5-letter words containing i, o, a
- douai — a city in N France, SE of Calais.
- fiona — a female given name.
- folia — an early medieval Iberian dance accompanied by mime and songs, performed during celebrations of the solstice and New Year festivals.
- goias — a state in central Brazil. 247,826 sq. mi. (641,870 sq. km). Capital: Goiânia.
- gonia — Craniometry. a point on each side of the lower jaw at the mandibular angle.
- hanoi — Towers of Hanoi
- haori — a loose, knee-length, Japanese garment resembling a coat.
- i-ooa — A tool, developed and sold by the Kennedy-Carter company, that supports the Schlaer Mellor design method, and that generates code in C and C++. This tool can be modified to generate code of different styles, and also, to generate code in different programming languages.
- idaho — a state in the NW United States. 83,557 sq. mi. (216,415 sq. km). Capital: Boise. Abbreviation: ID (for use with zip code), Id., Ida.
- idola — Plural form of idolum.
- imago — Entomology. an adult insect.
- ionia — an ancient region on the W coast of Asia Minor and on adjacent islands in the Aegean: colonized by the ancient Greeks.
- iotas — Plural form of iota.
- iowan — of or relating to Iowa.
- ixora — any of numerous tropical shrubs or trees belonging to the genus Ixora, of the madder family, having glossy leaves and clusters of showy flowers in a variety of colors.
- jiaos — Plural form of jiao.
- jokai — Maurus [mou-roo s] /ˈmaʊ rʊs/ (Show IPA), or Mór [mawr] /mɔr/ (Show IPA), 1825–1904, Hungarian novelist.
- kioga — Lake, a lake in central Uganda. About 1000 sq. mi. (2600 sq. km).
- kiowa — a member of a Plains Indian people of the southwestern U.S.
- kohai — Junior member of a group in Japanese arts; mentee.
- konia — a city in S Turkey, S of Ankara.
- korai — Greek Antiquity. a sculptured representation of a young woman, especially one produced prior to the 5th century b.c.
- laois — a county of central Republic of Ireland, in Leinster province: formerly boggy but largely reclaimed for agriculture. County town: Portlaoise. Pop: 58 774 (2002). Area: 1719 sq km (664 sq miles)
- laozi — (Li Erh; Li Er) 6th-century b.c, Chinese philosopher: reputed founder of Taoism.
- lazio — a region of W central Italy, on the Tyrrhenian Sea: includes the plain of the lower Tiber, the reclaimed Pontine Marshes, and Campagna. Capital: Rome. Pop: 5 145 805 (2003 est)
- logia — a plural of logion.
- loria — Laboratoire lorrain de recherche en informatique et ses applications
- maiko — an apprentice geisha
- maori — a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- mario — a male given name: from the Roman family name Marius.
- miaou — the characteristic sound a cat makes.
- miaow — to make the sound of a cat.
- moira — Classical Mythology. the personification of fate. Moirai, the Fates.
- moria — a mountainous region in S Palestine, where Abraham prepared to sacrifice Isaac. Gen. 22:3.
- naomi — the mother-in-law of Ruth and the great-grandmother of David. Ruth 1.
- ngaio — An evergreen tree, Myoporum laetum, native to New Zealand.
- nogai — a member of a people living in the Caucasus region.
- noria — a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- novia — a fiancée or bride.
- oaniu — Onitsha Ado National Improvement Union
- oasis — something serving as a refuge, relief, or pleasant change from what is usual, annoying, difficult, etc.: The library was an oasis of calm in the hectic city.
- oidia — one of the conidia that are borne in chains by certain fungi.
- okapi — an African mammal, Okapia johnstoni, closely related to and resembling the giraffe, but smaller and with a much shorter neck.
- okina — The Hawaiian apostrophe-like letter (\u02bb) used to indicate the glottal stop consonant.
- omani — of or relating to Oman or its people.
- omiya — a city on E Honshu, in Japan, NW of Tokyo.
- oriya — an Indic language spoken in Odisha, in eastern India.
- ossia — (music) In a musical score, an alternative version of the music, often just a few measures long.
- ostia — a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- ouida — Louise de la ("Ouida") 1839–1908, English novelist.