8-letter words containing n, a, s
- advances — personal overtures made in an attempt to become friendly, gain a favour, etc
- advising — to give counsel to; offer an opinion or suggestion as worth following: I advise you to be cautious.
- advowson — the right of presentation to a vacant benefice
- aesculin — a chemical found in the bark of horse-chestnut trees
- aesopian — of Aesop or characteristic of his fables
- affronts — Plural form of affront.
- affusion — the baptizing of a person by pouring water onto his head
- afghanis — Plural form of afghani.
- afrasian — of Afrasia.
- aftersun — a moisturizing lotion applied to the skin to soothe sunburn and avoid peeling
- agedness — the property of being aged
- agencies — Plural form of agency.
- agendums — matters to be attended to, as at a meeting of a committee
- agenesia — absence of or failed development of a body part.
- agenesis — (of an animal or plant) imperfect development
- aglisten — refulgent; glistening.
- agnostic — An agnostic believes that it is not possible to know whether God exists or not. Compare atheist.
- agonised — Simple past tense and past participle of agonise.
- agonists — Plural form of agonist.
- agonizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of agonize.
- agostini — Giacomo (ˈdʒaːkomo). born 1942, Italian racing motorcyclist: world champion (500 cc. class) 1966–72, 1975; (350 cc. class) 1968–74
- agremens — amenities
- aidoneus — a king of Thesprotia.
- ailerons — Plural form of aileron.
- ailments — Plural form of ailment.
- air sign — one of a group of three signs of the zodiac, Gemini, Libra, and Aquarius
- airiness — the quality or condition of being fresh, light, or breezy
- airlines — Plural form of airline.
- akinesia — the loss of the ability to move, caused by diseases of the central nervous system
- akinesis — absence, loss, or impairment of the power of voluntary movement.
- albanese — Licia [lee-chee-uh;; Italian lee-chah] /ˈli tʃi ə;; Italian ˈli tʃɑ/ (Show IPA), 1913–2014, Italian operatic soprano.
- albiness — a female albino
- albinism — the condition of being an albino
- albumens — Plural form of albumen.
- albumins — Plural form of albumin.
- alcinous — (in Homer's Odyssey) a Phaeacian king at whose court the shipwrecked Odysseus told of his wanderings
- aliasing — the error in a vision or sound signal arising from limitations in the system that generates or processes the signal
- alienees — Plural form of alienee.
- alienism — the study and treatment of mental illness
- alienist — a psychiatrist who specializes in the legal aspects of mental illness
- alienors — Plural form of alienor.
- aliments — that which nourishes; nutriment; food.
- alinasal — (anatomy) Pertaining to expansions of the nasal bone or cartilage.
- alkanets — Plural form of alkanet.
- allision — the striking of one ship by another.
- allusion — An allusion is an indirect reference to someone or something.
- almanacs — Plural form of almanac.
- alphonse — a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “noble” and “ready.”.
- alphonso — a masculine name
- alphorns — Plural form of alphorn.