7-letter words containing s, o
- alfisol — a fertile soil of humid regions that occurs worldwide, especially where native broadleaf forests were established, and is highly productive for agriculture.
- alfonso — 1886–1941, king of Spain 1886–1930.
- allison — Donald ("Donnie") born 1939, and his brother, Robert, (Bobby), born 1937, U.S. racing-car drivers.
- allston — Washington. 1779–1843, US painter and author, regarded as the earliest US Romantic painter. His paintings include Elijah in the Desert (1818) and Moonlit Landscape (1819)
- almonds — Plural form of almond.
- alongst — along
- alsoone — as soon
- altoist — a person who plays the alto saxophone
- amadous — a spongy substance prepared from fungi, Polyporus (Fomes) fomentarius and allied species, growing on trees, used as tinder and in surgery.
- amazons — a river in N South America, flowing E from the Peruvian Andes through N Brazil to the Atlantic Ocean: the largest river in the world in volume of water carried. 3900 miles (6280 km) long.
- amboise — a town in NW central France, on the River Loire: famous castle, a former royal residence. Pop: 11 457 (1999)
- ambrose — Saint. ?340–397 ad, bishop of Milan; built up the secular power of the early Christian Church; also wrote music and Latin hymns. Feast day: Dec 7 or April 4
- amoebas — Plural form of amoeba.
- amongst — Amongst means the same as among.
- amorism — the state of someone who is preoccupied with love and lovemaking or with writing about love
- amorist — a lover or a writer about love
- amorosa — a female lover
- amoroso — (to be played) lovingly
- amorous — If you describe someone's feelings or actions as amorous, you mean that they involve sexual desire.
- amosite — a fibrous mineral used in the manufacture of heat and acid-proof asbestos
- amounts — the sum total of two or more quantities or sums; aggregate.
- ampelos — a satyr who was placed among the stars by Dionysus.
- amylose — the minor component (about 20 per cent) of starch, consisting of long unbranched chains of glucose units. It is soluble in water and gives an intense blue colour with iodine
- analogs — (US) Plural form of analog.
- anchors — the brakes of a motor vehicle
- angoras — Plural form of angora.
- animose — Resolute and full of vigor; vehement.
- animous — Animose.
- anisole — a colourless pleasant-smelling liquid used as a solvent and vermicide and in perfume and flavouring. Formula: C6H5OCH3; relative density: 0.996; melting pt: –37.5°C; boiling pt: 155°C
- anodise — to coat (a metal, especially magnesium or aluminum) with a protective film by chemical or electrolytic means.
- anoesis — a theoretical condition in which there is feeling without understanding
- anoints — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of anoint.
- anomers — Plural form of anomer.
- anomies — a state or condition of individuals or society characterized by a breakdown or absence of social norms and values, as in the case of uprooted people.
- anonyms — an assumed or false name.
- anopsia — a defect in vision, whether partial or total
- anoraks — Plural form of anorak.
- anosmia — loss of the sense of smell, usually as the result of a lesion of the olfactory nerve, disease in another organ or part, or obstruction of the nasal passages
- anosmic — absence or loss of the sense of smell.
- ansonia — a city in SW Connecticut.
- anstoss — (in the philosophy of Fichte) any of the six successive steps by which the absolute ego attains self-knowledge.
- anteros — Mount, a peak in central Colorado, in the Sawatch Mountains. 14,269 feet (4349 meters).
- anurous — lacking a tail; tailless; acaudate
- anxious — If you are anxious to do something or anxious that something should happen, you very much want to do it or very much want it to happen.
- aoudads — Plural form of aoudad.
- apnoeas — Plural form of apnoea.
- apodous — apodal.
- apogees — Plural form of apogee.
- apophis — a demon serpent of darkness whom Ra, as sun god, destroys every morning at dawn.
- aporias — Plural form of aporia.