6-letter words containing a, e, s
- aeolis — the ancient name for the coastal region of NW Asia Minor, including the island of Lesbos, settled by the Aeolian Greeks (about 1000 bc)
- aeolus — the god of the winds
- aeries — the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- afraes — Associate Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society
- afresh — If you do something afresh, you do it again in a different way.
- afscme — American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees
- afters — dessert; sweet
- agates — Plural form of agate.
- agaves — Plural form of agave.
- ageism — Ageism is unacceptable behaviour that occurs as a result of the belief that older people are of less value than younger people.
- ageist — Ageist behaviour is unacceptable behaviour based on the belief that older people are of less value than younger people.
- agenst — Obsolete form of against.
- agents — Plural form of agent.
- aggers — aggressive
- aggeus — Haggai
- aggies — Plural form of aggie.
- aglets — Plural form of aglet.
- agnesi — Maria Gaetana. 1718–99, Italian mathematician and philosopher, noted for her work on differential calculus
- agones — (in ancient Greece) a contest in which prizes were awarded in any of a number of events, as athletics, drama, music, poetry, and painting.
- agrees — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of agree.
- agress — Misspelling of aggress.
- agrise — to fear or shudder at (something frightful)
- aguise — to dress (the body)
- ahmose — 1580–1557 b.c, founder of the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt.
- ahorse — on horseback
- aimers — Plural form of aimer.
- airers — Plural form of airer.
- aisles — a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- albers — Josef. 1888–1976, US painter, designer, and poet, born in Germany. His works include a series of abstract paintings entitled Homage to the Square
- alders — Plural form of alder.
- aldose — a sugar that contains the aldehyde group or is a hemiacetal
- alephs — Plural form of aleph.
- alerts — Plural form of alert.
- alesia — an ancient city and fortress in Gaul: Caesar captured Vercingetorix here 52 b.c.
- aletes — a son of Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. He became ruler of Mycenae after the death of his parents.
- alexis — a masculine and feminine name
- aliens — Plural form of alien.
- alines — (especially in women's clothing) a cut of garment consisting basically of two A -shaped panels for the front and back, designed to give increasing fullness toward the hemline.
- alkies — Plural form of alkie.
- alleys — Plural form of alley.
- allies — (in World War I) the powers of the Triple Entente (France, Russia, and Britain) together with the nations allied with them
- aloeus — a son of Poseidon, husband of Iphimedia, and foster father of Otus and Ephialtes.
- alsace — a region and former province of NE France, between the Vosges mountains and the Rhine: famous for its wines. Area: 8280 sq km (3196 sq miles)
- alsike — a clover, Trifolium hybridum, native to Europe and Asia but widely cultivated as a forage crop. It has trifoliate leaves and pink or whitish flowers
- alters — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of alter.
- alties — Plural form of altie.
- alveus — The channel of a river.
- amazes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of amaze.
- ambers — Plural form of amber.
- ambles — Plural form of amble.