5-letter words containing s
- asway — in a rocking or oscillating manner
- aswim — in a drifting or bobbing manner
- async — (computing) Asynchronous.
- asyut — an ancient city in central Egypt, on the Nile. Pop: 417 000 (2005 est)
- athos — Mount, the easternmost of three prongs of the peninsula of Chalcidice, in NE Greece: site of an autonomous theocracy constituted of 20 monasteries. 131 sq. mi. (340 sq. km); about 35 miles (56 km) long.
- atlas — An atlas is a book of maps.
- atmos — Plural form of atmo.
- atnas — Ahtna.
- atoms — The basic unit of a chemical element.
- attis — a youth of Phrygia, loved by the goddess Cybele. In a jealous passion she caused him to go mad, whereupon he castrated himself and died
- aulis — an ancient town in E central Greece, in Boeotia: traditionally the harbour from which the Greeks sailed at the beginning of the Trojan war
- aulos — an ancient Greek woodwind instrument with a double reed, similar to an oboe
- aunis — a historic region in W France, on the Atlantic coast, earlier part of Aquitaine.
- aunts — Plural form of aunt.
- auras — Plural form of aura.
- aust. — Australia(n)
- austl — Australia
- autos — Plural form of auto.
- avast — stop! cease!
- avens — any of several temperate or arctic rosaceous plants of the genus Geum, such as G. rivale (water avens), which has a purple calyx and orange-pink flowers
- avers — to assert or affirm with confidence; declare in a positive or peremptory manner.
- avgas — a type of aviation fuel, high in octane, used for aeroplanes and racing cars
- avise — Obsolete spelling of advise.
- aviso — a boat carrying messages; a dispatch-boat
- avows — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of avow.
- awacs — airborne warning and control system
- awash — If the ground or a floor is awash, it is covered in water, often because of heavy rain or as the result of an accident.
- aways — to cease to live; undergo the complete and permanent cessation of all vital functions; become dead.
- awols — a soldier or other military person who is absent from duty without leave.
- axels — Plural form of axel.
- axils — Plural form of axil.
- axles — Plural form of axle.
- axons — Plural form of axon.
- ayahs — Plural form of ayah.
- ayous — the wood of the obeche.
- ayres — air1 (def 8d).
- azans — Plural form of azan.
- azusa — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- babas — Plural form of baba.
- babes — a baby or child.
- babus — a Hindu title of address equivalent to Sir, Mr., or Esquire.
- backs — a large tub, vat, or cistern used by dyers, brewers, distillers, etc., to hold liquids.
- baels — Plural form of bael.
- baffs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of baff.
- baggs — Alternative spelling of bags (
- baghs — Plural form of bagh.
- bahts — Plural form of baht.
- bails — Plural form of bail.
- baisa — a unit of currency in Oman, worth one-thousandth of a rial
- baits — Plural form of bait.