7-letter words containing a, o
- algol y — (language) A proposed successor to ALGOL 60, a "radical reconstruction". Originally a language that could manipulate its own programs at run time, it became a collection of features that were not accepted for ALGOL X.
- alienor — a person who transfers property to another
- aliform — wing-shaped; alar
- aligote — a white grape of Burgundy.
- alimony — Alimony is money that a court of law orders someone to pay regularly to their former wife or husband after they have got divorced. Compare palimony.
- aliquot — of, signifying, or relating to an exact divisor of a quantity or number
- alkoran — the Koran
- alkoxyl — The alkoxy radical.
- all for — If you say that you are all for doing something, you agree or strongly believe that it should be done, but you are also often suggesting that other people disagree with you or that there are practical difficulties.
- all one — all the same
- all out — not at one's home or place of employment; absent: I stopped by to visit you last night, but you were out.
- all too — definitely but regrettably
- all-out — You use all-out to describe actions that are carried out in a very energetic and determined way, using all the resources available.
- allegro — An allegro is a piece of classical music that should be played quickly and in a lively way.
- allison — Donald ("Donnie") born 1939, and his brother, Robert, (Bobby), born 1937, U.S. racing-car drivers.
- allobar — any form of an element with a different isotopic composition than that of the naturally occurring form of the element
- allonge — a lunging or thrusting move in fencing
- allonym — a name, often one of historical significance or that of another person, assumed by a person, esp an author
- alloquy — (obsolete) Act of speaking to another; an address.
- allover — over the whole surface
- alloway — a village in Scotland, in South Ayrshire, S of Ayr: birthplace of Robert Burns
- allowed — to let have; give as one's share; grant as one's right: to allow a person $100 for expenses.
- alloxan — a reddish organic compound C4H2N2O4 produced by oxidation of uric acid
- alloyed — a substance composed of two or more metals, or of a metal or metals with a nonmetal, intimately mixed, as by fusion or electrodeposition.
- allport — Gordon W(illard) 1897–1967, U.S. psychologist and educator.
- allston — Washington. 1779–1843, US painter and author, regarded as the earliest US Romantic painter. His paintings include Elijah in the Desert (1818) and Moonlit Landscape (1819)
- allwork — Domestic or other work of all kinds.
- almohad — a member of a Muslim dynasty ruling in Spain and northern Africa during the 12th and 13th centuries.
- almonds — Plural form of almond.
- almondy — containing or resembling almond
- almoner — In Britain, an almoner is a social worker who works in a hospital.
- almonry — the house of an almoner, usually the place where alms were given
- alodial — free from the tenurial rights of a feudal overlord.
- alodium — allodium
- alonely — in a solitary, or lonely, manner
- alongst — along
- aloofly — at a distance, especially in feeling or interest; apart: They always stood aloof from their classmates.
- alotted — Alternative form of allotted Simple past tense and past participle of allot.
- alphorn — a wind instrument used in the Swiss Alps, consisting of a very long tube of wood or bark with a cornet-like mouthpiece
- alsoone — as soon
- altdorf — a town in central Switzerland, capital of Uri canton: setting of the William Tell legend. Pop: 8541 (2000)
- althorn — a valved brass musical instrument belonging to the saxhorn or flügelhorn families
- altmode — alt
- altoist — a person who plays the alto saxophone
- altoona — city in central Pa.: pop. 50,000
- alveola — a small cavity, cell, or pit on the surface of an organ.
- alveole — alveolus
- alveoli — a little cavity, pit, or cell, as a cell of a honeycomb.
- amadoda — grown men
- amadous — a spongy substance prepared from fungi, Polyporus (Fomes) fomentarius and allied species, growing on trees, used as tinder and in surgery.