6-letter words containing wa
- onward — toward a point ahead or in front; forward, as in space or time.
- oshawa — a city in SE Ontario, in S Canada, NE of Toronto, on Lake Ontario.
- oswald — Lee Harvey, 1939–63, designated by a presidential commission to be the lone assassin of John F. Kennedy.
- ottawa — a city in and the capital of Canada, in SE Ontario.
- outwar — to surpass or exceed in warfare
- outway — A way out or an exit.
- p wave — a longitudinal wave that advances by alternate compression and expansion in a solid or fluid medium, like a sound wave
- p-wave — a longitudinal earthquake wave that travels through the interior of the earth and is usually the first conspicuous wave to be recorded by a seismograph.
- paxwax — the neck ligament; nuchal ligament.
- pedway — a walkway, usually enclosed, permitting pedestrians to go from building to building, as in an urban center, without passing through traffic.
- pesewa — a bronze coin and monetary unit of Ghana, the 100th part of a cedi.
- powwaw — an expression of disbelief or contempt
- prewar — before the war: prewar prices.
- prowar — in favour of or supporting war
- psywar — psychological warfare.
- pulwar — a light Indian river boat used for carrying cargo
- qawwal — A performer of qawwali.
- qwaqwa — (formerly) a Bantu homeland in N South Africa; the only Bantu homeland without exclaves: abolished in 1994
- rahway — a city in NE New Jersey.
- redowa — a Bohemian dance in two forms, one resembling the waltz or the mazurka, the other resembling the polka.
- rewake — to awaken again
- reward — a sum of money offered for the detection or capture of a criminal, the recovery of lost or stolen property, etc.
- rewarm — to warm again
- rewash — 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.
- runway — a way along which something runs.
- rwanda — a republic in central Africa, E of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: formerly comprising the N part of the Belgian trust territory of Ruanda-Urundi; became independent 1962. 10,169 sq. mi. (26,338 sq. km). Capital: Kigali.
- s wave — a transverse earthquake wave that travels through the interior of the earth and is usually the second conspicuous wave to reach a seismograph.
- sadowa — a village in NE Bohemia, in the W Czech Republic: Prussian victory over Austrians 1866.
- schwag — low-quality marijuana.
- seawan — wampum (def 1).
- seaway — a way over the sea.
- segway — a two-wheeled self-balancing electric vehicle, ridden while standing up
- sewage — the waste matter that passes through sewers.
- sewall — Samuel, 1652–1730, American jurist, born in England.
- seward — William Henry, 1801–72, U.S. statesman: secretary of state 1861–69.
- siwash — a conventional designation for any small, provincial college or for such colleges collectively (often preceded by old): students from old Siwash.
- skyway — air lane.
- subway — Also called, especially British, tube, underground. an underground electric railroad, usually in a large city.
- swabby — Slang. (in the Navy or Coast Guard) a sailor; gob.
- swabia — a region and medieval duchy in SW Germany: it constituted the area presently included in the states of Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria, in S Germany.
- swaddy — a private soldier
- swados — Harvey, 1920–72, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- swager — a tool for bending cold metal to a required shape.
- swally — an alcoholic drink
- swampy — of the nature of, resembling, or abounding in swamps.
- swanee — Suwannee.
- swanky — elegant or ostentatious; swank.
- swanny — swanlike
- swaraj — (in India) self-government.
- swardy — covered by sward