5 Letter Words That Start With A

arise

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

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

Verb : 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.

awake

Adjective : Not asleep; conscious.

Adjective : (figurative, by extension) Alert, aware.

Verb : (intransitive) To become conscious after having slept.

apple

Noun : A common, round fruit produced by the tree Malus domestica, cultivated in temperate climates.

Noun : Any fruit or vegetable, or any other thing produced by a plant such as a gall or cone, especially if produced by a tree and similar to the fruit of Malus domestica; also (with qualifying words) used to form the names of specific fruits such as custard apple, rose apple, thorn apple etc.

Noun : Something which resembles the fruit of Malus domestica, such as a globe, ball, or breast.

asail

Adjective : in the state of sailing

abide

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

Verb : (transitive) To bear patiently.

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

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.

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 do the business of another

Noun : A person who looks for work for another person

along

Verb : In company; together.

Verb : Onward, forward, with progressive action.

angle

Noun : (geometry) A figure formed by two rays which start from a common point (a plane angle) or by three planes that intersect (a solid angle).

Noun : (geometry) The measure of such a figure. In the case of a plane angle, this is the ratio (or proportional to the ratio) of the arc length to the radius of a section of a circle cut by the two rays, centered at their common point. In the case of a solid angle, this is the ratio of the surface area to the square of the radius of the section of a sphere.

Noun : A corner where two walls intersect.

after

Verb : Behind; later in time; following.

Verb : On the result of. Often used with verbs related to cleaning.

Adjective : (dated) Later; second (of two); next, following, subsequent

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.

array

Noun : Clothing and ornamentation.

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

Noun : An orderly series, arrangement or sequence.

apart

Verb : Placed separately (in regard to space or time).

Verb : separately, exclusively, not together

Verb : In or into two or more parts.

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

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.

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.

aside

Verb : To or on one side so as to be out of the way.

Adjective : Not in perfect symmetry; distorted laterally, especially of the human body.

Noun : An incidental remark to a person next to one made discreetly but not in private, audible only to that person.

acute

Adjective : Brief, quick, short.

Adjective : High or shrill.

Adjective : Intense; sensitive; sharp.

align

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

Verb : (transitive) To adjust or form 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.

avail

Verb : (transitive, often reflexive) To turn to the advantage of.

Verb : (transitive) To be of service to.

Verb : (transitive) To promote; to assist.

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.

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.

amend

Verb : (transitive) To make better; improve.

Verb : (intransitive) To become better.

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

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.

angst

Noun : Emotional turmoil; painful sadness.

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

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

abate

Verb : (transitive)

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

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

alert

Adjective : Attentive; awake; on guard.

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

Noun : An alarm.

above

Verb : Directly overhead; vertically on top of.

Verb : Higher in the same page; earlier in the order as far as writing products go.

Verb : Into or from heaven; in the sky.

adept

Adjective : Well skilled; completely versed; thoroughly proficient

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

aware

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

Adjective : Conscious or having knowledge of something.

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

again

Verb : Another time; once more.

Verb : Over and above a factor of one.

Verb : Used metalinguistically, with the repetition being in the discussion, or in the linguistic or pragmatic context of the discussion, rather than in the subject of discussion.

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.

allow

Verb : (ditransitive) To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have.

Verb : (transitive, catenative) To enable; to permit; to grant license to; to consent to.

Verb : To not bar or obstruct.

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.

ardor

Noun : Great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion.

Noun : Spirit; enthusiasm; passion.

Noun : Intense heat.

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

agree

Verb : (intransitive) To be in harmony about an opinion, statement, or action; to have a consistent idea between two or more people.

Verb : (intransitive, followed by "to") To give assent; to accede

Verb : (transitive, UK, Ireland) To yield assent to; to approve.

ahead

Verb : At or towards the front; in the direction one is facing or moving.

Verb : So as to be further advanced, either spatially or in an abstract sense.

Verb : In or for the future.

asyla

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.

alone

Adjective : By oneself, solitary.

Adjective : (predicatively, chiefly in the negative) Lacking peers who share one's beliefs, experiences, practices, etc.

Adjective : (obsolete) Apart from, or exclusive of, others.

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.

argue

Verb : To show grounds for concluding (that); to indicate, imply.

Verb : (intransitive) To debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints.

Verb : (intransitive) To have an argument, a quarrel.

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.

alter

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

Verb : (intransitive) To become different.

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

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.

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.

among

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.

assay

Noun : Trial, attempt.

Noun : Examination and determination; test.

Noun : The qualitative or quantitative chemical analysis of something.

audit

Noun : A judicial examination.

Noun : An examination in general.

Noun : An independent review and examination of records and activities to assess the adequacy of system controls, to ensure compliance with established policies and operational procedures, and to recommend necessary changes in controls, policies, or procedures

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.

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.

awful

Adjective : Very bad.

Adjective : Exceedingly great; usually applied intensively.

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

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).

abset

award

Noun : (law) A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted.

Noun : (law) The paper containing the decision of arbitrators; that which is warded.

Noun : (academia) Funding that has been granted for the conduct of a research project.

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.

annex

Noun : An addition, an extension.

Noun : An appendix to a book or document.

Noun : An addition or extension to a building.

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.

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.

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.

algae

Noun : Algal organisms viewed collectively or as a mass; algal growth.

Noun : (countable) A particular kind of algae.

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.

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.

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.

alive

Adjective : Having life; living; not dead.

Adjective : In a state of action; in force or operation; existent.

Adjective : Busy with activity of many living beings; swarming; thronged; busy.

aglow

Adjective : (sometimes figurative) glowing; radiant

alpha

Noun : The name of the first letter of the Greek alphabet (Α, α), followed by beta. In the Latin alphabet it is the predecessor to A.

Noun : Latin alpha: the Latin letter Ɑ (minuscule: ɑ).

Noun : (sciences) The name of the symbols Α and α used in science and mathematics, often interchangeable with the symbols when used as a prefix.

alias

Verb : Otherwise; at another time; in other circumstances; otherwise called.

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; an assumed name.

amber

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

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.

anger

Noun : A strong feeling of displeasure, hostility, or antagonism towards someone or something, usually combined with an urge to harm, often stemming from perceived provocation, hurt, or threat.

Noun : (obsolete) Pain or stinging.

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

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

alley

Noun : A narrow street or passageway, especially one through the middle of a block giving access to the rear of lots of buildings.

Noun : (baseball) The area between the outfielders.

Noun : (bowling) An establishment where bowling is played.

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

arena

Noun : An enclosed area, often outdoor, for the presentation of sporting events (sports arena) or other spectacular events; earthen area, often oval, specifically for rodeos (North America) or circular area for bullfights (especially Hispanic America).

Noun : The building housing such an area; specifically, a very large, often round building, often topped with a dome, designated for indoor sporting or other major events, such as concerts.

Noun : (historical) The sand-covered centre of an amphitheatre where contests were held in Ancient Rome.

agora

Noun : A place for gathering.

Noun : A marketplace, especially in Classical Greece.

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

ahold

Verb : (nautical, obsolete) (of a ship) Brought to lie as near to the windward as it can to get out to sea, and thereby held steady.

Noun : (informal) A hold, grip, grasp.

amage

ariat

Noun : Ariat International is an American footwear, apparel and accessories brand for equestrian sports, work industries and other outdoor activities, located in Union City, California.

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 sudden attack; disturbance.

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.

argot

Noun : A secret language or conventional slang peculiar to thieves, tramps and vagabonds.

Noun : The specialized informal vocabulary and terminology used between people with special skill in a field, such as between doctors, mathematicians or hackers.

Noun : An inhabitant or resident of Argos.

amity

Noun : (formal, literary) Friendship. The cooperative and supportive relationship between people, or animals. In this sense, the term connotes a relationship which involves mutual knowledge, esteem, affection, and respect along with a degree of rendering service to friends in times of need or crisis.

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

Noun : A female given name

ariel

Noun : (biblical) A name for the city of Jerusalem, the claimed (and de-facto) capital city of modern Israel, and the claimed capital city of modern Palestine.

Noun : A male given name from Hebrew, also ascribed to spirits and angels in English literature.

Noun : A female given name from Hebrew, used mainly since the 1980s.

abase

Verb : (transitive) To lower, as in condition in life, office, rank, etc., so as to cause pain or hurt feelings; to degrade, to depress, to humble, to humiliate.

Verb : (transitive, archaic) To lower physically; to depress; to cast or throw down; to stoop.

Verb : (transitive, obsolete) To lower in value, in particular by altering the content of alloys in coins; to debase.

amiss

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

Verb : (archaic) Wrongly; mistakenly

Verb : Astray.

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.

attic

Noun : The space, often unfinished and with sloped walls, directly below the roof in the uppermost part of a house or other building, generally used for storage or habitation.

Noun : (slang) A person's head or brain.

Adjective : Relating to Athenian culture or architecture.

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.

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.]

annul

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

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

agave

Noun : Any plant in the large, variable genus Agave: succulent plants, commonly armed with formidable prickles; they flower at maturity after several years, and generally die thereafter; large species, such as the maguey or century plant, (Agave americana), produce gigantic inflorescences. Several are of economic importance as sources of fibre such as sisal, and alcoholic beverages such as tequila.

alibi

Noun : (law) The plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial for a crime proves or attempts to prove being in another place when the alleged act was committed.

Noun : (sometimes proscribed) An excuse, especially one used to avoid responsibility or blame.

Verb : To provide an alibi for.

anime

Noun : (uncountable) An artistic style originating in, and associated with, Japanese animation, and that has also been adopted by a comparatively low number of animated works from other countries.

Noun : (countable) An animated work that originated in Japan, regardless of the artistic style.

Noun : (rare, countable, chiefly proscribed) An animated work, regardless of the country of origin.

adult

Noun : A fully grown human or animal.

Noun : A person who has reached the legal age of majority.

Adjective : Fully grown.

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.]

agony

Noun : Extreme pain.

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

Noun : Violent contest or striving.

audio

Adjective : Focused on audible sound, as opposed to sight.

Noun : A sound, or a sound signal.

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