5-letter words containing a, o, e
- ebola — Also called Ebola fever, Ebola hemorrhagic fever, Ebola virus disease. a usually fatal disease, a type of hemorrhagic fever, caused by the Ebola virus and marked by high fever, severe gastrointestinal distress, and bleeding.
- erato — the Muse of love poetry
- Évora — a city in S central Portugal: ancient Roman settlement; occupied by the Moors from 712 to 1166; residence of the Portuguese court in 15th and 16th centuries. Pop: 56 525 (2001)
- fovea — a small pit or depression in a bone or other structure.
- genoa — a seaport in NW Italy, S of Milan.
- haemo — (informal) haemodialysis.
- haole — (among Polynesian Hawaiians) a term used to refer to a non-Polynesian, especially a white person.
- hoare — Sir Samuel John Gurney [gur-nee] /ˈgɜr ni/ (Show IPA), 1st Viscount Templewood [tem-puh l-woo d] /ˈtɛm pəlˌwʊd/ (Show IPA), 1880–1959, British statesman.
- horae — the goddesses of the seasons
- hosea — a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- hovea — any of various plants of the Australian genus Hovea, having clusters of small purple flowers
- jaleo — A lively dance of Andalusian origin, or the music or handclapping which accompanies it.
- korea — a former country in E Asia, on a peninsula SE of Manchuria and between the Sea of Japan and the Yellow Sea: a kingdom prior to 1910; under Japanese rule 1910–45; now divided at 38° N into North Korea and South Korea. Compare Korean War.
- lameo — (slang) A lame person; someone who is worthless or a loser.
- leona — a female given name.
- loave — Alternative form of lofe.
- maewo — an almost uninhabited island in Vanuatu
- mahoe — hau tree.
- maleo — Macrocephalon maleo, a species of turkey-like bird in the megapode family, endemic to Sulawesi.
- morae — the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- morea — Peloponnesus.
- neato — neat1 (def 5).
- noema — (philosophy) The perceived as perceived.
- novae — a star that suddenly becomes thousands of times brighter and then gradually fades to its original intensity.
- oaked — (of wine) matured in an oak barrel or other container.
- oaken — made of oak: the old oaken bucket.
- oapec — Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries
- oared — furnished with oars.
- oases — a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- oaten — of, relating to, or made of oats.
- oater — a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- oates — Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- obeah — a form of belief involving sorcery, practiced in parts of the West Indies, South America, the southern U.S., and Africa.
- ocean — the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- ocrea — a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- odema — Misspelling of oedema.
- olean — a city in SW New York.
- omake — A portion of video that complements an episode of anime.
- omega — the 24th and last letter of the Greek alphabet (Ω, ω).
- onate — Juan de [hwahn de] /ʰwɑn dɛ/ (Show IPA), 1550?–1624, Spanish explorer who colonized New Mexico.
- onega — Lake, a lake in the NW Russian Federation in Europe: second largest lake in Europe. 3764 sq. mi. (9750 sq. km).
- opake — Alternative form of opaque.
- opera — a plural of opus.
- orale — fanon (def 2).
- orate — Make a speech, especially pompously or at length.
- oread — Classical Mythology. any of a group of nymphs who were the companions of Artemis.
- osage — a member of a North American Indian people formerly of western Missouri, now living in northern Oklahoma.
- ovate — egg-shaped.
- oveta — a female given name.
- paeon — Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.