4-letter words containing o, a
- chao — a Vietnamese rice congee
- ciao — Some people say 'Ciao' as an informal way of saying goodbye to someone who they expect to see again soon.
- coag — (nautical) Alternative form of coak.
- coak — (in a scarf joint) a tenon in one member fitting into a corresponding recess of the other.
- coal — Coal is a hard black substance that is extracted from the ground and burned as fuel.
- coat — A coat is a piece of clothing with long sleeves which you wear over your other clothes when you go outside.
- coax — If you coax someone into doing something, you gently try to persuade them to do it.
- coca — Coca is a plant which contains cocaine. The dried leaves of the plant are sometimes chewed for their stimulating effect.
- coda — A coda is a separate passage at the end of something such as a book or a speech that finishes it off.
- cola — Cola is a sweet brown non-alcoholic fizzy drink.
- coma — Someone who is in a coma is in a state of deep unconsciousness.
- cora — a feminine name
- coxa — a technical name for the hipbone or hip joint
- dado — A dado is a strip of wood that can be fixed to the lower part of a wall. The wall is then often decorated differently above and below the dado.
- dago — a member of a Latin race, esp a Spaniard or Portuguese
- dato — the chief of any of certain Muslim tribes in the Philippine Islands
- doab — (India) A tongue or tract of land included between two rivers.
- doat — dote.
- doha — an independent emirate on the Persian Gulf; under British protection until 1971. 8500 sq. mi. (22,000 sq. km). Capital: Doha.
- dona — (initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Spanish title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- dopa — an amino acid, C 9 H 11 NO 4 , formed from tyrosine in the liver during melanin and epinephrine biosynthesis: the L-dopa isomer is converted in the brain to dopamine.
- dora — a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “gift.”.
- dosa — A type of thin south Indian pancake made from fermented lentils and rice blended with water, typically served with chutney or sambar.
- eoan — of, or relating to, the dawn
- fado — a Portuguese folk song typically of doleful or fatalistic character and usually accompanied on the guitar.
- fano — a town in central Italy, on the Adriatic Sea: cathedral; Roman ruins.
- faro — a seaport in S Portugal.
- foad — (chat) fuck off and die.
- foaf — [Usenet] Friend Of A Friend. The source of an unverified, possibly untrue story. This term was not originated by hackers (it is used in Jan Brunvand's books on urban folklore), but is much better recognised on Usenet and elsewhere than in mainstream English.
- foal — a young horse, mule, or related animal, especially one that is not yet one year of age.
- foam — a collection of minute bubbles formed on the surface of a liquid by agitation, fermentation, etc.: foam on a glass of beer.
- foia — Freedom of Information Act
- fora — a website or section of a website that is used for public discussion of a specific topic and on which users can submit or read messages: You should post your questions on a parenting message board and get support from other parents.
- gabo — Naum [noum] /naʊm/ (Show IPA), (Naum Pevsner) 1890–1977, U.S. sculptor, born in Russia (brother of Antoine Pevsner).
- gaol — to take into or hold in lawful custody; imprison.
- gaon — a title of honor for the directors of the Jewish academies at Sura and Pumbedita in Babylonia, used from the end of the 6th century a.d. to about the beginning of the 11th century.
- gapo — (in South America) a forest near a river, esp one which becomes flooded during the rainy season
- goad — a stick with a pointed or electrically charged end, for driving cattle, oxen, etc.; prod.
- goaf — gob1 (def 3).
- goal — the result or achievement toward which effort is directed; aim; end.
- goan — Eye dialect of going.
- goar — Obsolete form of gore (dirt, mud).
- goas — Plural form of goa.
- goat — any of numerous agile, hollow-horned ruminants of the genus Capra, of the family Bovidae, closely related to the sheep, found native in rocky and mountainous regions of the Old World, and widely distributed in domesticated varieties.
- gora — a White or fair-skinned male
- göta — a river in S Sweden, draining Lake Vänern and flowing south-southwest to the Kattegat: forms part of the Göta Canal, which links Göteborg in the west with Stockholm in the east. Length: 93 km (58 miles)
- goya — Francisco de [fran-sis-koh duh;; Spanish frahn-thees-kaw de,, -sees-] /frænˈsɪs koʊ də;; Spanish frɑnˈθis kɔ dɛ,, -ˈsis-/ (Show IPA), (Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes) 1746–1828, Spanish painter.
- hako — Pawnee Indian ceremony celebrating the union of Earth and Heaven and the genesis of life.
- halo — Also called nimbus. a geometric shape, usually in the form of a disk, circle, ring, or rayed structure, traditionally representing a radiant light around or above the head of a divine or sacred personage, an ancient or medieval monarch, etc.
- haro — a cry meaning alas