6-letter words containing a, g, i
- tragic — characteristic or suggestive of tragedy: tragic solemnity.
- triage — the process of sorting victims, as of a battle or disaster, to determine medical priority in order to increase the number of survivors.
- ubangi — French Oubangi. a river in W central Africa, forming part of the boundary between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic, flowing W and S into the Congo (Zaire) River. 700 miles (1125 km) long.
- ugarit — an ancient city in Syria, N of Latakia, on the site of modern Ras Shamra: destroyed by an earthquake early in the 13th century b.c.; excavations have yielded tablets written in cuneiform and hieroglyphic script that reveal important information on Canaanite mythology.
- ugliac — (language) An early system on the Datatron 200 series.
- ugrian — denoting or pertaining to an ethnological group including the Magyars and related peoples of western Siberia.
- ungain — inconvenient; unpleasant; unskilled
- vagile — endowed with or having freedom of movement.
- vagina — Anatomy, Zoology. the passage leading from the uterus to the vulva in certain female mammals. Compare oviduct. a sheathlike part or organ.
- viagra — Viagra is a drug that is given to men with certain sexual problems in order to help them to have sexual intercourse.
- vigias — a navigational hazard whose existence or position is uncertain.
- virago — a loud-voiced, ill-tempered, scolding woman; shrew.
- visage — the face, usually with reference to shape, features, expression, etc.; countenance.
- wading — to walk in water, when partially immersed: He wasn't swimming, he was wading.
- wag it — to play truant
- waging — Often, wages. money that is paid or received for work or services, as by the hour, day, or week. Compare living wage, minimum wage.
- waight — Obsolete spelling of weight.
- waking — to become roused from sleep; awake; awaken; waken (often followed by up).
- waling — something that is selected as the best; choice.
- waning — to decrease in strength, intensity, etc.: Daylight waned, and night came on. Her enthusiasm for the cause is waning.
- waragi — a Ugandan alcoholic drink made from bananas
- waring — watchful, wary, or cautious.
- waving — a disturbance on the surface of a liquid body, as the sea or a lake, in the form of a moving ridge or swell.
- waxing — Also called beeswax. a solid, yellowish, nonglycerine substance allied to fats and oils, secreted by bees, plastic when warm and melting at about 145°F, variously employed in making candles, models, casts, ointments, etc., and used by bees in constructing their honeycomb.
- wigman — Mary, 1886–1973, German dancer and choreographer.
- wigwag — Nautical. the act or process of sending messages by the movements of two flags or the like waved according to a code.
- wigwam — an American Indian dwelling, usually of rounded or oval shape, formed of poles overlaid with bark, mats, or skins. Compare lodge (def 9), tepee.
- witgat — any tree of the South African genus Boscia
- xikang — a former province in W China, now part of Sichuan.
- xizang — Tibet
- yawing — to deviate temporarily from a straight course, as a ship.
- yigdal — a liturgical prayer or hymn expressing the faith of Israel in God, usually sung responsively by the cantor and congregation at the close of the evening service on the Sabbath and festivals.
- zaftig — (of a woman) having a pleasantly plump figure.
- zigzag — a line, course, or progression characterized by sharp turns first to one side and then to the other.