7-letter words containing as
- amasses — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of amass.
- ambassy — an embassy
- 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.
- amoebas — Plural form of amoeba.
- 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
- ananias — a Jewish Christian of Jerusalem who was struck dead for lying (Acts 5)
- anasazi — a member of an ancient, cliff-dwelling North American Indian people of the SW U.S., that built multi-story adobe houses
- anaspid — any member of an extinct order, Anaspida, of small, freshwater jawless fishes of the Silurian and Devonian periods, characterized by a single nostril, narrow rows of scales, and, usually, an armor-plated head.
- anatase — a rare blue or black mineral that consists of titanium oxide in tetragonal crystalline form and occurs in veins in igneous rocks. Formula: TiO2
- anemias — Plural form of anemia.
- angoras — Plural form of angora.
- anycast — (networking) A network addressing and routing scheme whereby data is routed to the nearest or best destination as viewed by the routing topology.
- aphasia — Aphasia is a mental condition in which people are often unable to remember simple words or communicate.
- aphasic — pertaining to or affected with aphasia.
- aplasia — congenital absence or abnormal development of an organ or part
- apnoeas — Plural form of apnoea.
- aporias — Plural form of aporia.
- appease — If you try to appease someone, you try to stop them from being angry by giving them what they want.
- apsaras — a female spirit of water and air
- apyrase — any of various enzymes that catalyse the hydrolysis of adenosine triphosphate, yielding a phosphate and energy
- aquinas — Saint Thomas. 1225–74, Italian theologian, scholastic philosopher, and Dominican friar, whose works include Summa contra Gentiles (1259–64) and Summa Theologiae (1267–73), the first attempt at a comprehensive theological system. Feast day: Jan 28
- aralias — Plural form of aralia.
- areolas — a ring of color, as around the human nipple.
- argasid — any of the numerous ticks of the family Argasidae, comprising the soft ticks.
- armadas — Plural form of armada.
- arrased — having an arras
- arrases — Plural form of arras Tapestries.
- artigas — José Gervasio. 1764–1850, the national hero of Uruguay. He fought for Uruguayan independence from Argentina, but was driven into exile in 1820
- as ever — You say as ever in order to indicate that something or someone's behaviour is not unusual because it is like that all the time or very often.
- as from — (in expressions of time) from
- as hell — You can use as hell after adjectives or some adverbs to emphasize the adjective or adverb.
- as many — the same number of
- as much — You use as much in expressions such as 'I thought as much' and 'I guessed as much' after you have just been told something and you want to say that you already believed or expected it to be true.
- as poss — 'As poss' means the same as 'as possible'.
- as such — You use as such with a negative to indicate that a word or expression is not a very accurate description of the actual situation.
- as well — You use as well when mentioning something which happens in the same way as something else already mentioned, or which should be considered at the same time as that thing.
- as-live — (of a performance for a television programme) performed as though live but broadcast after a short delay to allow for the editing of mistakes, bad language, etc
- asansol — city in E India, in the state of West Bengal: pop. 262,000
- asbuilt — May refer to a field survey, construction drawing, 3D model, or other descriptive representation of an engineered project or a design. Derived from usage of the adjective asbuilt. (See examples.).
- ascared — frightened
- ascarid — any parasitic nematode worm of the family Ascaridae, such as the common roundworm of man and pigs
- ascaris — relating to the ascarid
- ascaunt — in a slantwise manner
- ascends — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ascend.
- ascenez — Ashkenaz.
- ascents — Plural form of ascent.
- ascesis — the exercise of self-discipline
- ascetic — An ascetic person has a way of life that is simple and strict, usually because of their religious beliefs.