6-letter words starting with a
- asuras — Plural form of asura.
- aswarm — filled, esp with moving things; swarming
- aswell — Archaic spelling of as well.
- aswing — in an oscillating or swinging manner
- aswirl — whirling
- aswoon — swooning
- asylee — a person who is granted asylum
- asylum — If a government gives a person from another country asylum, they allow them to stay, usually because they are unable to return home safely for political reasons.
- at all — You use at all at the end of a clause to give emphasis in negative statements, conditional clauses, and questions.
- at bat — In baseball, an at bat is a turn at hitting the ball.
- at bay — (of a person or animal) forced to turn and face attackers
- at one — in a state of agreement or harmony
- at par — If a bond or stock is priced at par, it is trading at its face value.
- at sea — At sea means on or under the sea, far away from land.
- at vol — atomic volume
- at war — in a state of active armed conflict
- at-bat — Sports. the wooden club used in certain games, as baseball and cricket, to strike the ball. a racket, especially one used in badminton or table tennis. a whip used by a jockey. the act of using a club or racket in a game. the right or turn to use a club or racket.
- atabal — a drum played by the Moorish people of N Africa
- atabeg — a Turkish leader who had a lower status than the ruler of the country and who acted as teacher and guardian to the male heir apparent
- atabek — Turkish ruler
- ataman — an elected leader of the Cossacks; hetman
- atavic — atavistic.
- ataxia — lack of muscular coordination
- ataxic — loss of coordination of the muscles, especially of the extremities.
- atbara — a town in NE Sudan. Pop: 110 000 (2005 est)
- atelic — showing an action or happening as being unfinished
- ateste — ancient name of Este.
- athame — (in Wicca) a witch's ceremonial knife, usually with a black handle, used in rituals rather than for cutting or carving
- athans — Plural form of athan.
- athena — a virgin goddess of wisdom, practical skills, and prudent warfare. She was born, fully armed, from the head of Zeus
- athene — Also, Athene [uh-thee-nee] /əˈθi ni/ (Show IPA). Also called Pallas, Pallas Athena. the virgin deity of the ancient Greeks worshiped as the goddess of wisdom, fertility, the useful arts, and prudent warfare. At her birth she sprang forth fully armed from the head of her father, Zeus. Compare Minerva.
- athens — the capital of Greece, in the southeast near the Saronic Gulf: became capital after independence in 1834; ancient city-state, most powerful in the 5th century bc; contains the hill citadel of the Acropolis. Pop: 3 238 000 (2005 est)
- athlon — (hardware) (K7) AMD's 7th generation x86 processor, released in June 1999. Athlon uses a Slot A motherboard and is not compatible with Slot 1 motherboards.
- athrob — pulsing or throbbing
- atkins — Robert C. 1930–2003, US physician, cardiologist, and nutritionist. An advocate of complementary medicine, he devised a widely-used diet (the Atkins diet) based on controlled intake of carbohydrates for weight management and disease prevention
- atlatl — a wooden implement used to throw a spear or similar weapon at a greater speed or distance as used by Native Americans
- atocia — the incapability of a woman to conceive and give birth to children
- atokal — characterized by being non-sexual or creating offspring that are not sexual
- atolls — Plural form of atoll.
- atomic — Atomic means relating to power that is produced from the energy released by splitting atoms.
- atonal — Atonal music is music that is not written or played in any key or system of scales.
- atoned — to make amends or reparation, as for an offense or a crime, or for an offender (usually followed by for): to atone for one's sins.
- atoner — to make amends or reparation, as for an offense or a crime, or for an offender (usually followed by for): to atone for one's sins.
- atones — to make amends or reparation, as for an offense or a crime, or for an offender (usually followed by for): to atone for one's sins.
- atonia — a deficiency of usual or expected tone in the muscles
- atonic — (of a syllable, word, etc) carrying no stress; unaccented
- atopic — of or relating to hereditary hypersensitivity to certain allergens
- atoxic — not toxic.
- atpase — adenosine triphosphatase; an enzyme that converts ATP to ADP
- atreus — a king of Mycenae, son of Pelops, father of Agamemnon and Menelaus, and member of the family known as the Atreids (ˈeɪtrɪɪdz )