5-letter words containing o, a
- asbos — Plural form of asbo.
- asco- — indicating a bladder or ascus
- ascon — a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- ascot — a cravat with wide square ends, usually secured with an ornamental stud
- askoi — an oil or wine jar, characterized by an ellipsoidal body and a short, flanged spout from which a thin handle extends in an arc to join the back of the jar.
- askos — a small, flat receptacle used in Ancient Greece for storing and pouring liquids, esp oil
- asoka — died 232 bc, Indian emperor (?273–232 bc), who elevated Buddhism to the official state religion
- aspol — A Simulation Process-Oriented Language
- aspro — an associate professor at an academic institution
- assot — to (cause to) be or become obsessed or captivated
- aston — Francis William. 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist, who developed the first mass spectrograph, using it to investigate the isotopic structures of elements: Nobel prize for chemistry 1922
- astor — John Jacob, 1st Baron Astor of Hever. 1886–1971, British proprietor of The Times (1922–66)
- athol — a city in central Massachusetts.
- athos — Mount, the easternmost of three prongs of the peninsula of Chalcidice, in NE Greece: site of an autonomous theocracy constituted of 20 monasteries. 131 sq. mi. (340 sq. km); about 35 miles (56 km) long.
- atmo- — air or vapour
- atmos — Plural form of atmo.
- atoke — a part of a worm, of the class Polychaeta, which has no sexual characteristics or is incapable of sexual procreation
- atole — A thick drink or thin gruel made from cornmeal.
- atoll — An atoll is a ring of coral rock, or a group of coral islands surrounding a lagoon.
- atoms — The basic unit of a chemical element.
- atomy — an atom or minute particle
- atone — If you atone for something that you have done, you do something to show that you are sorry you did it.
- atony — lack of normal tone or tension, as in muscles; abnormal relaxation of a muscle
- atopy — a hereditary tendency to be hypersensitive to certain allergens
- atto- — denoting 10–18
- audio — Audio equipment is used for recording and reproducing sound.
- aulos — an ancient Greek woodwind instrument with a double reed, similar to an oboe
- auto- — self; same; of or by the same one
- auton — (science fiction) A machine or robot, usually in the form of a living being, designed to follow a precise sequence of instructions.
- autos — Plural form of auto.
- avion — any machine that flies, such as an aeroplane
- aviso — a boat carrying messages; a dispatch-boat
- avoid — If you avoid something unpleasant that might happen, you take action in order to prevent it from happening.
- avoke — (obsolete) To call from or back again.
- avows — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of avow.
- awoke — Awoke is the past tense of awake.
- awols — a soldier or other military person who is absent from duty without leave.
- awork — at work, busy
- axiom — An axiom is a statement or idea which people accept as being true.
- axion — a hypothetical neutral elementary particle postulated to account for certain conservation laws in the strong interaction
- axoid — a curve formed by a point revolving around an advancing axis
- axone — Cell Biology. the appendage of the neuron that transmits impulses away from the cell body.
- axons — Plural form of axon.
- ayont — beyond
- ayous — the wood of the obeche.
- azapo — Azanian People's Organization
- azido — pertaining to or containing an azide
- azlon — a textile fibre made from protein
- azoic — without life; characteristic of the ages that have left no evidence of life in the form of organic remains
- azole — an organic five-membered ring compound containing one or more atoms in the ring, the number usually being specified by a prefix