5-letter words containing a
- atimy — a public loss of honour or withdrawal of civil liberties
- atlas — An atlas is a book of maps.
- atman — the personal soul or self; the thinking principle as manifested in consciousness
- atmen — the principle of life.
- atmo- — air or vapour
- atmos — Plural form of atmo.
- atnas — Ahtna.
- 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
- atrac — Adaptive TRansform Acoustic Coding
- atray — (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To vex; trouble; frighten; torment; harass.
- atrek — a river arising in NE Iran, flowing W, then along the Iran-Turkmenistan border, and through Turkmenistan into the Caspian Sea. About 300 miles (485 km) long.
- atria — Architecture. Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water. a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church. a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
- atrip — (of an anchor) no longer caught on the bottom; tripped; aweigh
- attal — Alternative form of ettle.
- attap — a flowering palm tree of South Asia found in saline coastal habitats
- attar — an essential oil from flowers, esp the damask rose, used pure or as a base for perfume
- atter — (archaic, or, UK dialectal) Poison, venom, especially of a venomous animal.
- attic — An attic is a room at the top of a house just below the roof.
- attid — (zoology) Any member of the Attidae.
- attis — a youth of Phrygia, loved by the goddess Cybele. In a jealous passion she caused him to go mad, whereupon he castrated himself and died
- atto- — denoting 10–18
- auber — Daniel François Esprit (danjɛl frɑ̃swa ɛspri). 1782–1871, French composer, who was prominent in development of opéra comique. His works include 48 operas
- audax — (cycling) A non-competitive long-distance (often over 200 km) cycling event.
- auden — W(ystan) H(ugh). 1907–73, US poet, dramatist, critic, and librettist, born in Britain; noted for his lyric and satirical poems and for plays written in collaboration with Christopher Isherwood
- audie — a female or male given name.
- audio — Audio equipment is used for recording and reproducing sound.
- audit — When an accountant audits an organization's accounts, he or she examines the accounts officially in order to make sure that they have been done correctly.
- auger — a hand tool with a bit shaped like a corkscrew, for boring holes in wood
- auget — (mining) A priming tube connecting the charge chamber with the gallery, or place where the slow match is applied.
- aught — anything at all; anything whatever (esp in the phrase for aught I know)
- augur — If something augurs well or badly for a person or a future situation, it is a sign that things will go well or badly.
- aulic — relating to a royal court
- aulis — an ancient town in E central Greece, in Boeotia: traditionally the harbour from which the Greeks sailed at the beginning of the Trojan war
- aulos — an ancient Greek woodwind instrument with a double reed, similar to an oboe
- aumil — a native manager or revenue collector in India
- aunis — a historic region in W France, on the Atlantic coast, earlier part of Aquitaine.
- aunts — Plural form of aunt.
- aunty — auntie.
- aurae — a distinctive and pervasive quality or character; air; atmosphere: an aura of respectability; an aura of friendliness.
- aural — Aural means related to the sense of hearing. Compare acoustic.
- aurar — eyrir
- auras — Plural form of aura.
- aurei — a gold coin and monetary unit of ancient Rome, from Caesar to Constantine I.