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6-letter words containing a, w

  • leeway — extra time, space, materials, or the like, within which to operate; margin: With ten minutes' leeway we can catch the train.
  • logway — gangway (def 7).
  • luwian — an extinct ancient Anatolian language written in cuneiform.
  • macaws — Plural form of macaw.
  • mahewu — (in South Africa) fermented liquid mealie-meal porridge, used as a stimulant, esp by Black Africans
  • malawi — Formerly Nyasaland. a republic in SE Africa, on the W and S shores of Lake Malawi: formerly a British protectorate and part of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland; gained independence July 6, 1964; a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 49,177 sq. mi. (127,368 sq. km). Capital: Lilongwe.
  • mallow — any of various plants of the genus Malva, including several popular garden plants, as the musk mallow.
  • manhwa — (comics) Korean comics.
  • manway — a passage in a mine wide enough for a single person.
  • marrow — a partner; fellow worker.
  • marwar — Jodhpur (def 1).
  • mawger — (of persons or animals) thin or lean
  • mawkin — malkin.
  • mawlid — a Muslim holiday celebrating the birth of Muhammad, occurring on the twelfth day of the month of Rabiʿ al-awwal, and characterized especially by the recitation of panegyrical poems honoring Muhammad.
  • mawson — Sir Douglas, 1882–1958, Australian antarctic explorer, born in England.
  • mayhew — Jonathan, 1720–66, American Congregational clergyman.
  • mcewan — Ian (Russell). born 1948, British novelist and short-story writer. His books include First Love, Last Rites (1975), The Child in Time (1987), The Innocent (1990), Amsterdam (which won the Booker prize in 1998), Atonement (2001), Saturday (2005), and On Chesil Beach (2007)
  • mcgraw — John Joseph, 1873–1934, U.S. baseball player and manager.
  • meadow — a tract of grassland used for pasture or serving as a hayfield.
  • medway — a river in SE England, flowing through Kent and the Medway towns (Rochester, Chatham, and Gillingham) to the Thames estuary. Length: 110 km (70 miles)
  • miaows — Plural form of miaow.
  • midway — several U.S. islets in the N Pacific, about 1300 miles (2095 km) NW of Hawaii: Japanese defeated in a naval battle June, 1942; 2 sq. mi. (5 sq. km).
  • misway — (obsolete) A wrong way.
  • mohawk — a member of a tribe of the most easterly of the Iroquois Five Nations, formerly resident along the Mohawk River, New York.
  • mowlam — Mo, full name Marjorie Mowlam. 1949–2005, British Labour politician; secretary of state for Northern Ireland (1997–99) and minister for the cabinet office (1999–2001)
  • mowrah — mahua.
  • mtwara — a seaport in SE Tanzania.
  • mu-law — The North America standard for nonuniform quantising logarithmic compression.
  • mwanza — a city in N Tanzania, on Lake Victoria.
  • narrow — of little breadth or width; not broad or wide; not as wide as usual or expected: a narrow path.
  • narwal — Archaic form of narwhal.
  • nawabs — Plural form of nawab.
  • newari — a Sino-Tibetan language, the language of the Newar.
  • newark — a city in NE New Jersey, on Newark Bay.
  • newham — a borough of Greater London, England.
  • newman — John Henry, Cardinal, 1801–90, English theologian and author.
  • newnan — a city in W Georgia.
  • no way — refusal
  • no-way — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
  • nonwar — a state of nonviolence
  • norway — Norwegian Norge. a kingdom in N Europe, in the W part of the Scandinavian Peninsula. 124,555 sq. mi. (322,597 sq. km). Capital: Oslo.
  • oilway — a hole in a machine which allows oil to be inserted for lubrication
  • ojibwa — a member of a large tribe of North American Indians found in Canada and the U.S., principally in the region around Lakes Huron and Superior but extending as far west as Saskatchewan and North Dakota.
  • onward — toward a point ahead or in front; forward, as in space or time.
  • oshawa — a city in SE Ontario, in S Canada, NE of Toronto, on Lake Ontario.
  • oswald — Lee Harvey, 1939–63, designated by a presidential commission to be the lone assassin of John F. Kennedy.
  • ottawa — a city in and the capital of Canada, in SE Ontario.
  • outlaw — a lawless person or habitual criminal, especially one who is a fugitive from the law.
  • outwar — to surpass or exceed in warfare
  • outway — A way out or an exit.
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