5-letter words containing a
- accel — (music) accelerando.
- accoy — to pacify or render calm
- accra — the capital of Ghana, a port on the Gulf of Guinea: built on the site of three 17th-century trading fortresses founded by the English, Dutch, and Danish. Pop: 1 970 000 (2005 est)
- accus — accusative
- acerb — bitter or sour
- acet- — aceto-
- achab — Ahab (def 1).
- achad — Akkad.
- achan — a member of the tribe of Judah who, with his family, was stoned to death for stealing forbidden spoils. Josh. 7:19–26.
- achar — a spicy pickle made from mango
- achaz — Ahaz.
- ached — to have or suffer a continuous, dull pain: His whole body ached.
- achee — Alternative spelling of akee.
- acher — (obsolete) usher.
- aches — Plural form of ache.
- achoo — Achoo is used, especially in writing, to represent the sound that you make when you sneeze.
- achor — (obsolete, pathology) dandruff (or similar condition).
- acids — Plural form of acid.
- acidy — of the nature of or resembling acid; sharp; sour: an acidy taste.
- acing — Present participle of ace.
- acini — Botany. one of the small drupelets or berries of an aggregate, baccate fruit, as the blackberry.
- ackee — a sapindaceous tree, Blighia sapida, native to tropical Africa and cultivated in the Caribbean for its fruit, edible when cooked
- acker — a pimple
- ackey — a silver coin minted in England in the late 18th and early 19th centuries for use in western Africa.
- acmes — Plural form of acme.
- acmic — the highest point; summit; peak: The empire was at the acme of its power.
- acned — blemished by acne
- acock — in a cocked position
- acold — cold; chilled
- acoma — a Pueblo Indian village near Albuquerque, New Mexico, built on a sandstone mesa: oldest continuously inhabited location in the U.S.
- acorn — An acorn is a pale oval nut that is the fruit of an oak tree.
- acral — Of or pertaining to peripheral body parts, such as toes and fingers.
- acred — having acres of land
- acres — land, esp a large area
- acrid — An acrid smell or taste is strong and sharp, and usually unpleasant.
- acro- — denoting something at a height, summit, top, tip, beginning, or end
- acron — the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- acrue — Misspelling of accrue.
- acrux — a star of the first magnitude in the constellation Southern Cross.
- act 1 — Algebraic Compiler and Translator
- acted — anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance: a heroic act.
- acter — A play or film with a particular number of acts.
- actin — a protein that participates in many kinds of cell movement, including muscle contraction, during which it interacts with filaments of a second protein, myosin
- actis — a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
- acton — a jacket or jerkin, originally of quilted cotton, worn under a coat of mail
- actor — An actor is someone whose job is acting in plays or films. 'Actor' in the singular usually refers to a man, but some women who act prefer to be called 'actors' rather than 'actresses'.
- actos — a short, realistic play, usually in Spanish, that dramatizes the social and economic problems of Chicanos.
- actra — Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television, and Radio Artists
- actus — An Ancient Roman unit of length, approximately 35.5 metres.
- acuff — Roy1903-92; U.S. composer & country music singer