5-letter words containing a, d
- anend — On end; in an upright position.
- anode — In electronics, an anode is the positive electrode in a cell such as a battery. Compare cathode.
- anted — Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- aoede — one of the original three Muses; the Muse of song.
- aoide — one of the original three Muses; the Muse of song.
- aphid — Aphids are very small insects which live on plants and suck their juices.
- apode — An animal that has no feet or footlike organs.
- arced — Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- arcid — (zoology) Any of the Arcidae; an ark shell.
- ardeb — a unit of dry measure used in Egypt and other Middle Eastern countries. In Egypt it is approximately equal to 0.195 cubic metres
- arden — John. (1930–2012) British dramatist and novelist. His plays include Serjeant Musgrave's Dance (1959) and The Workhouse Donkey (1963); novels include Silence Among the Weapons (1982): he often worked in collaboration with his wife Margaretta D'Arcy
- ardor — emotional warmth; passion
- ardri — an Irish high king
- aread — to declare
- armed — Someone who is armed is carrying a weapon, usually a gun.
- arndt — Ernst Moritz [ernst moh-rits] /ɛrnst ˈmoʊ rɪts/ (Show IPA), 1769–1860, German poet and historian.
- aroid — of, relating to, or belonging to the Araceae, a family of plants having small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large petaloid spathe. The family includes arum, calla, and anthurium
- arpad — died 907 ad, Magyar chieftain who conquered Hungary in the late 9th century
- arsed — (AU, NZ, British, vulgar, slang) Simple past tense and past participle of arse; Bothered (as in 'can't be bothered to...').
- asdic — sonar
- ashed — Simple past tense and past participle of ash.
- aside — If you move something aside, you move it to one side of you.
- asked — Simple past tense and past participle of ask.
- assad — Hafiz al (ˈhafɪz æl). 1928–2000, Syrian statesman and general; president of Syria (1971–2000)
- attid — (zoology) Any member of the Attidae.
- audax — (cycling) A non-competitive long-distance (often over 200 km) cycling event.
- auden — W(ystan) H(ugh). 1907–73, US poet, dramatist, critic, and librettist, born in Britain; noted for his lyric and satirical poems and for plays written in collaboration with Christopher Isherwood
- audie — a female or male given name.
- audio — Audio equipment is used for recording and reproducing sound.
- audit — When an accountant audits an organization's accounts, he or she examines the accounts officially in order to make sure that they have been done correctly.
- avdp. — avoirdupois
- avoid — If you avoid something unpleasant that might happen, you take action in order to prevent it from happening.
- award — An award is a prize or certificate that a person is given for doing something well.
- awned — a bristlelike appendage of a plant, especially on the glumes of grasses.
- awwed — Simple past tense and past participle of aww.
- axled — having an axle
- 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
- b-day — birthday: When's her b-day?
- baaed — to make the sound of a sheep; bleat.
- baddy — A baddy is a person in a story or film who is considered to be evil or wicked, or who is fighting on the wrong side. You can also refer to the baddies in a situation in real life.
- baden — a former state of West Germany, now part of Baden-Württemberg
- bader — Sir Douglas. 1910–82, British fighter pilot. Despite losing both legs after a flying accident (1931), he became a national hero as a pilot in World War II
- badge — A badge is a piece of metal or cloth which you wear to show that you belong to an organization or support a cause. American English usually uses button to refer to a small round metal badge.
- badly — If something is done badly or goes badly, it is not very successful or effective.
- baeda — Saint, Bede, Saint.
- 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
- baked — to cook by dry heat in an oven or on heated metal or stones.