8-letter words containing s, a
- anglesey — an island and county of N Wales, formerly part of Gwynedd (1974–96), separated from the mainland by the Menai Strait. Administrative centre: Llangefni. Pop: 59 500 (2003 est). Area: 720 sq km (278 sq miles)
- angolese — a member of any of the tribes residing in Angola.
- angriest — feeling or showing anger or strong resentment (usually followed by at, with, or about): to be angry at the dean; to be angry about the snub.
- angstful — Full of angst; fearful; apprehensive.
- angstrom — a unit of length equal to 10–10 metre, used principally to express the wavelengths of electromagnetic radiations. It is equivalent to 0.1 nanometre
- angulose — having angles
- angulous — angular or having angles
- angus og — the god of love and beauty
- anhingas — Plural form of anhinga.
- anicetus — Saint, pope a.d. 155?–166?.
- animates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of animate.
- animists — Plural form of animist.
- anisette — a liquorice-flavoured liqueur made from aniseed
- ankylose — (of bones in a joint, etc) to fuse or stiffen by ankylosis
- annalise — record in annals
- annalist — a writer of annals
- annamese — of or relating to Annam
- annattos — Plural form of annatto.
- annelids — Plural form of annelid.
- annensky — Innokenty Fyodorovich [ee-nuh-kyen-ti fyaw-duh-ruh-vyich] /i nʌˈkyɛn tɪ ˈfyɔ də rə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1856–1909, Russian poet.
- annexins — Plural form of annexin.
- anniston — a city in E Alabama.
- annulets — Plural form of annulet.
- annulose — (of earthworms, crustaceans, and similar animals) having a body formed of a series of rings; segmented
- anodynes — Plural form of anodyne.
- anoopsia — a form of squint in which the eye turns upwards
- anoscope — proctoscope.
- anourous — anurous.
- anserine — of or resembling a goose
- ansermet — Ernest (ɛrnɛst). 1883–1969, Swiss orchestral conductor; principal conductor of Diaghilev's Ballets Russes
- ansi x12 — (standard) Standards defining the structure, format, and content of business transactions conducted through Electronic Data Interchange (EDI). ANSI X12 is produced by the committee ASC X12, supported by the Data Interchange Standards Association, Inc. (DISA).
- answered — Simple past tense and past participle of answer.
- answerer — someone who answers
- antabuse — a drug, a brand of disulfiram, used in the treatment of alcoholism, that acts by inducing nausea and other unpleasant symptoms following ingestion of alcohol; tetraethylthiuram disulphide
- antacids — Plural form of antacid.
- antbears — Plural form of antbear.
- antbirds — Plural form of antbird.
- antennas — a conductor by which electromagnetic waves are sent out or received, consisting commonly of a wire or set of wires; aerial.
- antepast — an appetizer
- anthemis — a genus of aromatic herbs of the family Asteraceae, closely related to Chamaemelum and native to the Mediterranean region and SW Asia
- antheses — Plural form of anthesis.
- anthesis — the time when a flower becomes sexually functional
- anthills — Plural form of anthill.
- antibias — countering bias
- antiboss — acting against a boss or bosses
- anticous — (in plants) facing the axis of the flower
- antigens — Immunology. any substance that can stimulate the production of antibodies and combine specifically with them.
- antilles — main island group of the West Indies, including all but the Bahamas
- antimask — interlude in a masque
- antinous — the chief suitor of Penelope, killed by Odysseus upon his return from Troy.