5-letter words containing a, o
- boyau — a minor connecting trench often built in a zigzag pattern
- boyla — an Aboriginal Australian magician or medicine-man
- bravo — Some people say 'bravo' to express appreciation when someone has done something well.
- broad — Something that is broad is wide.
- broca — Paul (pɔl). 1824–80, French surgeon and anthropologist who discovered the motor speech centre of the brain and did pioneering work in brain surgery
- broga — an exercise regime for men that combines fitness exercises with traditional yoga postures
- cabob — kebab
- caboc — a Scottish cheese made with double cream and rolled in toasted oatmeal
- cabot — John Italian name Giovanni Caboto. 1450–98, Italian explorer, who landed in North America in 1497, under patent from Henry VII of England, and explored the coast from Nova Scotia to Newfoundland
- cacao — Cacao seeds are the seeds of a tropical tree, from which cocoa and chocolate are made.
- caco- — bad, unpleasant, or incorrect
- caddo — a member of any of a group of North American Indian peoples formerly living in Louisiana, Arkansas, and E Texas, now living mainly in Oklahoma
- cagot — a member of a class of French outcasts who lived in the West Pyrenees, Béarn, Brittany, and Gascony, considered to be lepers and heretics
- cahow — a rare nocturnal Atlantic seabird, Pterodroma cahow, with brown and white plumage, formerly thought to be extinct
- cairo — the capital of Egypt, on the Nile: the largest city in Africa and in the Middle East; industrial centre; site of the university and mosque of Al Azhar (founded in 972). Pop: 11 146 000 (2005 est)
- cajon — a Peruvian wooden box used as a drum and played with the hands
- cameo — A cameo is a short description or piece of acting which expresses cleverly and neatly the nature of a situation, event, or person's character.
- campo — level or undulating savanna country, esp in the uplands of Brazil
- canoe — A canoe is a small, narrow boat that you move through the water using a stick with a wide end called a paddle.
- canon — A canon is a member of the clergy who is on the staff of a cathedral.
- canso — a cape in Canada, at the NE tip of Nova Scotia
- canto — a main division of a long poem
- capon — A capon is a male chicken that has had its sex organs removed and has been specially fattened up to be eaten.
- capos — Plural form of capo.
- capot — the winning of all the tricks by one player
- carbo — carbohydrate
- cardo — (zoology) The basal joint of the maxilla in insects.
- cargo — The cargo of a ship or plane is the goods that it is carrying.
- carob — A carob or carob tree is a Mediterranean tree that stays green all year round. It has dark-brown fruit that tastes similar to chocolate.
- carol — Carols are Christian religious songs that are sung at Christmas.
- carom — a shot in which the cue ball is caused to contact one object ball after another
- caron — an inverted circumflex
- carpo — an ancient Greek goddess of summer fruit, considered by Athenians as one of the Horae.
- casco — an Argentinian homestead
- catho — a member of the Catholic Church
- catio — An outdoor enclosure for cats.
- caxon — a wig
- 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)
- chado — the Japanese tea ceremony
- chago — The Andean root vegetable mauka (Mirabilis expansa).
- chaos — Chaos is a state of complete disorder and confusion.
- chiao — a Chinese monetary unit equal to one-tenth of a yuan
- choad — (vulgar, slang) A penis.
- choak — Obsolete form of choke.
- chola — the conventional attire of Sikhs consisting of a long, loose shirt
- chopa — any of several fishes, especially of the sea chub family, Kyphosidae, and the nibbler family, Girellidae.
- chota — small, lesser, or minor
- ciano — Galeazzo, full name Conte Galeazzo Ciano di Cortellazzo. 1903–44, Italian fascist politician; minister of foreign affairs (1936–43) and son-in-law of Mussolini, whose supporters shot him
- claro — a mild light-coloured cigar
- cloak — A cloak is a long, loose, sleeveless piece of clothing which people used to wear over their other clothes when they went out.