5-letter words containing a, e, g
- bague — (architecture) The annular moulding or group of mouldings dividing a long shaft or clustered column into two or more parts.
- barge — A barge is a long, narrow boat with a flat bottom. Barges are used for carrying heavy loads, especially on canals.
- begad — an emphatic exclamation
- began — Began is the past tense of begin.
- begar — compulsory labour, usually without payment; slave labour
- begat — simple past tense of beget.
- belga — a former Belgian monetary unit worth five francs
- benga — a Kenyan popular music featuring guitars
- cadge — If someone cadges food, money, or help from you, they ask you for it and succeed in getting it.
- caged — A caged bird or animal is inside a cage.
- cager — a basketball player
- cages — Plural form of cage.
- cagey — If you say that someone is being cagey about something, you mean that you think they are deliberately not giving you much information or expressing an opinion about it.
- debag — to remove the trousers from (someone) by force
- degas — to remove gas from (a container, vacuum tube, liquid, adsorbent, etc)
- eagan — a town in SE Minnesota.
- eager — keen or ardent in desire or feeling; impatiently longing: I am eager for news about them. He is eager to sing.
- eagle — any of several large, soaring birds of prey belonging to the hawk family Accipitridae, noted for their size, strength, and powers of flight and vision: formerly widespread in North America, eagles are mostly confined to Alaska and a few isolated populations. Compare bald eagle, golden eagle.
- eagre — a tidal bore or flood.
- edgar — a male given name: from Old English words meaning “rich, happy” and “spear.”.
- egadi — a group of islands in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of W Sicily. 15 sq. mi. (39 sq. km).
- egads — Alternative form of egad.
- eggar — A large brownish moth that is often active during the day. The caterpillars typically bear irritant hairs and make an egg-shaped cocoon.
- egham — a town in S England, in N Surrey on the River Thames. Pop: 27 666 (2001)
- elgar — Sir Edward (William). 1857–1934, English composer, whose works include the Enigma Variations (1899), the oratorio The Dream of Gerontius (1900), two symphonies, a cello concerto, and a violin concerto
- étage — a floor in a multi-storey building
- fadge — to agree
- fuage — fumage.
- gabel — (UK, legal, obsolete) A rent, service, tribute, custom, tax, impost, or duty; an excise.
- gabes — Gulf of, a gulf of the Mediterranean on the E coast of Tunisia.
- gable — (William) Clark, 1901–60, U.S. film actor.
- gaeta — a seaport in W central Italy, on the Gulf of Gaeta off the Tyrrhenian Sea.
- gaffe — a social blunder; faux pas.
- gaged — a standard of measure or measurement.
- gager — a person or thing that gauges.
- gages — Plural form of gage.
- galea — Botany. a part of the calyx or corolla having the form of a helmet, as the upper lip of the corolla of the monkshood.
- galed — Simple past tense and past participle of gale.
- galen — Latin Galenus [guh-lee-nuh s] /gəˈli nəs/ (Show IPA). Claudius, a.d. c130–c200, Greek physician and writer on medicine.
- gales — Plural form of gale.
- galet — to fill (a mortar joint) with gallets.
- galle — a seaport in SW Sri Lanka.
- gamed — an amusement or pastime: children's games.
- gamer — an amusement or pastime: children's games.
- games — an amusement or pastime: children's games.
- gamey — having the tangy flavor or odor of game: I like the gamy taste of venison.
- gance — Abel (abɛl). 1889–1981, French film director, whose works include J'accuse (1919, 1937) and Napoléon (1927), which introduced the split-screen technique
- ganef — a thief, swindler, crook, or rascal.
- gaped — to stare with open mouth, as in wonder.
- gaper — a person or thing that gapes.