5 Letter Words That Start With A

ardor

Noun : Great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion.

Noun : Spirit; enthusiasm; passion.

Noun : Intense heat.

amble

Noun : An unhurried leisurely walk or stroll.

Noun : An easy gait, especially that of a horse.

Noun : (computing) That which follows the preamble, by analogy.

adept

Adjective : Well skilled; completely versed; thoroughly proficient

Noun : One fully skilled or well versed in anything; a proficient

aloof

Verb : At or from a distance, but within view, or at a small distance; apart; away.

Verb : Without sympathy; unfavorably.

Adjective : Reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant; standoffish.

ample

Adjective : Large; great in size, extent, capacity, or bulk; for example spacious, roomy or widely extended.

Adjective : Not contracted or brief; not concise; extended; diffusive

acute

Adjective : Brief, quick, short.

Adjective : High or shrill.

Adjective : Intense; sensitive; sharp.

assay

Noun : Trial, attempt.

Noun : Examination and determination; test.

Noun : The qualitative or quantitative chemical analysis of something.

abide

Verb : (transitive) To endure without yielding; to withstand.

Verb : (transitive) To bear patiently.

Verb : (transitive) To pay for; to stand the consequences of.

angst

Noun : Emotional turmoil; painful sadness; anguish.

Noun : A feeling of acute but vague anxiety or apprehension often accompanied by depression, especially philosophical anxiety.

Noun : (chiefly fanfiction) Fiction focusing on characters experiencing strong emotions and conflicts with other characters.

agony

Noun : Extreme pain.

Noun : (biblical) The sufferings of Jesus Christ in the garden of Gethsemane.

Noun : Violent contest or striving.

acrid

Adjective : Sharp and harsh, or bitter and not to the taste.

Adjective : Causing heat and irritation.

Adjective : (figurative) Caustic; bitter; bitterly irritating.

avail

Verb : (transitive, often reflexive) To turn to the advantage of. [(chiefly) with of]

Verb : (transitive) To be of service to.

Verb : (transitive) To promote; to assist.

ambit

Noun : (by extension)

Noun : The extent of actions, thoughts, or the meaning of words, etc.

Noun : The area or sphere of control and influence of something.

amend

Verb : (transitive) To make better; improve.

Verb : (intransitive) To become better.

Verb : (obsolete, transitive) To heal (someone sick); to cure (a disease etc.).

azure

Noun : (countable and uncountable) The clear blue colour of the sky; also, a pigment or dye of this colour.

Noun : (heraldry) A blue colour on a coat of arms, represented in engraving by horizontal parallel lines.

Noun : (poetic) The unclouded sky; the blue vault above.

abyss

Noun : Hell; the bottomless pit; primeval chaos; a confined subterranean ocean.

Noun : (frequently figurative) A bottomless or unfathomed depth, gulf, or chasm; hence, any deep, immeasurable; any void space.

Noun : Anything infinite, immeasurable, or profound.

allay

Verb : (transitive) To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.

Verb : (transitive) To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate.

Verb : (intransitive, obsolete) To subside, abate, become peaceful.

axiom

Noun : (philosophy) A seemingly self-evident or necessary truth which is based on assumption; a principle or proposition which cannot actually be proved or disproved.

Noun : (logic, mathematics, proof theory) A fundamental assumption that serves as a basis for deduction of theorems; a postulate (sometimes distinguished from postulates as being universally applicable, whereas postulates are particular to a certain science or context).

Noun : An established principle in some artistic practice or science that is universally received.

abate

Verb : (transitive)

Verb : To lessen (something) in force or intensity; to moderate.

Verb : To reduce (something) in amount or size.

anima

Noun : (chiefly philosophy) The soul or animating principle of a living thing, especially as contrasted with the animus.

Noun : (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) of a person that is in touch with the unconscious as opposed to the persona.

Noun : (Jungian psychology) The unconscious feminine aspect of a person.

antic

Adjective : Playful, funny, absurd.

Adjective : (architecture, art) Grotesque, incongruous.

Adjective : (archaic) Grotesque, bizarre

atlas

Noun : A bound collection of maps often including tables, illustrations or other text.

Noun : A bound collection of tables, illustrations, etc. on any given subject.

Noun : (chiefly in anatomy, especially of the human body) A detailed visual conspectus of something of great and multi-faceted complexity, with its elements splayed so as to be presented in as discrete a manner as possible whilst retaining a realistic view of the whole.

alien

Noun : A person, animal, plant, or other thing which is from outside the family, group, organization, or territory under consideration.

Noun : (sometimes derogatory) A person in a country not their own.

Noun : Any life form of extraterrestrial or extradimensional origin.

alter

Verb : (transitive) To change the form or structure of.

Verb : (intransitive) To become different.

Verb : (transitive) To tailor clothes to make them fit.

aegis

Noun : (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) A mythological shield associated with the Greek deities Zeus and Athena (and their Roman counterparts Jupiter and Minerva) shown as a short cloak made of goatskin worn on the shoulders, more as an emblem of power and protection than a military shield. The aegis of Athena or Minerva is usually shown with a border of snakes and with the head of Medusa in the center.

Noun : (figuratively) Usually as under the aegis: guidance, protection; endorsement, sponsorship.

Noun : (NASA) Acronym of Autonomous Exploration for Gathering Increased Science.

altar

Noun : A table or similar flat-topped structure used for religious rites.

Noun : (informal) A raised area around an altar in a church; the sanctuary.

Noun : (figurative) Any (real or notional) place where something is worshipped or sacrificed to.

apply

Verb : (transitive) To lay or place; to put (one thing to another)

Verb : (transitive) To put to use; to use or employ for a particular purpose, or in a particular case

Verb : (transitive) To make use of, declare, or pronounce, as suitable, fitting, or relative

abhor

Verb : (transitive) To regard (someone or something) as horrifying or detestable; to feel great repugnance toward.

Verb : (transitive, obsolete, impersonal) To fill with horror or disgust.

Verb : (transitive) To turn aside or avoid; to keep away from; to reject.

augur

Noun : A diviner who foretells events by the behaviour of birds or other animals, or by signs derived from celestial phenomena, or unusual occurrences.

Noun : (Ancient Rome) An official who interpreted omens before the start of public events.

Verb : To foretell events; to exhibit signs of future events; to indicate a favorable or an unfavorable outcome.

asset

Noun : A thing or quality that has value, especially one that generates cash flows.

Noun : (accounting) Any item recorded on the left-hand side of a balance sheet.

Noun : (software) Any component, model, process or framework of value that can be leveraged or reused.

ashen

Adjective : Made from the wood of the ash-tree.

Adjective : Of or resembling ashes.

Adjective : Ash-colored; pale; anemic

annex

Noun : An addition, an extension.

Noun : An appendix to a book or document.

Noun : An addition or extension to a building.

agent

Noun : One who exerts power, or has the power to act.

Noun : One who acts for, or in the place of, another (the principal), by that person's authority; someone entrusted to act on behalf of or in behalf of another, such as to transact business for them.

Noun : A person who looks for work for another person and brokers a deal between the hiree and hirer.

alert

Adjective : Attentive; awake; on guard.

Adjective : (obsolete) brisk; nimble; moving with celerity.

Noun : An alarm.

awful

Adjective : Very bad.

Adjective : Exceedingly great; usually applied intensively.

Adjective : (dated) Causing fear or horror; appalling, terrible.

amity

Noun : (formal, literary) Friendship; friendliness.

Noun : Mutual understanding and a peaceful relationship, especially between nations; peace; accord.

Noun : A female given name.

algid

Adjective : (medicine) Cold, chilly; used of low body temperature, especially in connection with certain diseases such as malaria and cholera.

amber

Noun : (obsolete) Ambergris, the waxy product of the sperm whale.

Noun : Formerly thought to be the product of a plant.

Noun : A hard, generally yellow to brown translucent or transparent fossil resin from extinct coniferous trees of the pine genus, used for jewellery, decoration and later dissolved as a binder in varnishes. One variety, blue amber, appears blue rather than yellow under direct sunlight.

anger

Noun : A strong and unpleasant feeling of displeasure, hostility, or antagonism towards someone or something, usually combined with an urge to yell, say curse words, and/or physically harm or cause damage or destruction to things or attack or assault living beings, often stemming from perceived provocation, hurt, threat, insults, or unfair or unjust treatment, or a situation not going the way one had desired or planned.

Noun : (obsolete) Pain or stinging.

Verb : (transitive) To cause such a feeling of antagonism in.

aware

Adjective : Vigilant or on one's guard against danger or difficulty.

Adjective : Conscious or having knowledge of something; awake.

Verb : (transitive, nonstandard) To make (someone) aware of something.

acerb

Adjective : (archaic) Sour, bitter, and harsh to the taste, such as unripe fruit.

Adjective : (archaic, figurative) Sharp and harsh in expressing oneself.

adage

Noun : An old saying which has obtained credit by long use.

Noun : An old saying which has been overused or considered a cliché; a trite maxim.

arise

Verb : (intransitive) To come up from a lower to a higher position.

Verb : (intransitive) To come up from one's bed or place of repose; to get up.

Verb : (intransitive) To spring up; to come into action, being, or notice; to become operative, sensible, or visible; to begin to act a part; to present itself.

avert

Verb : (transitive) To turn aside or away.

Verb : (transitive) To ward off, or prevent, the occurrence or effects of.

Verb : (intransitive, archaic) To turn away.

array

Noun : Clothing and ornamentation.

Noun : A collection laid out to be viewed in full.

Noun : An orderly series, arrangement or sequence.

abuse

Noun : Improper treatment or usage; application to a wrong or bad purpose; an unjust, corrupt or wrongful practice or custom.

Noun : Misuse; improper use; perversion.

Noun : (obsolete) A delusion; an imposture; misrepresentation; deception.

ad hoc

Adjective : For a particular purpose.

Adjective : Created on the spur of the moment; impromptu.

Adjective : (sciences, of a hypothesis) Postulated solely to save a theory from being falsified, without making any new predictions.

avoid

Verb : (transitive) To try not to meet or communicate with (a person); to shun.

Verb : (transitive) To stay out of the way of (something harmful).

Verb : to keep away from; to keep clear of; to stay away from.

abode

Noun : (obsolete) Act of waiting; delay.

Noun : (dated or law) Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn.

Noun : (formal) A residence, dwelling or habitation.

argus

Noun : (Greek mythology) A mythical being, also called Argos or Argus Panoptes, with many eyes, a watchman who served Hera; his eyes were later transplanted to the peacock's tail.

Noun : A watchful guardian.

Noun : An alert, observant person.

actor

Noun : (obsolete, law) Someone who institutes a legal suit; a plaintiff or complainant.

Noun : (obsolete) Someone acting on behalf of someone else; a guardian.

Noun : Someone or something that takes part in some action; a doer, an agent.

admit

Verb : (transitive) To allow to enter; to grant entrance (to), whether into a place, into the mind, or into consideration

Verb : (transitive) To allow (someone) to enter a profession or to enjoy a privilege; to recognize as qualified for a franchise.

Verb : (transitive or intransitive) To concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to, as an allegation which it is impossible to deny (+ to).

allow

Verb : (ditransitive) To let one have as a suitable share of something.

Verb : (transitive, catenative) To permit, to give permission to.

Verb : To not bar or obstruct.

annul

Verb : (transitive) To formally revoke the validity of.

Verb : (transitive) To dissolve (a marital union) on the grounds that it is not valid.

apace

Verb : Quickly, rapidly, with speed.

angel

Noun : An incorporeal and sometimes divine messenger from a deity, or other divine entity, often depicted in art as a youthful winged figure in flowing robes.

Noun : (Abrahamic tradition) One of the lowest order of such beings, below virtues.

Noun : A person having the qualities attributed to angels, such as purity or selflessness.

arbor

Noun : A shady sitting place or pergola usually in a park or garden, surrounded by climbing shrubs, vines or other vegetation.

Noun : A grove of trees.

Noun : An axis or shaft supporting a rotating part on a lathe.

aroma

Noun : A smell; especially a pleasant spicy or fragrant one.

agora

Noun : A place for gathering.

Noun : A marketplace, especially in Classical Greece.

Noun : (numismatics) Since 1960, a monetary unit and coin of Israel, the 100th part of a shekel / sheqel.

antsy

Adjective : (slang) Restless, apprehensive and fidgety.

aisle

Noun : A wing of a building, notably in a church separated from the nave proper by piers.

Noun : A clear path through rows of seating.

Noun : A clear corridor in a supermarket with shelves on both sides containing goods for sale.

aster

Noun : Any of several plants of the genus Aster; one of its flowers.

Noun : (biology) A star-shaped structure formed during the mitosis of a cell.

Noun : (obsolete) A star.

agile

Adjective : Having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move.

Adjective : Characterised by quick motion.

Adjective : (chiefly software engineering) Of or relating to agile software development, a technique for iterative and incremental development of software involving collaboration between teams.

adorn

Verb : To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.

Noun : (obsolete) adornment

Adjective : (obsolete) adorned; ornate

addle

Verb : (provincial, Northern England) To earn, earn by labor; earn money or one's living.

Verb : (provincial, Northern England) To thrive or grow; to ripen.

Adjective : Having lost the power of development, and become rotten; putrid.

aught

Verb : (archaic) At all, in any degree, in any respect.

Noun : (archaic) Whit, the smallest part, iota.

Noun : (sometimes proscribed) Zero.

asper

Adjective : (obsolete) Rough or harsh; severe, stern, serious.

Noun : (phonetics, obsolete) Rough breathing; a mark (#) indicating that part of a word is aspirated, or pronounced with h before it.

Noun : (historical) Any one of several small coins, circulated around the eastern Mediterranean area from the 12th to 17th centuries.

abysm

Noun : (archaic, poetic) Hell; the infernal pit; the great deep; the primal chaos.

Noun : (now chiefly literary) An abyss; a gulf, a chasm, a very deep hole.

amain

Verb : (archaic, literary) With all of one's might; mightily; forcefully, violently.

Verb : (archaic) At full speed; also, in great haste.

Verb : (British, dialectal) Out of control.

apple

Noun : A common, firm, round fruit produced by a tree of the genus Malus.

Noun : The fruit of the tree Malus domestica, chiefly with a green, red, or yellow skin, cultivated in temperate climates for cidermaking, cooking, and eating.

Noun : Often with a qualifying word: any fruit or vegetable, or any other thing (such as a cone or gall) produced by a plant, especially if from a tree and similar to the fruit of Malus domestica (sense 1.1).

adapt

Verb : (transitive) To make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit

Verb : (transitive) To fit by alteration; to modify or remodel for a different purpose; to adjust

Verb : (transitive) To make by altering or fitting something else; to produce by change of form or character

amour

Noun : Courtship; flirtation.

Noun : A love affair.

Noun : A lover.

aulic

Adjective : Of or pertaining to a royal court; courtly.

Adjective : (architecture) Of, pertaining to, or resembling a palace.

Adjective : Solemn.

agape

Adjective : In a state of astonishment, wonder, expectation, or eager attention; as with mouth hanging open.

Adjective : Wide open.

Verb : In a state of astonishment, wonder, expectation, or eager attention.

auger

Noun : A carpenter's tool for boring holes longer than those bored by a gimlet.

Noun : A snake or plumber's snake (plumbing tool).

Noun : A tool used to bore holes in the ground, e.g. for fence posts

adopt

Verb : To take (a child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.) by choice into a relationship.

Verb : To take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be in the place of, or as, one's own child.

Verb : To obtain (a pet) from a shelter or the wild.

angry

Adjective : Displaying or feeling anger.

Adjective : (said about a wound or a rash) Inflamed and painful.

Adjective : (figuratively, said about the elements, like the sky or the sea) Dark and stormy, menacing.

allot

Verb : (transitive) To distribute or apportion by (or as if by) lot.

Verb : (transitive) To assign or designate as a task or for a purpose.

Verb : Misspelling of a lot. [(informal) Very much; a great deal; to a large extent.]

adore

Verb : To worship.

Verb : To love with one's entire heart and soul; regard with deep respect and affection.

Verb : To be very fond of.

apsis

Noun : (architecture) A recess or projection, with a dome or vault, at the east end of a church; an apse.

Noun : (astronomy) Either of the points in the elliptical orbit of a planet, comet, or moon where it is closest or furthest from the body it orbits; examples are perihelion, aphelion, perigee, and apogee

astar

Adjective : Covered with bright or sparkling objects.

Adjective : Shining as if with sparks or small points of light.

alias

Verb : Otherwise; at another time; in other circumstances; otherwise called; also known as; formerly known as.

Verb : (law) Used to connect the different names of a person who has gone by two or more, and whose true name is for any cause doubtful

Noun : Another name; especially, an assumed name.

alloy

Noun : A metal that is a combination of two or more elements, at least one of which is a metal, a base metal.

Noun : (archaic) A metal of lesser value, mixed with a metal of greater value.

Noun : An admixture; something added which stains, taints etc.

agate

Noun : (countable, uncountable, mineralogy) A semitransparent, uncrystallized silicate mineral and semiprecious stone, presenting various tints in the same specimen, with colors delicately arranged and often curved in parallel alternating dark and light stripes or bands, or blended in clouds; various authorities call it a variety of chalcedony, a variety of quartz, or a combination of the two.

Noun : (uncountable, US printing, dated) The size of type between pearl and nonpareil, standardized as 5+¹⁄₂-point.

Noun : (countable, typography) One fourteenth of an inch.

about

Verb : On all sides; around.

Verb : Here and there; around; in one place and another; up and down.

Verb : From one place or position to another in succession; indicating repeated movement or activity.

adder

Noun : (obsolete) Any snake.

Noun : A name loosely applied to various snakes more or less resembling a viper.

Noun : (chiefly British) A small venomous serpent of the genus Vipera

amply

Verb : In an ample manner; extensively; thoroughly.

appui

Noun : (obsolete) A support or supporter; a stay; a prop.

Noun : (horse-riding, obsolete) The mutual bearing or support of the hand of the rider and the mouth of the horse through the bit and bridle.

Verb : (transitive, military) To prop or support, e.g. by posting troops.

alarm

Noun : A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.

Noun : Any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warning sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger.

Noun : A device intended to warn or give notice of approaching danger.

aspen

Adjective : Pertaining to the asp or aspen tree.

Adjective : (obsolete) Tremulous, trembling.

Adjective : (obsolete) Of a woman's tongue: wagging, gossiping.

atone

Verb : (ambitransitive) To make reparation, compensation, amends or satisfaction for an offence, crime, mistake or deficiency.

Verb : (obsolete, transitive) To bring at one or at concordance; to reconcile; to suffer appeasement.

Verb : (obsolete, intransitive) To agree or accord; to be in accordance or harmony.

alike

Adjective : Having resemblance or similitude; similar; without difference.

Verb : In the same manner, form, or degree; in common; equally.

Verb : Used after a list of subjects to indicate that something applies equally to all of them.

amiss

Adjective : (chiefly predicative) Wrong; faulty; out of order; improper or otherwise incorrect.

Verb : (archaic) Wrongly; mistakenly

Verb : Astray.

auric

Adjective : (inorganic chemistry) Of or pertaining to trivalent gold.

Adjective : (obsolete) Of, or pertaining to the ear; aural

Adjective : Pertaining to an aura.

arete

Noun : (philosophy) Virtue, excellence.

Noun : (philosophy) The proper state or condition for a human.

Noun : Alternative spelling of arête [(geology) A very thin ridge of rock.]

agita

Noun : (US) dyspepsia

Noun : (US) mental aggravation; annoyance

athel

Adjective : (obsolete) noble, highborn

Adjective : (obsolete) excellent, splendid, fine

Adjective : (obsolete) genuine, sincere, devout

ad lib

Verb : At pleasure.

Verb : At will.

Verb : As much as desired, to one's fill, without restriction.

align

Verb : (intransitive) To form a line; to fall into line.

Verb : (transitive) To adjust to a line; to range or form in line; to bring into line.

Verb : (transitive) To organize in a consistent, defined way, perhaps in an abstract sense.

amass

Verb : (transitive) To collect into a mass or heap.

Verb : (transitive) to gather a great quantity of; to accumulate.

Verb : (intransitive) To accumulate; to assemble.

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