5-letter words starting with wa
- waley — Arthur (Arthur David Schloss) 1889–1966, British translator of Chinese and Japanese literature.
- walis — Plural form of wali.
- walke — Obsolete spelling of walk.
- walks — Plural form of walk.
- walla — wallah.
- walls — Plural form of wall.
- wally — fine; splendid.
- walsh — Courtney (Andrew). born 1962, West Indian cricketer, born in Jamaica: a fast bowler, he took 519 wickets in 132 test matches (1984–2001)
- walty — (of a ship) insecure or wobbly
- waltz — a ballroom dance, in moderately fast triple meter, in which the dancers revolve in perpetual circles, taking one step to each beat.
- wames — Scot. and North England. belly.
- wamus — a heavy cardigan jacket, loosely knit and belted.
- wanda — a female given name.
- wande — Obsolete form of wand.
- wands — Plural form of wand.
- waned — to decrease in strength, intensity, etc.: Daylight waned, and night came on. Her enthusiasm for the cause is waning.
- wanes — Plural form of wane.
- waney — wany (def 1).
- wanka — (British English) eye dialect of wanker.
- wanky — Contemptible, worthless, or stupid.
- wanly — of an unnatural or sickly pallor; pallid; lacking color: His wan face suddenly flushed.
- wanna — Want to; want a.
- wanst — (archaic) once.
- wanta — Eye dialect of want to.
- wante — Obsolete spelling of want.
- wants — to feel a need or a desire for; wish for: to want one's dinner; always wanting something new.
- wanty — (UK, dialectal) A girth or belly-band for a horse's harness.
- wanze — to decrease or curtail
- wards — Plural form of ward.
- wared — Simple past tense and past participle of ware.
- wares — Plural form of ware.
- warez — Software that has been illegally copied and made available.
- warks — Warwickshire
- warms — Make or become warm.
- warne — Shane (Keith). born 1969, Australian cricketer: a leg spinner, he took 708 wickets in 145 test matches (1992–2007)
- warns — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of warn.
- warps — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of warp.
- warre — Obsolete spelling of war.
- warry — (transitive,archaic) To curse; execrate; abuse; speak evil of.
- warsh — (Appalachian) wash.
- warta — a river in Poland, flowing NW and W into the Oder. 445 miles (715 km) long.
- warts — Plural form of wart.
- warty — having warts; covered with or as with warts.
- washi — A tough paper used in traditional Japanese art forms.
- washo — a member of a tribe of North American Indians living in western Nevada and northeastern California.
- washy — diluted too much; weak: washy coffee.
- wasnt — (informal, nonstandard) Alternative form of wasn't.
- wasps — a satirical comedy (422 b.c.) by Aristophanes.
- waspy — Sometimes Disparaging and Offensive. of, relating to, or characteristic of WASPs: a Waspy country club.
- waste — to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander: to waste money; to waste words.