5-letter words containing a, r, o
- armor — covering worn to protect the body against weapons
- aroha — love, compassion, or affectionate regard
- aroid — of, relating to, or belonging to the Araceae, a family of plants having small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large petaloid spathe. The family includes arum, calla, and anthurium
- aroma — An aroma is a strong, pleasant smell.
- arose — Arose is the past tense of arise.
- arrow — An arrow is a written or printed sign that consists of a straight line with another line bent at a sharp angle at one end. This is a printed arrow: →. The arrow points in a particular direction to indicate where something is.
- arroz — Spanish word for rice, used in the names of various dishes.
- arson — Arson is the crime of deliberately setting fire to a building or vehicle.
- aspro — an associate professor at an academic institution
- astor — John Jacob, 1st Baron Astor of Hever. 1886–1971, British proprietor of The Times (1922–66)
- awork — at work, busy
- bardo — (in Tibetan Buddhism) the state of the soul between its death and its rebirth
- baro- — indicating weight or pressure
- baron — A baron is a man who is a member of the lowest rank of the nobility.
- barro — embarrassing
- board — A board is a flat, thin, rectangular piece of wood or plastic which is used for a particular purpose.
- boart — low-quality diamond, in granular aggregate or small fragments, valuable only in crushed or powdered form, especially for industrial use as an abrasive.
- bolar — of or relating to clay
- borah — William Edgar, 1865–1940, U.S. senator from Idaho 1906–40.
- borak — rubbish; nonsense
- boral — the powdered mixture of boron carbide and aluminium
- boras — a city in SW Sweden, chiefly producing textiles. Pop: 98 831 (2004 est)
- borax — Borax is a white powder used, for example, in the making of glass and as a cleaning chemical.
- bouar — a city in the W Central African Republic.
- boyar — a member of an old order of Russian nobility, ranking immediately below the princes: abolished by Peter the Great
- 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
- 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)
- 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.
- claro — a mild light-coloured cigar
- coarb — (in Celtic religions) a spiritual successor
- cobra — A cobra is a kind of poisonous snake that can make the skin on the back of its neck into a hood.
- copra — the dried, oil-yielding kernel of the coconut
- coral — Coral is a hard substance formed from the bones of very small sea animals. It is often used to make jewellery.
- coram — before; in the presence of
- corba — Common Object Request Broker Architecture
- corea — Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- coria — plural of corium.
- croak — When a frog or bird croaks, it makes a harsh, low sound.
- croat — a native or inhabitant of Croatia
- dario — Rubén (ruˈβen), real name Félix Rubén Garcia Sarmiento. 1867–1916, Nicaraguan poet whose poetry includes Prosas Profanas (1896)