6-letter words containing a, e
- abbess — An abbess is the nun who is in charge of the other nuns in a convent.
- abbeys — Plural form of abbey.
- abbrev — (jargon) /*-breev'/, /*-brev'/ Common abbreviation for "abbreviation".
- abduce — to abduct
- abegge — (obsolete) Variant of aby.
- abeigh — aloof
- abeles — Plural form of abele.
- abelia — an ornamental garden shrub with pink or white flowers
- abends — Plural form of abend.
- abided — to remain; continue; stay: Abide with me.
- abider — to remain; continue; stay: Abide with me.
- abides — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abide.
- abient — tending to move away from a stimulus or situation.
- abject — You use abject to emphasize that a situation or quality is extremely bad.
- abjure — If you abjure something such as a belief or way of life, you state publicly that you will give it up or that you reject it.
- ablate — to remove by ablation
- ablaze — Something that is ablaze is burning very fiercely.
- ablest — having necessary power, skill, resources, or qualifications; qualified: able to lift a two-hundred-pound weight; able to write music; able to travel widely; able to vote.
- ablute — (intransitive, colloquial) To wash oneself. (First attested in the Late 19th century.).
- aboded — Simple past tense and past participle of abode.
- abodes — Plural form of abode.
- abomey — a city in SW Benin.
- aborne — auburn
- aboves — in, at, or to a higher place.
- abrade — To abrade something means to scrape or wear down its surface by rubbing it.
- abrase — (obsolete) Rubbed smooth or blank. (Attested only in the 17th century.).
- abread — (UK dialectal, chiefly, Scotland) Abroad.
- abrégé — an abridgment
- abrest — Alternative spelling of abreast.
- abseil — To abseil down a cliff or rock face means to slide down it in a controlled way using a rope, with your feet against the cliff or rock.
- absent — If someone or something is absent from a place or situation where they should be or where they usually are, they are not there.
- abused — Simple past tense and past participle of abuse.
- abusee — A person who is the victim of abuse (by an abuser).
- abuser — to use wrongly or improperly; misuse: to abuse one's authority.
- abuses — Plural form of abuse.
- abwehr — the German high-command service for espionage, counterintelligence, and sabotage during World War II.
- acater — a buyer of and supplier of provisions; caterer
- acates — provisions, esp food
- accede — If you accede to someone's request, you do what they ask.
- acceed — Obsolete form of accede.
- accel. — accelerando
- accend — to set alight, to ignite
- accent — Someone who speaks with a particular accent pronounces the words of a language in a distinctive way that shows which country, region, or social class they come from.
- accept — If you accept something that you have been offered, you say yes to it or agree to take it.
- access — If you have access to a building or other place, you are able or allowed to go into it.
- accite — to call or send for officially or by authority
- accrue — If money or interest accrues or if you accrue it, it gradually increases in amount over a period of time.
- accuse — If you accuse someone of doing something wrong or dishonest, you say or tell them that you believe that they did it.
- ace it — a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot: He dealt me four aces in the first hand.
- acedia — spiritual sloth or apathy