| acerola | (noun) acid red or yellow cherry-like fruit of a tropical American shrub very rich in vitamin C | Synonyms: barbados cherry, surinam cherry, West Indian cherry |
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| (noun) tropical American shrub bearing edible acid red fruit resembling cherries | Synonyms: barbados cherry, Malpighia glabra, Surinam cherry, West Indian cherry |
| areola | (noun) small circular area such as that around the human nipple or an inflamed area around a pimple or insect bite | Synonyms: ring of color |
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| (noun) small space in a tissue or body part such as the area between veins on a leaf or an insect's wing | - |
| arteriola | (noun) one of the small thin-walled arteries that end in capillaries | Synonyms: arteriole, capillary artery |
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| bola | (noun) a rope with weights attached to the ends; is thrown to entangle the legs of an animal; of South American origin | - |
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| (noun) a cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie | Synonyms: bola tie, bolo, bolo tie |
| brassavola | (noun) any of various tropical American orchids with usually solitary fleshy leaves and showy white to green nocturnally fragrant blossoms solitary or in racemes of up to 7 | - |
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| canafistola | (noun) deciduous or semi-evergreen tree having scented sepia to yellow flowers in drooping racemes and pods whose pulp is used medicinally; tropical Asia and Central and South America and Australia | Synonyms: canafistula, Cassia fistula, drumstick tree, golden shower tree, pudding pipe tree, purging cassia |
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| canola | (noun) vegetable oil made from rapeseed; it is high in monounsaturated fatty acids | Synonyms: canola oil |
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| carambola | (noun) deeply ridged yellow-brown tropical fruit; used raw as a vegetable or in salad or when fully ripe as a dessert | Synonyms: star fruit |
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| (noun) East Indian tree bearing deeply ridged yellow-brown fruit | Synonyms: Averrhoa carambola, carambola tree |
| cola | (noun) carbonated drink flavored with extract from kola nuts | Synonyms: dope |
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| cupola | (noun) a roof in the form of a dome | - |
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| (noun) a vertical cylindrical furnace for melting iron for casting | - |
| girandola | (noun) an ornate candle holder; often with a mirror | Synonyms: girandole |
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| gladiola | (noun) any of numerous plants of the genus Gladiolus native chiefly to tropical and South Africa having sword-shaped leaves and one-sided spikes of brightly colored funnel-shaped flowers; widely cultivated | Synonyms: glad, gladiolus, sword lily |
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| gondola | (noun) long narrow flat-bottomed boat propelled by sculling; traditionally used on canals of Venice | - |
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| (noun) a low flat-bottomed freight car with fixed sides but no roof | Synonyms: gondola car |
| (noun) the compartment that is suspended from an airship and that carries personnel and the cargo and the power plant | Synonyms: car |
| gorgonzola | (noun) Italian blue cheese | - |
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| granola | (noun) cereal made of especially rolled oats with dried fruits and nuts and honey or brown sugar | - |
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| holometabola | (noun) insects that undergo complete metamorphosis | Synonyms: metabola |
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| hyperbola | (noun) an open curve formed by a plane that cuts the base of a right circular cone | - |
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| kola | (noun) tree bearing large brown nuts containing e.g. caffeine; source of cola extract | Synonyms: Cola acuminata, goora nut, kola nut, kola nut tree |
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| mandola | (noun) an early type of mandolin | - |
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| metabola | (noun) insects that undergo complete metamorphosis | Synonyms: holometabola |
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| mola | (noun) among the largest bony fish; pelagic fish having an oval compressed body with high dorsal and anal fins and caudal fin reduced to a rudder-like lobe; worldwide in warm waters | Synonyms: headfish, ocean sunfish, sunfish |
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| ola | (noun) leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper | Synonyms: olla |
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| parabola | (noun) a plane curve formed by the intersection of a right circular cone and a plane parallel to an element of the curve | - |
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| payola | (noun) a bribe given to a disc jockey to induce him to promote a particular record | - |
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| pergola | (noun) a framework that supports climbing plants | Synonyms: arbor, arbour, bower |
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| pseudovariola | (noun) a mild form of smallpox caused by a less virulent form of the virus | Synonyms: alastrim, Cuban itch, Kaffir pox, milk pox, pseudosmallpox, variola minor, West Indian smallpox, white pox |
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| pyrola | (noun) any of several evergreen perennials of the genus Pyrola | Synonyms: wintergreen |
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| roseola | (noun) any red eruption of the skin | Synonyms: efflorescence, rash, skin rash |
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| rubeola | (noun) an acute and highly contagious viral disease marked by distinct red spots followed by a rash; occurs primarily in children | Synonyms: measles, morbilli |
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| tombola | (noun) a lottery in which tickets are drawn from a revolving drum | - |
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| variola | (noun) a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars | Synonyms: smallpox, variola major |
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| viola | (noun) any of the numerous plants of the genus Viola | - |
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| (noun) a bowed stringed instrument slightly larger than a violin, tuned a fifth lower | - |