5-letter words containing a, r
- ainer — own.
- aiora — a festival of ancient Attica at which dolls were swung from trees to commemorate Erigone's suicide by hanging.
- aired — a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- airer — a metal or wooden frame on which clothes are hung to dry
- aires — Plural form of aire.
- airly — (dialectal) early.
- airth — a direction.
- airts — a direction.
- aiver — a working horse
- ajmer — a city in NW India, in Rajasthan: textile centre. Pop: 485 197 (2001)
- ajvar — Relish made principally out of red bell peppers, with eggplant, garlic and chili pepper, predominantly popular in the Western Balkans.
- akbar — called Akbar the Great. 1542–1605, Mogul emperor of India (1556–1605), who extended the Mogul empire to include N India
- akkra — a seaport in and the capital of Ghana, on the Gulf of Guinea.
- akron — a city in NE Ohio. Pop: 212 215 (2003 est)
- akure — a city in SW Nigeria, capital of Ondo state: agricultural trade centre. Pop: 434 000 (2005 est)
- alarm — Alarm is a feeling of fear or anxiety that something unpleasant or dangerous might happen.
- alarp — As Low As Reasonably Practicable
- alary — of, relating to, or shaped like wings
- alcor — (language) A subset of ALGOL.
- alder — An alder is a species of tree or shrub that grows especially in cool, damp places and loses its leaves in winter.
- alert — If you are alert, you are paying full attention to things around you and are able to deal with anything that might happen.
- alfur — a member of an aboriginal people of eastern Indonesia, especially of the Moluccas, whose features show both Malayan and Papuan characteristics.
- algar — a male given name.
- alger — Horatio. 1834–99, US author of adventure stories for boys, including Ragged Dick (1867)
- algor — chill
- alors — well then! so!
- altar — An altar is a holy table in a church or temple.
- alter — If something alters or if you alter it, it changes.
- altre — Obsolete form of alter.
- alure — a flat passage often found behind parapets of churches or battlements
- alvar — a holy person of the Vaishnava sect.
- amaro — An Italian herbal liqueur.
- amber — Amber is a hard yellowish-brown substance used for making jewellery.
- ambry — a recessed cupboard in the wall of a church near the altar, used to store sacred vessels, etc
- ameer — (formerly) the ruler of Afghanistan; amir
- amer. — America(n)
- amero — A proposed unified currency of Canada, the United States, and Mexico.
- amirs — Plural form of amir.
- amora — one of a group of Jewish scholars, active in the rabbinical academies of Palestine and Babylonia from the 3rd to the 6th centuries a.d., whose commentaries on and interpretations of the Mishnah comprise the Palestinian and Babylonian Gemaras.
- amort — utterly dejected, depressed, lifeless or listless
- amory — a male or female given name.
- amour — An amour is a love affair, especially one which is kept secret.
- amper — ampersand
- amram — the father of Aaron and Moses. Ex. 6:20.
- amrit — a sanctified solution of sugar and water used in the Amrit Ceremony
- ancre — having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline: a cross ancré.
- andre — John. 1751–80, British major who was hanged as a spy for conspiring with Benedict Arnold during the War of American Independence
- andro — (informal) androstenedione.
- anear — near
- anger — Anger is the strong emotion that you feel when you think that someone has behaved in an unfair, cruel, or unacceptable way.