5-letter words containing ab
- label — a slip of paper, cloth, or other material, marked or inscribed, for attachment to something to indicate its manufacturer, nature, ownership, destination, etc.
- labia — plural of labium.
- labis — a spoon used to give the Eucharist to communicants
- labor — productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- labov — William, born 1927, U.S. linguist.
- labra — a lip or liplike part.
- lulab — lulav.
- mabel — a female given name.
- mabey — Misspelling of maybe.
- mable — a female given name.
- mabye — Misspelling of maybe.
- nabal — a wealthy Calebite, husband of Abigail, who refused rightful tribute to King David for protecting Nabal's flocks. I Sam. 25.
- nabes — a neighborhood movie theater.
- nabis — a prophet.
- nabob — any very wealthy, influential, or powerful person.
- nadab — a son of Aaron. Lev. 10.
- nawab — Also, nabob. a viceroy or deputy governor under the former Mogul empire in India.
- niqab — A veil worn by some Muslim women in public, covering all of the face apart from the eyes.
- pablo — a male given name, Spanish form of Paul.
- pabst — G(eorge) W(ilhelm). 1885–1967, German film director, whose films include Joyless Street (1925), Pandora's Box (1929), and The Last Act (1954)
- rabab — An Arabian stringed instrument, played by plucking or with a bow.
- rabal — the measurement and computation of the speed and direction of winds aloft by theodolitic tracking of a radiosonde.
- rabat — French Maroc. Spanish Marruecos. a kingdom in NW Africa: formed from a sultanate that was divided into two protectorates (French Morocco and Spanish Morocco) and an international zone. 172,104 sq. mi. (445,749 sq. km). Capital: Rabat. Compare Tangier Zone.
- rabbi — the chief religious official of a synagogue, trained usually in a theological seminary and duly ordained, who delivers the sermon at a religious service and performs ritualistic, pastoral, educational, and other functions in and related to his or her capacity as a spiritual leader of Judaism and the Jewish community. Compare cantor (def 2).
- rabes — Plural form of rabe.
- rabia — the fourth month of the Muslim calendar.
- rabic — an infectious disease of dogs, cats, and other animals, transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected animal and usually fatal if prophylactic treatment is not administered: caused by an RNA virus of the rhabdovirus group; hydrophobia.
- rabid — irrationally extreme in opinion or practice: a rabid isolationist; a rabid baseball fan.
- rabin — Yitzhak [yits-khahk] /yɪtsˈxɑk/ (Show IPA), 1922–95, Israeli military and political leader: prime minister 1974–77 and 1992–95: Nobel Peace Prize 1994.
- rabis — Alternative spelling of rabiz.
- rabiz — (music) A popular modern Armenian music style. Shows Middle Eastern influences and is related to Russian blatnyak and Azeri mugham. Considered tasteless and vulgar by educated people.
- rabot — a hardwood block used for rubbing marble before polishing.
- rahab — a harlot of Jericho who gave shelter to the two agents sent by Joshua to spy on the city. Josh. 2.
- rajab — the seventh month of the Muslim calendar.
- rebab — a Near Eastern fiddle having one to three strings and played with a bow.
- rehab — rehabilitation, especially a program or facility for treating persons addicted to drugs or alcohol or recovering from certain medical conditions: He's been sober since coming out of rehab. She checked into rehab after suffering a stroke.
- sabah — a state in Malaysia, on the N tip of Borneo: formerly a British crown colony. 29,347 sq. mi. (76,008 sq. km). Capital: Kota Kinabalu.
- sabal — a variety of palm tree
- saber — a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- sabin — Albert Bruce, 1906–93, U.S. physician, born in Poland: developed Sabin vaccine.
- sabir — lingua franca (def 2).
- sable — an Old World weasellike mammal, Mustela zibellina, of cold regions in Eurasia and the North Pacific islands, valued for its dark brown fur.
- sabot — a shoe made of a single block of wood hollowed out, worn especially by farmers and workers in the Netherlands, France, Belgium, etc.
- sabra — (sometimes initial capital letter) a person born in Israel.
- sabre — to strike, wound, or kill with a saber.
- scrab — to scratch or scrape
- shaba — a province in the SE Democratic Republic of the Congo: important mining area. 191,878 sq. mi. (496,964 sq. km). Capital: Lubumbashi.
- squab — a nestling pigeon, marketed when fully grown but still unfledged.
- tabby — a cat with a striped or brindled coat.
- tabdt — typhoid A and B, diphtheria and tetanus: a vaccine against typhoid A and B, diphtheria and tetanus