6-letter words starting with w
- waives — Plural form of waive.
- wakame — a brown seaweed, Undaria pinnatifida, of coastal Japan, Korea, etc., growing in coarse, stringy clumps and usually dried for use in Asian soups, salads, and side dishes.
- wakane — a type of seaweed
- wakens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of waken.
- waketh — Archaic third-person singular form of wake.
- wakeup — The act of waking up.
- wakiki — shells formerly used as currency in Melanesia
- waking — to become roused from sleep; awake; awaken; waken (often followed by up).
- walays — Sir William, Wallace, Sir William.
- walden — a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada.
- waldos — Plural form of waldo.
- walers — Plural form of waler.
- walesa — Lech [lek] /lɛk/ (Show IPA), born 1943, Polish labor leader: a leader of Solidarity 1980; president 1990–96; Nobel Peace Prize 1983.
- waling — something that is selected as the best; choice.
- walked — Simple past tense and past participle of walk.
- walker — Alice, born 1944, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- walkie — A walkie-talkie.
- walkup — Alternative form of walk-up.
- wallah — a person in charge of, employed at, or concerned with a particular thing (used in combination): a book wallah; a ticket wallah.
- wallas — Plural form of walla.
- walled — of or relating to a wall: wall space.
- waller — any of various permanent upright constructions having a length much greater than the thickness and presenting a continuous surface except where pierced by doors, windows, etc.: used for shelter, protection, or privacy, or to subdivide interior space, to support floors, roofs, or the like, to retain earth, to fence in an area, etc.
- wallet — a flat, folding pocketbook, especially one large enough to hold paper money, credit cards, driver's license, etc., and sometimes having a compartment for coins.
- wallis — Harold Brent [brent] /brɛnt/ (Show IPA), ("Hal") 1899–1986, U.S. film producer.
- wallop — to beat soundly; thrash.
- wallow — to roll about or lie in water, snow, mud, dust, or the like, as for refreshment: Goats wallowed in the dust.
- walnut — the edible nut of trees of the genus Juglans, of the North Temperate Zone. Compare walnut family.
- walras — (Marie Esprit) Léon [ma-ree e-spree ley-awn] /maˈri ɛˈspri leɪˈɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1834–1910, French economist.
- walrus — a large marine mammal, Odobenus nosmarus, of arctic seas, related to the seals, and having flippers, a pair of large tusks, and a tough, wrinkled skin.
- walter — Bruno [broo-noh] /ˈbru noʊ/ (Show IPA), (Bruno Schlesinger) 1876–1962, German opera and symphony conductor, in U.S. after 1939.
- walton — Ernest Thomas Sinton [sin-tn] /ˈsɪn tn/ (Show IPA), 1903–95, Irish physicist: Nobel prize 1951.
- wamble — to move unsteadily.
- wammul — a dog
- wammus — wamus (def 2).
- wampee — an Asian tree, Clausena wampi, and its fruit
- wampum — Also called peag, seawan, sewan. cylindrical beads made from shells, pierced and strung, used by North American Indians as a medium of exchange, for ornaments, and for ceremonial and sometimes spiritual purposes, especially such beads when white but also including the more valuable black or dark-purple varieties.
- wampus — a strange or objectionable person; lout.
- wander — to ramble without a definite purpose or objective; roam, rove, or stray: to wander over the earth.
- wandle — supple or limber
- wandoo — an Australian tree, Eucalyptus redunca, having hard, heavy wood valued as timber.
- wanged — Simple past tense and past participle of wang.
- wanger — (obsolete) A rest or cushion for the cheek; a pillow.
- wangle — to bring about, accomplish, or obtain by scheming or underhand methods: to wangle an invitation.
- wanhal — Jan Křtitel [yahn krshtyi-tel] /yɑn ˈkrʃtyɪ tɛl/ (Show IPA), 1739–1813, Czech composer.
- wanier — Also, waney. waning; decreasing; diminished in part.
- waning — to decrease in strength, intensity, etc.: Daylight waned, and night came on. Her enthusiasm for the cause is waning.
- wanion — curse; vengeance.
- wankel — Felix [fee-liks;; German fey-liks] /ˈfi lɪks;; German ˈfeɪ lɪks/ (Show IPA), 1902–88, German engineer: inventor of rotary engine.
- wanker — a contemptible person; jerk.
- wankle — wobbly or insecure