7-letter words containing s, a
- airsoft — A modern combat sport in which participants eliminate their opponents by hitting them with spherical non-metallic pellets launched from a compressed-air gun.
- airstop — a landing place for helicopters
- airwash — to cool (a roof or the like) with a current of air.
- airways — The passage by which air reaches a person's lungs.
- airwise — having skill in flying
- aitches — Plural form of aitch.
- aj, sir — Sir A(lfred) J(ules) 1910–1989, English philosopher, teacher, and author.
- akashic — Of or pertaining to akasha.
- akhisar — a town in W Turkey, NE of Izmir.
- akrasia — weakness of will; acting in a way contrary to one's sincerely held moral values
- alagoas — a state in NE Brazil, on the Atlantic coast. Capital: Maceió. Pop: 2 887 535 (2002). Area: 30 776 sq km (11 031 sq miles)
- alarums — Plural form of alarum.
- alaskan — of or relating to Alaska or its inhabitants
- alastor — an avenging spirit or demon
- albedos — Plural form of albedo.
- albinos — Plural form of albino.
- albinus — Alcuin.
- alcaeus — 7th century bc, Greek lyric poet who wrote hymns, love songs, and political odes
- alcaics — verse written in the Alcaic form
- alceste — an opera (1767) by Christoph Willibald Gluck.
- alcides — Hercules
- alcoves — Plural form of alcove.
- alesund — a port and market town in W Norway, on an island between Bergen and Trondheim: fishing and sealing fleets. Pop: 40 001 (2004 est)
- alevins — Plural form of alevin.
- alfisol — a fertile soil of humid regions that occurs worldwide, especially where native broadleaf forests were established, and is highly productive for agriculture.
- alfonso — 1886–1941, king of Spain 1886–1930.
- algesi- — algo-
- algesia — the capacity to feel pain
- algesic — sensitivity to pain; hyperesthesia.
- algesis — a feeling or sense of pain
- algiers — the capital of Algeria, an ancient port on the Mediterranean; until 1830 a centre of piracy. Pop: 3 260 000 (2005 est)
- alhajis — Plural form of alhaji.
- aliased — Simple past tense and past participle of alias.
- aliases — a false name used to conceal one's identity; an assumed name: The police files indicate that “Smith” is an alias for Simpson.
- alibies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of alibi.
- alidads — Plural form of alidad.
- alights — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of alight.
- alkalis — Plural form of alkali.
- alkanes — Plural form of alkane.
- alkenes — Plural form of alkene.
- alkines — any member of the alkyne series.
- all set — prepared; ready
- alleges — to assert without proof.
- alleles — Plural form of allele.
- allenes — Plural form of allene.
- allison — Donald ("Donnie") born 1939, and his brother, Robert, (Bobby), born 1937, U.S. racing-car drivers.
- alliums — Plural form of allium.
- allness — the state of being comprehensive or all-embracing
- allseed — any of several plants that produce many seeds, such as knotgrass
- allston — Washington. 1779–1843, US painter and author, regarded as the earliest US Romantic painter. His paintings include Elijah in the Desert (1818) and Moonlit Landscape (1819)