5-Letter Words Starting S & Ending A

• a neutral middle vowel; occurs in unstressed syllables

• the auspicious one; a major divinity in the later Hindu pantheon

• (Judaism) a period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative

• the forest trees growing in a country or region

• 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

• music composed for dancing the samba

• a lively dance from Brazil, with roots from Africa

• a form of canasta using three decks of cards and six jokers

• dance the samba

• a device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under water; scuba is an acronym for self-contained underwater breathing apparatus

• A comprehensive summary of, or treatise on a subject, especially theology or philosophy.

• the brightest star in Virgo

• the forest trees growing in a country or region

• the 18th letter of the Greek alphabet

• a rain forest in a tropical area