6-letter words containing i, w
- rewild — to introduce (animals or plants) to their original habitat or to a habitat similar to their natural one: proposals to rewild elephants to the American plains.
- rewind — an act or instance of rewinding.
- rewire — to provide with new wiring: to rewire a house.
- ripsaw — a saw for cutting wood with the grain.
- rowing — a noisy dispute or quarrel; commotion.
- sawing — a tool or device for cutting, typically a thin blade of metal with a series of sharp teeth.
- sewing — the amount of additional water necessary to float a grounded vessel.
- sinewy — having strong sinews: a sinewy back.
- sittwe — a seaport in W Burma (Myanmar).
- siwash — a conventional designation for any small, provincial college or for such colleges collectively (often preceded by old): students from old Siwash.
- sowing — to scatter (seed) over land, earth, etc., for growth; plant.
- stdwin — A windowing interface from CWI with windows, menus, modal dialogs, mouse and keyboard input, scroll bars, drawing primitives, etc that is portable between platforms. STDWIN is available for Macintosh and the X Window System.
- swabia — a region and medieval duchy in SW Germany: it constituted the area presently included in the states of Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria, in S Germany.
- swiler — (in Newfoundland) a seal hunter
- swimmy — dizzy
- swinge — to singe.
- swingy — characterized by swing; lively; swinging: swingy dance tunes.
- swiper — a person who deals a swipe
- swipes — a strong, sweeping blow, as with a cricket bat or golf club.
- swipey — drunk
- swiple — the part of a flail that strikes the grain in threshing
- swirly — swirling, whirling, or twisted.
- swishy — causing, giving rise to, or characterized by a swishing sound or motion.
- switch — a slender, flexible shoot, rod, etc., used especially in whipping or disciplining.
- switz. — Switzerland
- swivel — a fastening device that allows the thing fastened to turn around freely upon it, especially to turn in a full circle.
- swivet — a state of nervous excitement, haste, or anxiety; flutter: I was in such a swivet that I could hardly speak.
- taiwan — a Chinese island separated from the SE coast of China by Taiwan Strait: a possession of Japan 1895–1945; restored to China 1945; seat of the Republic of China since 1949. Capital: Taipei.
- talwin — pentazocine
- tauiwi — a Māori term for the non-Māori people of New Zealand
- tawpie — a foolish or thoughtless young person.
- tawtie — matted; tangled
- thwing — Charles Franklin, 1853–1937, U.S. educator and Congregational clergyman.
- tihwas — Dihua.
- tiswas — a state of anxiety, confusion or excitement
- tiswin — a fermented beverage made by the Apache Indians.
- tizwin — a fermented beverage made by the Apache Indians.
- to wit — to wit, that is to say; namely: It was the time of the vernal equinox, to wit, the beginning of spring.
- townie — a resident of a town, especially a nonstudent resident of a college town.
- twaite — herring-like food fish
- twicer — Slang. a two-time loser.
- twiggy — of, relating to, or resembling twigs.
- twilit — lighted by or as by twilight: a twilit cathedral.
- twilly — a machine with a series of revolving spikes for opening and cleaning raw textile fibres
- twined — a strong thread or string composed of two or more strands twisted together.
- twiner — a strong thread or string composed of two or more strands twisted together.
- twinge — a sudden, sharp pain: On damp days, he's often bothered by a twinge of rheumatism.
- twirly — related to or characterized by twirls
- twisty — (especially of a road) twisting or winding: a twisty little path through the woods.
- twitch — to tug or pull at with a quick, short movement; pluck: She twitched him by the sleeve.