6-letter words containing a, m
- ascoma — a fruiting body that bears asci.
- asemia — inability to comprehend or use communicative symbols, as words or gestures.
- asemic — inability to comprehend or use communicative symbols, as words or gestures.
- ashame — to cause to feel ashamed
- ashman — dustman
- ashram — a religious retreat or community where a Hindu holy man lives
- asimov — Isaac. 1920–92, US writer and biochemist, born in Russia. His science-fiction works include Foundation Trilogy (1951–53; sequel 1982) and the collection of stories I, Robot (1950)
- asmara — the capital of Eritrea; cathedral (1922); Grand Mosque (1937); university (1958). Pop: 615 000 (2005 est)
- asmear — in a smeared or soiled manner
- asrama — any of the four phases of the ideally conducted life: education, work, withdrawal from society, and asceticism.
- assume — If you assume that something is true, you imagine that it is true, sometimes wrongly.
- asthma — Asthma is a lung condition which causes difficulty in breathing.
- aswarm — filled, esp with moving things; swarming
- asylum — If a government gives a person from another country asylum, they allow them to stay, usually because they are unable to return home safely for political reasons.
- ataman — an elected leader of the Cossacks; hetman
- athame — (in Wicca) a witch's ceremonial knife, usually with a black handle, used in rituals rather than for cutting or carving
- atomic — Atomic means relating to power that is produced from the energy released by splitting atoms.
- atrium — An atrium is a part of a building such as a hotel or shopping centre, which extends up through several floors of the building and often has a glass roof.
- audism — The notion that one is superior based on one's ability to hear or behave in the manner of one who hears.
- aumbry — ambry.
- autism — Autism is a developmental disorder that can cause someone to have difficulty in communicating with and responding to other people.
- autumn — Autumn is the season between summer and winter when the weather becomes cooler and the leaves fall off the trees.
- awmous — almous.
- awsome — a frequent misspelling of awesome.
- axeman — a man who wields an axe, esp to cut down trees
- axiom* — (mathematics, tool) A symbolic mathematics system. Version: 2.
- axioms — Plural form of axiom.
- aymara — a member of a South American Indian people of Bolivia and Peru
- baalim — any of numerous local deities among the ancient Semitic peoples, typifying the productive forces of nature and worshiped with much sensuality.
- babism — a pantheistic Persian religious sect, founded in 1844 by the Bab, forbidding polygamy, concubinage, begging, trading in slaves, and indulgence in alcohol and drugs
- badman — a hired gunman, outlaw, or criminal
- bagman — a travelling salesman
- bagmen — Plural form of bagman.
- bagram — an air base in NE Afghanistan, near Kabul; now under the control of US forces
- bairam — either of two Muslim festivals, one (Lesser Bairam) falling at the end of Ramadan, the other (Greater Bairam) 70 days later at the end of the Islamic year
- balaam — a Mesopotamian diviner who, when summoned to curse the Israelites, prophesied future glories for them instead, after being reproached by his ass (Numbers 22–23)
- balmer — Johann Jakob. 1825–98, Swiss mathematician; discovered a formula giving the wavelengths of a series of lines in the hydrogen spectrum (the Balmer series)
- balsam — Balsam is a sweet-smelling oil that is obtained from certain trees or bushes and used to make medicines and perfumes.
- bamako — the capital of Mali, in the south, on the River Niger. Pop: 1 379 000 (2005 est)
- bamboo — Bamboo is a tall tropical plant with hard, hollow stems. The young shoots of the plant can be eaten and the stems are used to make furniture.
- bammed — Simple past tense and past participle of bam.
- bammer — (of marijuana) of poor quality
- bampot — an idiot; a fool
- bantam — A bantam is a breed of small chicken.
- barium — Barium is a soft, silvery-white metal.
- barman — A barman is a man who serves drinks behind a bar.
- barmen — a former city in W Germany, now incorporated into Wuppertal.
- barnum — P(hineas) T(aylor). 1810–91, US showman, who created The Greatest Show on Earth (1871) and, with J. A. Bailey, founded the Barnum and Bailey Circus (1881)
- batman — In the British armed forces, an officer's batman is his personal servant.
- batmen — a soldier assigned to an officer as a servant.