5-letter words that end in s
- akins — Zoë [zoh-ee] /ˈzoʊ i/ (Show IPA), 1886–1958, U.S. playwright.
- alays — a mountain range in SW Kyrgyzstan, part of the Tien Shan. To 19,280 feet (5880 meters).
- aldes — ALgorithm DEScription
- alecs — Plural form of alec.
- aleus — a king of Tegea and the father of Amphidamas, Auge, Cepheus, and Lycurgus.
- alfas — Plural form of alfa.
- alias — An alias is a false name, especially one used by a criminal.
- allus — Eye dialect of always, representing Southern US.
- almes — almah.
- aloes — any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- alors — well then! so!
- altos — Plural form of alto.
- altus — a city in SW Oklahoma.
- alums — Plural form of alum.
- amahs — Plural form of amah.
- amass — If you amass something such as money or information, you gradually get a lot of it.
- ambos — Plural form of ambo.
- amens — verily; truly.
- amess — Alternative form of amyss.
- amies — a female friend.
- amirs — Plural form of amir.
- amiss — If you say that something is amiss, you mean there is something wrong.
- amoks — (among members of certain Southeast Asian cultures) a psychic disturbance characterized by depression followed by a manic urge to murder.
- amyss — A hood or cape.
- anals — Plural form of anal.
- 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)
- angus — a council area of E Scotland on the North Sea: the historical county of Angus became part of Tayside region in 1975; reinstated as a unitary authority (excluding City of Dundee) in 1996. Administrative centre: Forfar. Pop: 107 520 (2003 est). Area: 2181 sq km (842 sq miles)
- anils — Plural form of anil.
- ankhs — Plural form of ankh.
- ankus — a stick used, esp in India, for goading elephants
- annas — Plural form of anna.
- annus — year of wonders; wonderful year.
- antes — Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- antis — Plural form of anti.
- anzus — Australia, New Zealand, and the United States, with reference to the security alliance between them
- apacs — Association for Payment Clearing Services
- aphis — any of various aphids constituting the genus Aphis, such as the blackfly
- apols — (UK, informal) Apologies.
- apres — after
- apses — Plural form of apse.
- apsis — either of two points lying at the extremities of an eccentric orbit of a planet, satellite, etc, such as the aphelion and perihelion of a planet or the apogee and perigee of the moon. The line of apsides connects two such points and is the principal axis of the orbit
- aquas — Plural form of aqua.
- araks — river flowing from E Turkey along the S border of Armenia & Azerbaijan, into the Kura River and the Caspian Sea: c. 600 mi (966 km)
- arbus — Diane, original name Diane Nemerov. 1923–71, US photographer, noted esp for her portraits of vagrants, dwarfs, transvestites, etc
- arcas — a son of Zeus and Callisto, the ancestor of the Arcadians who was set among the stars with his mother as the Little Bear and the Great Bear respectively.
- arcus — an arcus senilis
- areas — Plural form of area.
- argos — an ancient city in SE Greece, in the NE Peloponnese: one of the oldest Greek cities, it dominated the Peloponnese in the 7th century bc. Pop (municipality): 29 505 (2001)
- argus — any of various brown butterflies, esp the Scotch argus (Erebia aethiops) found on moorland and in forests up to a height of 2000 m
- arhus — a city and port in Denmark, in E Jutland. Pop: 228 547 (2004 est)