6-letter words containing w
- escrow — A bond, deed, or other document kept in the custody of a third party, taking effect only when a specified condition has been fulfilled.
- ex new — (of shares, etc) without the right to take up any scrip issue or rights issue
- f-word — a euphemism for the word fuck : The f-word came into English in the 15th century. See also n-word, word (def 2).
- fallow — pale-yellow; light-brown; dun.
- farrow — a litter of pigs.
- fatwah — Alternative spelling of fatwa.
- fatwas — Plural form of fatwa.
- fawkes — Guy, 1570–1606, English conspirator and leader in the Gunpowder plot of 1605: Guy Fawkes Day is observed on November 5 by the building of effigies and bonfires.
- fawned — a young deer, especially an unweaned one.
- fawner — One who fawns; a sycophant.
- fellow — a man or boy: a fine old fellow; a nice little fellow.
- fenway — A park system that incorporates the wetlands in Boston, Massachusetts. Nearby is Fenway Park, the baseball stadium of the Boston Red Sox.
- fewest — not many but more than one: Few artists live luxuriously.
- flawed — characterized by flaws; having imperfections: a flawed gem; a seriously flawed piece of work.
- flawns — Plural form of flawn.
- flewed — (of hounds) having flews
- flotow — Friedrich von [free-drikh fuh n] /ˈfri drɪx fən/ (Show IPA), 1812–83, German composer.
- flowed — to move along in a stream: The river flowed slowly to the sea.
- flower — the blossom of a plant.
- flowre — Obsolete spelling of flower.
- flyway — a route between breeding and wintering areas taken by concentrations of migrating birds.
- fogbow — a bow, arc, or circle of white or yellowish hue seen in or against a fog bank; a rainbow formed by fog droplets.
- fohawk — Alternative spelling of fauxhawk.
- follow — to come after in sequence, order of time, etc.: The speech follows the dinner.
- forway — (intransitive) To go out of the way; go astray; err; make a mistake; sin.
- forwhy — why; wherefore.
- fowers — Plural form of fower.
- fowled — the domestic or barnyard hen or rooster; chicken. Compare domestic fowl.
- fowler — Henry H(amill) [ham-uh l] /ˈhæm əl/ (Show IPA), 1908–2000, U.S. lawyer and government official: secretary of the Treasury 1965–68.
- fowles — John (Martin). 1926–2005, British novelist. His books include The Collector (1963), The Magus (1966), The French Lieutenant's Woman (1969), and The Tree (1991)
- frownd — Obsolete spelling of frowned.
- frowns — Plural form of frown.
- frowst — A warm, stuffy atmosphere in a room.
- frowsy — frowzy.
- frowzy — dirty and untidy; slovenly.
- furrow — a narrow groove made in the ground, especially by a plow.
- g douw — Gerrard [Dutch gey-rahrt] /Dutch ˈgeɪ rɑrt/ (Show IPA), Dou, Gerard.
- gallow — (obsolete) to frighten.
- galway — a county in S Connaught, in W Republic of Ireland. 2293 sq. mi. (5940 sq. km).
- gawain — Arthurian Romance. one of the knights of the Round Table: a nephew of King Arthur.
- gawked — to stare stupidly; gape: The onlookers gawked at arriving celebrities.
- gawker — Someone who gawks, someone who stares stupidly.
- gawped — to stare with the mouth open in wonder or astonishment; gape: Crowds stood gawping at the disabled ship.
- gawper — One who gawps.
- gawpus — a clumsy or silly person
- geegaw — gewgaw.
- gewgaw — something gaudy and useless; trinket; bauble.
- ghazwa — (Islam) Any of the battles in which the Islamic prophet Muhammad personally participated.
- glowed — a light emitted by or as if by a substance heated to luminosity; incandescence.
- glower — to look or stare with sullen dislike, discontent, or anger.