7-letter words containing a, o
- airdrop — a delivery of supplies, troops, etc, from an aircraft by parachute
- airflow — The airflow around an object or vehicle is the way that the air flows around it.
- airfoil — a cross section of an aileron, wing, tailplane, or rotor blade
- airglow — the faint light from the upper atmosphere in the night sky, esp in low latitudes
- airhole — A hole provided for ventilation or breathing.
- airhose — a hose for conducting air under pressure, as one connected to an air pump, an air brake, or a scuba tank.
- airlock — An airlock is a small room that is used to move between areas which do not have the same air pressure, for example in a spacecraft or submarine.
- airport — An airport is a place where aircraft land and take off, which has buildings and facilities for passengers.
- airpost — the system of delivering mail by air; airmail
- airprox — a near collision between two or more aircraft
- airshot — aircheck
- airshow — An airshow is an event at which aeroplane pilots entertain the public by performing very skilful and complicated movements with the aircraft in the sky.
- airsoft — A modern combat sport in which participants eliminate their opponents by hitting them with spherical non-metallic pellets launched from a compressed-air gun.
- airstop — a landing place for helicopters
- aitolia — Modern Greek name of Aetolia.
- ajaccio — the capital of Corsica, a port on the W coast. Pop: 64 432 (2007)
- akihito — born 1933, Emperor of Japan from 1989
- akiraho — a small New Zealand shrub, Olearia paniculata, with white flowers
- al-anon — an association for the families and friends of alcoholics to give mutual support
- al-oued — El Oued.
- alagoas — a state in NE Brazil, on the Atlantic coast. Capital: Maceió. Pop: 2 887 535 (2002). Area: 30 776 sq km (11 031 sq miles)
- alamode — a soft light silk used for shawls and dresses, esp in the 19th century
- alamort — exhausted, half-dead
- alarcon — Pedro Antonio de (ˈpeðro anˈtonjo de). 1833–91, Spanish novelist and short-story writer, noted for his humorous sketches of rural life, esp in The Three-Cornered Hat (1874)
- alastor — an avenging spirit or demon
- alation — the state of having wings
- albedos — Plural form of albedo.
- albergo — (in Italy) a corporation of noble families typically formed to enable the success of business ventures
- albinos — Plural form of albino.
- alborak — the white horse that Muhammad rode to heaven.
- alcohol — Drinks that can make people drunk, such as beer, wine, and whisky, can be referred to as alcohol.
- alcopop — an alcoholic drink that tastes like a soft drink
- alcoran — the Koran
- alcorza — a Spanish sweet
- alcoved — having or made as an alcove
- alcoves — Plural form of alcove.
- alcyone — the daughter of Aeolus and wife of Ceyx, who drowned herself in grief for her husband's death. She was transformed into a kingfisher
- alebion — a son of Poseidon who, with his brother Dercynus, was killed by Hercules while attempting to steal the cattle that Hercules had taken from Geryon.
- alencon — a town in NW France: early lace-manufacturing centre. Pop: 28 935 (1999)
- alerion — an eagle, usually without a beak or feet
- alfisol — a fertile soil of humid regions that occurs worldwide, especially where native broadleaf forests were established, and is highly productive for agriculture.
- alfonso — 1886–1941, king of Spain 1886–1930.
- alforja — a saddlebag made of leather or canvas
- alfredo — (of food) cooked with a sauce made of cheese, cream, and eggs
- alghero — a seaport in W Sardinia.
- algol c — (language) A variant of ALGOL 60 developed by Clive Feather of Cambridge University ca. 1981. ALGOL C added structures and exception handling. It was designed for beginners and students.
- algol d — (language)
- algol n — (language) A successor to ALGOL 60 proposed by Yoneda.
- algol w — (language) A derivative of ALGOL 60. It introduced double precision, complex numbers, bit strings and dynamic data structures. It is parsed entirely by operator precedence and used the call-by-value-result calling convention.
- algol x — (language) A proposed successor to ALGOL 60, a "short-term solution to existing difficulties". Three designs were proposed, by Wirth, Seegmuller and van Wijngaarden.