5-letter words containing a, t, s
- straw — a single stalk or stem, especially of certain species of grain, chiefly wheat, rye, oats, and barley.
- stray — to deviate from the direct course, leave the proper place, or go beyond the proper limits, especially without a fixed course or purpose; ramble: to stray from the main road.
- stria — a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement: striae of muscle fiber.
- stuka — a German two-seated dive bomber with a single in-line engine, used by the Luftwaffe in World War II.
- stupa — a monumental pile of earth or other material, in memory of Buddha or a Buddhist saint, and commemorating some event or marking a sacred spot.
- suita — a city on S Honshu, in Japan: a suburb of Osaka.
- surat — a seaport in S Gujarat, in W India: first British settlement in India 1612.
- sutra — Hinduism. a collection of aphorisms relating to some aspect of the conduct of life.
- sutta — Hinduism. a collection of aphorisms relating to some aspect of the conduct of life.
- swart — swarthy.
- swath — the space covered by the stroke of a scythe or the cut of a mowing machine.
- swati — Swat (def 2).
- swats — a special section of some law enforcement agencies trained and equipped to deal with especially dangerous or violent situations, as when hostages are being held (often used attributively): a SWAT team.
- sweat — to perspire, especially freely or profusely.
- tabes — a gradually progressive emaciation.
- taces — tasset.
- tacks — a lease, especially on farmland.
- tacts — a keen sense of what to say or do to avoid giving offense; skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situations.
- tagus — a river in SW Europe, flowing W through central Spain and Portugal to the Atlantic at Lisbon. 566 miles (910 km) long.
- tails — the limitation of an estate to a person and the person’s heirs or some particular class of such heirs.
- tales — a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story: a tale about Lincoln's dog.
- talks — a conference, discussion, or negotiation
- talos — a man of brass made by Hephaestus for Minos as a guardian of Crete.
- talus — the uppermost bone of the proximal row of bones of the tarsus; anklebone.
- talys — Thomas, c1505–85, English organist and composer, especially of church music.
- tamas — (in Sankhya and Vedantic philosophy) one of the three qualities of prakriti, or nature, which are passion (rajas) dullness or inertia (tamas) and goodness or purity (sattva)
- tames — changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated: a tame bear.
- tamis — a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- tanis — an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- tansy — any of several composite plants of the genus Tanacetum, especially a strong-scented, weedy, Old World herb, T. vulgare, having flat-topped clusters of tubular yellow flowers.
- tapas — the bark of the paper mulberry.
- tapis — Obsolete. a carpet, tapestry, or other covering.
- tares — the weight of the wrapping, receptacle, or conveyance containing goods.
- tars- — tarso-
- tarsi — Anatomy, Zoology. the bones of the proximal segment of the foot; the bones between the tibia and the metatarsus, contributing to the construction of the ankle joint.
- taser — a brand of weapon that fires electrical probes that give an electric shock, causing temporary paralysis
- tasse — any of a series of jointed, metal plates forming a skirtlike protection of armor for the lower trunk and thighs
- tasso — Torquato [tawr-kwah-taw] /tɔrˈkwɑ tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1544–95, Italian poet.
- taste — to try or test the flavor or quality of (something) by taking some into the mouth: to taste food.
- tasty — good-tasting; savory: a tasty canapé.
- tawse — a leather strap having one end cut into thongs, formerly used as an instrument of punishment by a schoolteacher
- taxes — a plural of taxi.
- taxis — arrangement or order, as in one of the physical sciences.
- taxus — a member of a genus of coniferous trees of the yew family Taxaceae
- tears — the act of tearing.
- tease — to irritate or provoke with persistent petty distractions, trifling raillery, or other annoyance, often in sport.
- teras — a monstrosity
- tesla — Nikola [nik-oh-luh] /ˈnɪk oʊ lə/ (Show IPA), 1856–1943, U.S. physicist, electrical engineer, and inventor, born in Croatia.
- tessa — a female given name, form of Theresa.
- testa — the outer, usually hard, integument or coat of a seed.