6-letter words containing a, d
- octads — Plural form of octad.
- odessa — a seaport in S Ukraine, on the Black Sea.
- odetta — (Odetta Holmes) 1930–2008, U.S. folk singer.
- odisha — a state in E India. 60,136 sq. mi. (155,752 sq. km). Capital: Bhubaneshwar.
- oedema — edema.
- ogaden — an arid region in SE Ethiopia.
- ogdoad — the number eight.
- okayed — to put one's endorsement on or indicate one's approval of (a request, piece of copy, bank check, etc.); authorize; initial: Would you OK my application?
- oldham — a city in Greater Manchester, in NW England.
- oldman — (nonstandard) An old man.
- olinda — a city in NE Brazil, N suburb of Recife, on the Atlantic coast: beach resort.
- ommiad — Omayyad.
- on day — a day when someone performs well
- oneida — a member of an Iroquois people formerly inhabiting the region east of Oneida Lake.
- onhand — Alternative form of on hand.
- onload — to fill (a vehicle or container) with cargo
- onward — toward a point ahead or in front; forward, as in space or time.
- ooidal — Egg-shaped.
- opaled — made like an opal, in terms of iridescence
- oradea — a city in NW Romania.
- orated — Simple past tense and past participle of orate.
- ordain — to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon.
- ordeal — any extremely severe or trying test, experience, or trial.
- oreads — Plural form of oread.
- orenda — a supernatural force believed by the Iroquois Indians to be present, in varying degrees, in all objects or persons, and to be the spiritual force by which human accomplishment is attained or accounted for.
- orinda — a town in W California.
- ormazd — Ahura Mazda.
- oswald — Lee Harvey, 1939–63, designated by a presidential commission to be the lone assassin of John F. Kennedy.
- outadd — to beat or surpass at adding
- ovated — Ovate.
- oxhead — the head of an ox
- oxnard — a city in SW California, NW of Los Angeles.
- ozalid — (sometimes lowercase) a reproduction made by this process.
- packed — transporting, or used in transporting, a pack or load: pack animals.
- padang — a seaport in W central Sumatra, in W Indonesia.
- padauk — any of several trees belonging to the genus Pterocarpus, of the legume family, native to tropical Asia and Africa, having reddish striped or mottled wood used for paneling, furniture, etc.
- padded — a dull, muffled sound, as of footsteps on the ground.
- padder — a highwayman who steals on foot
- paddle — a short, flat bladed oar for propelling and steering a canoe or small boat, usually held by both hands and moved more or less through a vertical arc.
- padeye — a ring fixed to the structure of a ship as a hold for small lines, tackles, etc.
- padkos — snacks and provisions for a journey
- padnag — an ambling horse
- padouk — any of several trees belonging to the genus Pterocarpus, of the legume family, native to tropical Asia and Africa, having reddish striped or mottled wood used for paneling, furniture, etc.
- padova — Italian name of Padua.
- padsaw — a small compass saw with a pad.
- paduan — a city in NE Italy.
- paedo- — indicating a child or children
- pagoda — (in India, Burma, China, etc.) a temple or sacred building, usually a pyramidlike tower and typically having upward-curving roofs over the individual stories.
- pained — hurt; injured.
- palade — George Emil, 1912–2008, U.S. biologist, born in Romania: Nobel Prize in medicine 1974.