5-letter words containing e, a
- aisne — a department of NE France, in Picardy region. Capital: Laon. Pop: 535 326 (2003 est). Area: 7428 sq km (2897 sq miles)
- aiver — a working horse
- aizle — a red-hot ember or hot ashes
- ajmer — a city in NW India, in Rajasthan: textile centre. Pop: 485 197 (2001)
- akebi — a climbing vine, Akebia quinata, of eastern Asia, bearing inconspicuous flowers and purple, edible berries, grown as an ornamental in the U.S.
- akela — the adult leader of a pack of Cub Scouts
- akene — any small, dry, hard, one-seeded, indehiscent fruit.
- akens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aken.
- akure — a city in SW Nigeria, capital of Ondo state: agricultural trade centre. Pop: 434 000 (2005 est)
- alane — (inorganic compound) aluminium hydride, AlH3.
- alate — having wings or winglike extensions
- albee — Edward. 1928–2016, US dramatist. His plays include Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1962), Seascape (1975), Marriage Play (1986), Three Tall Women (1990), and Goat (2004)
- aldea — a village or a villa in Portugal or a Portuguese colony
- alden — John1599?-1687; Pilgrim settler in Plymouth Colony: character in Longfellow's poem “The Courtship of Miles Standish”
- alder — An alder is a species of tree or shrub that grows especially in cool, damp places and loses its leaves in winter.
- aldes — ALgorithm DEScription
- aleck — a male given name, form of Alexander.
- alecs — Plural form of alec.
- aleft — on or to the left
- alene — a female given name, form of Helen.
- aleph — the first letter in the Hebrew alphabet (א) articulated as a glottal stop and transliterated with a superior comma (')
- alert — If you are alert, you are paying full attention to things around you and are able to deal with anything that might happen.
- aleus — a king of Tegea and the father of Amphidamas, Auge, Cepheus, and Lycurgus.
- aleut — a member of a people inhabiting the Aleutian Islands and SW Alaska, related to the Inuit
- alexa — a female given name, form of Alexandra.
- alfie — a male given name, form of Alfred.
- algae — Algae is a type of plant with no stems or leaves that grows in water or on damp surfaces.
- alge- — algo-
- alger — Horatio. 1834–99, US author of adventure stories for boys, including Ragged Dick (1867)
- algie — a male given name, form of Algernon.
- alice — a feminine name: dim. Elsie; var. Alicia
- alief — (philosophy, psychology) A primitive, subconscious belieflike attitude which may contradict one's conscious beliefs.
- alien — Alien means belonging to a different country, race, or group, usually one you do not like or are frightened of.
- alife — Artificial Life
- alike — If two or more things are alike, they are similar in some way.
- aline — align
- alive — If people or animals are alive, they are not dead.
- alkie — alky
- allee — a path or a walkway in a landscaped area that is bordered by trees, tall plants, hedges, or fencing
- allen — Ethan. 1738–89, American soldier during the War of Independence who led the Green Mountain Boys of Vermont
- alley — An alley is a narrow passage or street with buildings or walls on both sides.
- almeh — Alternative form of almah.
- almes — almah.
- aloed — containing, or shaded by, aloes
- aloes — any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- alone — When you are alone, you are not with any other people.
- alope — a daughter of Cercyon who was raped by Poseidon and bore a son, Hippothous.
- alose — A fish, the European shad (Alosa alosa); the allice or allis.
- alsek — a river in the Yukon Territory of NW Canada and SE Alaska, flowing S to the Pacific Ocean. 260 miles (418 km) long.
- alter — If something alters or if you alter it, it changes.