8-letter words containing a, p, o
- anapolis — a city in central Brazil.
- anatropy — (of a plant ovule) the condition of being inverted during development by a bending of the stalk causing the nucleus to point toward the base
- andropov — Yuri Vladimirovich. 1914–84, Soviet statesman; president of the Soviet Union (1983–84)
- anglepod — an American wild flowering plant with angular pods, belonging to the milkweed family
- anoopsia — a form of squint in which the eye turns upwards
- anoscope — proctoscope.
- antelope — An antelope is an animal like a deer, with long legs and horns, that lives in Africa or Asia. Antelopes are graceful and can run fast. There are many different types of antelope.
- anthrop. — anthropological
- antiphon — a short passage, usually from the Bible, recited or sung as a response after certain parts of a liturgical service
- antipode — the exact or direct opposite
- antipole — the opposite pole
- antipope — a rival pope elected in opposition to one who has been canonically chosen
- antiporn — opposed to pornography
- apagogic — relating to apagoge
- apaporis — a river in S central Colombia, in the Amazon system, flowing SE to the Japurá River. 500 miles (805 km) long.
- apastron — the point at which the stars of a binary system are farthest apart (opposed to periastron).
- apertion — (archaic) The act of opening.
- aphelion — the point in its orbit when a planet or comet is at its greatest distance from the sun
- apholate — a chemical used in pesticides which inhibits an organism's reproduction
- aphonous — without voice; voiceless
- aphorise — To create an aphorism.
- aphorism — An aphorism is a short witty sentence which expresses a general truth or comment.
- aphorist — a person who makes or uses aphorisms.
- aphorize — to write or speak in aphorisms
- aphthous — Of, or relating to aphtha.
- apikoros — A Jewish skeptic or apostate.
- apiology — the scientific study of bees
- apoapsis — the point in an elliptical orbit which is farthest from the object being orbited
- apocarpy — the quality of being apocarpous
- apocopic — of or relating to apocope
- apocrine — denoting a type of glandular secretion in which part of the secreting cell is lost with the secretion, as in mammary glands
- apodoses — Plural form of apodosis.
- apodosis — the consequent of a conditional statement, as the game will be cancelled in if it rains the game will be cancelled
- apofocus — Apocenter.
- apogamic — Of or relating to apogamy.
- apograph — a perfect copy or transcript
- apollyon — the destroyer, a name given to the Devil (Revelation 9:11)
- apologal — resembling or related to an apologue
- apologia — An apologia is a statement in which you defend something that you strongly believe in, for example a way of life, a person's behaviour, or a philosophy.
- apologie — Archaic spelling of apology.
- apologue — an allegory or moral fable
- apolunes — Plural form of apolune.
- apomixes — Plural form of apomixis.
- apomixis — (esp in plants) any of several types of asexual reproduction, such as parthenogenesis and apogamy, in which fertilization does not take place
- apophony — a change in the quality of a vowel sound to indicate grammatical change
- apophyge — the outward curve at each end of the shaft of a column, adjoining the base or capital
- apophyse — Apophysis.
- apoplast — the nonprotoplasmic component of a plant, including the cell walls and intercellular material
- apoplexy — Apoplexy is a stroke.
- aporetic — Tending to doubt.