7-letter words containing s
- amasses — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of amass.
- amazons — a river in N South America, flowing E from the Peruvian Andes through N Brazil to the Atlantic Ocean: the largest river in the world in volume of water carried. 3900 miles (6280 km) long.
- ambages — winding, roundabout paths or ways.
- ambassy — an embassy
- ambitus — (music) the range of a melody, especially those of ecclesiastical chants.
- amboise — a town in NW central France, on the River Loire: famous castle, a former royal residence. Pop: 11 457 (1999)
- ambries — Plural form of ambry.
- ambrose — Saint. ?340–397 ad, bishop of Milan; built up the secular power of the early Christian Church; also wrote music and Latin hymns. Feast day: Dec 7 or April 4
- ambsace — double ace, the lowest throw at dice
- amesace — the lowest throw at dice, the double ace.
- ameslan — American sign language: a language in which meaning is conveyed by hand gestures and their position in relation to the upper part of the body
- amherst — Jeffrey, 1st Baron Amherst. 1717–97, British general who defeated the French in Canada (1758–60): governor general of British North America (1761–63)
- amidase — an enzyme acting as a catalyst in the hydrolysis of an amide
- aminase — any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of amino compounds, releasing the amino group and liberating nitrogen.
- amities — a female given name.
- amnesia — If someone is suffering from amnesia, they have lost their memory.
- amnesic — a person affected by amnesia.
- amnesty — An amnesty is an official pardon granted to a group of prisoners by the state.
- amoebas — Plural form of amoeba.
- amongst — Amongst means the same as among.
- amorism — the state of someone who is preoccupied with love and lovemaking or with writing about love
- amorist — a lover or a writer about love
- amorosa — a female lover
- amoroso — (to be played) lovingly
- amorous — If you describe someone's feelings or actions as amorous, you mean that they involve sexual desire.
- amosite — a fibrous mineral used in the manufacture of heat and acid-proof asbestos
- amounts — the sum total of two or more quantities or sums; aggregate.
- ampelos — a satyr who was placed among the stars by Dionysus.
- amperes — Plural form of ampere.
- amplest — fully sufficient or more than adequate for the purpose or needs; plentiful; enough: an ample supply of water; ample time to finish.
- ampules — Plural form of ampule.
- ampycus — a son of Pelias, husband of Chloris, and father of Mopsus.
- amscray — Leave quickly.
- amtracs — Plural form of amtrac.
- amulets — Plural form of amulet.
- amulius — a son of Proca who revolted against his brother Numitor and seized the throne of Alba Longa.
- amusers — Plural form of amuser.
- amusing — Someone or something that is amusing makes you laugh or smile.
- amusive — deceptive, illusive
- amyclas — a son of Lacedaemon and Sparta.
- amylase — any of several enzymes that hydrolyse starch and glycogen to simple sugars, such as glucose. They are present in saliva
- amylose — the minor component (about 20 per cent) of starch, consisting of long unbranched chains of glucose units. It is soluble in water and gives an intense blue colour with iodine
- analogs — (US) Plural form of analog.
- analyse — If you analyse something, you consider it carefully or use statistical methods in order to fully understand it.
- analyst — An analyst is a person whose job is to analyse a subject and give opinions about it.
- ananias — a Jewish Christian of Jerusalem who was struck dead for lying (Acts 5)
- anapest — a metrical foot consisting, in Greek and Latin verse, of two short syllables followed by a long one, or, as in English, of two unaccented syllables followed by an accented one
- anapsid — belonging or pertaining to the Anapsida, a subclass of reptiles, extinct except for the turtles, characterized by having no opening in the temporal region of the skull.
- anarchs — Plural form of anarch.
- anasazi — a member of an ancient, cliff-dwelling North American Indian people of the SW U.S., that built multi-story adobe houses