5-letter words containing a, t, s
- squat — to sit in a low or crouching position with the legs drawn up closely beneath or in front of the body; sit on one's haunches or heels.
- stack — a more or less orderly pile or heap: a precariously balanced stack of books; a neat stack of papers.
- stacy — a male or female given name.
- stade — a period of time represented by a glacial deposit.
- stael — Madame de (Baronne de Staël-Holstein) 1766–1817, French novelist, essayist, poet, and philosopher.
- staff — a group of persons, as employees, charged with carrying out the work of an establishment or executing some undertaking.
- stage — a single step or degree in a process; a particular phase, period, position, etc., in a process, development, or series.
- stagg — Amos Alonzo, 1862–1965, U.S. football coach.
- stagy — of, relating to, or suggestive of the stage.
- stahl — Georg Ernst [gey-ork ernst] /geɪˈɒrk ɛrnst/ (Show IPA), 1660–1734, German chemist and physician.
- staid — of settled or sedate character; not flighty or capricious.
- stain — a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- stair — one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- stake — something that is wagered in a game, race, or contest.
- stale — not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- stalk — an act or course of stalking quarry, prey, or the like: We shot the mountain goat after a five-hour stalk.
- stall — a pretext, as a ruse, trick, or the like, used to delay or deceive.
- stamp — to strike or beat with a forcible, downward thrust of the foot.
- stand — (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
- stane — stone.
- stang — simple past tense of sting.
- stank — a simple past tense of stink.
- stans — a demicanton of Unterwalden, in central Switzerland. 106 sq. mi. (275 sq. km). Capital: Stans.
- staph — staphylococcus.
- stare — to gaze fixedly and intently, especially with the eyes wide open.
- stark — sheer, utter, downright, or complete: stark madness.
- starr — Belle (Myra Belle Shirley) 1848–89, U.S. outlaw and folk hero.
- stars — any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- start — to begin or set out, as on a journey or activity.
- stash — to put by or away as for safekeeping or future use, usually in a secret place (usually followed by away): The squirrel stashes away nuts for winter.
- stasi — formerly, the secret police in East Germany
- stat. — (in prescriptions) immediately
- state — the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes: a state of health.
- stats — statistic.
- stave — one of the thin, narrow, shaped pieces of wood that form the sides of a cask, tub, or similar vessel.
- stays — (of a ship) to change to the other tack.
- stead — the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute: The nephew of the queen came in her stead.
- steak — a slice of meat or fish, especially beef, cooked by broiling, frying, etc.
- steal — to take (the property of another or others) without permission or right, especially secretly or by force: A pickpocket stole his watch.
- steam — water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- stean — an earthenware vessel made of clay or stone, originally made for holding liquid
- stela — stele (defs 1–3).
- stipa — a member of a genus of perennial grasses in the subfamily Pooideae
- stoai — Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- stoat — the ermine, Mustela erminea, especially when in brown summer pelage.
- stola — a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- stoma — Also, stomate. Botany. any of various small apertures, especially one of the minute orifices or slits in the epidermis of leaves, stems, etc., through which gases are exchanged.
- strad — Stradivarius
- strag — a straggler or stray
- strap — a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.