8-letter words containing a, o
- adoptees — Plural form of adoptee.
- adopters — Plural form of adopter.
- adopting — Present participle of adopt.
- adoption — the act of adopting: the adoption of a new amendment.
- adoptive — Someone's adoptive family is the family that adopted them.
- adorable — If you say that someone or something is adorable, you are emphasizing that they are very attractive and you feel great affection for them.
- adorably — very attractive or delightful; charming: What an adorable hat!
- adorning — Make more beautiful or attractive.
- adperson — a copywriter, account executive, or other person employed in advertising.
- adrastos — a king of Argos and leader of the Seven against Thebes.
- adroitly — expert or nimble in the use of the hands or body.
- adsorbed — Simple past tense and past participle of adsorb.
- adsorber — something which adsorbs
- adulator — to show excessive admiration or devotion to; flatter or admire servilely.
- advisors — Plural form of advisor.
- advisory — An advisory group regularly gives suggestions and help to people or organizations, especially about a particular subject or area of activity.
- advocaat — a liqueur having a raw egg base
- advocacy — Someone's advocacy of a particular action or plan is their act of recommending it publicly.
- advocate — If you advocate a particular action or plan, you recommend it publicly.
- advoutry — adultery
- advowson — the right of presentation to a vacant benefice
- adynaton — (rhetoric) A form of hyperbole that uses exaggeration so magnified as to express impossibility.
- aegrotat — (in British and certain other universities, and, sometimes, schools) a certificate allowing a candidate to pass an examination although he has missed all or part of it through illness
- aequorin — a protein obtained from marine organisms that emits blue light in the presence of calcium ions and is used to detect these ions in living tissue
- aeration — Aeration is the application of upward-flowing air to a layer of particles.
- aerators — Plural form of aerator.
- aeriform — having the form of air; gaseous
- aerobics — Aerobics is a form of exercise which increases the amount of oxygen in your blood, and strengthens your heart and lungs. The verb that follows aerobics may be either singular or plural.
- aerobium — an aerobe
- aerobomb — a bomb dropped from an aircraft
- aerodart — a steel arrow dropped from an aircraft as a weapon
- aeroduct — an air duct
- aerodyne — any heavier-than-air machine, such as an aircraft, that derives the greater part of its lift from aerodynamic forces
- aerofoil — a cross section of an aileron, wing, tailplane, or rotor blade
- aerogram — an airmail letter written on a single sheet of lightweight paper that folds and is sealed to form an envelope
- aerolite — a stony meteorite consisting of silicate minerals
- aerolith — a meteorite consisting mainly of stony matter.
- aerology — the study of the atmosphere, particularly its upper layers
- aeronaut — a person who flies in a lighter-than-air craft, esp the pilot or navigator
- aeronomy — the science of the earth's upper atmosphere
- aerosols — Plural form of aerosol.
- aerostat — a lighter-than-air craft, such as a balloon
- aerotone — a bath which incorporates massaging air jets
- aesopian — of Aesop or characteristic of his fables
- affogato — a drink prepared by pouring espresso coffee over a scoop of ice cream
- afforded — to be able to do, manage, or bear without serious consequence or adverse effect: The country can't afford another drought.
- afforest — to plant trees on; convert into forested land
- affronté — facing
- affronts — Plural form of affront.
- affusion — the baptizing of a person by pouring water onto his head