5-letter words containing a, s
- dawgs — Plural form of dawg.
- dawks — a person who advocates neither a conciliatory nor a belligerent national attitude.
- dawns — Plural form of dawn.
- dazes — Plural form of daze.
- dbase — (tool, product, language) An interactive DBMS, originally from Ashton-Tate Corporation, and the language used by it. dBASE evolved from Vulcan by Wayne Ratliffe, which came out in around 1980 and ran on CP/M. It was called dBaseII when sold to Ashton-Tate Corporation. The first release was dBASE II, ca 1980. There never was a "dBASE I". Later versions included: dBASE III, dBASE III+, and dBASE IV. Ashton-Tate was taken over in the early 1990s by what became Borland Software Corporation who sold dBase in March(?) 1999 to the newly formed dBase Inc. dBase Inc's first release was Visual dBASE 5.7, a Y2K upgrade to Visual dBASE 5.x. Current version, as of 2003-11-24: dBASE PLUS 2.0x build 1703.
- deads — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dead.
- deals — Plural form of deal.
- deans — Plural form of dean.
- dears — beloved or loved: a dear friend.
- deash — to take ash out of or away from (a syrup containing ash ions)
- degas — to remove gas from (a container, vacuum tube, liquid, adsorbent, etc)
- desai — Morarji (Ranchhodji) (məˈrɑːdʒɪ). 1896–1995, Indian statesman, noted for his asceticism. He founded the Janata party in opposition to Indira Gandhi, whom he defeated in the 1977 election; prime minister of India (1977–79)
- desna — a river in the W Russian Federation flowing S to join the Dnieper River near Kiev in Ukraine. About 500 miles (800 km) long.
- devas — Plural form of deva.
- dheas — dehydroisoandrosterone sulphate: a weak androgen produced by the adrenal cortex in both males and females
- dials — Plural form of dial.
- disad — (informal) A disadvantage.
- disna — Eye dialect of doesn't.
- divas — Plural form of diva.
- doats — dote.
- dorsa — the back, as of the body.
- dosas — Plural form of dosa.
- dosha — Any of the three regulatory principles of Ayurveda.
- drabs — Plural form of drab.
- drags — Plural form of drag.
- drams — Plural form of dram.
- drats — to damn; confound: Drat your interference.
- draws — Plural form of draw.
- drays — Plural form of dray.
- dryas — any creeping plant belonging to the genus Dryas, of the rose family, having solitary white or yellow flowers, comprising the mountain avens.
- dslam — Digital Subscriber Line Access Module
- duals — of, relating to, or noting two.
- dukas — Paul (Abraham) [pawl a-bra-am] /pɔl a braˈam/ (Show IPA), 1865–1935, French composer.
- dumas — (in Russia prior to 1917) a council or official assembly.
- duras — dura mater.
- dyads — Plural form of dyad.
- dyaus — the Vedic god of the sky.
- dysac — Digital Simulated Analog Computer.
- eacso — East African Common Services Organization
- eames — Charles, 1907–78, U.S. furniture designer and architect.
- earls — Plural form of earl.
- earns — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of earn.
- earsh — (archaic) stubble field.
- eased — freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort: to enjoy one's ease.
- easel — a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- eases — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ease.
- easie — Obsolete spelling of easy.
- easle — a quantity of hot embers or ashes
- easts — Plural form of east.
- eaves — Usually, eaves. the overhanging lower edge of a roof.