5-letter words containing e, a
- jaded — dulled or satiated by overindulgence: a jaded appetite.
- jades — Plural form of jade.
- jager — any of several rapacious seabirds of the family Stercorariidae that pursue weaker birds to make them drop their prey.
- jahel — Jael.
- jahve — a name of God, transliterated by scholars from the Tetragrammaton and commonly rendered Jehovah.
- jakes — a male given name, form of Jacob.
- jakey — a homeless alcoholic
- jakie — A South American striped frog, Pseudis paradoxa, remarkable for having a tadpole larger than the adult form.
- jalee — (in Indian architecture) decorated and pierced slabs of marble used as a screen.
- jaleo — A lively dance of Andalusian origin, or the music or handclapping which accompanies it.
- jambe — Architecture, Building Trades. either of the vertical sides of a doorway, arch, window, or other opening. either of two stones, timbers, etc., forming the sidepieces for the frame of an opening.
- james — James I.
- jamie — a male given name, form of James.
- janes — Plural form of jane.
- janet — Joint Academic NETwork
- janie — a female given name, form of Jane.
- japed — Simple past tense and past participle of jape.
- japer — to jest; joke; gibe.
- japes — to jest; joke; gibe.
- japie — Alternative form of yarpie.
- jared — (in the Book of Mormon) the eponymous ancestor of the Jaredites.
- jasey — a wig, especially one made of worsted.
- jaspe — given a veined and spotted appearance imitating jasper.
- javel — (obsolete) A vagabond.
- jawed — having a jaw or jaws, especially of a specified kind (often used in combination): heavy-jawed; square-jawed.
- jayne — a female given name.
- jeans — born 1921, Grand Duke of Luxembourg 1964–2000.
- jedda — Jidda.
- jehad — a holy war undertaken as a sacred duty by Muslims.
- jerba — an island off the SE coast of Tunisia: Roman ruins. 197 sq. mi. (510 sq. km).
- judea — the S region of ancient Palestine: existed under Persian, Greek, and Roman rule; divided between Israel and Jordan in 1948; since 1967 completely occupied by Israel.
- kabwe — a city in central Zambia: oldest mining town; cave site where the fossil skull of Rhodesian man was found.
- kafre — (Chephren) flourished late 26th century b.c, Egyptian king of the fourth dynasty (son of Cheops): builder of second pyramid at El Giza.
- kafue — a river in S central Africa, flowing SE along the Zaire-Zambia border and then SW and E through Zambia to the Zambezi River above Kariba Lake. About 600 miles (965 km) long.
- kakke — Beriberi.
- kales — Plural form of kale.
- kames — Plural form of kame.
- kamet — a mountain on the border of China and India, west of Nepal in the Himalayas. Height: 7756 m (25 447 ft)
- kaneh — an ancient Hebrew measure of six cubits
- karel — Language featured in Karel the Robot: A Gentle Introduction to Computer Programming, Richard E. Pattis, Wiley 1981.
- karen — a group of people of eastern and southern Burma (Myanmar).
- karez — (in parts of central southern Asia) a qanat.
- kasme — I swear!
- katie — a female given name, form of Katherine or Catherine.
- kayes — a city in W Mali.
- kayle — A pin used in kayles or skittles.
- keats — a young guinea fowl.
- kebab — Usually, kebabs. small pieces of meat or seafood seasoned or marinated and broiled, often with tomatoes, green peppers, onions, or other vegetables, usually on a skewer.
- kebap — Alternative spelling of kebab.
- kedah — a state in Malaysia, on the W central Malay Peninsula. 3660 sq. mi. (9480 sq. km). Capital: Alor Star.