5-letter words starting with a
- arame — a dark brown or black seaweed, Eisenia bicyclis (or Ecklonia bicyclis), that is used in Japanese cuisine
- arany — János (ˈjaːnoʃ). 1817–82, Hungarian epic poet, ballad writer, and scholar
- arawn — the lord of Annwfn.
- araxa — a city in E Brazil.
- arber — Werner. born 1929, Swiss microbiologist, noted for his work on restriction enzymes. Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1978
- arbil — Erbil.
- arbit — (India, colloquial) Strange, random or weird.
- arbor — An arbor is a shelter in a garden which is formed by leaves and stems of plants growing close together over a light framework.
- arbus — Diane, original name Diane Nemerov. 1923–71, US photographer, noted esp for her portraits of vagrants, dwarfs, transvestites, etc
- arcas — a son of Zeus and Callisto, the ancestor of the Arcadians who was set among the stars with his mother as the Little Bear and the Great Bear respectively.
- arced — Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- arch- — Arch- combines with nouns referring to people to form new nouns that refer to people who are extreme examples of something. For example, your arch-rival is the rival you most want to beat.
- archy — a male given name, form of Archibald.
- arcid — (zoology) Any of the Arcidae; an ark shell.
- arcus — an arcus senilis
- ardeb — a unit of dry measure used in Egypt and other Middle Eastern countries. In Egypt it is approximately equal to 0.195 cubic metres
- arden — John. (1930–2012) British dramatist and novelist. His plays include Serjeant Musgrave's Dance (1959) and The Workhouse Donkey (1963); novels include Silence Among the Weapons (1982): he often worked in collaboration with his wife Margaretta D'Arcy
- ardor — emotional warmth; passion
- ardri — an Irish high king
- aread — to declare
- areal — any particular extent of space or surface; part: the dark areas in the painting; the dusty area of the room.
- arear — Backward; in or to the rear; behindhand.
- areas — Plural form of area.
- areca — any of various tall palms of the genus Areca, which are native to SE Asia and have white flowers and orange or red egg-shaped nuts
- areet — (Northern England) eye dialect of all right.
- arefy — to dry
- areic — relating to division by area
- arena — An arena is a place where sports, entertainments, and other public events take place. It has seats around it where people sit and watch.
- arene — an aromatic hydrocarbon
- arent — A kind of anthropogenic soil, with deep mixing due to ploughing, digging, etc.
- arepa — a Colombian cornmeal cake
- arere — backwards
- arete — sharp ridge separating two glacial valleys
- arexx — (language) REXX for the Amiga.
- argal — argol
- argan — a thorny evergreen tree, Argania spinosa, native to SW Morocco, the plum-sized fruit of which contains a nut that yields an oil valued for cooking
- argie — a term used to refer to an Argentine.
- argil — clay, esp potters' clay
- argle — to argue or dispute (about)
- argol — crude potassium hydrogentartrate, deposited as a crust on the sides of wine vats
- argon — Argon is an inert gas which exists in very small amounts in the atmosphere. It is used in electric lights.
- argos — an ancient city in SE Greece, in the NE Peloponnese: one of the oldest Greek cities, it dominated the Peloponnese in the 7th century bc. Pop (municipality): 29 505 (2001)
- argot — An argot is a special language used by a particular group of people, which other people find difficult to understand.
- argue — If one person argues with another, they speak angrily to each other about something that they disagree about. You can also say that two people argue.
- argun — a river in NE Asia, forming part of the boundary between the Russian Federation and China. About 450 miles (725 km) long.
- argus — any of various brown butterflies, esp the Scotch argus (Erebia aethiops) found on moorland and in forests up to a height of 2000 m
- arhat — a Buddhist, esp a monk who has achieved enlightenment and at death passes to nirvana
- arhus — a city and port in Denmark, in E Jutland. Pop: 228 547 (2004 est)
- arian — of, relating to, or characterizing Arius or Arianism
- arias — a nymph, the mother of Miletus, by Apollo.