8-letter words containing as
- laodamas — a son of Eteocles who defended Thebes against the Epigoni, killed Aegialeus, and was killed by Alcmaeon.
- lard-ass — a person having unusually large buttocks.
- lasagnas — Plural form of lasagna.
- lasering — Present participle of laser.
- lash out — the flexible part of a whip; the section of cord or the like forming the extremity of a whip.
- lashings — a binding or fastening with a rope or the like.
- lashless — Without eyelashes.
- lassalle — Ferdinand [fur-dn-and;; German fer-di-nahnt] /ˈfɜr dnˌænd;; German ˈfɛr dɪˌnɑnt/ (Show IPA), 1825–64, German socialist and writer.
- lassoing — a long rope or line of hide or other material with a running noose at one end, used for roping horses, cattle, etc.
- last out — to go on or continue in time: The festival lasted three weeks.
- lastness — The quality of being or coming last; finality.
- laurasia — a hypothetical landmass in the Northern Hemisphere near the end of the Paleozoic Era: split apart to form North America and Eurasia.
- leasable — a contract renting land, buildings, etc., to another; a contract or instrument conveying property to another for a specified period or for a period determinable at the will of either lessor or lessee in consideration of rent or other compensation.
- leaseman — a person who leases land and obtains the rights to its use, especially oil-drilling rights.
- leasings — Plural form of leasing.
- leastest — (nonstandard) least.
- lempiras — Plural form of lempira.
- leonidas — died 480 b.c, Greek hero: king of Sparta 489?–480.
- leukomas — Plural form of leukoma.
- libertas — the ancient Roman personification of liberty.
- lifecast — a live video of one's daily activities, broadcast over the Internet: A lot of people are obsessed with following her daily lifecast.
- limassol — a seaport in S Cyprus: Phoenician ruins.
- limewash — A mixture of slaked lime in water.
- limmasol — a seaport in S Cyprus: Phoenician ruins.
- loaiasis — loiasis.
- lockfast — (Scottish) Fastened or secured with a lock.
- longcase — A longcase clock.
- loo mask — a half-mask worn during the 18th century for masquerades, etc
- lopgrass — a species of smooth-bladed grass, Bromus mollis
- low mass — a Mass that is said, and not sung, by the celebrant, who is assisted by one server, and which has less ceremonial form than a High Mass, using no music or choir.
- macassar — a seaport on SW Sulawesi (Celebes), in central Indonesia.
- madrasah — a school or college, especially a school attached to a mosque where young men study theology.
- madrasas — Plural form of madrasa, an alternative spelling of 'madrassah'.
- madrassa — Alternative spelling of madrasah.
- maebashi — a city in the central part of Honshu, in central Japan.
- maecenas — Gaius Cilnius [sil-nee-uh s] /ˈsɪl ni əs/ (Show IPA), c70–8 b.c, Roman statesman: friend and patron of Horace and Vergil.
- mahatmas — Plural form of mahatma.
- mahonias — Plural form of mahonia.
- maiasaur — a large hadrosaur, Maiasaura peeblesorum, that is thought to have cared for its young.
- mainmast — the second mast from forward in any ship having two or more masts, except for a yawl, ketch, or dandy.
- makassar — a former name of Ujung Pandang.
- makefast — any structure to which a ship is tied up, as a bollard or buoy.
- malagasy — a member of any of various peoples native to the island of Madagascar.
- malvasia — a sweet grape from which malmsey wine is made.
- malvinas — a female given name.
- manassas — a town in NE Virginia: battles of Bull Run 1861, 1862.
- manasseh — the first son of Joseph. Gen. 41:51.
- mandalas — Plural form of mandala.
- maquilas — a factory run by a U.S. company in Mexico to take advantage of cheap labor and lax regulation.
- marascas — Plural form of marasca.