8-Letter Words Starting A & Ending US

• an obsolete firearm with a long barrel

• A form of pseudocopulation, found chiefly in amphibians and horseshoe crabs, in which a male grasps a female with his front legs as part of the mating process.

• a strong creative impulse; divine inspiration

• any plant of the genus Acanthus having large spiny leaves and spikes or white or purplish flowers; native to Mediterranean region but widely cultivated

• producing no fruit

• a tiny sac for holding air in the lungs; formed by the terminal dilation of tiny air passageways

• a bony socket in the alveolar ridge that holds a tooth