8-letter words containing a, o
- aborting — Present participle of abort.
- abortion — If a woman has an abortion, she ends her pregnancy deliberately so that the baby is not born alive.
- abortive — An abortive attempt or action is unsuccessful.
- abounded — to occur or exist in great quantities or numbers: a stream in which trout abound.
- about to — on the point of; intending to
- abrasion — An abrasion is an area on a person's body where the skin has been scraped.
- abration — Misspelling of abrasion.
- abricock — an apricot
- abrocome — Either of the ratlike rodents that from the genus Abrocoma; rat chinchilla.
- abrogate — If someone in a position of authority abrogates something such as a law, agreement, or practice, they put an end to it.
- absconds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abscond.
- absolute — Absolute means total and complete.
- absolved — Simple past tense and past participle of absolve.
- absolver — to free from guilt or blame or their consequences: The court absolved her of guilt in his death.
- absolves — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of absolve.
- absonant — inharmonious
- absorbed — If you are absorbed in something or someone, you are very interested in them and they take up all your attention and energy.
- absorber — a person or thing that absorbs
- abumeron — Avenzoar.
- abutilon — any shrub or herbaceous plant of the malvaceous genus Abutilon, such as the flowering maple, that have showy white, yellow, or red flowers
- acantho- — indicating a spine or thorn
- acapulco — a port and resort in SW Mexico, in Guerrero state. Pop: 761 000 (2005 est)
- acarbose — a type of diabetes medicine taken orally to slow and reduce the supply of glucose to the blood.
- acarpous — (of plants) producing no fruit
- accentor — any small sparrow-like songbird of the genus Prunella, family Prunellidae, which inhabit mainly mountainous regions of Europe and Asia
- acceptor — the person or organization on which a draft or bill of exchange is drawn after liability has been accepted, usually by signature
- accessor — Someone or something that accesses.
- accolade — If someone is given an accolade, something is done or said about them which shows how much people admire them.
- accorded — to be in agreement or harmony; agree.
- accorder — (rare) One who accords.
- accosted — (of animals) represented as side by side: two dolphins accosted.
- accouche — (transitive) To aid in an accouchement.
- accounts — a chronological list of debits and credits relating to a specified asset, liability, expense, or income of a business and forming part of the ledger
- accouter — to outfit; equip, esp. for military service
- accoutre — to provide with equipment or dress, esp military
- accroach — to assume to oneself without right or authority; usurp.
- accustom — If you accustom yourself or another person to something, you make yourself or them become used to it.
- accutron — a type of watch in which the balance wheel and hairspring are replaced by a tuning fork kept in vibration by a tiny internal battery
- acetonic — Of, pertaining to, or producing acetone.
- acetoxyl — a medicine used to treat acne, with benzoyl peroxide as it active ingredient
- achelous — a river god who changed into a snake and a bull while fighting Hercules but was defeated when Hercules broke off one of his horns
- achroite — the colorless or white variety of tourmaline, often used as a gem.
- achromat — a lens designed to bring light of two chosen wavelengths to the same focal point, thus reducing chromatic aberration
- achromia — (medicine) Absence of pigmentation, especially in the skin or blood.
- achromic — colourless
- achronic — Timeless.
- achroous — Colorless; achromatic.
- acidosis — a condition characterized by an abnormal increase in the acidity of the blood and extracellular fluids
- acidotic — a blood condition in which the bicarbonate concentration is below normal.
- acknowne — aware