Words with the [ɑ] sound
Open back unrounded; drop the jaw and relax the tongue low.
Common spellings: o, a. Examples: father, lot, spa.
- armas
- art's
- artemus
- arthurs
- arty
- audience's
- awestruck
- homages
- obsessively
- ophthalmologist
- oppenheim
- opportunism
- optometry
- osh
- ostentatiously
- oster
- ostia
- ostriches
- ostrogoths
- oxfam
- oxford's
- aarti
- abela
- adamo
- aguascalientes
- akiyama
- alanis
- albanese
- alcantara
- almira
- amadeo
- amaro
- annunziata
- apia
- aprile
- arcata
- arcturus
- ardsley
- ariana
- arkadelphia
- armin
- arnall
- arndt
- arsenide
- arteaga
- articulating
- ata
- entrees
- honorees
- obsolescent
- ocelot
- octavio
- offutt
- ogden's
- oliveira
- omnipresent
- operant
- opp
- oppositions
- optima
- osler
- osmium
- ossification
- ossified
- oxbridge
- abdulla
- abra
- adios
- adlai
- adria
- alberti
- alena
- altamont
- alu
- amado
- amour
- arcadian
- archbold
- archly
- archrivals
- arcos
- arens
- argento
- arianna
- arkady
- arkin
- arman
- armpit
- arnault
- arnell
- arnett
- arsenals
- arsonist
- arsonists
- artichoke
- article's
- artis
- arve
- asta
- ator