5-letter words containing l, a, o
- ebola — Also called Ebola fever, Ebola hemorrhagic fever, Ebola virus disease. a usually fatal disease, a type of hemorrhagic fever, caused by the Ebola virus and marked by high fever, severe gastrointestinal distress, and bleeding.
- faldo — Sir Nick , full name Nicholas Alexander Faldo, born 1957, English golfer: winner of the British Open Championship (1987, 1990, 1992) and the US Masters (1989, 1990, 1996)
- float — to rest or remain on the surface of a liquid; be buoyant: The hollow ball floated.
- flora — the plants of a particular region or period, listed by species and considered as a whole.
- flota — A fleet, especially a fleet of Spanish ships which formerly sailed every year from Cadiz to Vera Cruz, in Mexico, to transport to Spain the production of Spanish America.
- foals — Plural form of foal.
- focal — of or relating to a focus.
- folia — an early medieval Iberian dance accompanied by mime and songs, performed during celebrations of the solstice and New Year festivals.
- gallo — Robert (Charles) born 1937, U.S. scientist, specializing in cancer and AIDS research.
- galop — a lively round dance in duple time.
- gaols — Plural form of gaol.
- gloam — twilight; gloaming.
- gloar — (obsolete, intransitive) To squint; to stare.
- gloat — to look at or think about with great or excessive, often smug or malicious, satisfaction: The opposing team gloated over our bad luck.
- goals — the result or achievement toward which effort is directed; aim; end.
- golda — a female given name.
- goral — a short-horned goat antelope, Naemorhedus goral, of the mountainous regions of southeastern Asia: an endangered species.
- goyal — A ravine or other depression.
- hallo — the cry “hallo!”.
- halo- — indicating salt or the sea
- halon — Any of a number of unreactive gaseous compounds of carbon with bromine and other halogens, used in fire extinguishers, but now known to damage the ozone layer.
- halos — Plural form of halo.
- haole — (among Polynesian Hawaiians) a term used to refer to a non-Polynesian, especially a white person.
- holla — Used to call attention to something.
- horal — of or relating to an hour or hours; hourly.
- idola — Plural form of idolum.
- jaleo — A lively dance of Andalusian origin, or the music or handclapping which accompanies it.
- jalor — any of a wide variety of East Indian rowing and sailing ships.
- joual — any of the nonstandard dialects of Canadian French, characterized by deviations from the standard phonology, morphology, syntax, and vocabulary, and often containing many borrowings from English.
- kahlo — Frida [free-duh] /ˈfri də/ (Show IPA), 1907–54, Mexican painter (wife of Diego Rivera).
- kalon — Ideal perfect beauty in the physical and moral sense, especially as perceived by Greek philosophers.
- karol — a female given name.
- koala — a sluggish, tailless, gray, furry, arboreal marsupial, Phascolarctos cinereus, of Australia.
- kogal — (in Japan) a teenage girl or young woman noted for her busy social life and her purchase of designer clothes, accessories, and the latest electronic gadgets
- kolar — a city in SE Karnataka, in S India: rich mining district.
- koloa — a Hawaiian duck, Anas wyvilliana, related to the mallard, having a dusky greenish head and dark chestnut breast.
- labor — productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- labov — William, born 1927, U.S. linguist.
- ladon — a dragon having 100 heads and guarding the garden of the Hesperides: killed by Hercules.
- lagos — a seaport in SW Nigeria: former capital.
- lameo — (slang) A lame person; someone who is worthless or a loser.
- lando — died a.d. 914, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 913–914.
- laoag — a seaport on NW Luzon, in the N Philippines.
- 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.
- largo — a largo movement.
- lasso — a long rope or line of hide or other material with a running noose at one end, used for roping horses, cattle, etc.
- laton — Alternative form of latten.
- 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)
- lazzo — a comic routine in the commedia dell'arte, such as a dialogue on a contemporary political issue