6-letter words containing o
- alcyon — Alternative form of halcyon.
- aldols — Plural form of aldol.
- aldose — a sugar that contains the aldehyde group or is a hemiacetal
- alecto — one of the three Furies; the others are Megaera and Tisiphone
- aleppo — an ancient city in NW Syria: industrial and commercial centre; scene of heavy fighting from 2012 between various rebel forces and army units loyal to President Bashar al-Assad. Pop: 2 505 000 (2005 est)
- alfaro — (Flavio) Eloy [flah-vyaw-e-loi] /ˈflɑ vyɔ ɛˈlɔɪ/ (Show IPA), 1864–1912, Ecuadorian political leader: president 1897–1901, 1907–11.
- alfoil — Aluminium foil.
- alfold — Also called Great Alföld. a vast plain in E Hungary, extending to the border of Ukraine and into Serbia and W Romania.
- algoid — resembling or relating to algae
- alioth — a binary star, the brightest star in the constellation Ursa Major and in the handle of the Big Dipper: magnitude, 1.8
- alison — a feminine name
- aliyos — the act of proceeding to the reading table in a synagogue for the reading of a portion from the Torah.
- aliyot — the act of proceeding to the reading table in a synagogue for the reading of a portion from the Torah.
- alkoxy — denoting an alkyl group bonded to an oxygen atom
- all of — You use all of before a number to emphasize how small or large an amount is.
- all on — the cry uttered by a whipper-in to signify that all the hounds are accounted for.
- allons — let's go!
- allots — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of allot.
- allows — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of allow.
- alloys — Plural form of alloy.
- allyou — all of you
- almelo — a city in the E Netherlands, in Overijssel province. Pop: 72 000 (2003 est)
- almond — Almonds are pale oval nuts. They are often used in cooking.
- almost — You use almost to indicate that something is not completely the case but is nearly the case.
- almous — alms.
- alnico — an alloy of aluminium, nickel, cobalt, iron, and copper, used to make permanent magnets
- alodia — allodium.
- aloeus — a son of Poseidon, husband of Iphimedia, and foster father of Otus and Ephialtes.
- alogia — the inability to speak
- alonso — Alicia (Alicia Ernestina de la Caridad del Cobre Martínez Hoyo) born 1921, Cuban ballerina.
- alston — a male given name.
- altona — a metropolitan district of Hamburg, Germany: formerly an independent city.
- alvaro — Corrado [kawr-rah-daw] /kɔrˈrɑ dɔ/ (Show IPA), c1890–1956, Italian journalist and novelist.
- alyson — a female given name, form of Alice.
- amadou — a spongy substance made from certain fungi, such as Polyporus (or Fomes) fomentarius and related species, used as tinder to light fires, in medicine to stop bleeding, and, esp formerly, by anglers to dry off dry flies between casts
- amatol — an explosive mixture of ammonium nitrate and TNT, used in shells and bombs
- amazon — In Greek mythology, the Amazons were a tribe of women who were very good at fighting.
- ambato — city in central Ecuador: pop. 124,000
- amido- — (in chemistry) indicating the presence of an amide group
- amidol — a grey to colourless soluble crystalline solid that is used as a photographic developer; 2,4-diaminophenol dihydrochloride. Formula: C6H3(NH2)2(OH).2HCl
- amigos — Plural form of amigo.
- amino- — indicating the presence of an amino group
- ammino — relating to or characteristic of an ammine
- ammono — of, or containing, ammonia
- ammons — the classical name of the Egyptian divinity Amen, whom the Greeks identified with Zeus, the Romans with Jupiter.
- amnion — the innermost of two membranes enclosing an embryonic reptile, bird, or mammal
- amnios — (anatomy) amnion.
- amodal — Not modal (in any sense).
- amoeba — An amoeba is the smallest kind of living creature. Amoebae consist of only one cell, and are found in water or soil.
- amoled — active-matrix organic light-emitting diode