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8-letter words containing a, o

  • afikoman — Alternative spelling of afikomen.
  • afikomen — a piece of matzo broken off from the center one of the three matzoth set before the leader of a Seder: it is hidden by the leader and later searched for by the children, with the finder, usually the youngest, receiving a reward.
  • afro-pop — African pop music played on electric instruments and inspired by Western pop or soul music.
  • agalloch — the fragrant, resinous wood of an East Indian tree, Aquilaria agallocha, of the mezereum family, used as incense in Asia.
  • agalwood — a soft, resinous wood of the Asain tree Aquilaria malaccensis, known for its aromatic qualities, and used in incense
  • agiotage — the business of exchanging currencies
  • agitator — If you describe someone involved in politics as an agitator, you disapprove of them because of the trouble they cause in organizing campaigns and protests.
  • agitprop — Agitprop is the use of artistic forms such as drama or posters to further political aims.
  • aglossia — congenital absence of the tongue
  • aglycone — a chemical compound
  • agnation — Consanguinity by a line of males only, as distinguished from cognation.
  • agnition — (obsolete) acknowledgement.
  • agnomina — Plural form of agnomen.
  • agnostic — An agnostic believes that it is not possible to know whether God exists or not. Compare atheist.
  • agonised — Simple past tense and past participle of agonise.
  • agonists — Plural form of agonist.
  • agonized — Agonized describes something that you say or do when you are in great physical or mental pain.
  • agonizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of agonize.
  • agostini — Giacomo (ˈdʒaːkomo). born 1942, Italian racing motorcyclist: world champion (500 cc. class) 1966–72, 1975; (350 cc. class) 1968–74
  • agraphon — saying of Jesus not in Gospels
  • agricola — Gnaeus Julius (ˈniːəs ˈdʒuːlɪəs) 40–93 ad, Roman general; governor of Britain who advanced Roman rule north to the Firth of Forth
  • agrimony — any of various N temperate rosaceous plants of the genus Agrimonia, which have compound leaves, long spikes of small yellow flowers, and bristly burlike fruits
  • agrinion — a city in W Greece.
  • agrology — the scientific study of soils and their potential productivity
  • agronomy — the science of cultivation of land, soil management, and crop production
  • ahead of — If someone is ahead of you, they are directly in front of you. If someone is moving ahead of you, they are in front of you and moving in the same direction.
  • ahmose i — 1580–1557 b.c, founder of the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt.
  • aidoneus — a king of Thesprotia.
  • ailerons — Plural form of aileron.
  • air cock — a small tap or valve for controlling the entrance or escape of air from a pipe, chamber, etc.
  • air drop — An air drop is a delivery of supplies by aircraft to an area that is hard to get to. The supplies are dropped from the aircraft on parachutes.
  • air hole — a hole that allows the passage of air, esp for ventilation
  • air horn — a horn activated by compressed air.
  • air lock — an airtight compartment, with adjustable air pressure, between places that do not have the same air pressure, as between the working compartment of a caisson and the outside
  • air plot — Aeronautics. the calculation of the ground position of an aircraft by first determining its air position from its speed in the air and heading information, and then correcting for wind effects.
  • air shot — a shot that misses the ball completely but counts as a stroke
  • air wood — timber dried naturally by contact with the open air.
  • air-cool — to cool (an engine) by a flow of air
  • air-core — having a nonmagnetic core, as one of fiber or plastic, encircled by a coil (air-core coil) or containing one or more such coils: air-core transformer.
  • air-lock — to place in or confine to an air lock: to air-lock divers before they descend.
  • airboard — an inflatable board resembling a bodyboard that is used in the sport of airboarding
  • airboats — Plural form of airboat.
  • airborne — If an aircraft is airborne, it is in the air and flying.
  • airbound — supported by air
  • aircoach — a bus that transports passengers to and from an airport
  • airdrome — An airdrome is a place or area where small aircraft can land and take off.
  • airdrops — Plural form of airdrop.
  • airflows — Plural form of airflow.
  • airfoils — Plural form of airfoil.
  • airforce — Alternative spelling of air force.
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