5-letter words containing a, b, o
- biota — the plant and animal life of a particular region or period
- bloat — to swell or cause to swell, as with a liquid, air, or wind
- board — A board is a flat, thin, rectangular piece of wood or plastic which is used for a particular purpose.
- boart — low-quality diamond, in granular aggregate or small fragments, valuable only in crushed or powdered form, especially for industrial use as an abrasive.
- boast — If someone boasts about something that they have done or that they own, they talk about it very proudly, in a way that other people may find irritating or offensive.
- bobak — a species of marmot found in the steppes of Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia
- bocca — the round opening of a glass-furnace from which the fused glass is taken
- bogan — (esp in the Maritime Provinces) a sluggish side stream
- bohai — a large inlet of the Yellow Sea on the coast of NE China
- bohea — a black Chinese tea, once regarded as the choicest, but now as an inferior grade
- bolar — of or relating to clay
- bolas — bola (def 1).
- bonpa — a member of the Bön sect.
- borah — William Edgar, 1865–1940, U.S. senator from Idaho 1906–40.
- borak — rubbish; nonsense
- boral — the powdered mixture of boron carbide and aluminium
- boras — a city in SW Sweden, chiefly producing textiles. Pop: 98 831 (2004 est)
- borax — Borax is a white powder used, for example, in the making of glass and as a cleaning chemical.
- botha — Louis. 1862–1919, South African statesman and general; first prime minister of the Union of South Africa (1910–19)
- bouar — a city in the W Central African Republic.
- bowat — a small lamp or lantern
- boyar — a member of an old order of Russian nobility, ranking immediately below the princes: abolished by Peter the Great
- boyau — a minor connecting trench often built in a zigzag pattern
- boyla — an Aboriginal Australian magician or medicine-man
- bravo — Some people say 'bravo' to express appreciation when someone has done something well.
- broad — Something that is broad is wide.
- broca — Paul (pɔl). 1824–80, French surgeon and anthropologist who discovered the motor speech centre of the brain and did pioneering work in brain surgery
- broga — an exercise regime for men that combines fitness exercises with traditional yoga postures
- cabob — kebab
- caboc — a Scottish cheese made with double cream and rolled in toasted oatmeal
- cabot — John Italian name Giovanni Caboto. 1450–98, Italian explorer, who landed in North America in 1497, under patent from Henry VII of England, and explored the coast from Nova Scotia to Newfoundland
- carbo — carbohydrate
- carob — A carob or carob tree is a Mediterranean tree that stays green all year round. It has dark-brown fruit that tastes similar to chocolate.
- coarb — (in Celtic religions) a spiritual successor
- cobia — a large dark-striped percoid game fish, Rachycentron canadum, of tropical and subtropical seas: family Rachycentridae
- cobra — A cobra is a kind of poisonous snake that can make the skin on the back of its neck into a hood.
- cobza — a lute-like instrument of Romania
- cohab — a cohabiter
- coiba — an island in the Pacific Ocean, S of SW Panama. 20 miles (32 km) long; 10 miles (16 km) wide.
- corba — Common Object Request Broker Architecture
- dambo — A kind of seasonal shallow wetland in parts of Africa.
- dobla — a former gold coin of Spain.
- dobra — any of various former Portuguese coins, especially a gold coin of John V equal to two johannes.
- dorab — wolf herring.
- dorba — a stupid, inept, or clumsy person
- ebola — Also called Ebola fever, Ebola hemorrhagic fever, Ebola virus disease. a usually fatal disease, a type of hemorrhagic fever, caused by the Ebola virus and marked by high fever, severe gastrointestinal distress, and bleeding.
- gabon — Official name Gabonese Republic. a republic in W equatorial Africa: formerly a part of French Equatorial Africa; member of the French Community. 102,290 sq. mi. (264,931 sq. km). Capital: Libreville.
- gabor — Dennis, 1900–79, British physicist, born in Hungary: inventor of holography; Nobel Prize 1971.
- gambo — a simple farm cart
- garbo — Greta (Greta Lovisa Gustaffson) 1905–90, U.S. film actress, born in Sweden.