8-Letter Words Containing AST

Here's the list of all the 360 8-Letter Words Containing AST in the English Language.

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forecast
1. a prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop
2. predict in advance
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contrast
1. put in opposition to show or emphasize differences
2. to show differences when compared; be different
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disaster
1. a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune
2. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
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asterisk
1. a star-shaped character * used in printing
2. mark with an asterisk
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pastoral
1. of or relating to a pastor
2. relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle
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overcast
1. the state of the sky when it is covered by clouds
2. gloomy semidarkness caused by cloud cover
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breasted
1. having a breast or breasts; or breasts as specified; used chiefly in compounds
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blasting
1. causing injury or blight; especially affecting with sudden violence or plague or ruin
2. unpleasantly loud and penetrating
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mastered
1. understood perfectly
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asteroid
1. any of numerous small celestial bodies composed of rock and metal that move around the sun (mainly between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter)
2. shaped like a star
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masthead
1. a listing printed in all issues of a newspaper or magazine (usually on the editorial page) that gives the name of the publication and the names of the editorial staff, etc.
2. the title of a newspaper or magazine; usually printed on the front page and on the editorial page
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roasting
1. cooking (meat) by dry heat in an oven (usually with fat added)
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fastener
1. a person who fastens or makes fast
2. restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place
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chastity
1. abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows)
2. morality with respect to sexual relations
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tasteful
1. having or showing or conforming to good taste
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fastened
1. firmly closed or secured
2. furnished or closed with buttons or something buttonlike
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boasting
1. speaking of yourself in superlatives
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seacoast
1. the shore of a sea or ocean
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eastward
1. the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees
2. moving toward the east
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easterly
1. lying in or toward the east
2. from the east; used especially of winds
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wasteful
1. tending to squander and waste
2. inefficient in use of time and effort and materials
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monastic
1. a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work
2. of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows
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bastille
1. a jail or prison (especially one that is run in a tyrannical manner)
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newscast
1. a broadcast of news or commentary on the news
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toasting
1. cooking to a brown crispiness over a fire or on a grill
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telecast
1. a television broadcast
2. broadcast via television
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castaway
1. a person who is rejected (from society or home)
2. a shipwrecked person
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cadastre
1. a public register showing the details of ownership and value of land; made for the purpose of taxation
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feasting
1. eating an elaborate meal (often accompanied by entertainment)
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fastball
1. (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity
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mastitis
1. inflammation of a breast (or udder)
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distaste
1. a feeling of intense dislike
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mastodon
1. extinct elephant-like mammal that flourished worldwide from Miocene through Pleistocene times; differ from mammoths in the form of the molar teeth
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nastiest
1. offensive or even (of persons) malicious
2. exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent
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vastness
1. unusual largeness in size or extent or number
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astonish
1. affect with wonder
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dynastic
1. of or relating to or characteristic of a dynasty
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downcast
1. directed downward
2. filled with melancholy and despondency
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pastiche
1. a musical composition consisting of a series of songs or other musical pieces from various sources
2. a work of art that imitates the style of some previous work
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elastase
1. a pancreatic enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of elastin
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masterly
1. having or revealing supreme mastery or skill
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8-Letter Words Containing AST