7-letter words containing o, l
- apology — An apology is something that you say or write in order to tell someone that you are sorry that you have hurt them or caused trouble for them.
- apolune — the point in a lunar orbit when a spacecraft is at its greatest distance from the moon
- apoplex — to afflict with apoplexy
- apopyle — (in sponges) a pore in each of the saclike chambers formed by the evagination of the body wall, through which water passes into the excurrent canals.
- apostil — a marginal note
- apostle — The apostles were the followers of Jesus Christ who went from place to place telling people about him and trying to persuade them to become Christians.
- appalto — a monopoly or contract
- aquilon — the north wind
- areolae — a ring of color, as around the human nipple.
- areolar — a ring of color, as around the human nipple.
- areolas — a ring of color, as around the human nipple.
- areoles — Plural form of areola.
- areolet — (zoology) A small enclosed area, especially one of the small spaces on the wings of insects, circumscribed by the veins.
- arghool — an Arabian wind instrument of the oboe family, consisting of two pipes, one of which is a drone.
- argolis — a department and ancient region of Greece, in the NE Peloponnese. Capital: Nauplion. Pop: 102 392 (2001). Area: 2261 sq km (873 sq miles)
- argyrol — a dark brown compound of silver and a protein, used medicinally as a local antiseptic
- armhole — The armholes of something such as a shirt or dress are the openings through which you put your arms, or the places where the sleeves are attached.
- armload — An armload of something is the same as an armful of something.
- armlock — a hold in which an opponent's arm is gripped in such a manner that it cannot be moved. This is often used with the intention of forcing the opponent into submission.
- arousal — Arousal is the state of being sexually excited.
- asansol — city in E India, in the state of West Bengal: pop. 262,000
- askelon — Ashqelon
- asocial — avoiding contact; not gregarious
- asshole — If one person calls another person an asshole, they think that person is extremely stupid or has behaved in a stupid way.
- astolat — a town in Arthurian legend: location unknown
- astrol. — astrological
- aureola — a radiance surrounding the head or the whole figure in the representation of a sacred personage.
- aureole — (esp in paintings of Christian saints and the deity) a border of light or radiance enveloping the head or sometimes the whole of a figure represented as holy
- auroral — of or like the dawn.
- avolate — (obsolete) To fly away; to escape.
- avowals — Plural form of avowal.
- awlwort — a small stemless aquatic plant, Subularia aquatica, of the N hemisphere, having slender sharp-pointed leaves and minute, often submerged, white flowers: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- awolowo — Obafemi [aw-bah-fey-mee] /ɔˈbɑ feɪ mi/ (Show IPA), 1909–1987, Nigerian lawyer and statesman.
- axelrod — Julius. 1912–2004, US neuropharmacologist, renowned for his work on catecholamines. Nobel prize for physiology or medicine (with von Euler and Bernard Katz) 1970
- axolotl — any of several aquatic salamanders of the North American genus Ambystoma, esp A. mexicanum (Mexican axolotl), in which the larval form (including external gills) is retained throughout life under natural conditions (see neoteny): family Ambystomidae
- azeglio — Massimo Taparelli [mahs-see-maw tah-pah-rel-lee] /ˈmɑs siˌmɔ ˌtɑ pɑˈrɛl li/ (Show IPA), Marchese d', 1798–1866, Italian statesman and author.
- azulejo — a Portuguese or Spanish painted ceramic tile
- babylon — the chief city of ancient Mesopotamia: first settled around 3000 bc
- bacalao — dried salt cod
- backlog — A backlog is a number of things which have not yet been done but which need to be done.
- backlot — an area outside a film or television studio used for outdoor filming
- bacolod — a town in the Philippines, on the NW coast of Negros Island. Pop: 468 000 (2005 est)
- bagnold — Enid (Algerine). 1889–1981, British novelist and playwright; her works include the novel National Velvet (1935) and the play The Chalk Garden (1955)
- bailout — A bailout of an organization or individual that has financial problems is the act of helping them by giving them money.
- balafon — A large xylophone having hollow gourds as resonators, used in West African music.
- balaton — Lakelake in W Hungary: largest lake in central Europe: c. 230 sq mi (596 sq km)
- balboas — Plural form of balboa.
- balcony — A balcony is a platform on the outside of a building, above ground level, with a wall or railing around it.
- balfour — Arthur James, 1st Earl of Balfour. 1848–1930, British Conservative statesman: prime minister (1902–05); foreign secretary (1916–19)
- ballboy — Alternative spelling of ball boy.