8-letter words containing o, a, u
- aquashow — an exhibition of swimming and diving, often accompanied by music
- aquatone — a keep-fit regime in which exercises, both aerobic and strength building, are performed in a swimming pool
- aquiform — Resembling water; watery, liquid.
- araceous — belonging to the plant family Araceae.
- araneous — resembling a spider's web
- arborous — relating to, or formed by, trees
- arboured — situated in, or as if in, an arbour
- argonaut — one of the heroes who sailed with Jason in quest of the Golden Fleece
- arguendo — (legal) for the sake of argument.
- arguidos — Plural form of arguido.
- armoured — Armoured vehicles are fitted with a hard metal covering in order to protect them from gunfire and other missiles.
- armourer — An armourer is someone who makes or supplies weapons.
- arousing — causing sexual excitement
- arsenous — of or containing trivalent arsenic
- arsonous — relating to arson
- arthouse — a cinema which specializes in showing films which are not part of the commercial mainstream
- asarotum — (in ancient Roman architecture) a painted pavement.
- asmodeus — (in Jewish demonology) prince of the demons
- asperous — Rough, rugged, uneven.
- assoluta — absolute; supreme: a prima ballerina assoluta.
- astounds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of astound.
- asuncion — the capital and chief port of Paraguay, on the Paraguay River, 1530 km (950 miles) from the Atlantic. Pop: 1 750 000 (2005 est)
- at about — time: at approximately
- atropous — growing straight, without inversion
- aubusson — a town in central France, in the Creuse department: a centre for flat-woven carpets and for tapestries since the 16th century. Pop: 4662 (1999)
- auctions — Plural form of auction.
- audioone — (tool, music) Digital recording and editing software developed by BizTrack Software Development for the dance, music, and audio industries. AudioOne includes a waveform recorder that allows signal manipulation, editing, and recording.
- audition — An audition is a short performance given by an actor, dancer, or musician so that a director or conductor can decide if they are good enough to be in a play, film, or orchestra.
- auditors — Plural form of auditor.
- auditory — Auditory means related to hearing.
- aunthood — the state of being, or relationship of, aunt
- aureolae — Plural form of aureola.
- aureoles — Plural form of aureole.
- aureolin — a pigment used in painting, consisting of potassium cobaltinitrite and characterized by its brilliant yellow hue, transparency, and permanence.
- auriform — shaped like an ear; auricular
- aurorean — of or resembling dawn
- ausonius — Decimus Magnus (ˈdɛsɪməs ˈmæɡnəs). ?310–?395 ad, Latin poet, born in Gaul
- autacoid — any natural internal secretion, esp one that exerts an effect similar to a drug
- authored — a person who writes a novel, poem, essay, etc.; the composer of a literary work, as distinguished from a compiler, translator, editor, or copyist.
- autobahn — An autobahn is a German motorway.
- autobank — a machine offering cash and other banking services
- autobaud — automatic baud rate detection
- autobiog — autobiography.
- autobody — Alternative form of auto body.
- autocade — a procession or parade of automobiles; motorcade.
- autocarp — any fruit that is produced through self-fertilization
- autocide — suicide by crashing the vehicle one is driving.
- autocode — (language) 1. The assembly language accepted by AUTOCODER. 2. A generic term for symbolic assembly language. Versions of Autocode were developed for Ferranti Atlas, Titan, Mercury and Pegasus and IBM 702 and IBM 705.
- autocoid — Alternative form of autacoid.
- autoconf — (software, tool) The GNU project's tool that configures a source code distribution to compile and run on a different platform. Among open source hackers, a mere running binary of a program is not considered a full release; what's interesting is a source tree that can be built into binaries using standard tools. Since the mid-1990s, autoconf, automake, and libtools have been the standard way to make a distribution portable so that it can be built on multiple operating systems without change.