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.

Verb : (intransitive) To stroll or walk slowly and leisurely.

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

adept

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

Adjective : Well skilled; completely versed; thoroughly proficient

aloof

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

Verb : Without sympathy; unfavorably.

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

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 : Intense; sensitive; sharp.

Adjective : Brief, quick, short.

Adjective : Urgent.

assay

Noun : The qualitative or quantitative chemical analysis of something.

Noun : Examination and determination; test.

Noun : The act or process of ascertaining the proportion of a particular metal in an ore or alloy; especially, the determination of the proportion of gold or silver in bullion or coin.

abide

Verb : Used in a phrasal verb: abide by (“to accept and act in accordance with”).

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

Verb : (transitive) To bear patiently.

angst

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

Noun : Emotional turmoil; painful sadness; anguish.

Verb : (informal, intransitive) To suffer angst; to fret.

agony

Noun : Extreme pain.

Noun : The last struggle of life; death struggle.

Noun : (biblical) The sufferings of Jesus Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane (often capitalized).

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

Noun : (by extension) The area or sphere of control and influence of something.

Noun : (archaic) The boundary around a building, town, region, etc.

amend

Verb : (transitive) To make better; improve.

Verb : (transitive) To make a formal alteration (in legislation, a report, etc.) by adding, deleting, or rephrasing.

Verb : (intransitive) To become better.

azure

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

Adjective : Sky blue; resembling the clear blue colour of the unclouded sky.

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

abyss

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

Noun : Anything infinite, immeasurable, or profound.

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

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.

Noun : Alleviation; abatement; check.

axiom

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

abate

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

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

Verb : (transitive) To cut away or hammer down (material from metalwork, a sculpture, etc.) in such a way as to leave a figure in relief.

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.

Noun : (often in the plural) A ludicrous gesture or act; ridiculous behaviour; caper.

Noun : A grotesque performer or clown, buffoon.

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 : (anatomy) The uppermost vertebra of the cervical spine in the neck in humans and some other animals.

alien

Noun : A citizen or national of another sovereign state.

Adjective : Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign.

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

alter

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

Verb : (intransitive) To become different.

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

aegis

Noun : (figuratively) Guidance, protection; endorsement, sponsorship.

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 : (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 put to use; to use or employ for a particular purpose, or in a particular case

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

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

abhor

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

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

Verb : (intransitive, obsolete) To feel horror, disgust, or dislike (towards); to be contrary or averse (to); construed with from.

augur

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

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.

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 : Ash-colored; pale; anemic

Adjective : Of or resembling ashes.

Adjective : Appalled; upset.

annex

Verb : To add something to another thing, especially territory; to incorporate.

Noun : An addition to the territory of a country or state, from a neighbouring country or state, normally by military force.

Noun : An addition or extension to a building.

agent

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

Noun : (law) 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.

Noun : A notification of higher importance than an advisory.

Noun : An alarm.

awful

Adjective : Very bad.

Adjective : Exceedingly great; usually applied intensively.

Verb : (US, Canada) Very, extremely.

amity

Noun : (formal, literary) Friendship; friendliness.

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

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 : 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.

Noun : A yellow-orange colour.

Noun : (British, Australia) The intermediate light in a set of three traffic lights, which when illuminated indicates that drivers should stop when safe to do so. See also yellow light.

anger

Noun : A strong and unpleasant feeling of displeasure, hostility, or antagonism, usually combined with an urge to yell, curse, damage or destroy things, or harm living beings, often stemming from perceived provocation, hurt, threat, insults, unfair or unjust treatment, or an undesired situation.

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

Verb : (intransitive) To become angry.

aware

Adjective : Conscious or having knowledge of something; awake.

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

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

acerb

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

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

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 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.

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

avert

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

Verb : (transitive) To turn aside or away.

Verb : (intransitive, archaic) To turn away.

array

Noun : (programming) Any of various data structures designed to hold multiple elements of the same type; especially, a data structure that holds these elements in adjacent memory locations so that they may be retrieved using numeric indices.

Noun : An orderly series, arrangement or sequence.

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

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 : Coarse, insulting speech; abusive language; language that unjustly or angrily vilifies.

ad hoc

Adjective : For a particular purpose.

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

Verb : On the spur of the moment.

avoid

Verb : (transitive) To keep away from; to keep clear of; to stay away from.

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).

abode

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

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

Noun : (obsolete) Act of waiting; delay.

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 : A person who acts a part in a theatrical play or (later) in film or television; a dramatic performer.

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

Noun : (grammar) The subject performing the action of a verb.

admit

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

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

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

allow

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

Verb : To not bar or obstruct.

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

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 holy or semidivine messenger from a deity or other divine entity, traditionally depicted as a youthful, winged figure in flowing robes.

Noun : (figuratively) A person having qualities traditionally attributed to angels.

Noun : Someone who is kind or selfless.

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 marketplace, especially in Classical Greece.

Noun : A place for gathering.

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 clear path/passage through rows of seating.

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

Noun : (transport) Seat in public transport, such as a plane, train or bus, that's beside the aisle.

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

Noun : (chiefly software engineering) Agile software development.

Adjective : Characterised by quick motion.

adorn

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

Noun : (obsolete) adornment

Adjective : (obsolete) adorned; ornate

addle

Verb : To make or become addled; to muddle or confuse.

Adjective : (by extension) Unfruitful or confused; muddled.

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

aught

Noun : (sometimes proscribed) Zero.

Noun : The digit zero.

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

asper

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

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.

abysm

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

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

amain

Verb : (British, dialectal) Out of control.

Verb : (transitive) (figuratively) To decrease or reduce (something).

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

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 : A tree of the genus Malus; especially Malus domestica which is cultivated for its edible fruit; the apple tree.

adapt

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

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

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

amour

Noun : A love affair.

Noun : A lover.

Noun : Courtship; flirtation.

aulic

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

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

Adjective : Solemn.

agape

Noun : (uncountable, Christianity) The love of God for mankind, or the benevolent love of Christians for others.

Noun : (uncountable) Spiritual, altruistic, beneficial love which wills good for others.

Noun : (countable) A love feast, especially one held in the early Christian Church in connection with the Eucharist.

auger

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

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

Noun : A hollow drill used to take core samples of soil, ice, etc. for scientific study.

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 take by choice into the scope of one's responsibility.

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 assign or designate as a task or for a purpose.

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

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

adore

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

Verb : To be very fond of.

Verb : To worship.

apsis

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

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

astar

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

Adjective : Covered with bright or sparkling objects.

alias

Noun : Another name; especially, an assumed name.

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

alloy

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

Verb : To mix or combine; often used of metals.

Verb : To reduce the purity of by mixing with a less valuable substance.

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 : Nearly; approximately; with close correspondence in quality, manner, degree, quantity, or time; almost.

Verb : On all sides, or in every or any direction from a point; around.

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

adder

Noun : Someone who or something which performs arithmetic addition; a machine for adding numbers.

Noun : An electronic device that adds voltages, currents or frequencies.

Noun : Something which adds or increases.

amply

Verb : In an ample manner; extensively; thoroughly.

appui

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

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.

alarm

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.

Verb : (transitive) To give (someone) notice of approaching danger or necessary action; to rouse to vigilance; to put on the alert.

aspen

Noun : A poplar tree, especially of section Populus sect. Populus, of medium-size trees with thin, straight trunks of a greenish-white color.

Noun : (uncountable) The wood of such a tree; usually pale, lightweight and soft.

Adjective : Pertaining to the asp or aspen tree.

atone

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

Verb : (proscribed) To absolve (someone else) of wrongdoing, especially by standing as an equivalent.

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

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 : Astray.

Verb : Imperfectly.

auric

Adjective : Pertaining to an aura.

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

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

arete

Noun : (philosophy) excellence, goodness; virtue.

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) mental aggravation; annoyance

Noun : (US) dyspepsia

athel

Noun : A kind of tamarisk native to northern Africa and the Middle East, Tamarix aphylla, planted widely elsewhere as a shade tree and a windbreak due to its tolerance of heat and of alkaline soils, but tending to become invasive outside of its native range.

Adjective : (obsolete) noble, highborn

Adjective : (obsolete) excellent, splendid, fine

ad lib

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

Verb : At pleasure.

Verb : At will.

align

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.

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

amass

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

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

Verb : (intransitive) To accumulate; to assemble.

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