6-letter words containing a, o
- aeonic — lasting for an aeon
- aerobe — an organism that requires oxygen for respiration
- aeron. — aeronautics
- aerope — the wife of Atreus, seduced by her brother-in-law Thyestes.
- aerugo — verdigris.
- aethon — triethyl orthoformate.
- afford — If you cannot afford something, you do not have enough money to pay for it.
- affors — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affor.
- afloat — If someone or something is afloat, they remain partly above the surface of water and do not sink.
- afocal — denoting a method for transferring an image without bringing it into focus
- afonso — Portuguese name of Alfonso I and Alfonso V.
- afore- — before
- afroed — (of the hair) Styled into an afro.
- afront — in front of
- aftosa — foot-and-mouth disease.
- agatho — Saint, died a.d. 681, Sicilian ecclesiastic: pope 678–681.
- agogic — Music. stress given to a note through prolonged duration.
- agogos — Plural form of agogo.
- agoing — in motion
- agonal — relating to agony, esp before death
- agones — (in ancient Greece) a contest in which prizes were awarded in any of a number of events, as athletics, drama, music, poetry, and painting.
- agonic — forming no angle
- agoras — Plural form of agora.
- agouta — a Haitian rodent, Solenodon paradoxus
- agouti — any hystricomorph rodent of the genus Dasyprocta, of Central and South America and the Caribbean: family Dasyproctidae. Agoutis are agile and long-legged, with hooflike claws, and are valued for their meat
- agouty — agouti.
- aguayo — A rectangular piece of patterned cloth, used in traditional South American communities to carry children, goods, etc.
- ahidjo — Ahmadou [ah-mah-doo] /ɑ mɑˈdu/ (Show IPA), 1924–1989, statesman: president of Cameroon 1960–82.
- ahmose — 1580–1557 b.c, founder of the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt.
- ahorse — on horseback
- aikido — a Japanese system of self-defence employing similar principles to judo, but including blows from the hands and feet
- aikona — an informal word expressing strong negation
- aim to — to position or direct (a firearm, ball, arrow, rocket, etc.) so that, on firing or release, the discharged projectile will hit a target or travel along a certain path.
- aimaco — AIr MAterial COmmand compiler
- airpot — A container for storing and dispensing coffee or other beverages that maintains a constant temperature by use of glass insulation.
- ajowan — a spice originating in the Middle East and now grown in certain areas of Asia, used in cookery and traditionally as a digestive aid and antiemetic
- aketon — a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- akimbo — with hands on hips and elbows bent outward
- akmola — Astana
- aktobe — an industrial city in W Kazakhstan. Pop: 291 000 (2005 est)
- alagoz — Turkish name of Mount Aragats.
- alamos — a poplar.
- albano — Lake, a crater lake in C Italy, SE of Rome.
- albedo — the ratio of the intensity of light reflected from an object, such as a planet, to that of the light it receives from the sun
- albino — An albino is a person or animal with very white skin, white hair, and pink eyes.
- albion — Britain or England
- alboin — died 573 ad, king of the Lombards (565–73); conqueror of N Italy
- alborg — seaport in N Jutland, Denmark: pop. 159,000
- albugo — a disease of the eye in which a white opacity forms on the cornea
- alcamo — a city in NW Sicily, Italy, near the site of the ancient Greek settlement of Segesta.