5-letter words starting with a
- apage — go away!
- apart — When people or things are apart, they are some distance from each other.
- apast — past; beyond.
- apeak — in a vertical or almost vertical position
- apeek — (of a ship) directly over the anchor
- apepi — Apophis.
- apert — open, unconcealed
- apery — imitative behaviour; mimicry
- apgar — Virginia, 1909–74, U.S. physician: developed test to evaluate health of newborns.
- aphid — Aphids are very small insects which live on plants and suck their juices.
- aphis — any of various aphids constituting the genus Aphis, such as the blackfly
- apian — of, relating to, or resembling bees
- aping — any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- apiol — an aromatic compound derived from parsley seeds or oil, formerly used to treat menstrual disorders
- apish — stupid; foolish
- apism — the act of aping
- apnea — temporary stopping of breathing
- apoc. — Apocalypse
- apode — An animal that has no feet or footlike organs.
- apols — (UK, informal) Apologies.
- apoop — on the poop deck, astern
- aport — on or towards the port side
- appal — If something appals you, it disgusts you because it seems so bad or unpleasant.
- appar — Apparently.
- appel — a stamp of the foot, used to warn of one's intent to attack
- appia — Adolphe [French a-dawlf] /French aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1862–1928, Swiss stage designer and theatrical producer.
- apple — An apple is a round fruit with smooth green, yellow, or red skin and firm white flesh.
- apply — If you apply for something such as a job or membership of an organization, you write a letter or fill in a form in order to ask formally for it.
- appro — (of a purchase) approval: on appro.
- appui — a support or supporter
- appuy — to support, or to post troops to a position which provides defensive support
- apres — after
- april — April is the fourth month of the year in the Western calendar.
- apron — An apron is a piece of clothing that you put on over the front of your normal clothes and tie round your waist, especially when you are cooking, in order to prevent your clothes from getting dirty.
- apses — Plural form of apse.
- apsis — either of two points lying at the extremities of an eccentric orbit of a planet, satellite, etc, such as the aphelion and perihelion of a planet or the apogee and perigee of the moon. The line of apsides connects two such points and is the principal axis of the orbit
- apter — inclined; disposed; given; prone: too apt to slander others.
- aptly — inclined; disposed; given; prone: too apt to slander others.
- apure — a river in W Venezuela, rising in the Andes and flowing east to the Orinoco. Length: about 676 km (420 miles)
- aqaba — the only port in Jordan, in the southwest, on the Gulf of Aqaba. Pop: 80 790 (2004)
- aquae — Chiefly Pharmacology. water. a liquid. a solution, especially in water.
- aquas — Plural form of aqua.
- aquit — Misspelling of acquit.
- ara-a — an antiviral drug, C10H13N5O4H2O, that prevents DNA synthesis; used to treat certain herpes infections
- ara-c — a toxic synthetic nucleoside, C 9 H 13 N 3 O 5 , used as an immunosuppressive and cytotoxic agent in the treatment of certain leukemias.
- araba — an Asian carriage, wagon or cart that is drawn by horses or oxen
- araby — Arabia
- arage — (obsolete, transitive) To enrage.
- araki — A date liquor distilled illegally in Sudan.
- araks — river flowing from E Turkey along the S border of Armenia & Azerbaijan, into the Kura River and the Caspian Sea: c. 600 mi (966 km)