8-letter words starting with AS
Embark on a linguistic journey with words that begin with the letter AS. This section showcases how AS at the start shapes the identity and sound of various words. From commonly used terms to rare finds, explore the diverse range of words that start with AS, enriching your vocabulary and appreciation for language.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| assigned | 10 | appointed to a post or duty | assigned personnel |
| assuming | 11 | excessively forward | on a subject like this it would be too assuming for me to decide |
| assembly | 15 | the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery) | - |
| assemble | 12 | collect in one place | We assembled in the church basement |
| asteroid | 9 | shaped like a star | - |
| assisted | 9 | having help; often used as a combining form | - |
| assorted | 9 | consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds | an arrangement of assorted spring flowers |
| asbestos | 10 | a fibrous amphibole; used for making fireproof articles; inhaling fibers can cause asbestosis or lung cancer | - |
| aspiring | 11 | desiring or striving for recognition or advancement | - |
| assuring | 9 | giving confidence | - |
| astonish | 11 | affect with wonder | - |
| asterisk | 12 | mark with an asterisk | - |
| aspirant | 10 | an ambitious and aspiring young person | a lofty aspirant |
| assessor | 8 | an official who evaluates property for the purpose of taxing it | - |
| asphyxia | 23 | a condition in which insufficient or no oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged on a ventilatory basis; caused by choking or drowning or electric shock or poison gas | - |
| asserted | 9 | confidently declared to be so | the asserted value of the painting |
| asystole | 11 | absence of systole; failure of the ventricles of the heart to contract (usually caused by ventricular fibrillation) with consequent absence of the heart beat leading to oxygen lack and eventually to death | - |
| ascribed | 13 | - | - |
| asphodel | 14 | any of various chiefly Mediterranean plants of the genera Asphodeline and Asphodelus having linear leaves and racemes of white or pink or yellow flowers | - |
| aspirate | 10 | remove by suction | aspirate the wound |
| asperity | 13 | harshness of manner | - |
| asbestic | 12 | - | - |
| asbestus | 10 | - | - |
| ascarids | 11 | - | - |
| ascended | 12 | - | - |
| ascender | 11 | a lowercase letter that has a part extending above other lowercase letters | - |
| ascetics | 12 | - | - |
| ascidian | 11 | minute sedentary marine invertebrate having a saclike body with siphons through which water enters and leaves | - |
| ascidium | 13 | - | - |
| ascocarp | 14 | mature fruiting body of an ascomycetous fungus | - |
| asconoid | 11 | - | - |
| ascorbic | 14 | - | - |
| ascribes | 12 | - | - |
| aseismic | 12 | - | - |
| aseities | 8 | - | - |
| aseptate | 10 | - | - |
| aseptics | 12 | - | - |
| ashaming | 14 | - | - |
| ashcakes | 17 | - | - |
| asheries | 11 | - | - |
| ashfalls | 14 | - | - |
| ashiness | 11 | - | - |
| ashlared | 12 | - | - |
| ashlered | 12 | - | - |
| ashplant | 13 | - | - |
| ashramas | 13 | - | - |
| ashtanga | 12 | - | - |
| ashtrays | 14 | - | - |
| asinicos | 10 | - | - |
| askanced | 15 | - | - |
| askances | 14 | - | - |
| askanted | 13 | - | - |
| aslaking | 13 | - | - |
| asocials | 10 | - | - |
| asparkle | 14 | - | - |
| aspartic | 12 | - | - |
| aspected | 13 | - | - |
| asperate | 10 | - | - |
| asperged | 12 | - | - |
| asperger | 11 | - | - |
| asperges | 11 | - | - |
| aspermia | 12 | - | - |
| asperous | 10 | - | - |
| aspersed | 11 | - | - |
| asperser | 10 | - | - |
| asperses | 10 | - | - |
| aspersor | 10 | - | - |
| asphalts | 13 | - | - |
| aspheric | 15 | varying slightly from a perfectly spherical shape | - |
| aspidium | 13 | - | - |
| aspirata | 10 | - | - |
| aspirers | 10 | - | - |
| aspirins | 10 | - | - |
| asported | 11 | - | - |
| assagais | 9 | - | - |
| assailed | 9 | - | - |
| assailer | 8 | - | - |
| assarted | 9 | - | - |
| assassin | 8 | a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed | his assassins were hunted down like animals |
| assaults | 8 | - | - |
| assayers | 11 | - | - |
| assaying | 12 | - | - |
| assegaai | 9 | - | - |
| assegais | 9 | - | - |
| assented | 9 | - | - |
| assenter | 8 | a person who assents | - |
| assentor | 8 | - | - |
| asserter | 8 | someone who claims to speak the truth | a bold asserter |
| assertor | 8 | - | - |
| assessed | 9 | - | - |
| assesses | 8 | - | - |
| assevers | 11 | - | - |
| assholes | 11 | - | - |
| assieged | 10 | - | - |
| assieges | 9 | - | - |
| assiento | 8 | - | - |
| assignat | 9 | - | - |
| assignee | 9 | (law) the party to whom something is assigned (e.g., someone to whom a right or property is legally transferred) | - |
| assigner | 9 | - | - |
| assignor | 9 | (law) the party who makes an assignment | - |
| assister | 8 | - | - |
| assistor | 8 | - | - |
| assizers | 17 | - | - |
| assizing | 18 | - | - |
| assoiled | 9 | - | - |
| assonant | 8 | having the same sound (especially the same vowel sound) occurring in successive stressed syllables | note the assonant words and syllables in `tilting at windmills' |
| assonate | 8 | correspond in vowel sounds; rhyme in assonance | The accented vowels assonated in this poem |
| assorter | 8 | - | - |
| assotted | 9 | - | - |
| assuaged | 10 | - | - |
| assuager | 9 | - | - |
| assuages | 9 | - | - |
| assumers | 10 | - | - |
| assureds | 9 | - | - |
| assurers | 8 | - | - |
| assurors | 8 | - | - |
| asswaged | 13 | - | - |
| asswages | 12 | - | - |
| asswipes | 13 | - | - |
| astangas | 9 | - | - |
| astarted | 9 | - | - |
| astasias | 8 | - | - |
| astatide | 9 | - | - |
| astatine | 8 | a highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series); a decay product of uranium and thorium | - |
| astatkis | 12 | - | - |
| asteisms | 10 | - | - |
| astelies | 8 | - | - |
| asterias | 8 | - | - |
| asterids | 9 | - | - |
| asterism | 10 | (astronomy) a cluster of stars (or a small constellation) | - |
| asternal | 8 | not connected to the sternum or breastbone | asternal ribs |
| asterted | 9 | - | - |
| asthanga | 12 | - | - |
| asthenia | 11 | an abnormal loss of strength | - |
| asthenic | 13 | lacking energy or vitality | - |
| asthores | 11 | - | - |
| astigmia | 11 | (optics) defect in an optical system in which light rays from a single point fail to converge in a single focal point | - |
| astilbes | 10 | - | - |
| astomous | 10 | - | - |
| astonied | 9 | filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock | - |
| astonies | 8 | - | - |
| astoning | 9 | - | - |
| astounds | 9 | - | - |
| astragal | 9 | a beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture | - |
| astrally | 11 | - | - |
| astricts | 10 | - | - |
| astringe | 9 | become constricted or compressed | The cold substance astringes |
| astroids | 9 | - | - |
| astucity | 13 | - | - |
| astunned | 9 | - | - |
| astutely | 11 | in a shrewd manner | he invested his fortune astutely |
| astutest | 8 | - | - |
| asyndeta | 12 | - | - |
| asynergy | 15 | absence of coordination of organs or body parts that usually work together harmoniously | - |
