7-letter words containing a
- adreno- — adrenal glands
- adsorbs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adsorb.
- adspeak — the kind of language or jargon used in advertising or in advertisements
- adulate — to flatter or praise obsequiously
- adulter — (obsolete) To commit adultery.
- adultly — in an adult manner
- adultry — Misspelling of adultery.
- adusted — (obsolete) burnt; adust.
- advaita — one of the two principal Vedantic schools, asserting the existence of Brahman alone, whose appearance as the world is an illusion resulting from ignorance. Compare dvaita (def 2).
- advance — To advance means to move forward, often in order to attack someone.
- advents — Plural form of advent.
- adverbs — any member of a class of words that function as modifiers of verbs or clauses, and in some languages, as Latin and English, as modifiers of adjectives, other adverbs, or adverbial phrases, as very in very nice, much in much more impressive, and tomorrow in She'll write to you tomorrow. They relate to what they modify by indicating place (I promise to be there), time (Do your homework now!), manner (She sings beautifully), circumstance (He accidentally dropped the glass when the bell rang), degree (I'm very happy to see you), or cause (I draw, although badly). See also sentence adverb.
- adverse — Adverse decisions, conditions, or effects are unfavourable to you.
- adverts — Plural form of advert.
- advices — an opinion or recommendation offered as a guide to action, conduct, etc.: I shall act on your advice.
- advised — resulting from deliberation
- advisee — a person who receives advice from another person
- adviser — An adviser is an expert whose job is to give advice to another person or to a group of people.
- advises — to give counsel to; offer an opinion or suggestion as worth following: I advise you to be cautious.
- advisor — one who gives advice.
- adwoman — a woman who works in advertising
- adwomen — Plural form of adwoman.
- aechmea — any of various epiphytic bromeliads of the genus Aechmea, native to tropical America, having stiff, spiny leaves and clusters of red, yellow, or blue flowers: popular as a houseplant.
- aecidia — an aecium in which the spores are always formed in chains and enclosed in a cup-shaped peridium.
- aediles — Plural form of aedile.
- aefauld — single or sole
- aegates — ancient name of Egadi.
- aelfric — ("Ælfric Grammaticus"; "Ælfric the Grammarian") a.d. c955–c1020, English abbot and writer.
- aeneous — brass-coloured or greenish-gold
- aeolian — of or relating to the wind; produced or carried by the wind
- aeonian — everlasting
- aerated — angry or agitated
- aerates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aerate.
- aerator — a person or thing that aerates; specif., a device for aerating a liquid, or a fumigating device
- aerials — Plural form of aerial.
- aeriate — Archaic form of aerate.
- aeriest — ethereal; aerial.
- aerobat — a person who performs spectacular or dangerous manoeuvres while in an aircraft
- aerobee — a U.S. two-stage, liquid-propellant sounding rocket developed in the 1940s that carried scientific instruments and occasionally biological specimens into the upper stratosphere.
- aerobes — Plural form of aerobe.
- aerobic — Aerobic activity exercises and strengthens your heart and lungs.
- aerobot — an unmanned aircraft used esp in space exploration
- aerobus — a type of monorail that is suspended by an overhead cable
- aerogel — a colloid that has a continuous solid phase containing dispersed gas
- aerogen — Any noble gas.
- aerosat — a communications satellite used in air-traffic control and maritime navigation
- aerosol — An aerosol is a small container in which a liquid such as paint or deodorant is kept under pressure. When you press a button, the liquid is forced out as a fine spray or foam.
- aerotow — to tow (an aircraft) through the air.
- aesopic — of, relating to, or characteristic of Aesop or his fables: a story that points an Aesopian moral.
- aetatis — Of or at the age of.