5-letter words containing w, e
- viewy — having impractical views; speculative; visionary.
- vinew — to become mouldy
- vowed — a solemn promise, pledge, or personal commitment: marriage vows; a vow of secrecy.
- vowel — Phonetics. (in English articulation) a speech sound produced without occluding, diverting, or obstructing the flow of air from the lungs (opposed to consonant). (in a syllable) the sound of greatest sonority, as i in grill. Compare consonant (def 1b). (in linguistic function) a concept empirically determined as a phonological element in structural contrast with consonant, as the (ē) of be (bē), we (wē), and yeast (yēst).
- wacke — a poorly sorted sandstone containing fragments of rock and minerals in a clayey matrix.
- waded — to walk in water, when partially immersed: He wasn't swimming, he was wading.
- wader — a person or thing that wades.
- wades — Plural form of wade.
- wadge — (Ulster) thick slice of bread.
- wafer — a thin, crisp cake or biscuit, often sweetened and flavored.
- waged — Often, wages. money that is paid or received for work or services, as by the hour, day, or week. Compare living wage, minimum wage.
- wager — something risked or staked on an uncertain event; bet: to place a wager on a soccer match.
- wages — Often, wages. money that is paid or received for work or services, as by the hour, day, or week. Compare living wage, minimum wage.
- waile — Obsolete spelling of wail.
- waite — Morrison Remick [rem-ik] /ˈrɛm ɪk/ (Show IPA), 1816–88, U.S. jurist: chief justice of the U.S. 1874–88.
- waive — to refrain from claiming or insisting on; give up; forgo: to waive one's right; to waive one's rank; to waive honors.
- waked — to become roused from sleep; awake; awaken; waken (often followed by up).
- waken — to rouse from sleep; wake; awake; awaken.
- waker — to become roused from sleep; awake; awaken; waken (often followed by up).
- wakes — Plural form of wake.
- waled — something that is selected as the best; choice.
- waler — a horse bred in New South Wales, Australia, as a military saddle horse and exported in numbers during the 19th century to British India.
- wales — something that is selected as the best; choice.
- waley — Arthur (Arthur David Schloss) 1889–1966, British translator of Chinese and Japanese literature.
- walke — Obsolete spelling of walk.
- wames — Scot. and North England. belly.
- wande — Obsolete form of wand.
- waned — to decrease in strength, intensity, etc.: Daylight waned, and night came on. Her enthusiasm for the cause is waning.
- wanes — Plural form of wane.
- waney — wany (def 1).
- wante — Obsolete spelling of want.
- wanze — to decrease or curtail
- wared — Simple past tense and past participle of ware.
- wares — Plural form of ware.
- warez — Software that has been illegally copied and made available.
- warne — Shane (Keith). born 1969, Australian cricketer: a leg spinner, he took 708 wickets in 145 test matches (1992–2007)
- warre — Obsolete spelling of war.
- waste — to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander: to waste money; to waste words.
- water — a liquid solution or preparation, especially one used for cosmetic purposes: lavender water; lemon water.
- wathe — The pursuit of game; hunting.
- waved — having a form, outline, or appearance resembling waves; undulating.
- waver — to sway to and fro; flutter: Foliage wavers in the breeze.
- waves — a member of the Waves.
- wavey — a wild North American goose of the genus Chen, as the snow goose (white wavey) or blue goose (blue wavey)
- wawes — Plural form of wawe.
- waxed — Also called beeswax. a solid, yellowish, nonglycerine substance allied to fats and oils, secreted by bees, plastic when warm and melting at about 145°F, variously employed in making candles, models, casts, ointments, etc., and used by bees in constructing their honeycomb.
- waxen — pertaining to, made of, or resembling wax: a wax candle; a wax doll.
- waxer — a person or appliance that polishes with or applies wax.
- waxes — Plural form of wax.
- wayne — Anthony ("Mad Anthony") 1745–96, American Revolutionary War general.