5-letter words containing e, a
- acher — (obsolete) usher.
- aches — Plural form of ache.
- 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.
- acned — blemished by acne
- acred — having acres of land
- acres — land, esp a large area
- acrue — Misspelling of accrue.
- 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.
- acute — An acute accent is a symbol that is placed over vowels in some languages in order to indicate how that vowel is pronounced or over one letter in a word to indicate where it is stressed. You refer to a letter with this accent as, for example, e acute. For example, there is an acute accent over the letter 'e' in the French word 'café'.
- adage — An adage is something which people often say and which expresses a general truth about some aspect of life.
- added — You use added to say that something has more of a particular thing or quality.
- adder — In Europe and Asia, an adder is a small poisonous snake that has a black pattern on its back. In North America, a number of different poisonous and non-poisonous snakes are called adders.
- addie — a female given name, form of Adeline.
- addle — If something addles someone's mind or brain, they become confused and unable to think properly.
- adeem — to cancel or withdraw (a legal agreement)
- adela — a feminine name: dim. Della; var. Adelia; Fr. Adèle
- adele — a feminine name
- aden- — adeno-
- adeni — a native or inhabitant of Aden.
- adept — Someone who is adept at something can do it skilfully.
- adieu — Adieu means the same as goodbye.
- adige — a river in N Italy, flowing southeast to the Adriatic. Length: 354 km (220 miles)
- adler — Alfred (ˈalfreːt). 1870–1937, Austrian psychiatrist, noted for his descriptions of overcompensation and inferiority feelings
- admen — Also called advertising man. one whose profession is writing, designing, or selling advertisements.
- adobe — Adobe is a mixture of mud and straw that is dried into bricks in the sun and used for building, especially in hot countries.
- adore — If you adore someone, you feel great love and admiration for them.
- adoze — asleep; dozing
- adret — a side of a mountain receiving direct sunlight.
- adure — (obsolete) To burn up.
- advew — to look at
- adzed — an axlike tool, for dressing timbers roughly, with a curved, chisellike steel head mounted at a right angle to the wooden handle.
- adzes — Plural form of adze.
- aeaea — the island inhabited by Circe.
- aecia — the fruiting body of rust fungi, which bears chainlike or stalked spores.
- aedes — any mosquito of the genus Aedes (formerly Stegomyia) of tropical and subtropical regions, esp A. aegypti, which transmits yellow fever and dengue
- aedon — a daughter of Pandareus who mistakenly killed her son. Zeus took pity on her and turned her into a nightingale.
- aegae — ancient name of Edessa, a market town in Greece: ancient capital of Macedonia. Pop: 15 980 (latest est)
- aeger — (dated, British school slang) Absent and excused from one\u2019s classes due to illness.
- aegir — the god of the sea
- aegis — sponsorship or protection; auspices (esp in the phrase under the aegis of)
- aeons — Plural form of aeon.
- aeri- — aero-
- aeria — an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars.
- aerie — the nest of an eagle or other bird of prey that builds in a high place
- aero- — aero- is used at the beginning of words, especially nouns, that refer to things or activities connected with air or movement through the air.
- aesir — the chief gods of Norse mythology dwelling in Asgard