8-letter words containing ro
- aerolite — a stony meteorite consisting of silicate minerals
- aerolith — a meteorite consisting mainly of stony matter.
- aerology — the study of the atmosphere, particularly its upper layers
- aeronaut — a person who flies in a lighter-than-air craft, esp the pilot or navigator
- aeronomy — the science of the earth's upper atmosphere
- aerosols — Plural form of aerosol.
- aerostat — a lighter-than-air craft, such as a balloon
- aerotone — a bath which incorporates massaging air jets
- affronté — facing
- affronts — Plural form of affront.
- afro-pop — African pop music played on electric instruments and inspired by Western pop or soul music.
- agitprop — Agitprop is the use of artistic forms such as drama or posters to further political aims.
- agrology — the scientific study of soils and their potential productivity
- agronomy — the science of cultivation of land, soil management, and crop production
- ailerons — Plural form of aileron.
- air drop — An air drop is a delivery of supplies by aircraft to an area that is hard to get to. The supplies are dropped from the aircraft on parachutes.
- airdrome — An airdrome is a place or area where small aircraft can land and take off.
- airdrops — Plural form of airdrop.
- airproof — impervious to air
- akrotiri — the remains of an ancient Minoan city on the island of Thera in the Aegean Sea, where abundant pottery and frescoes of the second millennium b.c. have been excavated.
- alberoni — Giulio [joo-lyaw] /ˈdʒu lyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1664–1752, Italian cardinal and statesman: prime minister of Spain 1715–19.
- albronze — aluminum bronze.
- aleurone — finely granulated protein present in seeds generally and forming the outer layer of cereal seeds
- allegros — Plural form of allegro.
- alt-rock — a genre of rock music regarded by its practitioners and fans as being outside the mainstream
- alumroot — any of several North American plants of the saxifragaceous genus Heuchera, having small white, reddish, or green bell-shaped flowers and astringent roots
- amberoid — a synthetic amber made by compressing pieces of amber and other resins together at a high temperature
- amberous — of, relating to or resembling amber
- ambrosia — In Greek mythology, ambrosia is the food of the gods.
- amitrole — a non-selective systemic herbicide used on non-food crops to control grasses and weeds
- amourous — Alternative form of amorous.
- anadrome — A word which forms a different word when spelled backwards.
- anaerobe — an organism that does not require oxygen for respiration
- anatropy — (of a plant ovule) the condition of being inverted during development by a bending of the stalk causing the nucleus to point toward the base
- andirons — Plural form of andiron.
- andoroba — carapa.
- androgen — any of several steroids, produced as hormones by the testes or made synthetically, that promote development of male sexual organs and male secondary sexual characteristics
- androids — Plural form of android.
- andropov — Yuri Vladimirovich. 1914–84, Soviet statesman; president of the Soviet Union (1983–84)
- angerona — the ancient Roman goddess of anguish.
- angstrom — a unit of length equal to 10–10 metre, used principally to express the wavelengths of electromagnetic radiations. It is equivalent to 0.1 nanometre
- anourous — anurous.
- anteroom — An anteroom is a small room leading into a larger room.
- anthrop. — anthropological
- 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.
- antirock — opposed to rock music
- antiroll — designed to prevent a vehicle from tilting
- antrorse — directed or pointing upwards or forwards
- apastron — the point at which the stars of a binary system are farthest apart (opposed to periastron).
- apikoros — A Jewish skeptic or apostate.