4-letter words containing w, a
- wale — something that is selected as the best; choice.
- wali — The governor of a province in an Arab country.
- walk — to advance or travel on foot at a moderate speed or pace; proceed by steps; move by advancing the feet alternately so that there is always one foot on the ground in bipedal locomotion and two or more feet on the ground in quadrupedal locomotion.
- wall — any of various permanent upright constructions having a length much greater than the thickness and presenting a continuous surface except where pierced by doors, windows, etc.: used for shelter, protection, or privacy, or to subdivide interior space, to support floors, roofs, or the like, to retain earth, to fence in an area, etc.
- waly — (obsolete, UK, Scotland, dialect) An exclamation of grief.
- wame — Scot. and North England. belly.
- wamp — (zoology) The common American eider.
- wand — a slender stick or rod, especially one used by a magician, conjurer, or diviner.
- wane — to decrease in strength, intensity, etc.: Daylight waned, and night came on. Her enthusiasm for the cause is waning.
- wang — (dialectal, or, obsolete) Cheek; the jaw.
- wank — (of a male) to masturbate (often followed by off).
- want — to feel a need or a desire for; wish for: to want one's dinner; always wanting something new.
- wany — Also, waney. waning; decreasing; diminished in part.
- waog — West Anglia Outdoor group
- waqf — An endowment made by a Muslim to a religious, educational, or charitable cause.
- warb — a dirty or insignificant person
- ward — (Aaron) Montgomery, 1843–1913, U.S. merchant and mail-order retailer.
- ware — the first season in the year; spring.
- warg — (fantasy fiction, mythology) A type of particularly wild or hostile wolf. (from 20th c.).
- wari — (games) a board game of the mancala family.
- wark — (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Pain; ache.
- warm — having or giving out a moderate degree of heat, as perceived by the senses: a warm bath.
- warn — to give notice, advice, or intimation to (a person, group, etc.) of danger, impending evil, possible harm, or anything else unfavorable: They warned him of a plot against him. She was warned that her life was in danger.
- warp — OS/2
- wars — Plural form of war.
- wart — a small, often hard, abnormal elevation on the skin, usually caused by a papomavirus.
- wary — watchful; being on one's guard against danger.
- wase — (UK, dialect) A bundle of straw, or other material, to relieve the pressure of burdens carried upon the head.
- wash — to apply water or some other liquid to (something or someone) for the purpose of cleansing; cleanse by dipping, rubbing, or scrubbing in water or some other liquid.
- wasm — (humorous) An ideology, doctrine, theory or law that is no longer current or fashionable.
- wasp — a white Anglo-Saxon Protestant.
- wast — a 2nd person singular pt. indicative of be.
- wath — (obsolete, except in dialect) A ford.
- wats — a Buddhist temple or monastery in Thailand or Cambodia.
- watt — James, 1736–1819, Scottish engineer and inventor.
- waug — West African University Games
- wauk — to full (cloth)
- waul — Give a loud plaintive cry like that of a cat.
- wave — a member of the Waves.
- wavy — curving alternately in opposite directions; undulating: a wavy course; wavy hair.
- wawa — producing a muted, bawling sound like that of a trumpet with the hand moved momentarily over the bell: a wah-wah effect on a synthesizer; a guitar with a wah-wah pedal.
- wawe — (obsolete) A wave.
- wawl — Alternative form of waul.
- wawv — Walk Across West Virginia
- waxy — angry.
- waye — Obsolete spelling of weye.
- wayn — Obsolete form of wain.
- ways — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
- wazz — (UK, slang) An act of urination, a piss or a leak; urine.
- wbal — West Bay Athletic League