6-letter words containing a, d
- advent — In the Christian church, Advent is the period between Advent Sunday, the Sunday closest to the 30th of November, and Christmas Day.
- adverb — An adverb is a word such as 'slowly', 'now', 'very', 'politically', or 'fortunately' which adds information about the action, event, or situation mentioned in a clause.
- advert — An advert is an announcement in a newspaper, on television, or on a poster about something such as a product, event, or job.
- advice — If you give someone advice, you tell them what you think they should do in a particular situation.
- advise — If you advise someone to do something, you tell them what you think they should do.
- adviso — (obsolete) information; advice; intelligence.
- advoke — To summon or call (to a higher tribunal).
- advsys — (language, games) An adventure game language designed by David Betz in 1986. ADVSYS is object-oriented and Lisp-like.
- adware — a type of computer software that collects information about a user's browsing patterns in order to display relevant advertisements in his or her Web browser
- adygei — a member of a Circassian people of the Northwest Caucasus
- adytum — the most sacred place of worship in an ancient temple from which the laity was prohibited
- adzing — an axlike tool, for dressing timbers roughly, with a curved, chisellike steel head mounted at a right angle to the wooden handle.
- adzuki — a leguminous plant, Phaseolus angularis, that has yellow flowers and pods containing edible brown seeds; widely cultivated as a food crop in China and Japan
- aedile — a magistrate of ancient Rome in charge of public works, games, buildings, and roads
- aedine — relating to mosquitoes of the genus Aedes
- aeneid — an epic poem in Latin by Virgil relating the experiences of Aeneas after the fall of Troy, written chiefly to provide an illustrious historical background for Rome
- aeried — located in a very high place
- afeard — frightened; afraid
- affied — Simple past tense and past participle of affy.
- afford — If you cannot afford something, you do not have enough money to pay for it.
- afield — away from one's usual surroundings or home (esp in the phrase far afield)
- afraid — If you are afraid of someone or afraid to do something, you are frightened because you think that something very unpleasant is going to happen to you.
- afroed — (of the hair) Styled into an afro.
- agadir — a port in SW Morocco, which became the centre of an international crisis (1911), when a gunboat arrived to protect German interests. Britain issued a strong warning to Germany but the French negotiated and war was averted. In 1960 the town was virtually destroyed by an earthquake, about 10 000 people being killed. Pop: 385 000 (2003)
- agamid — any other lizard of the family Agamidae, which occur in the Old World and Australia and show a wide range of habits and diversity of structure
- agazed — (obsolete) Gazing with astonishment; amazed.
- agbada — A long, flowing robe with wide sleeves worn by men in some parts of West Africa, often decorated with embroidery.
- agedly — in a manner resembling that of an aged person
- agenda — You can refer to the political issues which are important at a particular time as an agenda.
- aggada — in the Talmud and midrash, the anecdotes, parables, legends, philosophy, etc. that explain or illustrate points of law
- agreed — If people are agreed on something, they have reached a joint decision on it or have the same opinion about it.
- ahidjo — Ahmadou [ah-mah-doo] /ɑ mɑˈdu/ (Show IPA), 1924–1989, statesman: president of Cameroon 1960–82.
- ahmadi — a member of the Ahmadiya.
- aidant — helpful
- aidful — helpful; assisting
- aiding — to provide support for or relief to; help: to aid the homeless victims of the fire.
- aidman — an army medical assistant attached to a field unit
- aidmen — Plural form of aidman.
- aikido — a Japanese system of self-defence employing similar principles to judo, but including blows from the hands and feet
- airbed — An airbed is a plastic or rubber mattress which can be folded or stored flat and which you fill with air before you use it.
- airdry — Alternative form of air-dry.
- airted — a direction.
- akedah — the Biblical story known as the Binding of Isaac, Genesis 22:1-24
- akhund — (chiefly, historical) A spiritual leader in Persia and parts of Central Asia.
- aladin — 1. (language) A Language for Attributed Definitions. 2. (tool) An interactive mathematics system for the IBM 360.
- alated — having wings; winged.
- albedo — the ratio of the intensity of light reflected from an object, such as a planet, to that of the light it receives from the sun
- alcade — a mayor having judicial powers.
- alcids — Plural form of alcid.
- aldern — made of alder wood