4-letter words containing n, o
- nous — Greek Philosophy. mind or intellect.
- nov. — Nov. is a written abbreviation for November.
- nova — a star that suddenly becomes thousands of times brighter and then gradually fades to its original intensity.
- novi — a town in SE Michigan.
- nown — Obsolete. own.
- nows — at the present time or moment: You are now using a dictionary.
- nowt — an ox.
- nowy — noting a partition line or charge in which one or more curves interrupt a normally straight line or lines, usually halfway along their length: per fess nowy; a cross nowy.
- noxa — Lb medicine Anything that exerts a harmful influence, such as trauma, poison, etc.
- nyos — Lake, a volcanic lake in Cameroon, at the NW border: eruption 1986.
- nzom — New Zealand Order of Merit
- nzso — New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
- oban — a small port and resort in W Scotland, in Argyll and Bute on the Firth of Lorne. Pop: 8120 (2001)
- oc-n — Optical Carrier n
- odan — Old Danish
- odin — the ruler of the Aesir and god of war, poetry, knowledge, and wisdom; Wotan: the chief god.
- ogin — (UK, chiefly, nautical, and, navy) A large body of water including the sea or the ocean.
- ogun — a state of SW Nigeria. Capital: Abeokuta. Pop: 3 728 098 (2006). Area: 16 762 sq km (6472 sq miles)
- oink — to make the characteristic sound of a pig; grunt.
- oint — (now rare, poetic) To anoint.
- oken — Lorenz (Lorenz Ockenfuss) 1779–1851, German naturalist and philosopher.
- olin — a male given name.
- oman — Sultanate of. Formerly Muscat and Oman. an independent sultanate in SE Arabia. About 82,800 sq. mi. (212,380 sq. km). Capital: Muscat.
- omen — anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
- once — at one time in the past; formerly: I was a farmer once; a once powerful nation.
- onde — (obsolete) Envy; hatred; malice.
- ondo — a state of SW Nigeria, on the Bight of Benin. Capital: Akure. Pop: 3 441 024 (2004). Area: 15 500 sq km (5985 sq miles)
- oner — being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather than two or more; a single: one woman; one nation; one piece of cake.
- ones — being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather than two or more; a single: one woman; one nation; one piece of cake.
- onia — Plural form of onium.
- onis — Plural form of oni.
- only — without others or anything further; alone; solely; exclusively: This information is for your eyes only.
- onry — {{eye dialect of|from=Southern United States|ornery}}.
- ont. — Ontario
- onto — surjection
- onus — a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
- onyx — Mineralogy. a variety of chalcedony having straight parallel bands of alternating colors. Compare Mexican onyx.
- oona — a female given name.
- oont — (India) A camel.
- opan — Oregon Public Affairs Network
- open — not closed or barred at the time, as a doorway by a door, a window by a sash, or a gateway by a gate: to leave the windows open at night.
- oran — a seaport in NW Algeria.
- orne — a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- ouns — (archaic, dialectal) Wounds, especially the wounds of Christ on the cross.
- ourn — (obsolete, outside, British, and, American dialects, especially, Appalachian) Ours.
- oven — a chamber or compartment, as in a stove, for baking, roasting, heating, drying, etc.
- owen — Sir Richard, 1804–92, English zoologist and anatomist.
- oxen — a plural of ox.
- oxon — Oxfordshire.
- peon — a messenger, attendant, or orderly.