Words with the [ɑ] sound
Open back unrounded; drop the jaw and relax the tongue low.
Common spellings: o, a. Examples: father, lot, spa.
- articulated
- operatic
- arcadia
- arboretum
- artisans
- auspicious
- artificially
- artist's
- artworks
- azerbaijani
- onstage
- arbor
- argent
- army's
- oddly
- almonds
- assam
- entrepreneurs
- arbitration
- arsenic
- arteries
- obnoxious
- olives
- ostensibly
- optic
- onscreen
- amish
- auctions
- andre
- armenians
- audacity
- ominous
- arson
- occupational
- optimist
- oxides
- accra
- aldo
- alta
- amir
- arden
- arthritis
- arboreal
- archeological
- arduous
- os
- arcades
- argyle
- armistice
- oswego
- archaeologist
- odyssey
- envoy
- onboard
- articulation
- alt
- armchair
- occupant
- omnivorous
- archway
- argus
- arthropods
- articulate
- envoys
- octaves
- argonauts
- aryan
- enclave
- obstinacy
- oxytocin
- arbuthnot
- archival
- argyll
- arias
- artifact
- honoring
- ollie
- alessandro
- ardor
- obligated
- omnibus
- archangel
- armory
- encore
- omni
- oncology
- opt
- optimum
- oscillation
- akbar
- alejandro
- honorific
- osmond
- arbitrarily
- octagon
- onondaga
- alden
- argentinian
- operetta
- osbourne