist.
- backlins — backward; back.
- backlist — a publisher's previously published books that are still available