9-letter words containing a, p, o
- angophora — any tree of the genus Angophora, related to the eucalyptus and native to E Australia
- annapolis — the capital of Maryland, near the mouth of the Severn River on Chesapeake Bay: site of the US Naval Academy. Pop: 36 178 (2003 est)
- anopheles — any of various mosquitoes constituting the genus Anopheles, some species of which transmit the malaria parasite to man
- ante-post — In gambling, ante-post bets are placed before the day of a particular race or competition.
- antelopes — Plural form of antelope.
- anteporch — an outer porch.
- anthocarp — a composite false fruit, consisting of the actual fruit and the perianth
- anthropic — of or relating to human beings
- anthropo- — indicating man or human
- anthropod — Misspelling of arthropod.
- anti-porn — Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively): arrested for selling porn; a porn star; porn films.
- antipasto — Antipasto is the sort of food that is often served at the beginning of an Italian meal, for example cold meats and vegetables in olive oil.
- antiphone — (music) The response which one side of the choir makes to the other in a chant; alternate chanting or singing.
- antiphons — Plural form of antiphon.
- antiphony — the antiphonal singing of a musical composition by two choirs
- antipodal — of or relating to diametrically opposite points on the earth's surface
- antipodes — People sometimes refer to Australia and New Zealand as the Antipodes.
- antipolar — of or relating to the North or South Pole.
- antipopes — Plural form of antipope.
- apatosaur — a large, long-necked, herbivorous dinosaur
- apeldoorn — a town in the Netherlands, in central Gelderland province: nearby is the summer residence of the Dutch royal family. Pop: 156 000 (2003 est)
- aperiodic — not periodic; not occurring at regular intervals
- aperitivo — aperitif (sense 2), esp. any of those produced in Italy
- apetalous — (of flowering plants) having no petals
- aphorisms — Plural form of aphorism.
- aphorized — Simple past tense and past participle of aphorize.
- aphorizer — a person who aphorizes
- aphorizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aphorize.
- aphrodite — the goddess of love and beauty, daughter of Zeus
- aphyllous — (of plants) having no leaves
- apiaceous — of the family Apiaceae; umbelliferous
- apiphobia — An inordinate fear of bees.
- apivorous — eating bees
- apocenter — the point in the orbit of a heavenly body farthest from a primary other than the earth or the sun.
- apocopate — to omit the final sound or sounds of (a word)
- apocrypha — the 14 books included as an appendix to the Old Testament in the Septuagint and the Vulgate but not included in the Hebrew canon. They are not printed in Protestant versions of the Bible
- apodictic — that can clearly be shown or proved; absolutely certain or necessarily true
- apodiform — (zoology) Belonging to the order Apodiformes, including swifts and hummingbirds.
- apoenzyme — a protein component that together with a coenzyme forms an enzyme
- apologias — Plural form of apologia.
- apologies — a written or spoken expression of one's regret, remorse, or sorrow for having insulted, failed, injured, or wronged another: He demanded an apology from me for calling him a crook.
- apologise — to offer an apology or excuse for some fault, insult, failure, or injury: He apologized for accusing her falsely.
- apologist — An apologist is a person who writes or speaks in defence of a belief, a cause, or a person's life.
- apologize — When you apologize to someone, you say that you are sorry that you have hurt them or caused trouble for them. You can say 'I apologize' as a formal way of saying sorry.
- apologues — Plural form of apologue.
- apomictic — produced by, or relating to, apomixis
- apomorphy — (systematics): A derived characteristic of a clade. Any feature novel to a species and its descendants.
- apophasis — the device of mentioning a subject by stating that it will not be mentioned
- apophatic — of or relating to the belief that God can only be described by a process of negation
- apophenia — (psychology) The perception of or belief in connectedness among unrelated phenomena.