8-letter words containing o, a, s, i
- garrison — William Lloyd, 1805–79, U.S. leader in the abolition movement.
- gasiform — having the form of gas; gaseous.
- gasolier — a chandelier furnished with gaslights.
- gasoline — a volatile, flammable liquid mixture of hydrocarbons, obtained from petroleum, and used as fuel for internal-combustion engines, as a solvent, etc.
- gastonia — a city in S North Carolina, W of Charlotte.
- geotaxis — oriented movement of a motile organism toward or away from a gravitational force.
- gigatons — Plural form of gigaton.
- girasole — an opal that reflects light in a bright luminous glow.
- girasols — Plural form of girasol.
- glacious — Characteristic, composed, or of the nature of icy; icy.“Gla
- gloriosa — any plant of the bulbous tropical African genus Gloriosa, some species of which are grown as ornamental greenhouse climbers for their showy flowers of yellow, orange, and red: family Liliaceae
- glossina — tsetse fly.
- goatfish — any tropical and subtropical marine fish of the family Mullidae, having a pair of long barbels below the mouth.
- goatskin — the skin or hide of a goat.
- godolias — Gedaliah.
- goliaths — Plural form of goliath.
- gonaives — Gulf of, an inlet of the Caribbean Sea, between the two peninsulas of W Haiti.
- gorillas — Plural form of gorilla.
- gracioso — a buffoon or clown in Spanish comedy.
- gracious — pleasantly kind, benevolent, and courteous.
- gratious — Obsolete form of gracious.
- grazioso — graceful; flowing.
- hailshot — small pellets of ammunition resembling hail when it is discharged and broadcast in all directions
- halitous — relating to a mist or emission
- haplosis — the production of haploid chromosome groups during meiosis.
- harrison — Benjamin, 1726?–91, American political leader (father of William Henry Harrison).
- hautbois — hautboy.
- hemiolas — Plural form of hemiola.
- herodias — the second wife of Herod Antipas and the mother of Salome: she told Salome to ask Herod for the head of John the Baptist.
- hidalgos — Plural form of hidalgo.
- hispano- — Hispanic
- hoariest — Superlative form of hoary.
- hobnails — Plural form of hobnail.
- hoistman — someone who operates a hoist
- hoistway — a shaft for a hoist or a lift
- holidays — Plural form of holiday.
- horatius — (Publius Horatius Cocles) Roman Legend. a hero celebrated for his defense of the bridge over the Tiber against the Etruscans.
- hospital — an institution in which sick or injured persons are given medical or surgical treatment.
- hyposmia — A reduced ability to smell and to detect odours.
- iceboats — Plural form of iceboat.
- icosagon — (mathematics) A polygon with twenty sides and twenty angles.
- idocrase — vesuvianite.
- inboards — Plural form of inboard.
- infamous — having an extremely bad reputation: an infamous city.
- insolate — to expose to the sun's rays; treat by exposure to the sun's rays.
- insomnia — inability to obtain sufficient sleep, especially when chronic; difficulty in falling or staying asleep; sleeplessness.
- insuloma — a benign tumor of the insulin-secreting cells of the pancreas that may produce signs of hypoglycemia.
- intrados — the interior curve or surface of an arch or vault.
- invasion — an act or instance of invading or entering as an enemy, especially by an army.
- iotacism — the conversion of other vowel sounds, especially in Modern Greek, into (ē), the sound of iota.