6-letter words starting with a
- abayas — Plural form of abaya.
- abbacy — the office, term of office, or jurisdiction of an abbot or abbess
- abbado — Claudio. 1933–2014, Italian conductor; principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra (1979–88); director of the Vienna State Opera (1986–91), and the Berlin Philharmonic (1989–2001)
- abbasi — (historical) A silver coin of Persia, introduced by Safavid Shah Abbas in 16th century, worth about twenty cents.
- abbess — An abbess is the nun who is in charge of the other nuns in a convent.
- abbeys — Plural form of abbey.
- abbots — Plural form of abbot.
- abbott — Tony, full name Anthony John Abbott. born 1957, Australian Liberal politician; prime minister (2013–2015)
- abboud — Ibrahim [ib-rah-heem] /ɪb rɑˈhim/ (Show IPA), 1900–1983, Sudanese army general and statesman: prime minister 1958–64.
- abbrev — (jargon) /*-breev'/, /*-brev'/ Common abbreviation for "abbreviation".
- abdabs — a case of extreme anxiety
- abdias — Obadiah
- abduce — to abduct
- abduct — If someone is abducted by another person, he or she is taken away illegally, usually using force.
- abegge — (obsolete) Variant of aby.
- abeigh — aloof
- abeles — Plural form of abele.
- abelia — an ornamental garden shrub with pink or white flowers
- abends — Plural form of abend.
- abhors — to regard with extreme repugnance or aversion; detest utterly; loathe; abominate.
- abhour — Obsolete form of abhor.
- abided — to remain; continue; stay: Abide with me.
- abider — to remain; continue; stay: Abide with me.
- abides — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abide.
- abient — tending to move away from a stimulus or situation.
- abitur — the final school examination in Germany
- abject — You use abject to emphasize that a situation or quality is extremely bad.
- abjure — If you abjure something such as a belief or way of life, you state publicly that you will give it up or that you reject it.
- abkhaz — a member of a Georgian people living east of the Black Sea
- ablate — to remove by ablation
- ablaut — vowel gradation, esp in Indo-European languages
- ablaze — Something that is ablaze is burning very fiercely.
- ablest — having necessary power, skill, resources, or qualifications; qualified: able to lift a two-hundred-pound weight; able to write music; able to travel widely; able to vote.
- abloom — in flower; blooming
- ablush — (of a person) blushing
- ablute — (intransitive, colloquial) To wash oneself. (First attested in the Late 19th century.).
- abnaki — a member of a North American Indian people formerly living in Maine and Quebec
- aboard — If you are aboard a ship or plane, you are on it or in it.
- aboded — Simple past tense and past participle of abode.
- abodes — Plural form of abode.
- abohms — Plural form of abohm.
- abolla — a cloak worn by Roman soldiers, worn draped over one shoulder and fastened with a metal brooch
- abomey — a city in SW Benin.
- aborad — (anatomy) Away from the oral opening or mouth (compare with ventral).
- aboral — away from or opposite the mouth
- aborne — auburn
- aborts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abort.
- abound — If things abound, or if a place abounds with things, there are very large numbers of them.
- aboves — in, at, or to a higher place.
- abrade — To abrade something means to scrape or wear down its surface by rubbing it.