8-letter words containing o
- aniconic — (of images of deities, symbols, etc) not portrayed in a human or animal form
- animator — An animator is a person who makes films by means of animation.
- ankylose — (of bones in a joint, etc) to fuse or stiffen by ankylosis
- annattos — Plural form of annatto.
- annigoni — Pietro (ˈpjɛːtro). 1910–88, Italian painter; noted esp for his portraits of President Kennedy (1961) and Queen Elizabeth II (1955 and 1970)
- anniston — a city in E Alabama.
- annotate — If you annotate written work or a diagram, you add notes to it, especially in order to explain it.
- announce — If you announce something, you tell people about it publicly or officially.
- annoybot — (computing, slang) A bot within an IRC channel that sends annoying messages to online participants.
- annoying — Someone or something that is annoying makes you feel fairly angry and impatient.
- annulose — (of earthworms, crustaceans, and similar animals) having a body formed of a series of rings; segmented
- annunzio — Gabriele [gah-bree-e-le] /ˌgɑ briˈɛ lɛ/ (Show IPA), D'Annunzio, Gabriele.
- anocracy — A political system which is neither fully democratic nor fully autocratic, often being vulnerable to political instability.
- anodally — in an anodal manner
- anodized — coated with a protective oxide film by electrolysis
- anodynes — Plural form of anodyne.
- anodynic — relating to the soothing or alleviating of pain
- anointed — chosen officially to do an important job
- anointer — One who anoints.
- anomeric — (organic chemistry) Of, or pertaining to anomers.
- anonymal — (rare) Anonymous.
- anoopsia — a form of squint in which the eye turns upwards
- anorchia — An intersex condition of XY individuals where both testes are absent at birth.
- anorexia — Anorexia or anorexia nervosa is an illness in which a person has an overwhelming fear of becoming fat, and so refuses to eat enough and becomes thinner and thinner.
- anorexic — If someone is anorexic, they are suffering from anorexia and so are very thin.
- anoscope — proctoscope.
- anourous — anurous.
- anovular — not associated with or accompanied by ovulation
- anoxemia — a reduction in the normal amount of oxygen in the blood, as at high altitudes
- ant lion — any of a family (Myrmeleontidae) of neuropteran insects, some of which have large-jawed larvae (doodlebugs) that lie hidden in cone-shaped pits where they feed on ants and other insects that fall in
- antagony — (obsolete) contest; opposition; antagonism.
- antelope — An antelope is an animal like a deer, with long legs and horns, that lives in Africa or Asia. Antelopes are graceful and can run fast. There are many different types of antelope.
- anterior — Anterior describes a part of the body that is situated at or towards the front of another part.
- anteroom — An anteroom is a small room leading into a larger room.
- anthodia — a flower head or capitulum, especially the head of a composite plant.
- anthrop. — anthropological
- antiatom — an atom of antimatter.
- antibody — Antibodies are substances which a person's or an animal's body produces in their blood in order to destroy substances which carry disease.
- antiboss — acting against a boss or bosses
- anticlot — Countering clotting of the blood.
- anticold — preventing or treating the common cold
- anticous — (in plants) facing the axis of the flower
- antidote — An antidote is a chemical substance that stops or controls the effect of a poison.
- antifood — Opposing food.
- antifoul — (rare) Antifouling.
- antigone — daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta, who was condemned to death for cremating the body of her brother Polynices in defiance of an edict of her uncle, King Creon of Thebes
- antihero — An antihero is the main character in a novel, play, or film who is not morally good and does not behave like a typical hero.
- antilock — designed to prevent skidding and improve control by sensing and compensating for overbraking
- antilogy — a contradiction in terms
- antimony — a toxic metallic element that exists in two allotropic forms and occurs principally in stibnite. The stable form is a brittle silvery-white crystalline metal that is added to alloys to increase their strength and hardness and is used in semiconductors. Symbol: Sb; atomic no: 51; atomic wt: 121.757; valency: 0, –3, +3, or +5; relative density: 6.691; melting pt: 630.76°C; boiling pt: 1587°C