5-Letter Words with A: page 2

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A

• aural5adj. Of or pertaining to the ear.
• auric7adj. Of or pertaining to trivalent gold.
• aurin5n. A red colouring matter derived from phenol. Used as an indicator.
• aurum7n. Gold (used in the names of various substances, see "Derived terms").
• autem7n. A church.
• auton5n. A machine or robot, usually in the form of a living being, designed to...
• auxin12n. A class of plant growth substance (often called phytohormones or plant...
• avahi11n. Woolly lemur.
• avail8v. To turn to the advantage of.
• avant8n. The front of an army; the vanguard.
• avast8interj. Hold fast! Cease! Stop! Desist!
• avens8n. A plant of the genus Geum, especially Geum urbanum, or herb bennet.
• avert8v. To turn aside or away.
• avgas9n. Gasoline fuel for piston-engined aircraft.
• avian8adj. Characteristic of or pertaining to birds, or to bird-like or flying...
• aviso8n. Advisory; information; advice; intelligence.
• avoid9v. To try not to meet or communicate with (a person); to shun.
• await8v. To wait for.
• awake12adj. Not asleep; conscious.
• awara8n. The palm tree Astrocaryum vulgare which is native to the Amazon...
• award9n. A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of...
• aware8adj. Vigilant or on one's guard against danger or difficulty.
• awash11adj. Washed by the waves or tide (of a rock or strip of shore, or of an...
• awful11adj. Very bad.
• awing9adv. On the wing; flying; fluttering.
• axial12adj. Relating to, resembling, or situated on an axis.
• axing13n. An assault carried out with an axe.
• axiom14n. A seemingly self-evident or necessary truth which is based on...
• axion12n. A hypothetical subatomic particle postulated to resolve certain...
• ayaya11n. The roseate spoonbill, Platalea ajaja.
• ayllu8n. A traditional family-based community in the Andes, especially among...
• azadi15n. Freedom, independence.
• azide15n. The univalent N₃ radical or functional group or any ester containing...
• azido15n. The univalent radical N₃- related to azide.
• azoic16adj. Destitute of any vestige of organic life, or at least of animal life.
• azole14n. Any of a class of five-membered unsaturated heterocycles having three...
• azote14n. Nitrogen.
• azoth17n. The first principle of metals, that is, mercury, which was formerly...
• azran14n. A position, often in polar coordinates, of an object located by radar.
• azure14n. The clear blue colour of the sky; also, a pigment or dye of this colour.

B

• baaad8adj. Elongated form of bad.
• baati7n. A kind of hard unleavened bread eaten in parts of India.
• babel9n. A confused noise made by a number of voices.
• babka13n. A Central and Eastern European coffee cake flavored with orange rind...
• babul9n. A tree native to South Asia, Vachellia nilotica subsp. indica, formerly...
• baccy14n. Tobacco.
• bacha12n. A dancing boy in parts of Central Asia.
• bache12n. The dale of a stream or rivulet.
• bachi12n. A drumstick for East Asian percussion instruments such as the taiko...
• backs13n. The backyard of the University.
• bacne9n. Acne on the back.
• bacon9n. Cured meat from the sides, belly, or back of a pig.
• badak12n. A rhinoceros.
• badam10n. An almond.
• badge9n. A distinctive mark, token, sign, emblem or cognizance, worn on one’s...
• badla8n. An indigenous carryforward system used on the Bombay Stock Exchange.
• badly11adv. In a bad manner.
• baduk12n. An ancient Chinese board game, today also popular in Japan and Korea...
• bafta10n. A coarse material, usually of cotton, originally made in India.
• bagel8n. A toroidal bread roll that is boiled before it is baked.
• baggy12adj. Of clothing, very loose-fitting, so as to hang away from the body.
• bagsy11v. To make a verbal claim to.
• bagua8n. The eight trigrams used in Daoist cosmology.
• bahar10n. A weight used in the 18th and 19th century in the Middle East and the...
• bahut10n. A portable coffer or chest with a rounded lid covered in leather...
• baiji14n. A freshwater dolphin (†Lipotes vexillifer), only found in the Yangtze...
• baila7n. A genre of music from Sri Lanka and India, mainly using European...
• baile7n. A specific genre of dance music originating in Rio de Janeiro, also...
• bailo7n. Title of the Venetian envoy to particularly the Sublime Porte.
• bairn7n. A child or baby.
• baity10adj. Angry, bad-tempered.
• baize16n. A thick, soft, usually woolen cloth resembling felt; often colored...
• bajaj21n. A tuk-tuk.
• bajra14n. Pearl millet (Cenchrus americanus, syn. Pennisetum glaucum).
• baked12adj. That has been cooked by baking.
• baker11n. A person who bakes and sells bread, cakes and similar items.
• bakla11n. Effeminate man.
• bakso11n. Indonesian meatball.
• balas7n. A type of rose-coloured spinel once thought to be a form of ruby.
• baldy11n. Someone who is bald.
• baler7n. A machine for creating bales, e.g., of hay or cotton.
• balky14adj. Refusing to proceed or cooperate.
• balls7adv. Very. Intensifier.
• bally10adj. Bloody (used as a mild intensifier).
• balmy12adj. Producing balm.
• balsa7n. A large tree, Ochroma pyramidale, native to tropical America, with wood...
• balti7n. A large iron pan having two handles, especially used in Pakistani...
• balun7n. An electronic device for connecting a balanced transmission line to an...
• balut7n. Asian street food consisting of a developing duck embryo boiled alive...
• bammy14adj. Crazy.
• banal7adj. Common in a boring way, to the point of being predictable; containing...
• banan7n. Banana.
• banat7n. The territory governed by a ban.
• banca9n. A canoe; an outrigger canoe or dugout.
• banco9adj. Being or relating to a type of court involving a bench of judges, often...
• banda8n. A style of Mexican brass band music, emerged in the 19th century.
• bandh11n. A general strike, shutdown, or other form of protest used in South Asia...
• bando8n. A Welsh team sport related to hockey, hurling, shinty, and bandy.
• bandy11v. To give and receive reciprocally; to exchange.
• bangs8n. Hair hanging over the forehead.
• banjo14n. A stringed musical instrument (chordophone), usually with a round body...
• banku11n. A Ghanaian dish of fermented corn and cassava dough formed into a paste...
• banky14adj. Hilly; sloping.
• banna7n. A young male friend; mate, buddy.
• banns7n. The announcement of a forthcoming marriage (legally required for a...
• bants7n. Banter, particularly among men.
• banty10adj. Bantam (small, but aggressive).
• banya10n. A type of steam bath, popular in Russia (and in some parts of Alaska as...
• baoli7n. A stepwell.
• baozi16n. A Chinese steamed stuffed bun.
• barad8n. A unit of pressure, equal to one dyne per square centimeter.
• barby12adj. Barbed, like the ends of an arrow cross.
• bardo8n. The state of existence between death and subsequent reincarnation.
• baren7n. A tool for pressing woodcuts, consisting of a disk with a coil of...
• barer7n. One who bares or exposes something.
• barfi10n. An Indian dessert made from sweetened, condensed milk flavoured with...
• barfy13adj. Resembling vomit in colour, texture, etc.
• barge8n. A large flat-bottomed towed or self-propelled boat used mainly for...
• baria7n. Baryta.
• baric9adj. Of or pertaining to weight, especially to the weight or pressure of the...
• barin7n. Synonym of boyar.
• baris7n. A type of flat-bottomed freighter used on the Nile in Ancient Egypt...
• barky14adj. Having bark.
• barmy12adj. Containing, covered with, or pertaining to barm (“foam rising upon beer...
• barny10adj. Barn-like.
• baron7n. The male ruler of a barony.
• barra7n. A barrow; a hand-pushed cart of the type commonly used in markets.
• barre7n. A handrail fixed to a wall used for ballet exercises.
• barry10n. A field divided transversely into several equal parts, and consisting...
• barse7n. The perch; any of various marine and freshwater fish resembling the...
• barth10n. A place of shelter for cattle.
• barye10n. A unit of pressure under the CGS system; symbol Ba; equal to 1 dyne per...
• basal7adj. Basic, elementary; relating to, or forming, the base, or point of...
• based8adj. Founded on; having a basis; often used in combining forms.
• basen7v. To make or become base (inferior or unworthy); to lower.
• baser7n. Someone who uses freebase cocaine or other drugs.
• basha10n. A tarpaulin or plastic waterproof sheet.
• basho10n. A sumo tournament of any kind.
• bashy13adj. Intensely percussive.
• basic9adj. Necessary, essential for life or some process.
• basil7n. A plant (Ocimum basilicum).
• basin7n. A wide bowl for washing, sometimes affixed to a wall.
• basis7n. A physical base or foundation.
• basse7n. The bass voice or part within French music.
• basso7n. A bass singer, especially in opera.
• bassy10adj. Describing the reproduction of sound that overemphasizes low-frequency...
• basta7interj. (that's) enough; stop!
• baste7v. To sew with long or loose stitches, as for temporary use, or in...
• basti7n. A slum.
• basto7n. A card of the suit clubs in Spanish-suited playing cards.
• batch12n. The quantity of bread or other baked goods baked at one time.
• bated8adj. Reduced; lowered; restrained.
• bathe10v. To clean oneself by immersion in water or using water; to take a bath...
• baths10n. A building containing a public swimming pool or shower facilities...
• bathy13adj. Bathymetric.
• batik11n. A wax-resist method of dyeing fabric.
• batin7n. The internal or hidden meaning of the Qur'an.
• batis7n. Any of several passerine birds in the genus Batis, related to...
• baton7n. A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes.
• batta7n. An exchange rate.
• batts7n. Batteries (power cells).
• batty10adj. Mad, crazy, silly.
• bauer7n. A German farmer or peasant.
• bavin10n. Impure limestone.
• bawdy14adj. Obscene; filthy; unchaste.
• bayan10n. A type of chromatic button accordion developed in Russia in the early...
• bayed11adj. Having a bay or bays.
• bayou10n. A slow-moving, often stagnant creek or river.
• bazin16n. An unleavened bread in the cuisine of Libya prepared with barley, water...
• bazoo16n. A simple wind instrument, such as a kazoo or tin horn.
• beach12n. The shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly.
• beads8n. A beaded necklace.
• beady11adj. Resembling beads; small, round, and gleaming.
• beaky14adj. Beaked: having a beak.
• beamy12adj. Resembling a beam in size and weight; massy.
• beano7n. A beanfeast; any noisy celebration, a party.
• beans7n. Pills; drugs in pill form.
• beany10adj. Resembling or characteristic of beans.
• beard8n. Facial hair on the chin, cheeks, jaw and neck.
• beary10adj. Of or pertaining to a bear.
• beast7n. Any four-footed land mammal.
• beath10v. To bathe (with warm liquid); foment.
• beats7n. An assault by beating.
• beaty10adj. Having a pronounced beat.
• beaut7n. Something or someone that is physically attractive.
• becak13n. A cycle rickshaw.
• bedan8n. A kind of woodturning tool consisting of a bar with a single bevel.
• begay11v. To make cheerful or merry.
• beira7n. A small antelope, Dorcatragus megalotis, found in the Horn of Africa.
• bejan14n. A freshman at various Scottish and continental universities.
• belah10n. Beefwood.
• belay10v. To make (a rope) fast by turning it around a fastening point such as a...
• belta7adj. Fantastic; excellent.
• beman9v. To furnish or fill with men; man.
• bemba11n. A type of folk drum used in Trinidad and Tobago.
• benda8n. An old Guinean unit of mass, equivalent to 0.0642 kilograms.
• benga8n. A genre of Kenyan popular music in an urban style associated with...
• benna7n. A calypso-like genre of traditional music from Antigua and Barbuda.
• berra7v. Had better.
• besan7n. Gram flour, as used in Indian and Burmese cuisine.
• bessa7n. A former copper coin of Ethiopia.
• betta7n. Any fish of the genus Betta, especially Betta splendens (the Siamese...
• bevan10n. A bogan.
• bhaji17n. Any of various Indian dishes of fried vegetables.
• bhakt14n. Someone who practises bhakti; a person who is devoted to God; a...
• bhang11n. A traditional South Asian preparation made from the leaves and flowers...
• bhava13n. A feeling or mood, especially one of maturation that arises from...
• bhuna10n. A type of curry, in which the onions and spices are cooked in oil with...
• bialy10n. A flat bread roll topped with onion flakes. Instead of a hole like a...
• bidar8n. The ability to detect whether or not a person is bisexual by observing...
• bigha11n. A measure of land in India, varying from a third of an acre to an acre.
• biota7n. Synonym of life; Biota; all living things.
• black13adj. Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless.
• blade8n. The (typically sharp-edged) part of a knife, sword, razor, or other...
• blady11adj. Consisting of blades, or having prominent blades.
• blahs10n. A feeling of boredom and a lack of motivation; depression.
• blain7n. Skin swelling or sore; blister; blotch.
• blake11adj. Yellow, as butter or cheese.
• blame9n. Censure.
• blanc9n. A white sauce of fat, broth, and vegetables, used especially for...
• bland8adj. Having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating.
• blank11adj. Free from writing, printing, or marks; having an empty space to be...
• blaow10interj. A sudden explosion, gunshot, or similar sound.
• blare7v. To play (a radio, recorded music, etc.) at extremely loud volume levels.
• blarg8interj. Expressing frustration or disappointment.
• blart7v. To sound loudly or harshly; to cry out, wail, lament.
• blash10n. A heavy fall of rain.
• blast7n. A violent gust of wind (in windy weather) or apparent wind (around a...
• blaze16n. A fire, especially a fast-burning fire producing a lot of flames and...
• blazy19adj. Blazing; resembling or characteristic of a blaze.
• bleah10interj. Expresses negative feeling. The quality of the emotion expressed is...
• bleak11adj. Without color; pale; pallid.
• bleat7n. The characteristic cry of a sheep or a goat.
• bloat7v. To cause to become distended.
• boaby12n. A penis.
• board8n. A relatively long, wide and thin piece of any material, usually wood or...
• boast7n. A brag; ostentatious positive appraisal of oneself.
• boaty10adj. Relating to boats.
• bobak13n. The bobak marmot (Marmota bobak).
• bocca11n. The round hole in the furnace of a glassworks through which the fused...
• bogan8n. An unsophisticated person from a working class background.
• bolar7adj. Of, relating to, or similar to, bole or clay; clayey.
• bolas7n. A throwing weapon made of weights on the ends of interconnected cords...
• bolsa7n. An exchange for the transaction of business.
• bomba11n. A form of traditional drumming, and an associated form of dance, from...
• bonza16n. A reddish apple originating in Australia.
• boora7n. A kind of cargo boat used in the rivers of Bengal.
• borak11n. A cosmetic face powder or paste to protect the face from the sun...
• boral7n. Aluminium borotartrate, an astringent and antiseptic.
• borax14n. A white or gray/grey crystalline salt, found in nature as a mineral...
• borra7n. Leafy matter found in wax.
• bosal7n. A type of noseband used on a horse.
• botak11adj. Bald.
• boyar10n. A member of a rank of aristocracy (second only to princes) in Russia...
• braai7n. A barbecue (grill), especially an open outdoor grill built specifically...
• brace9n. A curved instrument or handle of iron or wood, for holding and turning...
• brach12n. Originally, a synonym of scent hound (“a hunting dog that tracks prey...
• brack13n. An opening caused by the parting of a solid body; a crack or breach.
• bract9n. A leaf or leaf-like structure from the axil out of which a stalk of a...
• brads8n. Money.
• brady11n. Bradycardia.
• braid8v. To weave together, intertwine (strands of fibers, ribbons, etc.); to...
• brail7n. A small rope used to truss up sails.
• brain7n. The control center of the central nervous system of an animal located...
• brake11n. A device used to slow or stop the motion of a wheel, or of a vehicle...
• brame9n. Intense passion or emotion; vexation.
• brand8n. A mark or scar made by burning with a hot iron, especially to mark...
• brane7n. A hypothetical object extending across a number of (often specified)...
• brank11n. A metal bridle formerly used as a torture device to hold the head of a...
• brant7n. Any of several wild geese, of the genus Branta, that breed in the...
• brash10adj. Overly bold or self-assertive to the point of being insensitive...
• brass7n. A memorial or sepulchral tablet usually made of brass or latten: a...
• brava10n. A shout of "brava!".
• brave10adj. Strong in the face of fear; courageous.
• bravo10n. A hired soldier; an assassin; a desperado.
• brawl10n. A disorderly argument or fight, usually with a large number of people...
• brawn10n. Strong muscles or lean flesh, especially of the arm, leg or thumb.
• braze16v. To cover with brass, or as with brass.
• brazy19adj. Crazy.
• bread8n. A foodstuff made by baking dough made from cereals.
• break11v. To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process...
• bream9n. A European fresh-water cyprinoid fish of the genus Abramis, little...
• brian7v. To keep fire at the mouth of (as of an oven), to give light or to...
• briar7n. Any of many plants with thorny stems growing in dense clusters, such as...
• broad8adj. Wide in extent or scope.
• broma9n. A light form of prepared cocoa, or the drink made from it.
• bruja14n. A female practitioner of brujería.
• buang8v. To discard or throw something out.
• bubba11n. Brother; used as term of familiar address.
• bucca11n. A storm spirit in Cornish folklore, traditionally believed to inhabit...
• budda9n. Eremophila mitchellii, a sandalwood-like plant native to Australia.
• buffa13n. The comic actress in an opera.
• bulak11n. An Indian nose ring usually worn by married women.
• bulat7n. A steel alloy known in Russia from medieval times.
• bulka11n. A bread roll; a bun.
• bulla7n. A blister, vesicle, or other thin-walled cavity or lesion, as.
• bunda8n. Ass, butt.
• bunia7n. Bunya (a traditional Kanak and Ni-Vanuatu dish).
• bunta7adj. Crazy, riotous, out of control.
• bunya10n. The bunya pine, Araucaria bidwillii, native to Queensland.
• burka11n. A dress made from felt or karakul (the short curly fur of young lambs...
• burqa16n. An enveloping Central Asian garment which covers the whole body...
• burra7adj. Big or important, used as a respectful honorific.
• bursa7n. Any of the many small fluid-filled sacs located at the point where a...
• bwana10n. Big boss, important person.
• bylaw13n. A local custom or law of a settlement or district.
• byway16n. A road or track not following a main route; a secondary or minor road...

C

• caapi9n. A hallucinogen, obtained from the South American vine, Banisteriopsis...
• cabal9n. A secret plot.
• caban9n. A grain measure equal to 3.47 cubic feet, used in the Philippine...
• cabas9n. A flat workbasket, reticule, or handbag, usually used by women.
• caber9n. A long, thick log held upright at one end and tossed in the Highland...
• cabin9n. A small dwelling characteristic of the frontier, especially when built...
• cable9n. A strong, large-diameter wire or rope, or something resembling such a...
• cabri9n. A pronghorn.
• cacao9n. A tree, Theobroma cacao, whose seed is used to make chocolate.
• cache12n. Such a store of physical supplies, placed by humans or other animals...
• caddy12n. A small box or tin (can) with a lid for holding dried tea leaves used...
• cadel8n. An ornate capital letter used in calligraphy, consisting of interlaced...
• cadet8n. A student at a military school who is training to be an officer.
• cadge9v. To beg.
• cadre8n. A frame or framework.
• caged9adj. Confined in a cage.
• cager8n. A person or machine responsible for managing a mineshaft cage.
• cagey11adj. Wary, careful, shrewd.
• cahow13n. An endangered nocturnal burrowing bird (Pterodroma cahow), from Bermuda.
• caird8n. A travelling tinker or a tramp.
• cairn7n. A rounded or conical heap of stones erected by early inhabitants of the...
• cajan14n. Synonym of pigeon pea (“Cajanus cajan”).
• cajon14n. A large valley surrounded by mountains of considerable height...
• caked12adj. Congealed into a cakelike consistency; (of something covered in such a...
• calas7n. Dumplings made with a deep-fried batter of rice, yeast, sugar, eggs...
• calin7n. An alloy of lead and tin, from the Far East.
• calla7n. A marsh plant native to cooler areas throughout the northern...
• calmy12adj. Tranquil; calm.
• calva10n. The calvaria; the dome or roof of the skull.
• calve10v. To give birth to a calf.
• calyx17n. The outermost whorl of flower parts, comprising the sepals, which...
• camas9n. Any of the North American flowering plants of the genus Camassia.
• camel9n. A mammalian beast of burden, much used in desert areas, of the genus...
• cameo9n. A piece of jewelry, etc., carved in relief.
• camia9n. Hedychium coronarium; a perennial flowering plant from the ginger...
• camis9n. A light, loose dress or robe.
• campo11n. A police officer assigned to a university campus.
• campy14adj. Characterized by camp or kitsch, especially when deliberate or...
• canal7n. An artificial waterway or artificially improved river used for travel...
• candy11n. Crystallized sugar formed by boiling down sugar syrup.
• caned8adj. Intoxicated by alcohol or drugs.
• caner7n. One who canes.
• canes7n. Bamboo plants of genus Arundinaria, the sole temperate genus of bamboo...
• canid8n. Any member of the family Canidae, including canines (dogs, wolves...
• canna7n. Any member of the genus Canna of tropical plants with large leaves and...
• canny10adj. Careful, prudent, cautious.
• canoe7n. A small long and narrow boat, propelled by one or more people...
• canon7n. A generally accepted principle; a rule.
• canso7n. A love song sung by a troubadour.
• canto7n. One of the chief divisions of a long poem; a book.
• canty10adj. Lively; cheerful; merry; brisk.
• caped10adj. Wearing a cape or capes.
• capel9n. A composite stone (quartz, schorl, and hornblende) in the walls of tin...
• caper9n. A playful leap or jump.
• capiz18n. The windowpane oyster.
• caple9n. A horse.
• capon9n. A cockerel which has been gelded and fattened for the table.
• cappa11n. The thick wall on the proximal side of the corpus of a pollen grain.
• cappo11n. Synonym of capote (“coat”).
• cappy14adj. Having, resembling, or relating to a cap (headwear).
• capri9n. A deep shade of sky blue between cyan and azure.
• caput9n. The head.
• carat7n. A metric unit of mass equal to exactly 200 mg, chiefly used for...
• carbo9n. Carbohydrate.
• carby12n. Synonym of carb (“carburetor or carburettor”).
• cardo8n. The basal joint of the maxilla in insects.
• cards8n. Card games.
• caree7n. One who is cared for; one who receives care.
• carer7n. Someone who regularly looks after another person, either as a job or...
• caret7n. A mark ⟨ ‸ ⟩ used by writers and proofreaders to indicate that...
• carex14n. Any member of the genus Carex of sedges.
• carga8n. A traditional Spanish unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 222...
• cargo8n. Freight carried by a ship, aircraft, or motor vehicle.
• carib9n. A hummingbird of the genus Eulampis.
• carle7n. Peasant; fellow.
• carny10n. A person who works in a carnival (often one who uses exaggerated...
• carob9n. An evergreen shrub or tree, Ceratonia siliqua, native to the...
• carol7n. A round dance accompanied by singing.
• carom9n. A shot in which the ball struck with the cue comes in contact with two...
• caron7n. Háček.
• carry10v. To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport...
• carse7n. Low, fertile land; a river valley.
• carte7n. A bill of fare; a menu.
• carty10adj. Characteristic of a carthorse.
• carus7n. Deep coma or lethargy.
• carve10v. To cut meat in order to serve it.
• casal7adj. Of or relating to a case.
• casco9n. A flat-bottomed, square-ended boat once used in the Philippines as a...
• cased8adj. Having a case or covering; encased or clad.
• casis7n. A Muslim holy man or a saint.
• casse7n. A fault in wine, caused by an enzyme, making it turn from red to brown...
• casta7n. A hierarchical system of race classification created by Spanish elites...
• caste7n. Any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian...

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