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6-letter words containing w

  • lowkey — Alternative form of low key.
  • luchow — Luzhou.
  • ludlow — a town in S Salop, in W England: agricultural market center.
  • ludwig — German name of Louis II.
  • luwian — an extinct ancient Anatolian language written in cuneiform.
  • macaws — Plural form of macaw.
  • mahewu — (in South Africa) fermented liquid mealie-meal porridge, used as a stimulant, esp by Black Africans
  • malawi — Formerly Nyasaland. a republic in SE Africa, on the W and S shores of Lake Malawi: formerly a British protectorate and part of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland; gained independence July 6, 1964; a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 49,177 sq. mi. (127,368 sq. km). Capital: Lilongwe.
  • mallow — any of various plants of the genus Malva, including several popular garden plants, as the musk mallow.
  • manhwa — (comics) Korean comics.
  • manway — a passage in a mine wide enough for a single person.
  • marrow — a partner; fellow worker.
  • marwar — Jodhpur (def 1).
  • mawger — (of persons or animals) thin or lean
  • mawkin — malkin.
  • 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.
  • mawson — Sir Douglas, 1882–1958, Australian antarctic explorer, born in England.
  • mayhew — Jonathan, 1720–66, American Congregational clergyman.
  • mcewan — Ian (Russell). born 1948, British novelist and short-story writer. His books include First Love, Last Rites (1975), The Child in Time (1987), The Innocent (1990), Amsterdam (which won the Booker prize in 1998), Atonement (2001), Saturday (2005), and On Chesil Beach (2007)
  • mcewen — Sir John. 1900–80, Australian politician; prime minister of Australia (1967–68)
  • mcgraw — John Joseph, 1873–1934, U.S. baseball player and manager.
  • 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)
  • mellow — soft, sweet, and full-flavored from ripeness, as fruit.
  • meowed — Simple past tense and past participle of meow.
  • merrow — A merman or mermaid in Scottish and Irish Gaelic folklore.
  • merwin — W(illiam) S(tanley) born 1927, U.S. poet, translator, and writer.
  • mewing — a cage for hawks, especially while molting.
  • mewled — to cry, as a baby, young child, or the like; whimper.
  • miaows — Plural form of miaow.
  • 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).
  • mildew — Plant Pathology. a disease of plants, characterized by a cottony, usually whitish coating on the surface of affected parts, caused by any of various fungi.
  • minhow — Older Spelling. former name of Fuzhou.
  • minnow — a small, European cyprinoid fish, Phoxinus phoxinus.
  • misway — (obsolete) A wrong way.
  • miswed — To wed improperly.
  • mohawk — a member of a tribe of the most easterly of the Iroquois Five Nations, formerly resident along the Mohawk River, New York.
  • morrow — Honoré Willsie [on-uh-rey wil-see,, on-uh-rey] /ˈɒn əˌreɪ ˈwɪl si,, ˌɒn əˈreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1880–1940, U.S. novelist.
  • moscow — a former federal union of 15 constituent republics, in E Europe and W and N Asia, comprising the larger part of the former Russian Empire: dissolved in December 1991. 8,650,069 sq. mi. (22,402,200 sq. km). Capital: Moscow. Abbreviation: U.S.S.R., USSR.
  • motown — Detroit, Michigan: a nickname.
  • mowers — Plural form of mower.
  • mowing — a wry or derisive grimace.
  • mowlam — Mo, full name Marjorie Mowlam. 1949–2005, British Labour politician; secretary of state for Northern Ireland (1997–99) and minister for the cabinet office (1999–2001)
  • mowrah — mahua.
  • mtwara — a seaport in SE Tanzania.
  • mu-law — The North America standard for nonuniform quantising logarithmic compression.
  • murrow — Edward R(oscoe) 1908–65, U.S. news broadcaster and commentator.
  • mwanza — a city in N Tanzania, on Lake Victoria.
  • n-word — a euphemism for the word nigger : His use of the highly offensive n-word during a televised broadcast caused outrage. See also f-word, word (def 2).
  • narrow — of little breadth or width; not broad or wide; not as wide as usual or expected: a narrow path.
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