5-letter words containing a, o
- hoard — a supply or accumulation that is hidden or carefully guarded for preservation, future use, etc.: a vast hoard of silver.
- 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.
- hoars — Plural form of hoar.
- hoary — gray or white with age: an old dog with a hoary muzzle.
- hoast — (dialectal) A cough.
- hoban — James, c1762–1831, U.S. architect, born in Ireland: designed the White House.
- hodad — a nonsurfer who spends time at beaches masquerading as a surfer.
- hodja — A Muslim schoolmaster.
- hoffa — James Riddle [rid-l] /ˈrɪd l/ (Show IPA), ("Jimmy") 1913–75? U.S. labor leader: president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters 1957–71; disappeared 1975.
- hogan — Ben, 1912–97, U.S. golfer.
- hokan — a proposed genetic grouping of American Indian languages comprising otherwise unclassified language families and isolates of California, the U.S. Southwest, and Mexico, including Yana, Pomo, Chumash, and Yuman.
- holla — Used to call attention to something.
- homas — haoma (def 2).
- honan — Wade-Giles. Henan.
- honda — an eye at one end of a lariat through which the other end is passed to form a lasso, noose, etc.
- hooka — Alternative spelling of hookah.
- hopak — gopak.
- horae — the goddesses of the seasons
- horah — Alternative form of hora.
- horal — of or relating to an hour or hours; hourly.
- horsa — died a.d. 455, Jutish chief (brother of Hengist).
- horta — Baron Victor, 1861?–1947, Belgian architect.
- hosea — a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- hosta — any of various plants belonging to the genus Hosta, of the lily family, which includes the plantain lily.
- hotan — an oasis in W China, in SW Xinjiang.
- houma — a city in S Louisiana.
- hovea — any of various plants of the Australian genus Hovea, having clusters of small purple flowers
- howay — Alternative version of haway (Geordie, Tyneside) A general cry of encouragement.
- hoxha — Enver [en-vuh r] /ˈɛn vər/ (Show IPA), 1908–85, Albanian political leader: premier 1944–54, First Secretary of the Central Committee 1954–1985.
- hoyas — Plural form of hoya.
- i-ooa — A tool, developed and sold by the Kennedy-Carter company, that supports the Schlaer Mellor design method, and that generates code in C and C++. This tool can be modified to generate code of different styles, and also, to generate code in different programming languages.
- idaho — a state in the NW United States. 83,557 sq. mi. (216,415 sq. km). Capital: Boise. Abbreviation: ID (for use with zip code), Id., Ida.
- idola — Plural form of idolum.
- imago — Entomology. an adult insect.
- ionia — an ancient region on the W coast of Asia Minor and on adjacent islands in the Aegean: colonized by the ancient Greeks.
- iotas — Plural form of iota.
- iowan — of or relating to Iowa.
- ixora — any of numerous tropical shrubs or trees belonging to the genus Ixora, of the madder family, having glossy leaves and clusters of showy flowers in a variety of colors.
- jabot — a decorative ruffle or other arrangement of lace or cloth attached at the neckline and extending down the front of a woman's blouse or dress or, formerly, of a man's shirt.
- jacob — the second son of Isaac, the twin brother of Esau, and father of the 12 patriarchs. Gen. 25:24–34.
- jaleo — A lively dance of Andalusian origin, or the music or handclapping which accompanies it.
- jalor — any of a wide variety of East Indian rowing and sailing ships.
- jambo — an E African salutation
- jarmo — a Neolithic village site in northeastern Iraq, dated c6500 b.c. and noted as one of the world's earliest food-producing settlements.
- jason — Classical Mythology. a hero, the leader of the Argonauts, who at the request of his uncle Pelias retrieved the Golden Fleece from King Aeëtes of Colchis with the help of Medea.
- jatos — Plural form of jato.
- jiaos — Plural form of jiao.
- joash — a king of Judah, reigned 837?–800? b.c., successor of Athaliah. II Kings 13:10–13.
- jokai — Maurus [mou-roo s] /ˈmaʊ rʊs/ (Show IPA), or Mór [mawr] /mɔr/ (Show IPA), 1825–1904, Hungarian novelist.
- jonah — a Minor Prophet who, for his impiety, was thrown overboard from his ship and swallowed by a large fish, remaining in its belly for three days before being cast up onto the shore unharmed.