6-letter words containing a, e, s
- arouse — If something arouses a particular reaction or attitude in people, it causes them to have that reaction or attitude.
- arrest — If the police arrest you, they take charge of you and take you to a police station, because they believe you may have committed a crime.
- arrose — (obsolete) To drench; to besprinkle; to moisten.
- arseno — having or containing arsenic
- arsine — a colourless poisonous gas used in the manufacture of organic compounds, to dope transistors, and as a military poisonous gas. Formula: AsH3
- artels — Plural form of artel.
- as one — If a group of people does something as one, all the people do the same thing at the same time or in the same way.
- as per — If something happens as per a particular plan or suggestion, it happens in the way planned or suggested.
- as yet — You use as yet with negative statements to describe a situation that has existed up until the present time.
- asante — Ashanti.
- ascend — If you ascend a hill or staircase, you go up it.
- ascent — An ascent is an upward journey, especially when you are walking or climbing.
- aseity — existence derived from itself, having no other source
- asemia — inability to comprehend or use communicative symbols, as words or gestures.
- asemic — inability to comprehend or use communicative symbols, as words or gestures.
- aseyev — Nikolay Nikolaevich [nik-uh-lahy nik-uh-lahy-uh-vich;; Russian nyi-kuh-lahy nyi-kuh-lah-yi-vyich] /ˌnɪk əˈlaɪ ˌnɪk əˈlaɪ ə vɪtʃ;; Russian nyɪ kʌˈlaɪ nyɪ kʌˈlɑ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1889–1963, Russian poet.
- ashake — in a shaking manner
- ashame — to cause to feel ashamed
- ashery — a manufacturing place where pearlash and potash are produced from ashes
- ashier — Comparative form of ashy.
- ashine — in a shining manner
- ashkey — the winged fruit of the ash
- ashler — Masonry. a squared building stone cut more or less true on all faces adjacent to those of other stones so as to permit very thin mortar joints. such stones collectively. masonry made of them.
- ashley — Jack, Baron. 1922–2012, British Labour politician and campaigner for deaf and disabled people
- ashore — Someone or something that comes ashore comes from the sea onto the shore.
- asides — Plural form of aside.
- askers — Plural form of asker.
- askest — Archaic second-person singular form of ask.
- asketh — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ask.
- aslake — to weaken or make (a thing) less intense
- asleep — Someone who is asleep is sleeping.
- aslope — sloping
- asmear — in a smeared or soiled manner
- aspect — An aspect of something is one of the parts of its character or nature.
- aspens — Plural form of aspen.
- aspers — Plural form of asper.
- aspire — If you aspire to something such as an important job, you have a strong desire to achieve it.
- assent — If someone gives their assent to something that has been suggested, they formally agree to it.
- assert — If someone asserts a fact or belief, they state it firmly.
- assess — When you assess a person, thing, or situation, you consider them in order to make a judgment about them.
- assets — the property and claims against debtors that a business enterprise may apply to discharge its liabilities. Assets may be fixed, current, liquid, or intangible and are shown balanced against liabilities
- assize — a sitting of a legislative assembly or administrative body
- assume — If you assume that something is true, you imagine that it is true, sometimes wrongly.
- assure — If you assure someone that something is true or will happen, you tell them that it is definitely true or will definitely happen, often in order to make them less worried.
- astare — in an obvious or pronounced manner
- asteer — (Scotland) Alternative form of astir.
- astely — the lack of a central cylinder or stele
- astern — Something that is astern is at the back of a ship or behind the back part.
- asters — Plural form of aster.
- astert — to jump up or move quickly, to come abruptly into reality or being or to flee