6-letter words starting with a
- abraid — to awake
- abrams — Plural form of abram.
- abrase — (obsolete) Rubbed smooth or blank. (Attested only in the 17th century.).
- abrash — any variation or change, typically striation, in the different dyes of an Oriental rug as it ages.
- abrazo — an embrace used as a greeting or on parting in Spain and Latin America
- abread — (UK dialectal, chiefly, Scotland) Abroad.
- abrégé — an abridgment
- abrest — Alternative spelling of abreast.
- abroad — If you go abroad, you go to a foreign country, usually one which is separated from the country where you live by an ocean or a sea.
- abrupt — An abrupt change or action is very sudden, often in a way which is unpleasant.
- absail — Misspelling of abseil.
- abscam — the code name for an FBI investigation (1978–80) of bribery, involving members of Congress.
- abseil — To abseil down a cliff or rock face means to slide down it in a controlled way using a rope, with your feet against the cliff or rock.
- absent — If someone or something is absent from a place or situation where they should be or where they usually are, they are not there.
- absorb — If something absorbs a liquid, gas, or other substance, it soaks it up or takes it in.
- absurd — If you say that something is absurd, you are criticizing it because you think that it is ridiculous or that it does not make sense.
- abukir — bay at the mouth of the Nile, near Alexandria, Egypt: site of the British victory (1798) under Nelson over the French
- abulia — a pathological inability to take decisions
- abulic — a symptom of mental disorder involving impairment or loss of volition.
- abunas — Plural form of abuna.
- aburas — Plural form of abura.
- aburst — in a bursting state
- abused — Simple past tense and past participle of abuse.
- abusee — A person who is the victim of abuse (by an abuser).
- abuser — to use wrongly or improperly; misuse: to abuse one's authority.
- abuses — Plural form of abuse.
- abusio — (rhetoric) Catachresis.
- abvolt — the cgs unit of potential difference in the electromagnetic system; the potential difference between two points when work of 1 erg must be done to transfer 1 abcoulomb of charge from one point to the other: equivalent to 10–8 volt
- abwatt — the cgs unit of power in the electromagnetic system, equal to the power dissipated when a current of 1 abampere flows across a potential difference of 1 abvolt: equivalent to 10–7 watt
- abwehr — the German high-command service for espionage, counterintelligence, and sabotage during World War II.
- abydos — an ancient town in central Egypt: site of many temples and tombs
- abying — Present participle of aby.
- acacia — An acacia or an acacia tree is a tree which grows in warm countries and which usually has small yellow or white flowers.
- acadia — the Atlantic Provinces of Canada
- acajou — a type of mahogany used by cabinet-makers in France
- acarid — any of the small arachnids of the order Acarina (or Acari), which includes the ticks and mites
- acarus — any of the free-living mites of the widely distributed genus Acarus, several of which, esp A. siro, are serious pests of stored flour, grain, etc
- acater — a buyer of and supplier of provisions; caterer
- acates — provisions, esp food
- accede — If you accede to someone's request, you do what they ask.
- acceed — Obsolete form of accede.
- accel. — accelerando
- accend — to set alight, to ignite
- accent — Someone who speaks with a particular accent pronounces the words of a language in a distinctive way that shows which country, region, or social class they come from.
- accept — If you accept something that you have been offered, you say yes to it or agree to take it.
- access — If you have access to a building or other place, you are able or allowed to go into it.
- accite — to call or send for officially or by authority
- accius — Lucius, c170–c90 b.c, Roman poet and prose writer.
- accloy — to knock a nail into (a horse's foot) when affixing a horseshoe and thereby cause injury
- accoil — a welcome