8-letter words containing or
- air horn — a horn activated by compressed air.
- air-core — having a nonmagnetic core, as one of fiber or plastic, encircled by a coil (air-core coil) or containing one or more such coils: air-core transformer.
- airborne — If an aircraft is airborne, it is in the air and flying.
- airforce — Alternative spelling of air force.
- airports — Plural form of airport.
- alachlor — a herbicide in the chloroacetanilide family
- albacore — a tunny, Thunnus alalunga, occurring mainly in warm regions of the Atlantic and Pacific. It has very long pectoral fins and is a valued food fish
- alcindor — (Ferdinand) Lew(is, Jr.) original name of Abdul-Jabbar.
- alcorcon — city in central Spain, near Madrid: pop. 140,000
- aleatory — dependent on chance
- alforjas — Plural form of alforja.
- algorism — the Arabic or decimal system of counting
- alienors — Plural form of alienor.
- allegory — An allegory is a story, poem, or painting in which the characters and events are symbols of something else. Allegories are often moral, religious, or political.
- allsorts — assorted small candies, usually flavored with licorice
- alphorns — Plural form of alphorn.
- althorns — Plural form of althorn.
- amelcorn — a variety of wheat used to produce starch
- amfortas — (in medieval legend) the leader of the knights of the Holy Grail
- amorally — In an amoral manner; without morals.
- amorance — the state of being in love
- amoretti — a little cupid.
- amoretto — (esp in painting) a small chubby naked boy representing a cupid
- amorists — Plural form of amorist.
- amorphic — Having no defined shape, lacking form; amorphous.
- amortise — amortize
- amortize — In finance, if you amortize a debt, you pay it back in regular payments.
- amphorae — a large two-handled storage jar having an oval body, usually tapering to a point at the base, with a pair of handles extending from immediately below the lip to the shoulder: used chiefly for oil, wine, etc., and, set on a foot, as a commemorative vase awarded the victors in contests such as the Panathenaic games.
- amphoral — relating to or resembling an amphora
- amphoric — resembling the sound produced by blowing into a bottle. Amphoric breath sounds are heard through a stethoscope placed over a cavity in the lung
- anaphora — the use of a word such as a pronoun that has the same reference as a word previously used in the same discourse. In the sentence John wrote the essay in the library but Peter did it at home, both did and it are examples of anaphora
- ancestor — Your ancestors are the people from whom you are descended.
- anchored — any of various devices dropped by a chain, cable, or rope to the bottom of a body of water for preventing or restricting the motion of a vessel or other floating object, typically having broad, hooklike arms that bury themselves in the bottom to provide a firm hold.
- anchoret — anchorite.
- andoroba — carapa.
- andorran — of or relating to Andorra or its inhabitants
- animator — An animator is a person who makes films by means of animation.
- 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.
- anterior — Anterior describes a part of the body that is situated at or towards the front of another part.
- antiporn — opposed to pornography
- antrorse — directed or pointing upwards or forwards
- any more — If something does not happen or is not true any more or any longer, it has stopped happening or is no longer true.
- aoristic — Grammar. pertaining to the aorist.
- aortitis — inflammation of the aorta
- apaporis — a river in S central Colombia, in the Amazon system, flowing SE to the Japurá River. 500 miles (805 km) long.
- aphorise — To create an aphorism.
- aphorism — An aphorism is a short witty sentence which expresses a general truth or comment.
- aphorist — a person who makes or uses aphorisms.