Words with the [ɑ] sound
Open back unrounded; drop the jaw and relax the tongue low.
Common spellings: o, a. Examples: father, lot, spa.
- amico
- anaya
- andras
- angelita
- angulo
- anschluss
- arai
- arb
- arbiters
- arbitrariness
- arbogast
- arcadians
- archambault
- architraves
- arden's
- ardoyne
- ardrey
- arevalo
- argall
- argosy
- argot
- arkansas'
- arkose
- arleta
- armbrister
- armen
- armenia's
- armfield
- arnaldo
- arp
- arrieta
- arthritic
- arvind
- avants
- azzara
- hakim's
- honoria
- obscenely
- och
- oglesby
- oligopoly
- olliff
- ollinger's
- opitz
- oppenheimer's
- opportunists
- opposition's
- osbert
- osteen
- osterman
- ostertag
- ostinato
- ostrogoth
- oswalt
- otten
- otterbein
- ottman
- oxalis
- oxfords
- oxy
- aaronson
- aboud
- accardo
- achebe
- adalia
- agarwal
- aguayo
- aguirre's
- ahmanson
- ahrens
- alagna
- albina
- albinia
- alcala
- alda
- aldama
- aldis
- aleda
- alejo
- alessandrini
- alfieri
- aliano
- alima
- allaire
- almada
- almo
- altieri
- altra
- alvares
- amadon
- amendola
- amo
- andreotti
- angeli
- angelico
- apel
- arango
- arata
- arbeiter
- arbitron