6-letter words containing w, a, d
- inward — toward the inside, interior, or center, as of a place, space, or body.
- lawned — Provided with a lawn.
- mawlid — a Muslim holiday celebrating the birth of Muhammad, occurring on the twelfth day of the month of Rabiʿ al-awwal, and characterized especially by the recitation of panegyrical poems honoring Muhammad.
- 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)
- midway — several U.S. islets in the N Pacific, about 1300 miles (2095 km) NW of Hawaii: Japanese defeated in a naval battle June, 1942; 2 sq. mi. (5 sq. km).
- onward — toward a point ahead or in front; forward, as in space or time.
- oswald — Lee Harvey, 1939–63, designated by a presidential commission to be the lone assassin of John F. Kennedy.
- padsaw — a small compass saw with a pad.
- pawned — 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.
- 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).
- reward — a sum of money offered for the detection or capture of a criminal, the recovery of lost or stolen property, etc.
- rwanda — a republic in central Africa, E of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: formerly comprising the N part of the Belgian trust territory of Ruanda-Urundi; became independent 1962. 10,169 sq. mi. (26,338 sq. km). Capital: Kigali.
- sadowa — a village in NE Bohemia, in the W Czech Republic: Prussian victory over Austrians 1866.
- sawder — flattery; compliments (esp in the phrase soft sawder)
- seward — William Henry, 1801–72, U.S. statesman: secretary of state 1861–69.
- shadow — a dark figure or image cast on the ground or some surface by a body intercepting light.
- swaddy — a private soldier
- swados — Harvey, 1920–72, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- swardy — covered by sward
- swayed — swaybacked.
- tawdry — (of finery, trappings, etc.) gaudy; showy and cheap.
- thawed — to pass or change from a frozen to a liquid or semiliquid state; melt.
- toward — in the direction of: to walk toward the river.
- unawed — not awed or daunted
- undraw — to draw open or aside: to undraw a curtain.
- updraw — to draw up
- upward — toward a higher place or position: The birds flew upward.
- usward — toward us.
- vaward — vanguard.
- wadded — a small mass, lump, or ball of anything: a wad of paper; a wad of tobacco.
- wadder — a small mass, lump, or ball of anything: a wad of paper; a wad of tobacco.
- waddie — Cowboy Slang, Western U.S.. a cowboy.
- waddle — to walk with short steps, swaying or rocking from side to side, as a duck.
- waders — a person or thing that wades.
- wading — to walk in water, when partially immersed: He wasn't swimming, he was wading.
- wadmal — a bulky woolen fabric woven of coarse yarn and heavily napped, formerly much used in England and Scandinavia for the manufacture of durable winter garments.
- wadmol — a bulky woolen fabric woven of coarse yarn and heavily napped, formerly much used in England and Scandinavia for the manufacture of durable winter garments.
- wadset — to pledge or mortgage
- wafted — Simple past tense and past participle of waft.
- wagged — to move from side to side, forward and backward, or up and down, especially rapidly and repeatedly: a dog wagging its tail.
- wailed — 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.
- 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.
- waived — to refrain from claiming or insisting on; give up; forgo: to waive one's right; to waive one's rank; to waive honors.
- walden — a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada.
- waldos — Plural form of waldo.
- walked — Simple past tense and past participle of walk.