8-letter words containing as
- increase — to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to: to increase taxes.
- inertias — Plural form of inertia.
- invasion — an act or instance of invading or entering as an enemy, especially by an army.
- invasive — characterized by or involving invasion; offensive: invasive war.
- isochasm — a line on a map or chart connecting points where auroras are observed with equal frequency.
- isostasy — Geology. the equilibrium of the earth's crust, a condition in which the forces tending to elevate balance those tending to depress.
- jellabas — Plural form of jellaba.
- jet wash — Aeronautics. the backwash caused by a jet engine.
- jim dash — a dash, often three ems long, used within a headline, between the headline and the main body of printed matter, between items in a single column, or between related but different material within a story.
- job case — any of various cases for holding type, especially one of several that accommodate both uppercase and lowercase letters. Compare California job case, case2 (def 8).
- jurassic — noting or pertaining to a period of the Mesozoic Epoch, occurring from 190 to 140 million years ago and characterized by an abundance of dinosaurs and the advent of birds and mammals.
- jurymast — a temporary mast assembled to replace a broken one
- kachinas — Plural form of kachina.
- kalidasa — flourished 5th century a.d, Hindu dramatist and poet.
- kalimbas — Plural form of kalimba.
- kasavubu — Joseph, 1917?–69, African political leader: first president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (now Zaire) 1960–65.
- kashmiri — a native or inhabitant of Kashmir.
- kashruth — the body of dietary laws prescribed for Jews: an observer of kashruth.
- kasparov — Gary or Garry, born 1963, Armenian chess player.
- katalase — catalase.
- katsuras — Plural form of katsura.
- kauravas — (in the Mahabharata) the cousins and enemies of the Pandavas.
- kawasaki — a seaport on SE Honshu, in central Japan, SW of Tokyo.
- key case — a small case in which keys are carried.
- keysmash — a random string of letters and symbols typed out on a keyboard or touchscreen, used to signal intense emotion in written communication: The photo of the actor was accompanied by a heartfelt keysmash.
- khalasis — Plural form of khalasi.
- khaskovo — a city in S Bulgaria.
- kiasuism — self-serving, competitive, or greedy: parents who are kiasu about their children’s education.
- kibitkas — Plural form of kibitka.
- kick ass — strikingly or overwhelmingly tough, aggressive, powerful, or effective: He finally built himself a kick-ass computer.
- kick-ass — strikingly or overwhelmingly tough, aggressive, powerful, or effective: He finally built himself a kick-ass computer.
- kielbasa — a smoked sausage of coarsely chopped beef and pork, flavored with garlic and spices.
- kielbasy — a smoked sausage of coarsely chopped beef and pork, flavored with garlic and spices.
- kilobase — (in expressing the lengths of nucleic acid molecules) 1,000 bases.
- kinshasa — People's Republic of the, a republic in central Africa, W of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: formerly an overseas territory in French Equatorial Africa; now an independent member of the French Community. 132,046 sq. mi. (341,999 sq. km). Capital: Brazzaville. Formerly French Congo, Middle Congo.
- kiss ass — to touch or press with the lips slightly pursed, and then often to part them and to emit a smacking sound, in an expression of affection, love, greeting, reverence, etc.: He kissed his son on the cheek.
- kiss-ass — to touch or press with the lips slightly pursed, and then often to part them and to emit a smacking sound, in an expression of affection, love, greeting, reverence, etc.: He kissed his son on the cheek.
- kitasato — Shibasaburo [shee-bah-sah-boo-raw] /ʃiˈbɑ sɑˈbu rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1852–1931, Japanese bacteriologist.
- kitharas — a musical instrument of ancient Greece consisting of an elaborate wooden soundbox having two arms connected by a yoke to which the upper ends of the strings are attached.
- koolhaas — Rem. born 1944, Dutch architect and theorist, co-founder of the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (1975); buildings include the Grand Palais and associated developments in Lille, France (1989–96); books include S, M, L, XL (1996)
- kopiykas — Plural form of kopiyka.
- kourbash — to whip with a kurbash.
- lacinias — Botany. a jagged or irregular part of a leaf or petal.
- lamasery — a monastery of lamas.
- lambaste — to beat or whip severely.
- lambasts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lambast.
- landfast — attached to or grounded on shore or land: landfast ice.
- landmass — a part of the continental crust above sea level having a distinct identity, as a continent or large island.
- landwash — the foreshore, especially that part between high and low tidemarks.
- lantanas — Plural form of lantana.