5-letter words starting with a
- 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
- adolf — a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “noble” and “wolf.”.
- adopt — If you adopt a new attitude, plan, or way of behaving, you begin to have it.
- adore — If you adore someone, you feel great love and admiration for them.
- adorn — If something adorns a place or an object, it makes it look more beautiful.
- adour — a river in SW France, flowing N from the Pyrenees and then W to the Bay of Biscay. 210 miles (338 km) long.
- adowa — Adwa
- adown — down, downward
- adoze — asleep; dozing
- adpcm — Adaptive Digital Pulse Code Modulation
- adrad — afraid
- adret — a side of a mountain receiving direct sunlight.
- adrip — Dripping.
- adsum — I am present
- adult — An adult is a mature, fully developed person. An adult has reached the age when they are legally responsible for their actions.
- adunc — hooked; curved inward
- adure — (obsolete) To burn up.
- adust — dried up or darkened by heat; burnt or scorched
- aduwa — a town in N Ethiopia: Emperor Menelik II defeated the Italians here in 1896. Pop: 46 272 (2005 est)
- advew — to look at
- adyta — (in ancient worship) a sacred place that the public was forbidden to enter; an inner shrine.
- adzed — an axlike tool, for dressing timbers roughly, with a curved, chisellike steel head mounted at a right angle to the wooden handle.
- adzes — Plural form of adze.
- aeaea — the island inhabited by Circe.
- aecia — the fruiting body of rust fungi, which bears chainlike or stalked spores.
- aedes — any mosquito of the genus Aedes (formerly Stegomyia) of tropical and subtropical regions, esp A. aegypti, which transmits yellow fever and dengue
- aedon — a daughter of Pandareus who mistakenly killed her son. Zeus took pity on her and turned her into a nightingale.
- aegae — ancient name of Edessa, a market town in Greece: ancient capital of Macedonia. Pop: 15 980 (latest est)
- aeger — (dated, British school slang) Absent and excused from one\u2019s classes due to illness.
- aegir — the god of the sea
- aegis — sponsorship or protection; auspices (esp in the phrase under the aegis of)
- aeons — Plural form of aeon.
- aeri- — aero-
- aeria — an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars.
- aerie — the nest of an eagle or other bird of prey that builds in a high place
- aero- — aero- is used at the beginning of words, especially nouns, that refer to things or activities connected with air or movement through the air.
- aesir — the chief gods of Norse mythology dwelling in Asgard
- aesop — ?620–564 bc, Greek author of fables in which animals are given human characters and used to satirize human failings
- aetna — Mount Etna
- aevum — (philosophy) the mean between time and eternity; the state of being of the angels and saints in heaven.
- afaik — as far as I know
- afald — single; sole
- afara — a tall W African hardwood tree
- afear — to frighten or make afraid
- affix — If you affix one thing to another, you stick it or attach it to the other thing.
- affor — Alternative spelling of afore.
- afire — If something is afire or is set afire, it is on fire or looks as if it is on fire.
- aflat — (obsolete) Level with the ground; flat.
- aflex — (tool) A Lex-like scanner generator that produce Ada output from IRUS (Irvine Research Unit in Software). aflex comes with ayacc. Version 1.2a. Mailing list: <[email protected]>.
- afnor — Association Française de Normalisation: the standards organization of France