5-letter words containing A
Embark on an exploration of 5-letter words that contain the letter A. This segment uncovers the diverse range of words that incorporate A within this specific length, revealing the versatility and richness of language. Ideal for vocabulary enthusiasts and word-game aficionados.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| about | 7 | used of movement to or among many different places or in no particular direction | wandering about with no place to go |
| gonna | 6 | - | - |
| thank | 12 | express gratitude or show appreciation to | - |
| again | 6 | anew | she tried again |
| great | 6 | in an advanced stage of pregnancy | was great with child |
| after | 8 | happening at a time subsequent to a reference time | it didn't happen until afterward |
| leave | 8 | leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking | leave it as is |
| maybe | 12 | by chance | - |
| years | 8 | a prolonged period of time | I haven't been there for years and years |
| place | 9 | a job in an organization | - |
| today | 9 | in these times | today almost every home has television |
| woman | 10 | a human female employed to do housework | I have a woman who comes in four hours a day while I write |
| happy | 15 | marked by good fortune | a happy outcome |
| wanna | 8 | - | - |
| alone | 5 | without anybody else or anything else | the child stayed home alone |
| heard | 9 | detected or perceived by the sense of hearing | a conversation heard through the wall |
| ready | 9 | apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity | a ready wit |
| start | 5 | get off the ground | Who started this company? |
| gotta | 6 | - | - |
| haven | 11 | a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo | - |
| later | 5 | coming at a subsequent time or stage | - |
| heart | 8 | the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body | he stood still, his heart thumping wildly |
| watch | 13 | a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event | - |
| crazy | 19 | affected with madness or insanity | - |
| water | 8 | the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean) | they invaded our territorial waters |
| cause | 7 | any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results | - |
| death | 9 | the time at which life ends; continuing until dead | she stayed until his death |
| hands | 9 | the force of workers available | - |
| speak | 11 | exchange thoughts; talk with | - |
| means | 7 | considerable capital (wealth or income) | he is a man of means |
| least | 5 | used to form the superlative | The garter snake is the least dangerous snake |
| party | 10 | an organization to gain political power | in 1992 Perot tried to organize a third party at the national level |
| shall | 8 | - | - |
| stand | 6 | put up with something or somebody unpleasant | - |
| break | 11 | (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving | he was up two breaks in the second set |
| black | 13 | make or become black | The smoke blackened the ceiling |
| small | 7 | not large but sufficient in size or amount | helped in my own small way |
| ahead | 9 | having the leading position or higher score in a contest | he is ahead by a pawn |
| daddy | 11 | an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk | - |
| clear | 7 | become clear | The sky cleared after the storm |
| alive | 8 | capable of erupting | the volcano is very much alive |
| along | 6 | with a forward motion | we drove along admiring the view |
| dance | 8 | move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance | My husband and I like to dance at home to the radio |
| dream | 8 | a cherished desire | - |
| human | 10 | any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage | - |
| earth | 8 | the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on | - |
| taken | 9 | understood in a certain way; made sense of | a word taken literally |
| catch | 12 | reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot | - |
| class | 7 | a body of students who graduate together | the class of '97 |
| learn | 5 | commit to memory; learn by heart | - |
| fault | 8 | a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention | I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults |
| clean | 7 | make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from | The dentist cleaned my teeth |
| early | 8 | in good time | - |
| marry | 10 | take in marriage | - |
| state | 5 | indicate through a symbol, formula, etc. | - |
| relax | 12 | make less taut | relax the tension on the rope |
| train | 5 | teach and supervise (someone); act as a trainer or coach (to), as in sports | He is training our Olympic team |
| swear | 8 | have faith or confidence in | - |
| peace | 9 | the absence of mental stress or anxiety | - |
| table | 7 | flat tableland with steep edges | - |
| paper | 9 | the physical object that is the product of a newspaper publisher | when it began to rain he covered his head with a newspaper |
| meant | 7 | - | - |
| teach | 10 | impart skills or knowledge to | - |
| angry | 9 | (of the elements) as if showing violent anger | angry clouds on the horizon |
| smart | 7 | improperly forward or bold | - |
| brain | 7 | that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason | - |
| frank | 12 | a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll | - |
| agree | 6 | go together | - |
| laugh | 9 | produce laughter | - |
| radio | 6 | an electronic receiver that detects and demodulates and amplifies transmitted signals | - |
| saved | 9 | guarded from injury or destruction | - |
| carry | 10 | transmit or serve as the medium for transmission | The airwaves carry the sound |
| share | 8 | the effort contributed by a person in bringing about a result | they all did their share of the work |
| madam | 10 | a woman of refinement | - |
| plane | 7 | a power tool for smoothing or shaping wood | - |
| space | 9 | (printing) a block of type without a raised letter; used for spacing between words or sentences | - |
| glass | 6 | a mirror; usually a ladies' dressing mirror | - |
| reach | 10 | move forward or upward in order to touch; also in a metaphorical sense | Government reaches out to the people |
| taste | 5 | a strong liking | - |
| treat | 5 | provide with choice or abundant food or drink | Don't worry about the expensive wine--I'm treating |
| major | 14 | British statesman who was prime minister from 1990 until 1997 (born in 1943) | - |
| match | 12 | a person who is of equal standing with another in a group | - |
| paris | 7 | the capital and largest city of France; and international center of culture and commerce | - |
| favor | 11 | an act of gracious kindness | - |
| magic | 10 | an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers | - |
| board | 8 | get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.) | - |
| agent | 6 | the semantic role of the animate entity that instigates or causes the happening denoted by the verb in the clause | - |
| stage | 6 | plan, organize, and carry out (an event) | the neighboring tribe staged an invasion |
| waste | 8 | cause to grow thin or weak | - |
| grand | 7 | of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope | in the grand manner |
| allow | 8 | give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause | - |
| steal | 5 | move stealthily | - |
| above | 10 | (in writing) at an earlier place | see above |
| final | 8 | not to be altered or undone | the judge's decision is final |
| harry | 11 | make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes | - |
| heavy | 14 | slowly as if burdened by much weight | time hung heavy on their hands |
| guard | 7 | a device designed to prevent injury or accidents | - |
| balls | 7 | - | - |
| raise | 5 | call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) | raise a smile |
| pants | 7 | (used in the plural) underpants worn by women | - |
| faith | 11 | a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny | he lost his faith but not his morality |
| names | 7 | verbal abuse; a crude substitute for argument | sticks and stones may break my bones but names can never hurt me |
| blame | 9 | an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed | the police laid the blame on the driver |
| apart | 7 | placed or kept separate and distinct as for a purpose | had a feeling of being set apart |
| beach | 12 | an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake | - |
| angel | 6 | the highest waterfall; has more than one leap; flow varies seasonally | - |
| large | 6 | in a boastful manner | - |
| coach | 12 | teach and supervise (someone); act as a trainer or coach (to), as in sports | She is coaching the crew |
| began | 8 | - | - |
| shame | 10 | a state of dishonor | one mistake brought shame to all his family |
| extra | 12 | added to a regular schedule | - |
| james | 14 | (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; brother of John; author of the Epistle of James in the New Testament | - |
| admit | 8 | allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of | admit someone to the profession |
| track | 11 | any road or path affording passage especially a rough one | - |
| among | 8 | - | - |
| local | 7 | anesthetic that numbs a particular area of the body | - |
| total | 5 | determine the sum of | - |
| awful | 11 | offensive or even (of persons) malicious | - |
| naked | 10 | having no protecting or concealing cover | naked to mine enemies |
| danny | 9 | - | - |
| cream | 9 | toiletry consisting of any of various substances in the form of a thick liquid that have a soothing and moisturizing effect when applied to the skin | - |
| heads | 9 | - | - |
| cards | 8 | a game played with playing cards | - |
| usual | 5 | commonly encountered | the usual greeting |
| cheap | 12 | tastelessly showy | - |
| grace | 8 | a period of time past the deadline for fulfilling an obligation during which a penalty that would be imposed for being late is waived, especially an extended period granted as a special favor | The payment had originally been due on April 1 but we had a grace period which expired in June. |
| bread | 8 | informal terms for money | - |
| japan | 14 | a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building | - |
| scare | 7 | cause fear in | - |
| brave | 10 | possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching | Familiarity with danger makes a brave man braver but less daring |
| shake | 12 | move back and forth or sideways | - |
| sugar | 6 | an essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups they contain | - |
| spare | 7 | not taken up by scheduled activities | spare time on my hands |
| paint | 7 | a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating | artists use `paint' and `pigment' interchangeably |
| freak | 12 | someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction | a bodybuilding freak |
| maria | 7 | a dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon | - |
| china | 10 | a government on the island of Taiwan established in 1949 by Chiang Kai-shek after the conquest of mainland China by the Communists led by Mao Zedong | - |
| chair | 10 | act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university | She chaired the department for many years |
| tears | 5 | the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds) | she was in tears |
| ocean | 7 | anything apparently limitless in quantity or volume | - |
| based | 8 | having a base | firmly based ice |
| aware | 8 | bearing in mind; attentive to | - |
| trial | 5 | trying something to find out about it | a sample for ten days free trial |
| trade | 6 | engage in the trade of | - |
| parts | 7 | the local environment | he hasn't been seen around these parts in years |
| fancy | 13 | have a fancy or particular liking or desire for | - |
| kinda | 10 | to some (great or small) extent | - |
| legal | 6 | having legal efficacy or force | - |
| awake | 12 | stop sleeping | - |
| avoid | 9 | prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening | Let's avoid a confrontation |
| badly | 11 | in a disobedient or naughty way | he behaved badly in school |
| image | 8 | an iconic mental representation | her imagination forced images upon her too awful to contemplate |
| actor | 7 | a person who acts and gets things done | he's a principal actor in this affair |
| shape | 10 | the visual appearance of something or someone | - |
| grade | 7 | assign a rank or rating to | - |
| alarm | 7 | fear resulting from the awareness of danger | - |
| plant | 7 | (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion | - |
| scary | 10 | provoking fear terror | a scary movie |
| staff | 11 | (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written | - |
| mayor | 10 | the head of a city government | - |
| crash | 10 | the act of colliding with something | his crash through the window |
| eaten | 5 | - | - |
| candy | 11 | a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts | - |
| piano | 7 | (music) low loudness | - |
| india | 6 | a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947 | - |
| falls | 8 | a steep descent of the water of a river | - |
| grave | 9 | of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought | grave responsibilities |
| saint | 5 | declare (a dead person) to be a saint | - |
| media | 8 | - | - |
| pizza | 25 | Italian open pie made of thin bread dough spread with a spiced mixture of e.g. tomato sauce and cheese | - |
| royal | 8 | belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler | treated with royal acclaim |
| giant | 6 | a person of exceptional importance and reputation | - |
| chase | 10 | cut a furrow into a columns | - |
| crack | 13 | a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive | - |
| aside | 6 | out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts) | brush the objections aside |
| beast | 7 | a cruelly rapacious person | - |
| toast | 5 | a drink in honor of or to the health of a person or event | - |
| nasty | 8 | offensive or even (of persons) malicious | in a nasty mood |
| plate | 7 | (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score | - |
| sharp | 10 | (of something seen or heard) clearly defined | a sharp photographic image |
| talks | 9 | a discussion intended to produce an agreement | talks between Israelis and Palestinians |
| value | 8 | regard highly; think much of | - |
| anger | 6 | become angry | He angers easily |
| snake | 9 | a tributary of the Columbia River that rises in Wyoming and flows westward; discovered in 1805 by the Lewis and Clark Expedition | - |
| trash | 8 | worthless material that is to be disposed of | - |
| march | 12 | lie adjacent to another or share a boundary | England marches with Scotland |
| metal | 7 | containing or made of or resembling or characteristic of a metal | a metallic compound |
| false | 8 | adopted in order to deceive | - |
| hated | 9 | treated with dislike or contempt | - |
| bravo | 10 | a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed | - |
| coast | 7 | the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it | the children lined up for a coast down the snowy slope |
| laura | 5 | - | - |
| armed | 8 | having arms or arms as specified; used especially in combination | the many-armed goddess Shiva |
| brand | 8 | a name given to a product or service | - |
| cheat | 10 | weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat | - |
| grant | 6 | 18th President of the United States; commander of the Union armies in the American Civil War (1822-1885) | - |
| marks | 11 | English businessman who created a retail chain (1888-1964) | - |
| chain | 10 | British biochemist (born in Germany) who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1906-1979) | - |
| apple | 9 | native Eurasian tree widely cultivated in many varieties for its firm rounded edible fruits | - |
| stays | 8 | a woman's close-fitting foundation garment | - |
| fairy | 11 | offensive term for a homosexual man | - |
| claim | 9 | a demand especially in the phrase | - |
| exact | 14 | claim as due or just | - |
| panic | 9 | sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events | panic in the stock market |
| grass | 6 | a police informer who implicates many people | - |
| daily | 9 | of or belonging to or occurring every day | daily routine |
| spain | 7 | a parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; a former colonial power | - |
| range | 6 | assign a rank or rating to | - |
| trace | 7 | to go back over again | we retraced the route we took last summer |
| waves | 11 | - | - |
| drank | 10 | - | - |
| banks | 11 | English botanist who accompanied Captain Cook on his first voyage to the Pacific Ocean (1743-1820) | - |
| slave | 8 | work very hard, like a slave | - |
| sweat | 8 | excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin | Exercise makes one sweat |
| argue | 6 | present reasons and arguments | - |
| shark | 12 | any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales | - |
| adult | 6 | designed to arouse lust | adult movies |
| alien | 5 | transfer property or ownership | The will aliened the property to the heirs |
| flash | 11 | a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph | - |
| drama | 8 | a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage | - |
| apply | 12 | be pertinent or relevant or applicable | The same laws apply to you! |
| alert | 5 | condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action | bombers were put on alert during the crisis |
| album | 9 | one or more recordings issued together; originally released on 12-inch phonograph records (usually with attractive record covers) and later on cassette audiotape and compact disc | - |
| sauce | 7 | add zest or flavor to, make more interesting | sauce the roast |
| equal | 14 | a person who is of equal standing with another in a group | - |
| basic | 9 | reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality | a basic story line |
| beats | 7 | a United States youth subculture of the 1950s; rejected possessions or regular work or traditional dress; for communal living and psychedelic drugs and anarchism; favored modern forms of jazz (e.g., bebop) | - |
| roman | 7 | of or relating to or derived from Rome (especially ancient Rome) | - |
| seats | 5 | an area that includes places where several people can sit | - |
| squad | 15 | a cooperative unit (especially in sports) | - |
| raped | 8 | having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence | the raped countryside |
| crane | 7 | United States poet (1899-1932) | - |
| plain | 7 | not mixed with extraneous elements | plain water |
| sally | 8 | a venture off the beaten path | a sally into the wide world beyond his home |
| texas | 12 | the second largest state; located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico | - |
| blast | 7 | hit hard | - |
| sales | 5 | income (at invoice values) received for goods and services over some given period of time | - |
| salad | 6 | food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing; usually consisting of or including greens | - |
| oscar | 7 | an annual award by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for achievements in motion picture production and performance | - |
| fella | 8 | a boy or man | - |
| habit | 10 | an established custom | it was their habit to dine at 7 every evening |
| sandy | 9 | of hair color; pale yellowish to yellowish brown | - |
| chaos | 10 | a state of extreme confusion and disorder | - |
| blade | 8 | especially a leaf of grass or the broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petiole | - |
| barry | 10 | - | - |
| scale | 7 | a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin | - |
| vodka | 13 | unaged colorless liquor originating in Russia | - |
| frame | 10 | a system of assumptions and standards that sanction behavior and give it meaning | - |
| moral | 7 | the significance of a story or event | the moral of the story is to love thy neighbor |
| charm | 12 | attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates | - |
| award | 9 | give, especially as an honor or reward | - |
| asses | 5 | - | - |
| angle | 6 | a biased way of looking at or presenting something | - |
| stake | 9 | mark with a stake | stake out the path |
| champ | 14 | chew noisily | - |
| diary | 9 | a daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and observations | - |
| dates | 6 | - | - |
| cable | 9 | television that is transmitted over cable directly to the receiver | - |
| gates | 6 | United States computer entrepreneur whose software company made him the youngest multi-billionaire in the history of the United States (born in 1955) | - |
| cabin | 9 | a small house built of wood; usually in a wooded area | - |
| roads | 6 | a partly sheltered anchorage | - |
| stare | 5 | look at with fixed eyes | The students stared at the teacher with amazement |
| opera | 7 | a building where musical dramas are performed | - |
| eagle | 6 | shoot two strokes under par | She eagled the hole |
| delay | 9 | cause to be slowed down or delayed | Traffic was delayed by the bad weather |
| loyal | 8 | inspired by love for your country | - |
| donna | 6 | an Italian woman of rank | - |
| beard | 8 | tuft of strong filaments by which e.g. a mussel makes itself fast to a fixed surface | - |
| sammy | 12 | - | - |
| trail | 5 | to lag or linger behind | - |
| ideal | 6 | of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of the reality of ideas | - |
| carol | 7 | joyful religious song celebrating the birth of Christ | - |
| basis | 7 | the most important or necessary part of something | the basis of this drink is orange juice |
| abuse | 7 | cruel or inhumane treatment | the child showed signs of physical abuse |
| alike | 9 | having the same or similar characteristics | all politicians are alike |
| pearl | 7 | a shape that is spherical and small | - |
| faced | 11 | having a face or facing especially of a specified kind or number; often used in combination | a neatly faced terrace |
| fraud | 9 | something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage | - |
| daisy | 9 | any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a single whorl | - |
| react | 7 | show a response or a reaction to something | - |
| shave | 11 | cut closely | - |
| sneak | 9 | someone who prowls or sneaks about; usually with unlawful intentions | - |
| tasty | 8 | pleasing to the sense of taste | a tasty morsel |
| flame | 10 | shine with a sudden light | - |
| feast | 8 | an elaborate party (often outdoors) | - |
| drawn | 9 | showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering | her face was drawn and haggard from sleeplessness |
| alley | 8 | a narrow street with walls on both sides | - |
| randy | 9 | feeling great sexual desire | - |
| nanny | 8 | a woman who is the custodian of children | - |
| alpha | 10 | early testing stage of a software or hardware product | alpha version |
| phase | 10 | a particular point in the time of a cycle; measured from some arbitrary zero and expressed as an angle | - |
| patch | 12 | a small contrasting part of something | a patch of clouds |
| labor | 7 | a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages | there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field |
| nancy | 10 | a city in northeastern France in Lorraine | - |
| naive | 8 | marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience | a teenager's naive ignorance of life |
| broad | 8 | showing or characterized by broad-mindedness | a broad political stance |
| solar | 5 | relating to or derived from the sun or utilizing the energies of the sun | solar eclipse |
| smash | 10 | hit hard | He smashed a 3-run homer |
| steak | 9 | a slice of meat cut from the fleshy part of an animal or large fish | - |
| whale | 11 | a very large person; impressive in size or qualities | - |
| lands | 6 | - | - |
| harsh | 11 | unpleasantly stern | wild and harsh country full of hot sand and cactus |
| loads | 6 | a large number or amount | - |
| badge | 9 | an emblem (a small piece of plastic or cloth or metal) that signifies your status (rank or membership or affiliation etc.) | they checked everyone's badge before letting them in |
| blank | 11 | a blank gap or missing part | - |
| vital | 8 | urgently needed; absolutely necessary | vital for a healthy society |
| medal | 8 | an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event | - |
| spray | 10 | a dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a fine mist | - |
| lance | 7 | a surgical knife with a pointed double-edged blade; used for punctures and small incisions | - |
| baker | 11 | someone who bakes bread or cake | - |
| snack | 11 | eat a snack; eat lightly | She never loses weight because she snacks between meals |
| dated | 7 | marked by features of the immediate and usually discounted past | - |
| label | 7 | trade name of a company that produces musical recordings | the artists and repertoire department of a recording label is responsible for finding new talent |
| mates | 7 | a pair of people who live together | - |
| adore | 6 | love intensely | he just adored his wife |
| repay | 10 | make repayment for or return something | - |
| faint | 8 | weak and likely to lose consciousness | suddenly felt faint from the pain |
| chang | 11 | the longest river of Asia; flows eastward from Tibet into the East China Sea near Shanghai | - |
| amber | 9 | of a medium to dark brownish yellow color | - |
| ralph | 10 | - | - |
| sarge | 6 | - | - |
| mafia | 10 | any tightly knit group of trusted associates | - |
| aunty | 8 | the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle | - |
| backs | 13 | - | - |
| vault | 8 | jump across or leap over (an obstacle) | - |
| roast | 5 | subject to laughter or ridicule | His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday |
| fanny | 11 | external female sex organs | in England `fanny' is vulgar slang for female genitals |
| handy | 12 | United States blues musician who transcribed and published traditional blues music (1873-1958) | - |
| brake | 11 | large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan | - |
| steam | 7 | clean by means of steaming | steam-clean the upholstered sofa |
| mason | 7 | English film actor (1909-1984) | - |
| ranch | 10 | farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle) | - |
| razor | 14 | edge tool used in shaving | - |
| smack | 13 | deliver a hard blow to | The teacher smacked the student who had misbehaved |
| crawl | 10 | show submission or fear | - |
| radar | 6 | measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects | - |
| tales | 5 | - | - |
| swamp | 12 | low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog | - |
| armor | 7 | tough more-or-less rigid protective covering of an animal or plant | - |
| ankle | 9 | a gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus | - |
| tease | 5 | disentangle and raise the fibers of | tease wool |
| organ | 6 | wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboard | - |
| float | 8 | an air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy | - |
| cease | 7 | put an end to a state or an activity | - |
| bacon | 9 | English scientist and Franciscan monk who stressed the importance of experimentation; first showed that air is required for combustion and first used lenses to correct vision (1220-1292) | - |
| fatal | 8 | (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin | such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory |
| drain | 6 | flow off gradually | The rain water drains into this big vat |
| brass | 7 | the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something | - |
| cargo | 8 | goods carried by a large vehicle | - |
| adopt | 8 | put into dramatic form | adopt a book for a screenplay |
| alibi | 7 | a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc. | every day he had a new alibi for not getting a job |
| rains | 5 | - | - |
| rally | 8 | the feat of mustering strength for a renewed effort | he singled to start a rally in the 9th inning |
| villa | 8 | Mexican revolutionary leader (1877-1923) | - |
| whack | 17 | hit hard | The teacher whacked the boy |
| jeans | 12 | (used in the plural) close-fitting trousers of heavy denim for manual work or casual wear | - |
| dealt | 6 | - | - |
| craig | 8 | - | - |
| arrow | 8 | a mark to indicate a direction or relation | - |
| rabbi | 9 | a Hebrew title of respect for a Jewish scholar or teacher | - |
| eager | 6 | a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary) | - |
| delta | 6 | a low triangular area of alluvial deposits where a river divides before entering a larger body of water | the Mississippi River delta |
| stamp | 9 | walk heavily | - |
| pasta | 7 | shaped and dried dough made from flour and water and sometimes egg | - |
| waist | 8 | the narrowing of the body between the ribs and hips | - |
| wagon | 9 | a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major | - |
| fatty | 11 | a rotund individual | - |
| grasp | 8 | hold firmly | - |
| hatch | 13 | shading consisting of multiple crossing lines | - |
| logan | 6 | a mountain peak in the St. Elias Range in the southwestern Yukon Territory in Canada (19,850 feet high) | - |
| salon | 5 | a shop where hairdressers and beauticians work | - |
| diane | 6 | - | - |
| erase | 5 | remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing | Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong! |
| hairy | 11 | having or covered with hair | Jacob was a hairy man |
| maker | 11 | a business engaged in manufacturing some product | - |
| scarf | 10 | a joint made by notching the ends of two pieces of timber or metal so that they will lock together end-to-end | - |
| grain | 6 | the physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance) | sand of a fine grain |
| laser | 5 | an acronym for light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation; an optical device that produces an intense monochromatic beam of coherent light | - |
| momma | 11 | informal terms for a mother | - |
| draft | 9 | a large and hurried swallow | - |
| shade | 9 | a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color | after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted |
| tango | 6 | a ballroom dance of Latin-American origin | - |
| paths | 10 | - | - |
| 7 | communicate electronically on the computer | - | |
| camel | 9 | cud-chewing mammal used as a draft or saddle animal in desert regions | - |
| straw | 8 | spread by scattering ( | - |
| stain | 5 | an act that brings discredit to the person who does it | - |
| stall | 5 | postpone doing what one should be doing | - |
| pairs | 7 | - | - |
| dwarf | 12 | a person who is markedly small | - |
| baked | 12 | dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight | land lying baked in the heat |
| rehab | 10 | - | - |
| races | 7 | - | - |
| shaft | 11 | an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect | she threw shafts of sarcasm |
| spark | 11 | merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance | he had a sparkle in his eye |
| tails | 5 | formalwear consisting of full evening dress for men | - |
| canal | 7 | a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance | the alimentary canal |
| chart | 10 | represent by means of a graph | chart the data |
| skate | 9 | large edible rays having a long snout and thick tail with pectoral fins continuous with the head; swim by undulating the edges of the pectoral fins | - |
| fatso | 8 | a rotund individual | - |
| layer | 8 | an abstract place usually conceived as having depth | a simile has at least two layers of meaning |
| altar | 5 | the table in Christian churches where communion is given | - |
| judas | 13 | (New Testament) the Apostle who betrayed Jesus to his enemies for 30 pieces of silver | - |
| sadly | 9 | in an unfortunate or deplorable manner | he was sadly neglected |
| shawn | 11 | United States dancer and choreographer who collaborated with Ruth Saint Denis (1891-1972) | - |
| spear | 7 | an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish | - |
| urban | 7 | located in or characteristic of a city or city life | urban property owners |
| pains | 7 | an effortful attempt to attain a goal | - |
| lease | 5 | grant use or occupation of under a term of contract | - |
| mamma | 11 | milk-secreting organ of female mammals | - |
| cigar | 8 | a roll of tobacco for smoking | - |
| baron | 7 | a very wealthy or powerful businessman | an oil baron |
| stray | 8 | move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment | - |
| karma | 11 | (Hinduism and Buddhism) the effects of a person's actions that determine his destiny in his next incarnation | - |
| attic | 7 | informal terms for a human head | - |
| costa | 7 | any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in humans (and similar bones in most vertebrates) | - |
| peach | 12 | a very attractive or seductive looking woman | - |
| laden | 6 | remove with or as if with a ladle | - |
| stack | 11 | a large tall chimney through which combustion gases and smoke can be evacuated | - |
| polar | 7 | being of crucial importance | the polar events of this study |
| rival | 8 | be equal to in quality or ability | Nothing can rival cotton for durability |
| paolo | 7 | - | - |
| wages | 9 | a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing | the wages of sin is death |
| agony | 9 | intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain | an agony of doubt |
| plead | 8 | appeal or request earnestly | I pleaded with him to stop |
| realm | 7 | a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about | it was a limited realm of discourse |
| salty | 8 | engagingly stimulating or provocative | salty language |
| traps | 7 | - | - |
| patty | 10 | small flat mass of chopped food | - |
| wheat | 11 | grains of common wheat; sometimes cooked whole or cracked as cereal; usually ground into flour | - |
| dares | 6 | - | - |
| audio | 6 | an audible acoustic wave frequency | - |
| sauna | 5 | a Finnish steam bath; steam is produced by pouring water over heated rocks | - |
| slack | 11 | a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot | - |
| strap | 7 | a band that goes over the shoulder and supports a garment or bag | - |
| tammy | 12 | a woolen cap of Scottish origin | - |
| ninja | 12 | a class of 14th century Japanese who were trained in martial arts and were hired for espionage and assassinations | - |
| craft | 10 | shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception | - |
| crabs | 9 | infestation of the pubic hair by crab lice | - |
| await | 8 | look forward to the probable occurrence of | - |
| adapt | 8 | adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions | - |
| prank | 11 | a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement | - |
| rainy | 8 | (of weather) wet by periods of rain | rainy days |
| scrap | 9 | worthless material that is to be disposed of | - |
| shiva | 11 | (Judaism) a period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative | the family is sitting shiva |
| stark | 9 | without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers | stark staring mad |
| liang | 6 | - | - |
| arise | 5 | result or issue | - |
| abort | 7 | cease development, die, and be aborted | an aborting fetus |
| tramp | 9 | a commercial steamer for hire; one having no regular schedule | - |
| pasha | 10 | a civil or military authority in Turkey or Egypt | - |
| jacky | 21 | - | - |
| bathe | 10 | cleanse the entire body | bathe daily |
| rates | 5 | a local tax on property (usually used in the plural) | - |
| scram | 9 | leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form | - |
| valid | 9 | still legally acceptable | the license is still valid |
| pause | 7 | interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing | The speaker paused |
| essay | 8 | make an effort or attempt | The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps |
| vague | 9 | not clearly expressed or understood | their descriptions of human behavior become vague, dull, and unclear |
| hallo | 8 | - | - |
| aisle | 5 | passageway between seating areas as in an auditorium or passenger vehicle or between areas of shelves of goods as in stores | - |
| rapid | 8 | characterized by speed; moving with or capable of moving with high speed | a rapid movement |
| takin | 9 | large heavily built goat antelope of eastern Himalayan area | - |
| macho | 12 | used of men; markedly masculine in appearance or manner | - |
| drake | 10 | English explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596) | - |
| cobra | 9 | venomous Asiatic and African elapid snakes that can expand the skin of the neck into a hood | - |
| crank | 11 | start by cranking | crank up the engine |
| alter | 5 | insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby | - |
| samba | 9 | large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds; yields soft white to pale yellow wood | - |
| stash | 8 | save up as for future use | - |
| panel | 7 | select from a list | empanel prospective jurors |
| yacht | 13 | an expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing | - |
| triad | 6 | a three-note major or minor chord; a note and its third and fifth tones | - |
| wally | 11 | a silly and inept person; someone who is regarded as stupid | - |
| arena | 5 | a particular environment or walk of life | - |
| vocal | 10 | given to expressing yourself freely or insistently | a vocal assembly |
| waltz | 17 | dance a waltz | - |
| wrath | 11 | belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins) | - |
| flags | 9 | - | - |
| madly | 11 | in an insane manner | the witch cackled madly |
| parks | 11 | United States civil rights leader who refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man in Montgomery (Alabama) and so triggered the national Civil Rights movement (born in 1913) | - |
| slash | 8 | beat severely with a whip or rod | - |
| ultra | 5 | (used of opinions and actions) far beyond the norm | an ultra conservative |
| gamma | 10 | Portuguese navigator who led an expedition around the Cape of Good Hope in 1497; he sighted and named Natal on Christmas Day before crossing the Indian Ocean (1469-1524) | - |
| ariel | 5 | - | - |
| shack | 14 | small crude shelter used as a dwelling | - |
| weary | 11 | exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress | - |
| acres | 7 | extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use | - |
| squat | 14 | having a low center of gravity; built low to the ground | - |
| haunt | 8 | haunt like a ghost; pursue | Fear of illness haunts her |
| leash | 8 | a figurative restraint | kept a tight leash on his emotions |
| chalk | 14 | an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant | - |
| coral | 7 | the hard stony skeleton of a Mediterranean coral that has a delicate red or pink color and is used for jewelry | - |
| annoy | 8 | cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations | - |
| erica | 7 | any plant of the genus Erica | - |
| naval | 8 | connected with or belonging to or used in a navy | naval history |
| brace | 9 | a structural member used to stiffen a framework | - |
| plaza | 16 | mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace | a good plaza should have a movie house |
| shalt | 8 | - | - |
| taped | 8 | recorded on tape | - |
