5-letter words containing io
- helio — a heliogram.
- idio- — indicating peculiarity, isolation, or that which pertains to an individual person or thing
- idiom — an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements, as kick the bucket or hang one's head, or from the general grammatical rules of a language, as the table round for the round table, and that is not a constituent of a larger expression of like characteristics.
- idiot — Informal. an utterly foolish or senseless person: If you think you can wear that outfit to a job interview and get hired, you're an idiot!
- ilio- — ilium
- ilion — Greek name of ancient Troy.
- indio — a town in S California.
- inion — a point at the external occipital protuberance of the skull.
- iodic — containing iodine, especially in the pentavalent state.
- iodin — a nonmetallic halogen element occurring at ordinary temperatures as a grayish-black crystalline solid that sublimes to a dense violet vapor when heated: used in medicine as an antiseptic. Symbol: I; atomic weight: 126.904; atomic number: 53; specific gravity: (solid) 4.93 at 20°C.
- iodo- — indicating iodine
- ionia — an ancient region on the W coast of Asia Minor and on adjacent islands in the Aegean: colonized by the ancient Greeks.
- ionic — Architecture. noting or pertaining to one of the five classical orders that in ancient Greece consisted of a fluted column with a molded base and a capital composed of four volutes, usually parallel to the architrave with a pulvinus connecting a pair on each side of the column, and an entablature typically consisting of an architrave of three fascias, a richly ornamented frieze, and a cornice corbeled out on egg-and-dart and dentil moldings, with the frieze sometimes omitted. Roman and Renaissance examples are often more elaborate, and usually set the volutes of the capitals at 45° to the architrave. Compare composite (def 3), Corinthian (def 2), Doric (def 3), Tuscan (def 2).
- iot&e — Initial Operational Test and Evaluation
- iotas — Plural form of iota.
- iowan — of or relating to Iowa.
- ixion — a king who was punished by Zeus for his love for Hera by being bound on an eternally revolving wheel in Tartarus.
- julio — (historical) A former coin of Italy, struck by Pope Julius II (1503-13).
- khios — Greek name of Chios.
- kioga — Lake, a lake in central Uganda. About 1000 sq. mi. (2600 sq. km).
- kiosk — a small structure having one or more sides open, used as a newsstand, refreshment stand, bandstand, etc.
- kioto — a city on S Honshu, in central Japan: the capital of Japan a.d. 794–1868.
- kiowa — a member of a Plains Indian people of the southwestern U.S.
- kriol — a creole language used by Aboriginal communities in the northern regions of Australia, developed from Northern Territory pidgin
- lazio — a region of W central Italy, on the Tyrrhenian Sea: includes the plain of the lower Tiber, the reclaimed Pontine Marshes, and Campagna. Capital: Rome. Pop: 5 145 805 (2003 est)
- lions — a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
- mario — a male given name: from the Roman family name Marius.
- ngaio — An evergreen tree, Myoporum laetum, native to New Zealand.
- niobe — the daughter of Tantalus and wife of Amphion of Thebes. She provoked Apollo and Artemis to vengeance by taunting their mother, Leto, with the number and beauty of her own children; Niobe's children were slain and Zeus turned her into stone, in which state she continued to weep over her loss.
- niort — a department in W France. 2338 sq. mi. (6055 sq. km). Capital: Niort.
- niosh — National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
- novio — a fiancé or bridegroom.
- olios — Plural form of olio.
- onion — a plant, Allium cepa, of the amaryllis family, having an edible, succulent, pungent bulb.
- orion — a Boeotian giant famed as a great hunter, who figures in several tales
- patio — an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- pious — having or showing a dutiful spirit of reverence for God or an earnest wish to fulfill religious obligations.
- plio- — greater in size, extent, degree, etc; more
- polio — poliomyelitis.
- prion — a tiny proteinaceous particle, likened to viruses and viroids, but having no genetic component, thought to be an infectious agent in bovine spongiform encephalopathy, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, and similar encephalopathies.
- prior — preceding in time or in order; earlier or former; previous: A prior agreement prevents me from accepting this.
- psion — (company) The UK company that produced the Psion Organiser. They also wrote software for the Sinclair QL.
- radio — wireless telegraphy or telephony: speeches broadcast by radio.
- ratio — the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second: the ratio of 5 to 2, written 5:2 or 5/2.
- rioja — a city in W Argentina.
- scion — a descendant.
- sioux — Dakota (defs 4, 6).
- sohio — An early system on the IBM 705.
- thio- — indicating that a chemical compound contains sulphur, esp denoting that a compound is derived from a specified compound by the replacement of an oxygen atom with a sulphur atom
- thiol — mercaptan.