5-letter words containing a, s
- agers — Plural form of ager.
- aghas — Plural form of agha.
- agios — a premium on money in exchange.
- agism — Alternative spelling of ageism.
- agist — to care for and feed (cattle or horses) for payment
- agnes — Saint. ?292–?304 ad, Christian child martyr under Diocletian. Feast day: Jan 21
- agons — Plural form of agon.
- agues — Pathology. a malarial fever characterized by regularly returning paroxysms, marked by successive cold, hot, and sweating fits.
- aides — nurse's aide.
- aidos — shame
- aires — Plural form of aire.
- airts — a direction.
- aisha — ?613–678 ad, the favourite wife of Mohammed; daughter of Abu Bekr
- aisle — An aisle is a long narrow gap that people can walk along between rows of seats in a public building such as a church or between rows of shelves in a supermarket.
- aisne — a department of NE France, in Picardy region. Capital: Laon. Pop: 535 326 (2003 est). Area: 7428 sq km (2897 sq miles)
- akasa — Ether or atmosphere, as one of the elements in Hindu philosophy.
- akens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aken.
- akins — Zoë [zoh-ee] /ˈzoʊ i/ (Show IPA), 1886–1958, U.S. playwright.
- aksum — an ancient town in N Ethiopia, in the Tigre region: capital of the Aksumite Empire (1st to 6th centuries ad). According to tradition, the Ark of the Covenant was brought here from Jerusalem
- alays — a mountain range in SW Kyrgyzstan, part of the Tien Shan. To 19,280 feet (5880 meters).
- aldes — ALgorithm DEScription
- alecs — Plural form of alec.
- aleus — a king of Tegea and the father of Amphidamas, Auge, Cepheus, and Lycurgus.
- alfas — Plural form of alfa.
- alias — An alias is a false name, especially one used by a criminal.
- alish — Resembling or characteristic of ale.
- alist — inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- allus — Eye dialect of always, representing Southern US.
- almes — almah.
- aloes — any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- alors — well then! so!
- alosa — Shad.
- alose — A fish, the European shad (Alosa alosa); the allice or allis.
- alost — a town in central Belgium, in East Flanders province. Pop: 76 852 (2004 est)
- alsek — a river in the Yukon Territory of NW Canada and SE Alaska, flowing S to the Pacific Ocean. 260 miles (418 km) long.
- alsip — a town in NE Illinois.
- alsop — Joseph W(right) 1910–1989, U.S. political journalist and writer.
- altos — Plural form of alto.
- altus — a city in SW Oklahoma.
- alums — Plural form of alum.
- amahs — Plural form of amah.
- amasa — the commander of Absalom's army and later of David's army. II Sam. 17:25; 19:13.
- amass — If you amass something such as money or information, you gradually get a lot of it.
- ambos — Plural form of ambo.
- amens — verily; truly.
- amess — Alternative form of amyss.
- amies — a female friend.
- amirs — Plural form of amir.
- amish — The Amish are members of a Protestant sect whose rural way of life is simple and strict.
- amiss — If you say that something is amiss, you mean there is something wrong.