7-Letter Words Starting A & Ending IS

• Either the plant or the seed of the azuki bean.

• growth from increase in cell size without cell division

• the gradual disappearance of an initial (usually unstressed) vowel or syllable as in `squire' for `esquire'

• (Rigorous) self-discipline, particularly as a religious observance; asceticism.

• (specifically) The praxis or "exercise" of asceticism and self-denial of impulses or passions for the sake of piety, theosis, and connection with God.

• any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water

• a mixture of soluble salts found in arid soils and some bodies of water; detrimental to agriculture

• type genus of the family Ascaridae: roundworms with a three-lipped mouth

• rigorous self-denial and active self-restraint

• (of non-living objects) the state of being free of pathogenic organisms

• the process of inhibiting the growth and multiplication of microorganisms