5-letter words containing a, w
- wader — a person or thing that wades.
- wades — Plural form of wade.
- wadge — (Ulster) thick slice of bread.
- wadis — the channel of a watercourse that is dry except during periods of rainfall.
- wafer — a thin, crisp cake or biscuit, often sweetened and flavored.
- wafts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of waft.
- wafty — Tending to waft; gaseous, insubstantial.
- waged — Often, wages. money that is paid or received for work or services, as by the hour, day, or week. Compare living wage, minimum wage.
- wager — something risked or staked on an uncertain event; bet: to place a wager on a soccer match.
- wages — Often, wages. money that is paid or received for work or services, as by the hour, day, or week. Compare living wage, minimum wage.
- wagga — a blanket or bed covering made out of sacks stitched together
- waggy — Having a tendency to wag.
- wagon — any of various kinds of four-wheeled vehicles designed to be pulled or having its own motor and ranging from a child's toy to a commercial vehicle for the transport of heavy loads, delivery, etc.
- wagsl — Washington Area Girls Soccer League
- wagyu — Any of several Japanese breeds of cattle genetically predisposed to intense marbling and to producing a high percentage of oleaginous unsaturated fat.
- wahoo — any of various American shrubs or small trees, as the winged elm, Ulmus alata, or a linden, Tilia heterophylla.
- waifs — Plural form of waif.
- waift — Obsolete form of waif.
- waify — Characteristic of a waif; thin.
- waile — Obsolete spelling of wail.
- wails — Plural form of wail.
- wains — (initial capital letter) Astronomy. Charles's Wain.
- waist — the part of the body in humans between the ribs and the hips, usually the narrowest part of the torso.
- waite — Morrison Remick [rem-ik] /ˈrɛm ɪk/ (Show IPA), 1816–88, U.S. jurist: chief justice of the U.S. 1874–88.
- waits — Plural form of wait.
- waitz — Greta, 1953–2011, Norwegian distance runner.
- waive — to refrain from claiming or insisting on; give up; forgo: to waive one's right; to waive one's rank; to waive honors.
- wajda — Andrzej [ahn-jey] /ˈɑn dʒeɪ/ (Show IPA), born 1926, Polish film director.
- wajib — An Islamic duty.
- waked — to become roused from sleep; awake; awaken; waken (often followed by up).
- waken — to rouse from sleep; wake; awake; awaken.
- waker — to become roused from sleep; awake; awaken; waken (often followed by up).
- wakes — Plural form of wake.
- waldo — Pierre or Peter, died c1217, French merchant and religious reformer, declared a heretic: founder of the Waldenses.
- waled — something that is selected as the best; choice.
- waler — a horse bred in New South Wales, Australia, as a military saddle horse and exported in numbers during the 19th century to British India.
- wales — something that is selected as the best; choice.
- waley — Arthur (Arthur David Schloss) 1889–1966, British translator of Chinese and Japanese literature.
- walis — Plural form of wali.
- walke — Obsolete spelling of walk.
- walks — Plural form of walk.
- walla — wallah.
- walls — Plural form of wall.
- wally — fine; splendid.
- walsh — Courtney (Andrew). born 1962, West Indian cricketer, born in Jamaica: a fast bowler, he took 519 wickets in 132 test matches (1984–2001)
- walty — (of a ship) insecure or wobbly
- waltz — a ballroom dance, in moderately fast triple meter, in which the dancers revolve in perpetual circles, taking one step to each beat.
- wames — Scot. and North England. belly.
- wamus — a heavy cardigan jacket, loosely knit and belted.
- wanda — a female given name.