7-letter words containing n, o
- at. no. — atomic number
- athanor — an alchemist's oven or furnace that continuously supplies its own fuel and thereby sustains an unchanging temperature
- atoners — Plural form of atoner.
- atonies — Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- atoning — to make amends or reparation, as for an offense or a crime, or for an offender (usually followed by for): to atone for one's sins.
- attonce — at once, together
- attorny — (obsolete, or, proscribed) alternative spelling of attorney.
- au fond — fundamentally; essentially
- auction — An auction is a public sale where goods are sold to the person who offers the highest price.
- audions — an early type of triode.
- audubon — John James. 1785–1851, US naturalist and artist, noted particularly for his paintings of birds in Birds of America (1827–38)
- automan — someone who manufactures motor cars
- autonym — a piece of literature published under the real name of an author
- autopen — a mechanical device used to produce imitation signatures
- autorun — (computing) Any feature that runs a program, etc. automatically.
- av node — atrioventricular node.
- avernos — a crater lake in S Italy, near Naples and the Tyrrhenian Sea, thought by ancients to be the entrance to the underworld.
- aveyron — a department of S France in Midi-Pyrénées region. Capital: Rodez. Pop: 266 940 (2003 est). Area: 8771 sq km (3421 sq miles)
- avignon — a city in SE France, on the Rhône: seat of the papacy (1309–77); famous 12th-century bridge, now partly destroyed. Pop: 94 787 (2006)
- avionic — Of, or relating to avionics (aviation electronics).
- avowing — Present participle of avow.
- axoneme — the part of a cell, consisting of proteins and microtubes, which forms the core
- b meson — a meson composed of a bottom quark and an up or down antiquark or of a bottom antiquark and an up or down quark.
- baboons — Plural form of baboon.
- babylon — the chief city of ancient Mesopotamia: first settled around 3000 bc
- baconer — a pig that weighs between 83 and 101 kg, from which bacon is cut
- bagnios — Plural form of bagnio.
- bagnold — Enid (Algerine). 1889–1981, British novelist and playwright; her works include the novel National Velvet (1935) and the play The Chalk Garden (1955)
- balafon — A large xylophone having hollow gourds as resonators, used in West African music.
- balaton — Lakelake in W Hungary: largest lake in central Europe: c. 230 sq mi (596 sq km)
- balcony — A balcony is a platform on the outside of a building, above ground level, with a wall or railing around it.
- ballons — Plural form of ballon.
- balloon — A balloon is a small, thin, rubber bag that you blow air into so that it becomes larger and rounder or longer. Balloons are used as toys or decorations.
- baloney — If you say that an idea or statement is baloney, you disapprove of it and think it is foolish or wrong.
- bambino — a young child, esp an Italian one
- ban-lon — a smooth synthetic knitted fabric that resists wrinkling
- bandbox — a lightweight usually cylindrical box used for holding small articles, esp hats
- bandido — bandito.
- bandito — a Mexican bandit
- bandogs — Plural form of bandog.
- bandora — A bass stringed instrument of the cittern family, having a long neck and a scallop-shaped body.
- bandore — a 16th-century plucked musical instrument resembling a lute but larger and fitted with seven pairs of metal strings
- bandrol — Alternative form of banderole.
- bang on — a loud, sudden, explosive noise, as the discharge of a gun.
- bang-on — If someone is bang-on with something, they are exactly right in their opinions or actions.
- bangkok — the capital and chief port of Thailand, on the Chao Phraya River: became a royal city and the capital in 1782. Pop: 6 604 000 (2005 est)
- banjoes — Plural form of banjo.
- bank on — If you bank on something happening, you expect it to happen and rely on it happening.
- bannock — a round flat unsweetened cake originating in Scotland, made from oatmeal or barley and baked on a griddle
- banoffi — Alternative spelling of banoffee.