5-letter words containing e, d, w
- sewed — to ground (a vessel) at low tide (sometimes fol by up).
- sowed — to scatter (seed) over land, earth, etc., for growth; plant.
- swede — a native or inhabitant of Sweden.
- tweed — William Marcy [mahr-see] /ˈmɑr si/ (Show IPA), ("Boss Tweed") 1823–78, U.S. politician.
- unwed — to marry (another person) in a formal ceremony.
- vowed — a solemn promise, pledge, or personal commitment: marriage vows; a vow of secrecy.
- waded — to walk in water, when partially immersed: He wasn't swimming, he was wading.
- wader — a person or thing that wades.
- wades — Plural form of wade.
- wadge — (Ulster) thick slice of bread.
- 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.
- waked — to become roused from sleep; awake; awaken; waken (often followed by up).
- waled — something that is selected as the best; choice.
- wande — Obsolete form of wand.
- waned — to decrease in strength, intensity, etc.: Daylight waned, and night came on. Her enthusiasm for the cause is waning.
- wared — Simple past tense and past participle of ware.
- waved — having a form, outline, or appearance resembling waves; undulating.
- waxed — Also called beeswax. a solid, yellowish, nonglycerine substance allied to fats and oils, secreted by bees, plastic when warm and melting at about 145°F, variously employed in making candles, models, casts, ointments, etc., and used by bees in constructing their honeycomb.
- weald — The, a region in SE England, in Kent, Surrey, and Essex counties: once a forest area; now an agricultural region.
- wedel — to engage in wedeln.
- wedge — a piece of hard material with two principal faces meeting in a sharply acute angle, for raising, holding, or splitting objects by applying a pounding or driving force, as from a hammer. Compare machine (def 3b).
- wedgy — resembling a wedge; wedgelike.
- weds. — Wednesday
- weeds — a valueless plant growing wild, especially one that grows on cultivated ground to the exclusion or injury of the desired crop.
- weedy — full of or abounding in weeds.
- weird — involving or suggesting the supernatural; unearthly or uncanny: a weird sound; weird lights.
- welds — Plural form of weld.
- wends — to pursue or direct (one's way).
- wendy — a female given name, form of Gwendolyn.
- widen — Make or become wider.
- wider — having considerable or great extent from side to side; broad: a wide boulevard.
- wides — Plural form of wide.
- wield — to exercise (power, authority, influence, etc.), as in ruling or dominating.
- wierd — Misspelling of weird.
- wifed — a married woman, especially when considered in relation to her partner in marriage.
- wilde — Oscar (Fingal O'Flahertie Wills) [fing-guh l oh-fla-her-tee wilz,, oh-flair-tee] /ˈfɪŋ gəl oʊˈflæ hər ti ˈwɪlz,, oʊˈflɛər ti/ (Show IPA), ("Sebastian Melmoth") 1854–1900, Irish poet, dramatist, novelist, essayist, and critic.
- wiled — Simple past tense and past participle of wile.
- winde — Obsolete spelling of wind.
- wined — the fermented juice of grapes, made in many varieties, such as red, white, sweet, dry, still, and sparkling, for use as a beverage, in cooking, in religious rites, etc., and usually having an alcoholic content of 14 percent or less.
- wiped — to rub lightly with or on a cloth, towel, paper, the hand, etc., in order to clean or dry the surface of: He wiped the furniture with a damp cloth.
- wired — made of wire; consisting of or constructed with wires.
- wised — Simple past tense and past participle of wise.
- wited — a fine imposed by a king or lord on a subject who committed a serious crime. a fee demanded for granting a special privilege.
- wived — to take a wife; marry.
- woden — the chief god of the pagan Anglo-Saxons, identified with the Scandinavian Odin.
- wodge — a lump, chunk, or wad.
- woked — Past participle of wok.
- woned — Simple past tense and past participle of won.
- woode — Obsolete form of wood.
- wooed — to seek the favor, affection, or love of, especially with a view to marriage. Synonyms: court, pursue, chase.