6-letter words containing s
- atkins — Robert C. 1930–2003, US physician, cardiologist, and nutritionist. An advocate of complementary medicine, he devised a widely-used diet (the Atkins diet) based on controlled intake of carbohydrates for weight management and disease prevention
- atolls — Plural form of atoll.
- atones — to make amends or reparation, as for an offense or a crime, or for an offender (usually followed by for): to atone for one's sins.
- atpase — adenosine triphosphatase; an enzyme that converts ATP to ADP
- atreus — a king of Mycenae, son of Pelops, father of Agamemnon and Menelaus, and member of the family known as the Atreids (ˈeɪtrɪɪdz )
- attars — Plural form of attar.
- attest — To attest something or attest to something means to say, show, or prove that it is true.
- attics — Plural form of attic.
- attius — Lucius, Accius, Lucius.
- au jus — (of meat) served in its own gravy
- auceps — a person who catches hawks
- audism — The notion that one is superior based on one's ability to hear or behave in the manner of one who hears.
- audits — Plural form of audit.
- augeas — king of the Epeans in Elis and one of the Argonauts.
- augers — Plural form of auger.
- aughts — Archaic. ownership; possession. property; a possession.
- augurs — Plural form of augur.
- august — August is the eighth month of the year in the Western calendar.
- aureus — a gold coin of the Roman Empire
- aurist — a former name for audiologist
- aurous — of or containing gold, esp in the monovalent state
- auspex — in ancient Rome, an augur, or diviner, esp. one who watched for omens in the flight of birds
- aussat — the Australian-owned communications satellite launched in 1985
- aussie — Aussie means Australian.
- austen — Jane. 1775–1817, English novelist, noted particularly for the insight and delicate irony of her portrayal of middle-class families. Her completed novels are Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814), Emma (1816), Northanger Abbey (1818), and Persuasion (1818)
- auster — the south wind
- austin — a city in central Texas, on the Colorado River: state capital since 1845. Pop: 672 011 (2003 est)
- ausubo — a tropical American tree, Manilkara bidentata, with hard, red wood
- autism — Autism is a developmental disorder that can cause someone to have difficulty in communicating with and responding to other people.
- autist — an autistic person
- auxins — Plural form of auxin.
- avails — to be of use or value to; profit; advantage: All our efforts availed us little in trying to effect a change.
- averse — If you say that you are not averse to something, you mean that you quite like it or quite want to do it.
- averts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of avert.
- avesta — a collection of sacred writings of Zoroastrianism, including the Songs of Zoroaster
- avians — Plural form of avian.
- aviles — a port in Asturias, NW Spain, on the Bay of Biscay.
- avisos — Plural form of aviso.
- avoids — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of avoid.
- avulse — to remove or take away by force
- awaits — Plural form of await.
- awakes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of awake.
- awards — Plural form of award.
- awless — displaying no awe; unawed.
- awmous — almous.
- awsome — a frequent misspelling of awesome.
- axioms — Plural form of axiom.
- axions — Plural form of axion.
- axised — having an axis
- axises — the line about which a rotating body, such as the earth, turns.