5-letter words containing a, l, s
- plash — a gentle splash.
- plasm — Anatomy, Physiology. the liquid part of blood or lymph, as distinguished from the suspended elements.
- plays — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- pleas — an appeal or entreaty: a plea for mercy.
- psalm — a sacred song or hymn.
- quals — Plural form of qual.
- rales — an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- rawls — John, 1921–2002, U.S. political philosopher.
- sabal — a variety of palm tree
- sable — an Old World weasellike mammal, Mustela zibellina, of cold regions in Eurasia and the North Pacific islands, valued for its dark brown fur.
- sadly — affected by unhappiness or grief; sorrowful or mournful: to feel sad because a close friend has moved away.
- sahel — the arid area on the S flank of the Sahara desert that stretches across six countries from Senegal to Chad.
- sakel — Manfred (Joshua) 1906–57, U.S. psychiatrist, born in Austria.
- salad — a usually cold dish consisting of vegetables, as lettuce, tomatoes, and cucumbers, covered with a dressing and sometimes containing seafood, meat, or eggs.
- salah — salat.
- salal — an evergreen shrub, Gaultheria shallon, of the heath family, native to the western coast of North America, having leathery, oblong leaves and clusters of pink or white flowers and purplish-black fruit.
- salat — prayers, said five times a day: the second of the Pillars of Islam.
- salem — a state in the NW United States, on the Pacific coast. 96,981 sq. mi. (251,180 sq. km). Capital: Salem. Abbreviation: Oreg., Ore., OR (for use with zip code).
- salep — a starchy, demulcent drug or foodstuff consisting of the dried tubers of certain orchids.
- sales — the act of selling.
- salic — of or relating to the Salian Franks.
- salii — (in ancient Rome) a college of priests of Mars and Quirinus who guarded the ancilia and led the festivities in their honor.
- salix — a plant or tree of the willow family
- salle — a hall
- sally — a sortie of troops from a besieged place upon an enemy.
- salmi — a ragout of partially cooked game, as pheasant or woodcock, stewed in wine and butter.
- salol — a white, crystalline, aromatic powder, C 1 3 H 1 0 O 3 , produced by the interaction of salicylic acid and phenol, used as a preservative, a light absorber in suntan preparations, and in medicine chiefly as an antipyretic and as an antiseptic.
- salon — a drawing room or reception room in a large house.
- salop — a county in W England. 1348 sq. mi. (3490 sq. km).
- salpa — any free-swimming, oceanic tunicate of the genus Salpa, having a transparent, more or less fusiform body.
- salsa — a lively, vigorous type of contemporary Latin American popular music, blending predominantly Cuban rhythms with elements of jazz, rock, and soul music.
- salse — a volcano expelling mud
- salta — a city in NW Argentina.
- salto — a city in NW Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
- salts — Strategic Arms Limitation Talks.
- salty — tasting of or containing salt; saline.
- salud — to your health: used as a toast
- salue — a salute
- salus — the ancient Roman goddess of health and prosperity: identified with the Greek goddess Hygeia.
- salve — a medicinal ointment for healing or relieving wounds and sores.
- salvo — a simultaneous or successive discharge of artillery, bombs, etc.
- samel — (of brick) not sufficiently fired
- saola — a small bovine mammal, Pseudoryx nghetinhensis,native to Vietnam and Laos
- sault — a waterfall or rapid.
- scail — a scattering or dispersion
- scald — to burn or affect painfully with or as if with hot liquid or steam.
- scale — a succession or progression of steps or degrees; graduated series: the scale of taxation; the social scale.
- scall — dandruff.
- scalp — the integument of the upper part of the head, usually including the associated subcutaneous structures.
- scaly — covered with or abounding in scales or scale.