5-letter words containing o
- alosa — Shad.
- alose — A fish, the European shad (Alosa alosa); the allice or allis.
- alost — a town in central Belgium, in East Flanders province. Pop: 76 852 (2004 est)
- aloud — When you say something, read, or laugh aloud, you speak or laugh so that other people can hear you.
- alsop — Joseph W(right) 1910–1989, U.S. political journalist and writer.
- altho — (informal, chiefly, US) alternative spelling of although.
- alto- — high
- alton — a city in SW Illinois.
- altos — Plural form of alto.
- amado — Jorge (ˈʒɔrʒə ) ; zhôrˈzhə) 1912-2001; Brazilian writer
- amaro — An Italian herbal liqueur.
- amato — Pasquale [puh-skwah-lee,, -ley;; Italian pahs-kwah-le] /pəˈskwɑ li,, -leɪ;; Italian pɑsˈkwɑ lɛ/ (Show IPA), 1879–1942, Italian operatic baritone.
- ambon — an island in Indonesia, in the Moluccas. Capital: Amboina. Area: 1000 sq km (386 sq miles)
- ambos — Plural form of ambo.
- amero — A proposed unified currency of Canada, the United States, and Mexico.
- amido — of an amide or amides
- amigo — a friend; comrade
- amino — of, consisting of, or containing the group of atoms -NH2
- ammon — the ancestor of the Ammonites
- amnio — Informal. amniocentesis.
- amock — (very rare) alternative spelling of amok.
- amoks — (among members of certain Southeast Asian cultures) a psychic disturbance characterized by depression followed by a manic urge to murder.
- amole — the root, bulb or other part of several mainly western North American plants, such as the agave and yucca, used as a substitute for soap
- among — Someone or something that is situated or moving among a group of things or people is surrounded by them.
- amora — one of a group of Jewish scholars, active in the rabbinical academies of Palestine and Babylonia from the 3rd to the 6th centuries a.d., whose commentaries on and interpretations of the Mishnah comprise the Palestinian and Babylonian Gemaras.
- amort — utterly dejected, depressed, lifeless or listless
- amory — a male or female given name.
- amour — An amour is a love affair, especially one which is kept secret.
- amove — to dismiss from an office or station
- ancho — a Poblano chilli pepper that has been dried and turned a dark-red or black colour
- ancon — a projecting bracket or console supporting a cornice
- andro — (informal) androstenedione.
- aneto — Pico de (ˈpiˌkoʊ deɪ ) ; pēˈkō dāˌ) highest mountain in the Pyrenees, in Spain: 11,168 ft (3,404 m)
- anglo — a White inhabitant of the United States who is not of Latin extraction
- angon — a spear having a long, narrow iron shaft and a small, usually barbed tip, associated mainly with Frankish and Saxon grave finds of the 5th through 8th centuries a.d.
- angor — extreme distress or mental anguish, usually of physical origin.
- anion — a negatively charged ion; an ion that is attracted to the anode during electrolysis
- anjou — a former province of W France, in the Loire valley: a medieval countship from the 10th century, belonging to the English crown from 1154 until 1204; annexed by France in 1480
- annoy — If someone or something annoys you, it makes you fairly angry and impatient.
- anode — In electronics, an anode is the positive electrode in a cell such as a battery. Compare cathode.
- anoia — extreme mental deficiency.
- anoka — a city in E Minnesota.
- anole — any small arboreal tropical American insectivorous lizards of the genus Anolis, such as A. carolinensis (green anole): family Iguanidae (iguanas). They are able to change the colour of their skin
- anomy — a state or condition of individuals or society characterized by a breakdown or absence of social norms and values, as in the case of uprooted people.
- anova — analysis of variance
- anson — a male given name.
- anton — a male given name, form of Anthony.
- anyon — a particle that occurs in two-dimensional space having characteristics of both fermions and bosons
- anzio — a port and resort on the W coast of Italy: site of Allied landings in World War II. Pop: 36 952 (2001)
- aoede — one of the original three Muses; the Muse of song.