5-letter words containing a, d
- 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.
- 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.
- afald — single; sole
- agada — the nonlegal or narrative material, as parables, maxims, or anecdotes, in the Talmud and other rabbinical literature, serving either to illustrate the meaning or purpose of the law, custom, or Biblical passage being discussed or to introduce a different, unrelated topic.
- agade — a city on the Euphrates in N Babylonia, the centre of a major empire and civilization (2360–2180 bc)
- agend — Obsolete form of agendum.
- agood — in a serious or earnest manner
- agued — of or relating to suffering from fever
- ahead — Something that is ahead is in front of you. If you look ahead, you look directly in front of you.
- ahind — behind
- ahold — a hold
- aidan — Saint. died 651 ad, Irish missionary in Northumbria, who founded the monastery at Lindisfarne (635). Feast day: Aug 31
- aided — to provide support for or relief to; help: to aid the homeless victims of the fire.
- aider — to provide support for or relief to; help: to aid the homeless victims of the fire.
- aides — nurse's aide.
- aidid — (zoology) Any member of the Aididae.
- aidos — shame
- ailed — to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- aimed — to position or direct (a firearm, ball, arrow, rocket, etc.) so that, on firing or release, the discharged projectile will hit a target or travel along a certain path.
- aired — a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- akkad — a city on the Euphrates in N Babylonia, the centre of a major empire and civilization (2360–2180 bc)
- aland — to land, on land, ashore
- alcid — any of twenty-two species of oceanic birds of the family Alcidae
- aldan — a river in E Russia in the SE Sakha Republic, rising in the Aldan Mountains and flowing north and west to the Lena River. Length: about 2700 km (1700 miles)
- aldat — (language) A database language, based on extended algebra.
- aldea — a village or a villa in Portugal or a Portuguese colony
- alden — John1599?-1687; Pilgrim settler in Plymouth Colony: character in Longfellow's poem “The Courtship of Miles Standish”
- alder — An alder is a species of tree or shrub that grows especially in cool, damp places and loses its leaves in winter.
- aldes — ALgorithm DEScription
- aldol — a colourless or yellowish oily liquid, miscible with water, used in the manufacture of rubber accelerators, as an organic solvent, in perfume, and as a hypnotic and sedative. Formula: CH3CHOHCH2CHO
- algid — chilly or cold
- alkyd — containing an alkyd resin
- allod — allodium
- almud — a unit of volume in various countries, most notably Spain, where it is roughly equivalent to 4.63 litres
- aloed — containing, or shaded by, aloes
- aloud — When you say something, read, or laugh aloud, you speak or laugh so that other people can hear you.
- amado — Jorge (ˈʒɔrʒə ) ; zhôrˈzhə) 1912-2001; Brazilian writer
- amend — If you amend something that has been written such as a law, or something that is said, you change it in order to improve it or make it more accurate.
- amida — a paradise believed by the followers of a Mahayana sect (Pure Land sect) to be ruled over by a Buddha (Amida) whose hope it is to bring all beings into it.
- amide — any organic compound containing the functional group -CONH2
- amido — of an amide or amides
- amiid — (zoology) Any member of the Amiidae.
- amped — amplifier (def 2).
- anded — Simple past tense and past participle of and.
- andes — a major mountain system of South America, extending for about 7250 km (4500 miles) along the entire W coast, with several parallel ranges or cordilleras and many volcanic peaks: rich in minerals, including gold, silver, copper, iron ore, and nitrates. Average height: 3900 m (13 000 ft). Highest peak: Aconcagua, 6960 m (22 835 ft)
- andie — a male or female given name.
- andre — John. 1751–80, British major who was hanged as a spy for conspiring with Benedict Arnold during the War of American Independence
- andro — (informal) androstenedione.