5-letter words containing e, w, a
- wawes — Plural form of wawe.
- 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.
- waxen — pertaining to, made of, or resembling wax: a wax candle; a wax doll.
- waxer — a person or appliance that polishes with or applies wax.
- waxes — Plural form of wax.
- wayne — Anthony ("Mad Anthony") 1745–96, American Revolutionary War general.
- weaky — (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Moist; damp; clammy.
- weald — The, a region in SE England, in Kent, Surrey, and Essex counties: once a forest area; now an agricultural region.
- weale — Alternative form of wale.
- weals — wheal.
- weans — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wean.
- weare — Obsolete spelling of wear.
- wears — Plural form of wear.
- weary — physically or mentally exhausted by hard work, exertion, strain, etc.; fatigued; tired: weary eyes; a weary brain.
- weasy — (obsolete) Given to sensual indulgence; gluttonous.
- weave — to interlace (threads, yarns, strips, fibrous material, etc.) so as to form a fabric or material.
- wekas — Plural form of weka.
- werra — a river in central Germany, flowing N from the Thuringian Forest and joining the Fulda River to form the Weser River. 181 miles (291 km) long.
- wesak — a festival in May celebrating the birth, enlightenment, and death of the Buddha
- wetas — Plural form of weta.
- whale — any of the larger marine mammals of the order Cetacea, especially as distinguished from the smaller dolphins and porpoises, having a fishlike body, forelimbs modified into flippers, and a head that is horizontally flattened.
- whare — Maori hut.
- wheal — a small, burning or itching swelling on the skin, as from a mosquito bite or from hives.
- wheat — the grain of any cereal grass of the genus Triticum, especially T. aestivum, used in the form of flour for making bread, cakes, etc., and for other culinary and nutritional purposes.
- wreak — to inflict or execute (punishment, vengeance, etc.): They wreaked havoc on the enemy.
- yawed — to deviate temporarily from a straight course, as a ship.
- yawey — of or relating to yaws.