5-letter words containing o, s, a
- samos — one of a series of U.S. reconnaissance satellites.
- sampo — a magical object or substance that was stolen by Ilmarinen, Vainamoinen, and Lemminkainen from Louhi because of its powers.
- sango — a Niger-Congo language of the Adamawa-Eastern branch, used as a lingua franca in the Central African Republic.
- santo — a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- saola — a small bovine mammal, Pseudoryx nghetinhensis,native to Vietnam and Laos
- saona — an island in the Caribbean Sea, S of the SE Dominican Republic coast. About 13 miles (21 km) long.
- saone — a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- sapor — the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste; savor; flavor.
- sargo — a silvery grunt, Anisotremus davidsonii, inhabiting waters off the coasts of California and Mexico, having blackish markings and yellowish fins.
- sarod — a lute of northern India, played with a bow.
- saros — Gulf of, an inlet of the Aegean, N of the Gallipoli Peninsula. 37 miles (60 km) long; 22 miles (35 km) wide.
- sarto — Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- savor — the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste or of smell.
- savoy — a member of the royal house of Italy that ruled from 1861 to 1946.
- saxon — a member of a Germanic people in ancient times dwelling near the mouth of the Elbe, a portion of whom invaded and occupied parts of Britain in the 5th and 6th centuries.
- sayao — Bidú [bee-doo;; Portuguese bih-doo] /ˈbi du;; Portuguese bɪˈdu/ (Show IPA), (Balduina de Oliveira Sayão) 1902–1999, Brazilian soprano.
- sayon — a sleeveless tunic worn by lower-class men during the Middle Ages
- scopa — pollen brush.
- seato — an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- shaco — An early system on the IBM 701.
- shako — a military cap in the form of a cylinder or truncated cone, with a visor and a plume or pompon.
- shamo — a desert in E Asia, mostly in Mongolia. About 500,000 sq. mi. (1,295,000 sq. km).
- shoad — float (def 43).
- shoah — the Holocaust.
- shoal — any large number of persons or things.
- shoat — Also, shote. a young, weaned pig.
- shola — a high-altitude evergreen forest in southern India
- shona — Also called Mashona. a member of a group of peoples constituting more than two thirds of the population of Zimbabwe.
- showa — ("Showa") 1901–89, emperor of Japan 1926–89.
- skoal — a toast.
- skoda — Emil von [e-mil-fuh n] /ˈɛ mɪl fən/ (Show IPA), 1839–1900, Czech engineer and manufacturer of artillery.
- sloan — John, 1871–1951, U.S. painter.
- sloka — a couplet or distich of Sanskrit verse, especially one with each line containing 16 syllables.
- so as — in order (to)
- soane — Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- soapy — containing or impregnated with soap: soapy water.
- soare — a young hawk
- soave — a dry, white wine from Verona, Italy.
- sodas — [D.L. Parnas & J.A. Darringer. Proc FJCC 31:449-474, AFIPS (Fall 1967)].
- sofar — a system for determining a position at sea by exploding a charge under water and measuring the time the shock waves take to reach three widely separated shore stations at known distances from each other.
- sofia — a republic in SE Europe. 42,800 sq. mi. (110,850 sq. km). Capital: Sofia.
- softa — a Turkish Muslim theological student.
- sogat — Society of Graphical and Allied Trades
- solan — a gannet.
- solar — of or relating to the sun: solar phenomena.
- soman — an organophosphorus compound developed as a nerve gas in Germany during World War II
- sonal — pertaining to sound; sonic.
- sonar — a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- sonia — a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- sonya — a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.