6-letter words containing o
- arccos — arccosine
- archon — (in ancient Athens) one of the nine chief magistrates
- ardors — Plural form of ardor.
- ardour — Ardour is a strong, intense feeling of love or enthusiasm for someone or something.
- areola — any small circular area, such as the pigmented ring around the human nipple or the inflamed area surrounding a pimple
- areole — a space outlined on a surface, such as an area between veins on a leaf or on an insect's wing
- arezzo — a city in central Italy, in E Tuscany. Pop: 91 589 (2001)
- argosy — a large abundantly laden merchant ship, or a fleet of such ships
- argots — Plural form of argot.
- ariose — characterized by melody
- arioso — a recitative with the lyrical quality of an aria
- aristo — an aristocrat
- arkose — a sandstone consisting of grains of feldspar and quartz cemented by a mixture of quartz and clay minerals
- armado — Obsolete form of armada.
- armoir — Dated form of armoire.
- armors — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of armor.
- armory — armor or armorial bearings
- armour — In former times, armour was special metal clothing that soldiers wore for protection in battle.
- arnold — a town in N central England, in S Nottinghamshire. Pop: 37 402 (2001)
- aroint — to drive away
- arolla — an Arolla pine
- aromas — Plural form of aroma.
- aronia — A plant of the genus Aronia in the rose family, especially (in gardening) a chokeberry.
- around — To be positioned around a place or object means to surround it or be on all sides of it. To move around a place means to go along its edge, back to your starting point.
- arouse — If something arouses a particular reaction or attitude in people, it causes them to have that reaction or attitude.
- arpino — Gerald (Peter) 1928–2008, U.S. choreographer.
- arroba — a unit of weight, approximately equal to 11 kilograms, used in some Spanish-speaking countries
- arrose — (obsolete) To drench; to besprinkle; to moisten.
- arrowe — Obsolete spelling of arrow.
- arrows — a slender, straight, generally pointed missile or weapon made to be shot from a bow and equipped with feathers at the end of the shaft near the nock, for controlling flight.
- arrowy — having or comprising arrows
- arroyo — An arroyo is a dry stream bed with steep sides.
- arseno — having or containing arsenic
- arsino — having or comprising the radical AsH2
- arsons — Plural form of arson.
- artois — a former province of N France
- as for — You use as for and as to at the beginning of a sentence in order to introduce a slightly different subject that is still connected to the previous one.
- as how — that
- as one — If a group of people does something as one, all the people do the same thing at the same time or in the same way.
- ascoma — a fruiting body that bears asci.
- ascots — Plural form of ascot.
- ashdod — a town in central Israel, on the Mediterranean coast: an important city in the Philistine Empire, with its artificial harbour (1961) it is now a major port. Pop: 192 000 (2003 est)
- ashore — Someone or something that comes ashore comes from the sea onto the shore.
- ashton — Catherine. Baroness. born 1956, British Labour politician; High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy for the European Union (2009–2014)
- asiago — either of two varieties (ripened or fresh) of a cow's-milk cheese produced in NE Italy
- asimov — Isaac. 1920–92, US writer and biochemist, born in Russia. His science-fiction works include Foundation Trilogy (1951–53; sequel 1982) and the collection of stories I, Robot (1950)
- aslope — sloping
- aslosh — submerged or deluged with or as with water
- asonia — tone deafness.
- asosan — Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).