8-letter words containing s
- acoustic — An acoustic guitar or other instrument is one whose sound is produced without any electrical equipment.
- acquires — to come into possession or ownership of; get as one's own: to acquire property.
- acreages — Plural form of acreage.
- 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
- acrylics — Plural form of acrylic.
- actinism — that property of ultraviolet light, X-rays, or other radiations, by which chemical changes are produced
- actives' — engaged in action; characterized by energetic work, participation, etc.; busy: an active life.
- activise — to make active; activate.
- activism — Activism is the process of campaigning in public or working for an organization in order to bring about political or social change.
- activist — An activist is a person who works to bring about political or social changes by campaigning in public or working for an organization.
- actoress — Alternative form of actress.
- actorish — of, relating to, or characteristic of an actor
- actressy — exaggerated and affected in manner; theatrical
- actuates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of actuate.
- acuities — sharpness; acuteness; keenness: acuity of vision; acuity of mind.
- adamsite — a yellow poisonous crystalline solid that readily sublimes; diphenylaminechlorarsine. It is used in chemical warfare as a vomiting agent. Formula: C6H4AsClNHC6H4; relative density: 1.65; melting pt: 195°C; boiling pt: 410°C
- adapters — Plural form of adapter.
- adaptors — Plural form of adaptor.
- addendas — a plural of addendum.
- addorsed — placed back to back
- adenitis — inflammation of a gland or lymph node
- 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
- adessive — a grammatical case in Finno-Ugric languages indicating place
- adherers — Plural form of adherer.
- adhesion — Adhesion is the ability of one thing to stick firmly to another.
- adhesive — An adhesive is a substance such as glue, which is used to make things stick firmly together.
- adiposis — obesity or excessive fatness
- adjoints — Plural form of adjoint.
- adjourns — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adjourn.
- adjudges — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adjudge.
- adjuncts — Plural form of adjunct.
- adjusted — psychologically well or badly equipped to cope with reality and ordinary life and relationships
- adjuster — An adjuster is a device which allows you to alter a piece of equipment's position or setting.
- adjustor — a person or thing that adjusts.
- admirals — Plural form of admiral.
- admirers — to regard with wonder, pleasure, or approval.
- 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.
- adrastea — a small satellite of Jupiter, discovered in 1979
- adrastos — a king of Argos and leader of the Seven against Thebes.