5-letter words containing a, h
- baith — both
- balch — Emily Greene, 1867–1961, U.S. economist, sociologist, and author: Nobel Peace Prize 1946.
- balkh — a region of N Afghanistan, corresponding to ancient Bactria. Chief town: Mazar-i-Sharif
- bandh — (in India) a general strike
- barch — Bachelor of Architecture
- barth — Heinrich. 1821–65, German explorer: author of Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa (1857–58)
- basha — A tarpaulin or plastic waterproof sheet.
- basho — a grand tournament in sumo wrestling
- bashy — (music) Intensely percussive.
- batch — A batch of things or people is a group of things or people of the same kind, especially a group that is dealt with at the same time or is sent to a particular place at the same time.
- bathe — If you bathe in a sea, river, or lake, you swim, play, or wash yourself in it. Birds and animals can also bathe.
- baths — a place having baths or a swimming pool for pubic use
- baugh — Samuel Adrian ("Slinging Sammy") 1914–2008, U.S. football player and coach.
- baʿth — a socialist party of some Arab countries, especially Iraq and Syria.
- beach — A beach is an area of sand or stones beside the sea.
- beath — to heat, esp unseasoned wood in order to straighten it
- behan — Brendan. 1923–64, Irish writer, noted esp for his plays The Quare Fellow (1954) and The Hostage (1958) and for an account of his detention as a member of the Irish Republican Army, Borstal Boy (1958)
- bekah — a half shekel
- belah — an Australian casuarina tree, Casuarina cristata, yielding a useful timber
- bhaji — A bhaji is a small piece of food of Indian origin, made of vegetables fried in batter with spices.
- bhang — a preparation of the leaves and flower tops of Indian hemp, which has psychoactive properties: much used in India
- bhave — Vinoba [vee-noh-buh] /viˈnoʊ bə/ (Show IPA), 1895–1982, Indian religious leader and mystic.
- bhuna — an Indian dish or sauce in which spices are dry-roasted in a pan and then combined with a moistening agent such as yogurt or water
- bigha — (in India) a unit for measuring land
- bihar — a state of NE India: consists of part of the Ganges plain; important for rice: lost the S to the new state of Jharkhand in 2000. Capital: Patna. Pop: 82 878 796 (2001). Area: 99 225 sq km (38 301 sq miles)
- bimah — a raised platform in a synagogue, from which the Torah is read
- blahs — nonsense; rubbish: What they say is blah.
- blash — a heavy splash
- 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
- borah — William Edgar, 1865–1940, U.S. senator from Idaho 1906–40.
- botha — Louis. 1862–1919, South African statesman and general; first prime minister of the Union of South Africa (1910–19)
- brach — a bitch hound
- brahe — Tycho (ˈtyːço). 1546–1601, Danish astronomer, who designed and constructed instruments that he used to plot accurately the positions of the planets, sun, moon, and stars
- brash — If you describe someone or their behaviour as brash, you disapprove of them because you think that they are too confident and aggressive.
- cache — A cache is a quantity of things such as weapons that have been hidden.
- cahan — Abraham ("Abe") 1860–1951, U.S. novelist and journalist, born in Russia.
- cahow — a rare nocturnal Atlantic seabird, Pterodroma cahow, with brown and white plumage, formerly thought to be extinct
- calah — Biblical name of Kalakh.
- caneh — a Hebrew unit of length, consisting of 6 cubits
- cashe — (spelling) It's spelled "cache".
- catch — If you catch a person or animal, you capture them after chasing them, or by using a trap, net, or other device.
- cath- — cata-
- catho — a member of the Catholic Church
- cathy — a feminine name
- ch'an — Zen (def 1).
- chaat — Any savory snack, sold from a roadside stall in India, or served as a starter in an Indian restaurant.
- chace — (obsolete) chase; pursue.
- chack — to bite or snap the teeth or beak
- chaco — extensive lowland plain in central South America, stretching across parts of Argentina, Paraguay, and Bolivia: c. 300,000 sq mi (776,997 sq km)