7-letter words starting with as
- ashrama — one of the four stages in Hindu spiritual life
- ashrams — Plural form of ashram.
- ashtray — An ashtray is a small dish in which smokers can put the ash from their cigarettes and cigars.
- ashwood — The wood of the ash tree.
- asiatic — Asiatic means belonging or relating to Asia or its people.
- asides' — on or to one side; to or at a short distance apart; away from some position or direction: to turn aside; to move the chair aside.
- asimina — (US, dated) The pawpaw (Asimina triloba), a fruit-bearing plant.
- asinico — an idiot or a fool
- asinine — If you describe something or someone as asinine, you mean that they are very foolish.
- ask for — to try to obtain by requesting
- ask out — invite on a date
- askance — with an oblique glance
- askarel — any of the class of synthetic, nonflammable, liquid dielectrics used chiefly for insulation in transformers.
- askaris — a native African police officer or soldier, especially one serving a colonial administration.
- askelon — Ashqelon
- askesis — the procedure of demonstrating self-control and determination of action and purpose
- asleepe — Archaic spelling of asleep.
- asocial — avoiding contact; not gregarious
- asonant — Not sounding or sounded.
- aspasia — 5th century bc, Greek courtesan; mistress of Pericles
- aspects — Plural form of aspect.
- asperge — an implement used for scattering holy water
- asperse — to spread false rumours about; defame
- asphalt — Asphalt is a black substance used to make the surfaces of things such as roads and playgrounds.
- aspired — to long, aim, or seek ambitiously; be eagerly desirous, especially for something great or of high value (usually followed by to, after, or an infinitive): to aspire after literary immortality; to aspire to be a doctor.
- aspirer — One who aspires to something.
- aspires — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aspire.
- aspirin — Aspirin is a mild drug which reduces pain and fever.
- asprawl — in a lolling or sprawling manner
- aspread — in an extended or stretched out manner
- asprout — in a springing or sprouting manner
- asquint — with a glance from the corner of the eye, esp a furtive one
- asquith — Herbert Henry, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith. 1852–1928, British statesman; prime minister (1908–16); leader of the Liberal Party (1908–26)
- assagai — assegai
- assaile — Obsolete spelling of assail.
- assails — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of assail.
- assange — Julian (Paul). born 1971, Australian editor of WikiLeaks, a website that published (2010) thousands of leaked US diplomatic and military documents
- assault — An assault by an army is a strong attack made on an area held by the enemy.
- assayed — Simple past tense and past participle of assay.
- assayer — to examine or analyze: to assay a situation; to assay an event.
- assegai — a southern African cornaceous tree, Curtisia faginea, the wood of which is used for making spears
- assents — Plural form of assent.
- asserts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of assert.
- asshole — If one person calls another person an asshole, they think that person is extremely stupid or has behaved in a stupid way.
- assiege — a besiegement
- assigns — Plural form of assign.
- assists — Plural form of assist.
- assizer — an official in charge of rules regarding weights and measures and setting prices for certain consumables
- assizes — (formerly in England and Wales) the sessions, usually held four times a year, of the principal court in each county, exercising civil and criminal jurisdiction, attended by itinerant judges: replaced in 1971 by crown courts
- asslike — having a similarity to an ass