5-letter words containing a, e, s
- asben — Aïr.
- asean — Association of Southeast Asian Nations
- ashed — Simple past tense and past participle of ash.
- ashen — Someone who is ashen looks very pale, especially because they are ill, shocked, or frightened.
- asher — the son of Jacob and ancestor of one of the 12 tribes of Israel
- ashes — ruins or remains, as after destruction or burning
- ashet — a shallow oval dish or large plate
- aside — If you move something aside, you move it to one side of you.
- asine — an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- asked — Simple past tense and past participle of ask.
- asker — to put a question to; inquire of: I asked him but he didn't answer.
- askes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aske.
- askew — Something that is askew is not straight or not level with what it should be level with.
- askey — Arthur. 1900–82, British comedian
- aslef — Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen
- aspen — An aspen is a tall tree with leaves that move a lot in the wind.
- asper — a former Turkish monetary unit, a silver coin, worth 1⁄120 of a piastre
- aspie — (informal) An Aspergerian: a person with Asperger’s syndrome.
- asple — (language) A toy language.
- assen — a city in the N Netherlands, capital of Drenthe province. Pop: 62 000 (2003 est)
- asser — Tobias [toh-bahy-uh s;; Dutch taw-bee-ahs] /toʊˈbaɪ əs;; Dutch tɔˈbi ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1838–1913, Dutch jurist and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1911.
- asses — the buttocks.
- asset — Something or someone that is an asset is considered useful or helps a person or organization to be successful.
- assez — (as part of a musical direction) fairly; rather
- aster — any plant of the genus Aster, having white, blue, purple, or pink daisy-like flowers: family Asteraceae (composites)
- avens — any of several temperate or arctic rosaceous plants of the genus Geum, such as G. rivale (water avens), which has a purple calyx and orange-pink flowers
- avers — to assert or affirm with confidence; declare in a positive or peremptory manner.
- avise — Obsolete spelling of advise.
- axels — Plural form of axel.
- axles — Plural form of axle.
- ayres — air1 (def 8d).
- babes — a baby or child.
- baels — Plural form of bael.
- bakes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bake.
- bales — Also, bailer. a bucket, dipper, or other container used for bailing.
- banes — a person or thing that ruins or spoils: Gambling was the bane of his existence.
- bares — without covering or clothing; naked; nude: bare legs.
- based — If you are based in a particular place, that is the place where you live or do most of your work. See also base.
- basel — city in NW Switzerland, on the Rhine: pop. 180,000
- baser — Music Obsolete. bass1 (defs 3, 4).
- bases — Bases is the plural of base.
- basie — William, known as Count Basie. 1904–84, US jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer: associated particularly with the polished phrasing and style of big-band jazz
- basle — a canton of NW Switzerland, divided into the demicantons of Basle-Landschaft and Basle-Stadt. Pops.: 263 200 and 186 900 (2002 est). Areas: 427 sq km (165 sq miles) and 36 sq km (14 sq miles) respectively
- baste — If you baste meat, you pour hot fat and the juices from the meat itself over it while it is cooking.
- bates — Sir Alan (Arthur). 1934–2003, British film and stage actor. His films include A Kind of Loving (1962), Women in Love (1969), The Go-Between (1971), and The Cherry Orchard (1999)
- beads — a necklace
- beaks — Plural form of beak.
- beams — Plural form of beam.
- beans — the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
- bears — Plural form of bear.