8-letter words containing o, s
- achroous — Colorless; achromatic.
- acidosis — a condition characterized by an abnormal increase in the acidity of the blood and extracellular fluids
- acoelous — not having a true digestive tract
- acolytes — Plural form of acolyte.
- aconites — Plural form of aconite.
- acosmism — a belief that no world distinct from God exists
- acosmist — someone who believes that no world distinct from God exists
- acoustic — An acoustic guitar or other instrument is one whose sound is produced without any electrical equipment.
- acrobats — Plural form of acrobat.
- acronyms — a word formed from the initial letters or groups of letters of words in a set phrase or series of words and pronounced as a separate word, as Wac from Women's Army Corps, OPEC from Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, or loran from long-range navigation.
- acrosome — a cap-like structure on the tip of a spermatozoon that releases enzymes on encountering the ovum allowing fusion with the ovum in the sexual reproductive process; this part of the process is known as the acrosome reaction
- acrostic — a number of lines of writing, such as a poem, certain letters of which form a word, proverb, etc. A single acrostic is formed by the initial letters of the lines, a double acrostic by the initial and final letters, and a triple acrostic by the initial, middle, and final letters
- acrotism — an absence of pulse
- actoress — Alternative form of actress.
- actorish — of, relating to, or characteristic of an actor
- adaptors — Plural form of adaptor.
- addorsed — placed back to back
- adenoids — Adenoids are soft lumps of flesh at the back and top of a person's throat that sometimes become swollen and have to be removed.
- adenomas — Plural form of adenoma.
- adenosis — a minor glandular condition typified by swelling of the lymph glands
- adespota — anonymous works of poetry
- adhesion — Adhesion is the ability of one thing to stick firmly to another.
- adiposis — obesity or excessive fatness
- adjoints — Plural form of adjoint.
- adjourns — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adjourn.
- adjustor — a person or thing that adjusts.
- admonish — If you admonish someone, you tell them very seriously that they have done something wrong.
- adonises — Classical Mythology. a youth slain by a wild boar but permitted by Zeus to pass four months every year in the lower world with Persephone, four with Aphrodite, and four wherever he chose.
- adoptees — Plural form of adoptee.
- adopters — Plural form of adopter.
- adperson — a copywriter, account executive, or other person employed in advertising.
- adrastos — a king of Argos and leader of the Seven against Thebes.
- adsorbed — Simple past tense and past participle of adsorb.
- adsorber — something which adsorbs
- advisors — Plural form of advisor.
- advisory — An advisory group regularly gives suggestions and help to people or organizations, especially about a particular subject or area of activity.
- advowson — the right of presentation to a vacant benefice
- aerators — Plural form of aerator.
- aerobics — Aerobics is a form of exercise which increases the amount of oxygen in your blood, and strengthens your heart and lungs. The verb that follows aerobics may be either singular or plural.
- aerosols — Plural form of aerosol.
- aerostat — a lighter-than-air craft, such as a balloon
- aesopian — of Aesop or characteristic of his fables
- afforest — to plant trees on; convert into forested land
- affronts — Plural form of affront.
- affusion — the baptizing of a person by pouring water onto his head
- aglossia — congenital absence of the tongue
- 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.