5-letter words containing a, s
- jason — Classical Mythology. a hero, the leader of the Argonauts, who at the request of his uncle Pelias retrieved the Golden Fleece from King Aeëtes of Colchis with the help of Medea.
- jaspe — given a veined and spotted appearance imitating jasper.
- jassy — a region in NE Romania: formerly a principality that united with Wallachia to form Romania. Capital: Jassy.
- jatis — Plural form of jati.
- jatos — Plural form of jato.
- jauks — to dally; dawdle.
- jaups — a splash, spurt, or drop of water.
- jeans — born 1921, Grand Duke of Luxembourg 1964–2000.
- jiaos — Plural form of jiao.
- joash — a king of Judah, reigned 837?–800? b.c., successor of Athaliah. II Kings 13:10–13.
- jonas — a Minor Prophet who, for his impiety, was thrown overboard from his ship and swallowed by a large fish, remaining in its belly for three days before being cast up onto the shore unharmed.
- jotas — Plural form of jota.
- judas — the fourth son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 29:35.
- kadis — Plural form of kadi.
- kagus — Plural form of kagu.
- kales — Plural form of kale.
- kames — Plural form of kame.
- kansa — a member of a North American Indian people formerly of eastern Kansas, now living mostly in northern Oklahoma.
- kansu — Wade-Giles. Gansu.
- kaons — Plural form of kaon.
- kapos — a Nazi concentration camp prisoner who was given privileges in return for supervising prisoner work gangs: often a common criminal and frequently brutal to fellow inmates.
- karas — Plural form of kara.
- karsh — Yousuf [yoh-suh f,, yoo-] /ˈyoʊ səf,, ˈyu-/ (Show IPA), 1908–2002, Armenian-Canadian photographer, born in Turkey.
- karst — an area of limestone terrane characterized by sinks, ravines, and underground streams.
- karts — Plural form of kart.
- kasai — a river in S central Africa, flowing from central Angola to and then NW along the Angola-Democratic Republic of the Congo border and through the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the Congo (Zaire) River. About 1100 miles (1770 km) long.
- kasha — a soft food prepared from hulled and crushed grain, especially buckwheat.
- kashi — a city in W Xinjiang Uygur, in extreme W China.
- kaska — a member of a group of North American Indians of northern British Columbia and southern Yukon Territory.
- kasme — I swear!
- kasra — In Arabic script, the vowel point for
- kassa — Hungarian name of Košice.
- katas — Plural form of kata.
- kavos — a coastal village on Corfu: tourist resort. Pop: 830 (2001)
- kayes — a city in W Mali.
- kayos — a knockout in boxing.
- keats — a young guinea fowl.
- kesha — a female given name: from an African word meaning “favorite.”.
- kesia — a female given name: from an African word meaning “favorite.”.
- khans — Plural form of khan.
- khasi — an Austroasiatic language of Assam, in northeast India.
- khats — Plural form of khat.
- kiasi — (Singapore, colloquial, derogatory) A coward.
- kiasu — self-serving, competitive, or greedy: parents who are kiasu about their children’s education.
- kinas — Plural form of kina.
- kisan — (in India) a peasant.
- kiska — an island in extreme SW Alaska, in Rat group, in the W Aleutian Islands: Attu lies to its W.
- kivas — Plural form of kiva.
- kiyas — judgment of an act or belief by application of established principles governing some analogous act or belief.
- klaus — Vaclav. born 1941, Czech politician: prime minister of the Czech Republic (1993–97); president (2003–13)