6-letter words containing e, w, a
- lebowa — a former Bantu homeland in NE South Africa, consisting of three separate territories with several smaller exclaves: abolished in 1993
- leeway — extra time, space, materials, or the like, within which to operate; margin: With ten minutes' leeway we can catch the train.
- mahewu — (in South Africa) fermented liquid mealie-meal porridge, used as a stimulant, esp by Black Africans
- mawger — (of persons or animals) thin or lean
- 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)
- 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)
- 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.
- p wave — a longitudinal wave that advances by alternate compression and expansion in a solid or fluid medium, like a sound wave
- p-wave — a longitudinal earthquake wave that travels through the interior of the earth and is usually the first conspicuous wave to be recorded by a seismograph.
- pangwe — Fang (def 1).
- pawned — to deposit as security, as for money borrowed, especially with a pawnbroker: He raised the money by pawning his watch.
- pawnee — a member of a confederacy of North American Plains Indians of Caddoan stock formerly located along the Platte River valley, Nebraska, and now living in northern Oklahoma.
- pawner — to deposit as security, as for money borrowed, especially with a pawnbroker: He raised the money by pawning his watch.
- pedway — a walkway, usually enclosed, permitting pedestrians to go from building to building, as in an urban center, without passing through traffic.
- pesewa — a bronze coin and monetary unit of Ghana, the 100th part of a cedi.
- prawle — a brawl
- prewar — before the war: prewar prices.
- rawest — uncooked, as articles of food: a raw carrot.
- reavow — to declare frankly or openly; own; acknowledge; confess; admit: He avowed himself an opponent of all alliances.
- redowa — a Bohemian dance in two forms, one resembling the waltz or the mazurka, the other resembling the polka.
- redraw — to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
- resawn — to saw again.
- rewake — to awaken again
- reward — a sum of money offered for the detection or capture of a criminal, the recovery of lost or stolen property, etc.
- rewarm — to warm again
- rewash — to apply water or some other liquid to (something or someone) for the purpose of cleansing; cleanse by dipping, rubbing, or scrubbing in water or some other liquid.
- rewear — to carry or have on the body or about the person as a covering, equipment, ornament, or the like: to wear a coat; to wear a saber; to wear a disguise.
- rewrap — to enclose in something wound or folded about (often followed by up): She wrapped her head in a scarf.
- rowena — a female given name.
- s wave — a transverse earthquake wave that travels through the interior of the earth and is usually the second conspicuous wave to reach a seismograph.
- sawder — flattery; compliments (esp in the phrase soft sawder)
- sawney — a fool
- sawyer — a person who saws wood, especially as an occupation.
- seawan — wampum (def 1).
- seaway — a way over the sea.
- seesaw — a recreation in which two children alternately ride up and down while seated at opposite ends of a plank balanced at the middle.
- segway — a two-wheeled self-balancing electric vehicle, ridden while standing up
- sewage — the waste matter that passes through sewers.
- sewall — Samuel, 1652–1730, American jurist, born in England.
- seward — William Henry, 1801–72, U.S. statesman: secretary of state 1861–69.
- swager — a tool for bending cold metal to a required shape.
- swanee — Suwannee.
- swathe — to wrap, bind, or swaddle with bands of some material; wrap up closely or fully.
- swayed — swaybacked.