5-letter words containing a
- auric — of or containing gold in the trivalent state
- aurum — gold
- aust. — Australia(n)
- austl — Australia
- 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.
- autry — Gene, 1907–1998, U.S. actor and singer.
- auxin — any of various plant hormones, such as indoleacetic acid, that promote growth and control fruit and flower development. Synthetic auxins are widely used in agriculture and horticulture
- avail — If you avail yourself of an offer or an opportunity, you accept the offer or make use of the opportunity.
- avale — (transitive, obsolete) To cause to descend; to lower; to let fall; to doff.
- avant — (obsolete) The front of an army; the vanguard.
- avast — stop! cease!
- avdp. — avoirdupois
- avens — any of several temperate or arctic rosaceous plants of the genus Geum, such as G. rivale (water avens), which has a purple calyx and orange-pink flowers
- avers — to assert or affirm with confidence; declare in a positive or peremptory manner.
- avert — If you avert something unpleasant, you prevent it from happening.
- avery — Milton, 1893–1965, U.S. painter.
- avgas — a type of aviation fuel, high in octane, used for aeroplanes and racing cars
- avian — of, relating to, or resembling a bird
- avila — a city in central Spain: 11th-century granite walls and Romanesque cathedral. Pop: 52 078 (2003 est)
- avile — (obsolete) To abase or debase; to vilify; to depreciate.
- avion — any machine that flies, such as an aeroplane
- avise — Obsolete spelling of advise.
- 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.
- avram — a male given name, form of Abram.
- awacs — airborne warning and control system
- await — If you await someone or something, you wait for them.
- awaji — an island in Japan, S of Honshu and N of Shikoku. 230 sq. mi. (596 sq. km).
- awake — Someone who is awake is not sleeping.
- award — An award is a prize or certificate that a person is given for doing something well.
- aware — If you are aware of something, you know about it.
- awari — An African game of strategy.
- awarn — to warn or put on one's guard
- awash — If the ground or a floor is awash, it is covered in water, often because of heavy rain or as the result of an accident.
- awave — in waves
- aways — to cease to live; undergo the complete and permanent cessation of all vital functions; become dead.
- aweel — oh, well then!
- awful — If you say that someone or something is awful, you dislike that person or thing or you think that they are not very good.
- awing — an overwhelming feeling of reverence, admiration, fear, etc., produced by that which is grand, sublime, extremely powerful, or the like: in awe of God; in awe of great political figures.
- awned — a bristlelike appendage of a plant, especially on the glumes of grasses.
- awner — a machine for removing awns from grain
- 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
- awwed — Simple past tense and past participle of aww.
- axels — Plural form of axel.