5-letter words containing b
- ablet — a small freshwater fish, Leuciscus alburnus
- ablow — in bloom; blossoming
- abmho — a unit of electrical conductance
- abner — a masculine name
- abode — Your abode is the place where you live.
- abohm — the cgs unit of resistance in the electromagnetic system: equivalent to 10-9 ohm
- aboil — boiling
- aboma — a large South American snake, Boa aboma
- abood — Obsolete spelling of abode.
- abord — to approach or accost someone
- abore — Simple past form of abear (carry, bear; develop; put up with, thole, tolerate, abide).
- aborn — Born, begotten, created, developed.
- abort — If an unborn baby is aborted, the pregnancy is ended deliberately and the baby is not born alive.
- about — You use about to introduce who or what something relates to or concerns.
- above — If one thing is above another one, it is directly over it or higher than it.
- abowt — Obsolete spelling of about.
- abram — auburn
- abray — to awake
- abrim — filled to the brim
- abrin — a highly poisonous compound found in the seed of the Indian liquorice (Abrus precatorius)
- abris — a shelter, especially a dugout.
- abset — (language) An early declarative language from the University of Aberdeen.
- absit — permission for a student to be absent from university for a short period
- absys — (language) An early declarative language from the University of Aberdeen which anticipated a number of features of Prolog.
- abuja — the federal capital of Nigeria, in the centre of the country. Pop: 467 000 (2005 est)
- abuna — the title given to the head of the Ethiopian Orthodox church
- abura — A medium-sized tropical African tree, Mitragyne macrophylla, from the family Loganiaceae.R:MW3 1976 page=8(First attested in the mid 20th century.)0.
- aburn — Burning.
- abury — Avebury (def 2).
- abuse — Abuse of someone is cruel and violent treatment of them.
- abuts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abut.
- abutt — Archaic form of abut.
- abuzz — If someone says that a place is abuzz with rumours or plans, they mean that everyone there is excited about them.
- abyla — a mountain at Ceuta, N Africa
- abysm — an abyss
- abyss — An abyss is a very deep hole in the ground.
- abzug — Bella (Savitzky) [suh-vit-skee] /səˈvɪt ski/ (Show IPA), 1920–98, U.S. politician and women's-rights activist: congresswoman 1971–76.
- acerb — bitter or sour
- achab — Ahab (def 1).
- adlib — Alternative spelling of ad-lib.
- adobe — Adobe is a mixture of mud and straw that is dried into bricks in the sun and used for building, especially in hot countries.
- adobo — the national dish of the Philippines, which consists of chunks of meat, fish, or vegetables, marinated in vinegar, soy sauce, garlic, and spices and then stewed in the marinade
- akaba — a seaport in SW Jordan, at the N end of the Gulf of Aqaba.
- akbar — called Akbar the Great. 1542–1605, Mogul emperor of India (1556–1605), who extended the Mogul empire to include N India
- akebi — a climbing vine, Akebia quinata, of eastern Asia, bearing inconspicuous flowers and purple, edible berries, grown as an ornamental in the U.S.
- akyab — former name of Sittwe.
- alban — Saint. 3rd century ad, the first English martyr. He was beheaded by the Romans on the site on which St Alban's Abbey now stands, for admitting his conversion to Christianity. Feast day: June 17
- albay — former name of Legaspi.
- albee — Edward. 1928–2016, US dramatist. His plays include Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1962), Seascape (1975), Marriage Play (1986), Three Tall Women (1990), and Goat (2004)
- album — An album is a record with about 25 minutes of music on each side. You can also refer to a collection of songs that is available on a record or CD as an album.