4-letter words containing o
- alod — a feudal estate with no superior
- aloe — any plant of the liliaceous genus Aloe, chiefly native to southern Africa, with fleshy spiny-toothed leaves and red or yellow flowers
- aloo — (in Indian cookery) a potato dish
- alot — lot (def 14).
- alow — in or into the lower rigging of a vessel, near the deck
- also — You can use also to give more information about a person or thing, or to add another relevant fact.
- alto — An alto is a woman who has a low singing voice.
- ambo — either of two raised pulpits from which the gospels and epistles were read in early Christian churches
- ammo — Ammo is ammunition for guns and other weapons.
- amok — a state of murderous frenzy, originally observed among Malays
- amol — Active Management Of Labor
- amon — a local god of fertility and life in Egyptian Thebes: later associated with Re as the chief deity of Egypt ( Amon-Re): identified by the Greeks (and Romans) with Zeus (and Jupiter)
- amor — love of one's country; patriotism.
- amos — a Hebrew prophet of the 8th century bc
- amoy — a port in SE China, in Fujian province on Amoy Island, at the mouth of the Jiulong River opposite Taiwan: one of the first treaty ports opened to European trade (1842). Pop: 746 000 (2005 est)
- anno — in the year
- anoa — the smallest of the cattle tribe Anoa depressicornis, having small straight horns and inhabiting the island of Celebes in Indonesia
- anon — Anon means quite soon.
- anow — enough
- aocb — any other competent business
- aoce — Apple Open Collaboration Environment
- aoki — Shuzo [shoo-zaw] /ˈʃu zɔ/ (Show IPA), 1844–1914, first Japanese ambassador to U.S., 1905–09.
- aole — no; not at all.
- aonb — Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: an area designated by the appropriate government bodies as requiring protection to conserve and enhance its natural beauty
- aone — noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- apo- — away from; off
- apod — an animal with no feet or whose feet are rudimentary
- apso — a Tibetan terrier
- arco — a musical direction for instruments of the violin family indicating that the bow should be used (as opposed to plucking)
- argo — the ship in which Jason sailed in search of the Golden Fleece
- arno — a river in central Italy, rising in the Apennines and flowing through Florence to the Ligurian Sea. Length: about 240 km (150 miles)
- aron — a male given name.
- aros — Plural form of aro.
- arow — in a row
- arvo — afternoon
- asbo — An ASBO is a legal order restricting the activities or movements of someone who has repeatedly behaved in a way that upsets or annoys other people. ASBO is an abbreviation for 'anti-social behaviour order'.
- asio — Australian Security Intelligence Organization
- atmo — (physics, dated) The standard atmospheric pressure used in certain physical measurements and calculations; conventionally, that pressure under which the barometer stands at 760 millimeters, at a temperature of 0° Centigrade, at the level of the sea, and in the latitude of Paris.
- atob — (tool) /A too B/ Utility software that converts ASCII to binary. The reverse process is btoa.
- atoc — a variety of skunk
- atom — An atom is the smallest amount of a substance that can take part in a chemical reaction.
- aton — a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- atop — If something is atop something else, it is on top of it.
- auto — an automobile
- auxo — one of the Graces worshiped at Athens.
- avon — a former county of SW England, created in 1974 from areas of N Somerset and S Gloucestershire: replaced in 1996 by the unitary authorities of Bath and North East Somerset (Somerset), North Somerset (Somerset), South Gloucestershire (Gloucestershire), and Bristol
- avos — Plural form of avo.
- avow — If you avow something, you admit it or declare it.
- awol — If someone in the Armed Forces goes AWOL, they leave their post without the permission of a superior officer. AWOL is an abbreviation for 'absent without leave'.
- axon — the long threadlike extension of a nerve cell that conducts nerve impulses from the cell body