5-letter words containing a
- bejas — a member of a group of nomadic, predominantly Muslim peoples of northeastern Sudan.
- bekaa — a broad valley in central Lebanon, between the Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon Mountains
- bekah — a half shekel
- belah — an Australian casuarina tree, Casuarina cristata, yielding a useful timber
- belau — Palau
- belay — to make fast (a line) by securing to a pin, cleat, or bitt
- belga — a former Belgian monetary unit worth five francs
- bella — a feminine name
- bemad — to cause to become mad
- bemba — a member of a Negroid people of Africa, living chiefly in Zambia on a high infertile plateau
- benda — Julien (ʒyljɑ̃). 1867–1956, French philosopher and novelist, who defended reason and intellect and attacked the influence of Bergson: author of La Trahison des clercs (1927)
- benga — a Kenyan popular music featuring guitars
- bepat — to pat
- berar — a region of W central India: part of Maharashtra state since 1956; important for cotton growing
- berat — a city in S central Albania.
- beray — to soil, dirty, defile
- berea — a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
- beria — Lavrenti Pavlovich (laˈvrjentij ˈpavləvitʃ). 1899–1953, Soviet chief of secret police; killed by his associates shortly after Stalin's death
- berra — Lawrence Peter ("Yogi") born 1925, U.S. baseball player and manager.
- betta — any of a genus (Betta) of brightly colored gouramies of Southeast Asia, esp. an aquarium species (B. splendens)
- bevan — a stupid or unfashionable male
- bhaji — A bhaji is a small piece of food of Indian origin, made of vegetables fried in batter with spices.
- bhang — a preparation of the leaves and flower tops of Indian hemp, which has psychoactive properties: much used in India
- bhave — Vinoba [vee-noh-buh] /viˈnoʊ bə/ (Show IPA), 1895–1982, Indian religious leader and mystic.
- bhuna — an Indian dish or sauce in which spices are dry-roasted in a pan and then combined with a moistening agent such as yogurt or water
- bialy — (in Polish Ashkenazi cuisine) a type of bagel
- bigha — (in India) a unit for measuring land
- bihar — a state of NE India: consists of part of the Ganges plain; important for rice: lost the S to the new state of Jharkhand in 2000. Capital: Patna. Pop: 82 878 796 (2001). Area: 99 225 sq km (38 301 sq miles)
- bimah — a raised platform in a synagogue, from which the Torah is read
- binal — twofold; double
- biota — the plant and animal life of a particular region or period
- black — lacking hue and brightness; absorbing light without reflecting any of the rays composing it.
- blade — The blade of a knife, axe, or saw is the edge, which is used for cutting.
- blaes — hardened clay or shale, esp when crushed and used to form the top layer of a sports pitch: bluish-grey or reddish in colour
- blaeu — Willem Janszoon [vil-uh m yahn-suh n,, -sohn] /ˈvɪl əm ˈyɑn sən,, -soʊn/ (Show IPA), 1571–1638, Dutch cartographer, geographer, astronomer, and mathematician.
- blaff — a West Indian seafood stew
- blahs — nonsense; rubbish: What they say is blah.
- blain — a blister, blotch, or sore on the skin
- blair — Tony, full name Anthony Charles Lynton Blair. born 1953, British politician; leader of the Labour Party (1994–2007); prime minister (1997–2007); Middle East peace envoy (2007–2015)
- blais — Marie-Claire [muh-ree-klair] /məˈriˈklɛər/ (Show IPA), born 1939, Canadian poet and novelist.
- blake — Sir Peter. born 1932, British painter, a leading exponent of pop art in the 1960s: co-founder of the Brotherhood of Ruralists (1969)
- blame — If you blame a person or thing for something bad, you believe or say that they are responsible for it or that they caused it.
- blanc — (Jean Joseph Charles) Louis (lwi). 1811–82, French socialist and historian: author of L'Organisation du travail (1840), in which he advocated the establishment of cooperative workshops subsidized by the state
- bland — If you describe someone or something as bland, you mean that they are rather dull and unexciting.
- blank — Something that is blank has nothing on it.
- blare — If something such as a siren or radio blares or if you blare it, it makes a loud, unpleasant noise.
- blart — to sound loudly and harshly
- blase — If you describe someone as blasé, you mean that they are not easily impressed, excited, or worried by things, usually because they have seen or experienced them before.
- blash — a heavy splash
- blast — A blast is a big explosion, especially one caused by a bomb.