Words with the [ɑ] sound
Open back unrounded; drop the jaw and relax the tongue low.
Common spellings: o, a. Examples: father, lot, spa.
- our
- are
- on
- object
- artist
- objects
- onto
- article
- articles
- august
- architecture
- arm
- armed
- arms
- army
- art
- artists
- arts
- honor
- honour
- occupied
- ontario
- operated
- operates
- operating
- operation
- operations
- opposite
- opposition
- oxford
- audience
- october
- opportunity
- operate
- opera
- r
- arthur
- ah
- aren't
- architect
- honest
- ourselves
- armies
- observation
- argument
- honorary
- obviously
- option
- artistic
- ali
- artificial
- audio
- oxygen
- odd
- occupation
- honors
- opportunities
- argued
- argentina
- oliver
- artillery
- architectural
- operator
- options
- arkansas
- obvious
- ottawa
- artwork
- archaeological
- operators
- arch
- observations
- arguments
- optical
- ongoing
- operational
- armstrong
- archbishop
- archives
- architects
- arnold
- argue
- auckland
- occupies
- ottoman
- olive
- obligation
- artifacts
- otto
- arctic
- armenian
- auction
- audiences
- ours
- armor
- honored
- occupy
- honorable
- optional
- arlington