5-letter words containing a, o
- jonas — 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.
- joppa — ancient name of Jaffa.
- joram — Alternative spelling of jorum.
- jotas — Plural form of jota.
- joual — any of the nonstandard dialects of Canadian French, characterized by deviations from the standard phonology, morphology, syntax, and vocabulary, and often containing many borrowings from English.
- jowar — Alt form jawar.
- kabob — Usually, kebabs. small pieces of meat or seafood seasoned or marinated and broiled, often with tomatoes, green peppers, onions, or other vegetables, usually on a skewer.
- kahlo — Frida [free-duh] /ˈfri də/ (Show IPA), 1907–54, Mexican painter (wife of Diego Rivera).
- kalon — Ideal perfect beauty in the physical and moral sense, especially as perceived by Greek philosophers.
- kango — A Japanese word of Chinese origin, or a Japanese word coined along Chinese lines (a Sino-Japanese word).
- kanon — (musical instrument) synonym of monochord (used mainly in reference to ancient Greek music).
- kaons — Plural form of kaon.
- kapok — the silky down that invests the seeds of a silk-cotton tree (ka·pok tree) Ceiba pentandra, of the East Indies, Africa, and tropical America: used for stuffing pillows, life jackets, etc., and for acoustical insulation.
- kapos — a Nazi concentration camp prisoner who was given privileges in return for supervising prisoner work gangs: often a common criminal and frequently brutal to fellow inmates.
- kapow — Alternative spelling of kerpow.
- karol — a female given name.
- karoo — a vast plateau in the Republic of South Africa, in Cape of Good Hope province. 100,000 sq. mi. (260,000 sq. km); 3000–4000 feet (900–1200 meters) above sea level.
- kavos — a coastal village on Corfu: tourist resort. Pop: 830 (2001)
- kayos — a knockout in boxing.
- kazoo — a musical toy consisting of a tube that is open at both ends and has a hole in the side covered with parchment or membrane, which produces a buzzing sound when the performer hums into one end. Also called mirliton.
- khoja — a teacher in a Muslim school.
- kioga — Lake, a lake in central Uganda. About 1000 sq. mi. (2600 sq. km).
- kiowa — a member of a Plains Indian people of the southwestern U.S.
- koala — a sluggish, tailless, gray, furry, arboreal marsupial, Phascolarctos cinereus, of Australia.
- koans — Plural form of koan.
- koban — old oval-shaped Japanese gold coin
- kodak — (dated) A camera: a device for taking still photographs.
- kofta — (in Middle Eastern and Indian cooking) a spiced meatball.
- kogal — (in Japan) a teenage girl or young woman noted for her busy social life and her purchase of designer clothes, accessories, and the latest electronic gadgets
- kohai — Junior member of a group in Japanese arts; mentee.
- kokka — of or relating to the branch of Shinto recognized as the official state religion of Japan.
- kokra — a type of hard even-grained wood obtained from an Indian tree of the genus Aporosa, used to make decorative objects, furniture, and instruments such as flutes
- kolar — a city in SE Karnataka, in S India: rich mining district.
- koloa — a Hawaiian duck, Anas wyvilliana, related to the mallard, having a dusky greenish head and dark chestnut breast.
- konak — a large, usually official residence.
- konia — a city in S Turkey, S of Ankara.
- konya — a city in S Turkey, S of Ankara.
- koppa — a letter (, ) of some early Greek alphabets, occurring between pi and rho and equivalent to Latin Q: later superseded by kappa except for its use as a numeral for 90.
- korah — a Levite who led a rebellion against Moses and Aaron. Num. 16.
- korai — Greek Antiquity. a sculptured representation of a young woman, especially one produced prior to the 5th century b.c.
- koran — the sacred text of Islam, divided into 114 chapters, or suras: revered as the word of God, dictated to Muhammad by the archangel Gabriel, and accepted as the foundation of Islamic law, religion, culture, and politics.
- koras — Plural form of kora.
- korat — any of a breed of domestic cat with a glossy, silver-blue coat and large, round, greenish eyes
- korda — Sir Alexander (Sándor Kellner) 1893–1956, British film producer, born in Hungary.
- 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.
- korma — A mildly spiced Indian curry dish of meat or fish marinated in yogurt or curds.
- kosha — any of the five layers of physical and mental being composing the personal self, Atman being within the innermost layer.
- koura — either of two New Zealand freshwater crayfish of the genus Paranephrops
- kovac — Michal [mi-khahl] /ˈmɪ xɑl/ (Show IPA), born 1930, president of Slovakia 1993–98.
- kovar — an alloy that consists mostly of iron, nickel, and cobalt, and has the same heat expansion properties as heat-resistant glass: it is usually fused to glass to form a gas seal