5-letter words containing a, r
- armil — a bracelet
- armor — covering worn to protect the body against weapons
- arndt — Ernst Moritz [ernst moh-rits] /ɛrnst ˈmoʊ rɪts/ (Show IPA), 1769–1860, German poet and historian.
- arnim — Achim von (ˈaxɪm fɔn). 1781–1831, German romantic poet. He published, with Clemens Brentano, the collection of folk songs, Des Knaben Wunderhorn (1805–08)
- arnut — a small herb, Conopodium majus, which is common throughout Europe and North Africa and which has edible tubers
- 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.
- arpad — died 907 ad, Magyar chieftain who conquered Hungary in the late 9th century
- arpen — Alternative form of arpent (old unit of measure).
- arrah — an exclamation expressing emotion or excitement
- arran — an island off the SW coast of Scotland, in the Firth of Clyde. Pop: 5045 (2001). Area: 427 sq km (165 sq miles)
- arras — a wall hanging, esp of tapestry
- arrau — Claudio. 1903–91, Chilean pianist
- array — An array of different things or people is a large number or wide range of them.
- arret — a judicial decision
- arris — a sharp edge at the meeting of two surfaces at an angle with one another, as at two adjacent sides of a stone block
- 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.
- arsed — (AU, NZ, British, vulgar, slang) Simple past tense and past participle of arse; Bothered (as in 'can't be bothered to...').
- arses — ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- arsey — aggressive, irritable, or argumentative
- arsis — (in classical prosody) the long syllable or part on which the ictus falls in a metrical foot
- arson — Arson is the crime of deliberately setting fire to a building or vehicle.
- artal — rotl
- artel — (in the former Soviet Union) a cooperative union or organization, esp of producers, such as peasants
- arter — Eye dialect of after.
- artex — a brand of coating for walls and ceilings that gives a textured finish
- artic — (informal) Short form of articulated lorry.
- artie — a male given name, form of Arthur.
- artsy — Artsy means the same as arty.
- artur — a male given name.
- aruba — an island in the Caribbean, off the NW coast of Venezuela, a dependency of the Netherlands with special status; part of the Netherlands Antilles until 1986. Chief town: Oranjestad. Pop: 109 153 (2013 est). Area: about 181 sq km (70 sq miles)
- aruhe — the edible root of a fern
- arums — Plural form of arum.
- aruru — the Akkadian goddess personifying earth, who assisted Marduk in the creation of human beings: the counterpart of the Sumerian Ki.
- arval — relating to land that is ploughed
- arvee — recreational vehicle
- arvel — Alternative spelling of arval.
- aryan — (in Nazi ideology) a Caucasian of non-Jewish descent, esp of the Nordic type
- asher — the son of Jacob and ancestor of one of the 12 tribes of Israel
- ashur — the chief deity, god of war and empire
- asker — to put a question to; inquire of: I asked him but he didn't answer.
- asper — a former Turkish monetary unit, a silver coin, worth 1⁄120 of a piastre
- aspro — an associate professor at an academic institution
- asser — Tobias [toh-bahy-uh s;; Dutch taw-bee-ahs] /toʊˈbaɪ əs;; Dutch tɔˈbi ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1838–1913, Dutch jurist and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1911.
- assur — the supreme national god of the ancient Assyrians, chiefly a war god, whose symbol was an archer within a winged disc
- assyr — Assyrian
- aster — any plant of the genus Aster, having white, blue, purple, or pink daisy-like flowers: family Asteraceae (composites)