6-letter words containing a, g
- airgun — An airgun is a gun which is fired by means of air pressure.
- airing — exposure to air or warmth, as for drying or ventilation
- alagez — Aragats
- alagna — Roberto. born 1963, Italian opera singer, born in France; a lyric tenor
- alagoz — Turkish name of Mount Aragats.
- alborg — seaport in N Jutland, Denmark: pop. 159,000
- albugo — a disease of the eye in which a white opacity forms on the cornea
- alegar — malt vinegar
- alegge — to alleviate or lighten (a grief or burden)
- algate — by any means; anyway
- algins — any hydrophilic, colloidal substance found in or obtained from various kelps, as alginic acid or one of its soluble salts.
- algoid — resembling or relating to algae
- algren — Nelson. 1909–81, US novelist. His novels, mostly set in Chicago, include Never Come Morning (1942) and The Man with the Golden Arm (1949)
- alight — If something is alight, it is burning.
- aligns — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of align.
- allege — If you allege that something bad is true, you say it but do not prove it.
- alnage — the inspection and measurement of woollen cloth in ells
- alogia — the inability to speak
- ambage — ambiguity
- amigas — a female friend.
- amigos — Plural form of amigo.
- amonge — Archaic spelling of among.
- amoung — Archaic spelling of among.
- amping — amplifier (def 2).
- amugis — a Philippine tree, Koordersiodendron pinnatum, of the cashew family.
- analog — Analog technology involves measuring, storing, or recording an infinitely variable amount of information by using physical quantities such as voltage.
- anding — Present participle of and.
- anergy — lack of energy
- angara — a river in S Russia, in Siberia, flowing from Lake Baikal north and west to the Yenisei River: important for hydroelectric power. Length: 1840 km (1150 miles)
- angary — the right of a belligerent state to use the property of a neutral state or to destroy it if necessary, subject to payment of full compensation to the owners
- angela — a feminine name: dim. Angie; var. Angelica, Angelina, Angeline
- angell — Sir Norman, real name Ralph Norman Angell Lane. 1874–1967, English writer, pacifist, and economist, noted for his work on the economic futility of war, The Great Illusion (1910): Nobel peace prize 1933
- angelo — a male given name.
- angels — a male or female given name.
- angers — a city in W France, on the River Maine. Pop: 156 965 (2006)
- angico — the South American tree, Parapiptadenia rigida
- angina — Angina is severe pain in the chest and left arm, caused by heart disease.
- angio- — indicating a blood or lymph vessel; seed vessel
- angiya — a short-sleeved bodice that ends just below the breasts, worn by Muslim women in India.
- angkor — a large area of ruins in NW Cambodia, containing Angkor Thom (tɔːm ), the capital of the former Khmer Empire, and Angkor Wat (wɒt ), a three-storey temple, which were overgrown with dense jungle from the 14th to 19th centuries
- angled — set at an angle
- angler — An angler is someone who fishes with a fishing rod as a hobby.
- angles — Plural form of angle.
- anglia — England
- anglic — the English language in a simplified spelling devised by R. E. Zachrisson (1880–1937), a Swedish philologist, to make English easier to use as an auxiliary language. About 40 of the most frequent words are kept in their usual spellings; the rest of the vocabulary is spelled phonetically with letters of the traditional 26-letter alphabet.
- anglo- — Anglo- combines with adjectives indicating nationality to form adjectives which describe something connected with relations between Britain and another country.
- anglos — Plural form of anglo.
- angola — a republic in SW Africa, on the Atlantic: includes the enclave of Cabinda, north of the River Congo; a Portuguese possession from 1575 until its independence in 1975; multiparty constitution adopted in 1991; factional violence. It consists of a narrow coastal plain with a large fertile plateau in the east. Currency: kwanza. Religion: Christian majority. Capital: Luanda. Pop: 18 565 269 (2013 est). Area: 1 246 693 sq km (481 351 sq miles)
- angora — An angora goat or rabbit is a particular breed that has long silky hair.
- angrez — Alternative capitalization of Angrez.