6-letter words containing s
- a'asia — Australasia
- a-axis — the horizontal crystallographic axis passing from front to back.
- a-list — An A-list celebrity is a celebrity who is very famous indeed.
- a-post — An A-post is part of the bodywork of a vehicle that supports the roof at the front corner of the passenger compartment next to the windshield.
- a-side — The A-side of a record that has been released as a single is the main song on it. You can also refer to the side of the record that contains this song as the A-side. Compare B-side.
- aarhus — Århus
- abacas — Plural form of abaca.
- abacus — An abacus is a frame used for counting. It has rods with sliding beads on them.
- abands — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aband.
- abased — (of a charge) lower on an escutcheon than is usual: a bend abased.
- abaser — a person who abases
- abases — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abase.
- abasia — a muscular disorder causing an inability to walk
- abates — to reduce in amount, degree, intensity, etc.; lessen; diminish: to abate a tax; to abate one's enthusiasm.
- abatis — a rampart of felled trees bound together placed with their branches outwards
- abayas — Plural form of abaya.
- abbasi — (historical) A silver coin of Persia, introduced by Safavid Shah Abbas in 16th century, worth about twenty cents.
- abbess — An abbess is the nun who is in charge of the other nuns in a convent.
- abbeys — Plural form of abbey.
- abbots — Plural form of abbot.
- abdabs — a case of extreme anxiety
- abdias — Obadiah
- abeles — Plural form of abele.
- abends — Plural form of abend.
- abhors — to regard with extreme repugnance or aversion; detest utterly; loathe; abominate.
- abides — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abide.
- ablest — having necessary power, skill, resources, or qualifications; qualified: able to lift a two-hundred-pound weight; able to write music; able to travel widely; able to vote.
- ablush — (of a person) blushing
- abodes — Plural form of abode.
- abohms — Plural form of abohm.
- aborts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abort.
- aboves — in, at, or to a higher place.
- abrams — Plural form of abram.
- abrase — (obsolete) Rubbed smooth or blank. (Attested only in the 17th century.).
- abrash — any variation or change, typically striation, in the different dyes of an Oriental rug as it ages.
- abrest — Alternative spelling of abreast.
- absail — Misspelling of abseil.
- abscam — the code name for an FBI investigation (1978–80) of bribery, involving members of Congress.
- abseil — To abseil down a cliff or rock face means to slide down it in a controlled way using a rope, with your feet against the cliff or rock.
- absent — If someone or something is absent from a place or situation where they should be or where they usually are, they are not there.
- absorb — If something absorbs a liquid, gas, or other substance, it soaks it up or takes it in.
- absurd — If you say that something is absurd, you are criticizing it because you think that it is ridiculous or that it does not make sense.
- abunas — Plural form of abuna.
- aburas — Plural form of abura.
- aburst — in a bursting state
- abused — Simple past tense and past participle of abuse.
- abusee — A person who is the victim of abuse (by an abuser).
- abuser — to use wrongly or improperly; misuse: to abuse one's authority.
- abuses — Plural form of abuse.
- abusio — (rhetoric) Catachresis.