8-letter words containing s, a
- apositic — causing apositia
- apospory — development of the gametophyte from the sporophyte without the formation of spores
- apostacy — Abandonment of religion.
- apostasy — If someone is accused of apostasy, they are accused of abandoning their religious faith, political loyalties, or principles.
- apostate — An apostate is someone who has abandoned their religious faith, political loyalties, or principles.
- apostilb — a unit of luminance equal to one ten thousandth of a lambert.
- apostles — Plural form of apostle.
- apparels — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of apparel.
- appeased — to bring to a state of peace, quiet, ease, calm, or contentment; pacify; soothe: to appease an angry king.
- appeaser — to bring to a state of peace, quiet, ease, calm, or contentment; pacify; soothe: to appease an angry king.
- appeases — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of appease.
- appestat — a neural control centre within the hypothalamus of the brain that regulates the sense of hunger and satiety
- appetise — (rare) To whet the appetite.
- applauds — to clap the hands as an expression of approval, appreciation, acclamation, etc.: They applauded wildly at the end of the opera.
- applause — Applause is the noise made by a group of people clapping their hands to show approval.
- appoints — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of appoint.
- apposing — Present participle of appose.
- apposite — Something that is apposite is suitable for or appropriate to what is happening or being discussed.
- appraise — If you appraise something or someone, you consider them carefully and form an opinion about them.
- apprisal — The act of apprising, of making aware, of informing.
- apprised — appraise.
- appriser — a person who appraises
- apprises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of apprise.
- apprizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of apprize.
- approves — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of approve.
- appulses — Plural form of appulse.
- apricots — Plural form of apricot.
- apsyrtus — a son of Aeëtes, killed by his sister Medea, who, while fleeing with Jason, threw pieces of her brother's body into the sea so that her father, in pursuing her, might be delayed while picking them up.
- apterous — (of insects) without wings, as silverfish and springtails
- apuleius — Lucius (ˈluːsɪəs). 2nd century ad, Roman writer, noted for his romance The Golden Ass
- apurpose — (dialect) on purpose; deliberately.
- apyrases — Plural form of apyrase.
- aquacise — A type of physical exercise practiced in water mostly vertically and without swimming, typically in a swimming pool in waist deep or deeper water.
- aquarids — either of two collections of meteors comprising meteor showers having their apparent origin in the constellation Aquarius and visible either in early May (Eta Aquarids) or late July (Delta Aquarids)
- aquarist — the curator of an aquarium
- aquarius — Aquarius is one of the twelve signs of the zodiac. Its symbol is a person pouring water. People who are born approximately between 20th January and 18th February come under this sign.
- aquashow — an exhibition of swimming and diving, often accompanied by music
- aquatics — sports or pastimes performed in or on the water
- aquiesce — Misspelling of acquiesce.
- aquifers — Plural form of aquifer.
- arabises — any plant of the genus Arabis, including the rock cresses.
- araceous — belonging to the plant family Araceae.
- aral sea — a lake in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, east of the Caspian Sea, formerly the fourth largest lake in the world: shallow and saline, now badly polluted; use of its source waters for irrigation led to a loss of over 50% of its area between 1967 and 1997, after which the reduction began to be slowed. Area originally (to 1960) about 68 000 sq km (26 400 sq miles); water area reduced by 2004 to about 17 158 sq km (6625 sq miles) and the lake divided into sections
- araneose — arachnoid, especially as a plant.
- araneous — resembling a spider's web
- arbalest — a large medieval crossbow, usually cocked by mechanical means
- arbalist — a powerful medieval crossbow with a steel bow, used to shoot stones, metal balls, arrows, etc.
- arbiters — Plural form of arbiter.
- arborise — To cause to have a tree like appearance.
- arborist — a specialist in the cultivation of trees