5-letter words containing wa
- warty — having warts; covered with or as with warts.
- washi — A tough paper used in traditional Japanese art forms.
- washo — a member of a tribe of North American Indians living in western Nevada and northeastern California.
- washy — diluted too much; weak: washy coffee.
- wasnt — (informal, nonstandard) Alternative form of wasn't.
- wasps — a satirical comedy (422 b.c.) by Aristophanes.
- waspy — Sometimes Disparaging and Offensive. of, relating to, or characteristic of WASPs: a Waspy country club.
- waste — to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander: to waste money; to waste words.
- wasup — Alternative form of wassup.
- watap — a thread made by North American Indians from the divided roots of certain conifers and used in weaving and sewing.
- watch — to be alertly on the lookout, look attentively, or observe, as to see what comes, is done, or happens: to watch while an experiment is performed.
- water — a liquid solution or preparation, especially one used for cosmetic purposes: lavender water; lemon water.
- wathe — The pursuit of game; hunting.
- watts — the standard unit of power in the International System of Units (SI), equivalent to one joule per second and equal to the power in a circuit in which a current of one ampere flows across a potential difference of one volt. Abbreviation: W, w.
- waugh — Alec (Alexander Raban) 1898–1981, English novelist, traveler, and lecturer (son of Arthur, brother of Evelyn).
- waulk — (transitive, obsolete, Northern England, Scotland) to make cloth (especially tweed in Scotland) denser and more felt-like by soaking and beating.
- wauls — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of waul.
- 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.
- wazir — Alternative form of vizier.
- wazoo — the anus.