6-letter words containing i, w
- unwild — living in a state of nature; not tamed or domesticated: a wild animal; wild geese.
- unwill — to will the reversal of (something that has already occurred)
- unwind — to undo or loosen from or as if from a coiled condition: to unwind a rolled bandage; to unwind a coiled rope.
- unwire — to remove wiring from
- unwise — not wise; foolish; imprudent; lacking in good sense or judgment: an unwise choice; an unwise man.
- unwish — to cease to wish for.
- unwist — unknown
- unwive — to deprive or remove of a wife
- upwind — toward or against the wind or the direction from which it is blowing: The hunters stalked upwind.
- viewed — an instance of seeing or beholding; visual inspection.
- viewer — a person or thing that views.
- viewly — pleasant on the eye
- wabbit — weary; exhausted
- waddie — Cowboy Slang, Western U.S.. a cowboy.
- wading — to walk in water, when partially immersed: He wasn't swimming, he was wading.
- waffie — a person regarded as having little worth to society
- wag it — to play truant
- waging — Often, wages. money that is paid or received for work or services, as by the hour, day, or week. Compare living wage, minimum wage.
- wahabi — a follower of ʿAbd al-Wahhab (1703–1792), who stringently opposed all practices not sanctioned by the Koran. The Wahhabis, founded in the 18th century, are the most conservative Muslim group and are today found mainly in Saudi Arabia.
- wahine — (in Hawaii and Polynesia) a girl or young woman.
- waiata — (New Zealand) A Māori folk song.
- waight — Obsolete spelling of weight.
- wailed — to utter a prolonged, inarticulate, mournful cry, usually high-pitched or clear-sounding, as in grief or suffering: to wail with pain.
- wailer — to utter a prolonged, inarticulate, mournful cry, usually high-pitched or clear-sounding, as in grief or suffering: to wail with pain.
- waired — Simple past tense and past participle of wair.
- wairua — a spirit or soul
- wais-r — a group of intelligence tests, including the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) later revised (WAIS-R) the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) later revised (WISC-R) the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence (WPPSI) and the Wechsler-Bellevue Scale, no longer used, all of which emphasize performance and verbal skills and give separate scores for subtests in vocabulary, arithmetic, memory span, assembly of objects, and other abilities.
- waists — Plural form of waist.
- waited — to remain inactive or in a state of repose, as until something expected happens (often followed by for, till, or until): to wait for the bus to arrive.
- waiter — a person, especially a man, who waits on tables, as in a restaurant.
- waived — to refrain from claiming or insisting on; give up; forgo: to waive one's right; to waive one's rank; to waive honors.
- waiver — an intentional relinquishment of some right, interest, or the like.
- waives — Plural form of waive.
- wakiki — shells formerly used as currency in Melanesia
- waking — to become roused from sleep; awake; awaken; waken (often followed by up).
- waling — something that is selected as the best; choice.
- walkie — A walkie-talkie.
- wallis — Harold Brent [brent] /brɛnt/ (Show IPA), ("Hal") 1899–1986, U.S. film producer.
- wanier — Also, waney. waning; decreasing; diminished in part.
- waning — to decrease in strength, intensity, etc.: Daylight waned, and night came on. Her enthusiasm for the cause is waning.
- wanion — curse; vengeance.
- wapiti — elk (def 2).
- waragi — a Ugandan alcoholic drink made from bananas
- warier — watchful; being on one's guard against danger.
- warily — in a wary manner.
- warine — (zoology) A South American monkey, one of the sapajous.
- waring — watchful, wary, or cautious.
- wasabi — an Asian plant, Eutrema wasabi, of the mustard family.
- washin — a warp in an airfoil that gives an increase in the angle of attack toward the tip.
- waspie — a tight-waisted corset