5-letter words containing a, d, i
- axoid — a curve formed by a point revolving around an advancing axis
- aydin — a town in SW Turkey: an ancient city of Lydia. Pop: 160 000 (2005 est)
- azide — any compound containing the monovalent group –N3 or the monovalent ion N3–
- azido — pertaining to or containing an azide
- baird — John Logie (ˈləʊɡɪ). 1888–1946, Scottish engineer: inventor of a 240-line mechanically scanned system of television, replaced in 1935 by a 405-line electrically scanned system
- blida — a city in N Algeria, on the edge of the Mitidja Plain. Pop: 269 000 (2005 est)
- braid — Braid is a narrow piece of decorated cloth or twisted threads, which is used to decorate clothes or curtains.
- cadie — a person in a large town or city in the 18th century who was on the lookout for chance employment, for example, as a messenger
- cadiz — the usual, anglicized spelling of Cádiz
- caids — Plural form of caid.
- caird — a travelling tinker; vagrant
- calid — warm
- canid — any animal of the dog family
- cardi — Alternative spelling of cardie.
- carid — (zoology) Any member of the Caridae.
- cnida — a nematocyst
- dacia — an ancient region bounded by the Carpathians, the Tisza, and the Danube, roughly corresponding to modern Romania. United under kings from about 60 bc, it later contained the Roman province of the same name (about 105 to 270 ad)
- daily — If something happens daily, it happens every day.
- daint — dainty
- dairy — A dairy is a shop or company that sells milk and food made from milk, such as butter, cream, and cheese.
- daisy — A daisy is a small wild flower with a yellow centre and white petals.
- dakir — Alternative form of daker.
- dalit — a member of the lowest class in India, whom those of the four main castes were formerly forbidden to touch
- damia — a spirit of fertility.
- dania — a town in S Florida.
- danio — any brightly coloured tropical freshwater cyprinid fish of the genus Danio and related genera: popular aquarium fishes
- danzi — Franz [frahnts] /frɑnts/ (Show IPA), 1763–1826, German composer.
- daric — a gold coin of ancient Persia
- dario — Rubén (ruˈβen), real name Félix Rubén Garcia Sarmiento. 1867–1916, Nicaraguan poet whose poetry includes Prosas Profanas (1896)
- darzi — (in India) a tailor
- dashi — a clear stock made from dried fish and kelp
- david — the second king of the Hebrews (about 1000–962 bc), who united Israel as a kingdom with Jerusalem as its capital
- davie — a town in SE Florida.
- davil — Eye dialect devil.
- davis — Sir Andrew (Frank). born 1944, British conductor; chief conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra (1989–2000) and of the Chicago Lyric Opera from 2000
- davit — a cranelike device, usually one of a pair, fitted with a tackle for suspending or lowering equipment, esp a lifeboat
- dazix — Daisy/Cadnetix Corporation. A supplier of digital electronic CAE systems.
- deira — kingdom in present-day NE England in the 6th century a.d., merged with Bernicia to form the kingdom of Northumbria.
- delia — the recipes or style of cooking of British cookery writer Delia Smith (born 1941)
- desai — Morarji (Ranchhodji) (məˈrɑːdʒɪ). 1896–1995, Indian statesman, noted for his asceticism. He founded the Janata party in opposition to Indira Gandhi, whom he defeated in the 1977 election; prime minister of India (1977–79)
- diact — an abbreviation of diactine
- diag. — diagram
- dials — Plural form of dial.
- diam. — diameter
- diana — the virginal Roman goddess of the hunt and the moon
- diane — a feminine name: dim. Di; var. Dianne
- diary — A diary is a book which has a separate space for each day of the year. You use a diary to write down things you plan to do, or to record what happens in your life day by day.
- diazo — of, consisting of, or containing the divalent group, =N:N, or the divalent group, -N:N-
- dibai — Dubai.
- dicta — dictum