6-letter words containing a, w
- awatch — watching or looking out for
- aweary — weary; tired (of)
- aweful — Misspelling of awful.
- aweigh — (of an anchor) no longer hooked into the bottom; hanging by its rode
- aweing — Present participle of awe.
- awfull — Archaic form of awful.
- awhato — the mummified body of a caterpillar killed by the fungus Cordyceps robertsii, sometimes used as a dye
- awheel — on wheels
- awhile — Awhile means for a short time. It is more commonly spelled 'a while', which is considered more correct, especially in British English.
- awhirl — in a whirling, confused state
- awless — displaying no awe; unawed.
- awmous — almous.
- awning — An awning is a piece of material attached to a caravan or building which provides shelter from the rain or sun.
- awoken — Awoken is the past participle of awake.
- awrack — in a wrecked or ruined condition
- awrong — in a wrong way; wrongly
- awsome — a frequent misspelling of awesome.
- ayword — a password, watchword
- bagwig — an 18th-century wig with hair pushed back into a bag
- balewa — Sir Abubakar Tafawa [ah-boo-bah-kahr tah-fah-wah,, ah-boo-bah-kahr] /ˌɑ buˈbɑ kɑr tɑˈfɑ wɑ,, ɑˈbu bɑˌkɑr/ (Show IPA), 1912–66, Nigerian statesman: prime minister 1957–66.
- ballow — a heavy club; a cudgel
- barlow — a large strong pocket-knife with a single blade
- barrow — A barrow is the same as a wheelbarrow.
- bartow — a city in central Florida.
- bashaw — an important or pompous person
- bassaw — Obsolete form of bashaw.
- bawbee — a former Scottish silver coin
- bawble — Misspelling of bauble.
- bawdry — obscene talk or language
- bawled — Simple past tense and past participle of bawl.
- bawler — to cry or wail lustily.
- bawley — a small fishing boat used off the coast of Essex and Kent
- bawtie — a dog
- begnaw — to gnaw at
- bewail — If you bewail something, you express great sorrow about it.
- beware — If you tell someone to beware of a person or thing, you are warning them that the person or thing may harm them or be dangerous.
- bewrap — to wrap up; to conceal
- bewray — to divulge; reveal; betray
- botwar — (chat) The epic struggle of bots vying for dominance. Botwars are generally (and quite inappropriately) carried out on talk systems, typically IRC, where botwar crossfire (such as pingflooding) absorbs scarce server resources and obstructs human conversation. The wisdom of experience indicates that Core Wars, not talk systems, are the appropriate venue for aggressive bots and their botmasters. Compare penis war.
- bowman — an archer
- bowsaw — a saw with a thin blade in a bow-shaped frame
- brawly — fine or fine-looking; excellent.
- brawns — strong, well-developed muscles.
- brawny — Someone who is brawny is strong and has big muscles.
- bushwa — nonsense
- busway — a highway, or lane of a highway, set aside for the exclusive use of buses, especially during peak traffic hours.
- by law — If you have to do something by law or if you are not allowed to do something by law, the law states that you have to do it or that you are not allowed to do it.
- byelaw — a standing rule governing the regulation of a corporation's or society's internal affairs.
- cahows — Plural form of cahow.
- callow — A callow young person has very little experience or knowledge of the way they should behave as an adult.