5-letter words containing a, w
- gawky — awkward; ungainly; clumsy.
- gawra — Tepe Gawra.
- gawsy — (of people) well-dressed and of cheerful appearance.
- gnawn — a past participle of gnaw.
- gnaws — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gnaw.
- gowan — any of various yellow or white field flowers, especially the English daisy.
- gwags — the female partners accompanying golfers at a tournament
- gwari — a member of an agricultural people of northeastern Nigeria.
- gwawl — the rival of Pwyll for the hand of Rhiannon.
- halwa — Alternative spelling of halva.
- hawed — to utter a sound representing a hesitation or pause in speech.
- hawke — Robert (James Lee) born 1929, Australian political leader: prime minister 1983–91.
- hawks — a medium-range, mobile U.S. surface-to-air missile system.
- hawse — the part of a bow where the hawseholes are located.
- howay — Alternative version of haway (Geordie, Tyneside) A general cry of encouragement.
- inlaw — to restore (an outlaw) to the benefits and protection of the law.
- iowan — of or relating to Iowa.
- iwaki — a city on NE Honshu, in Japan.
- jawan — a soldier in the Indian army.
- jawar — Sorghum.
- jawed — having a jaw or jaws, especially of a specified kind (often used in combination): heavy-jawed; square-jawed.
- jowar — Alt form jawar.
- kabwe — a city in central Zambia: oldest mining town; cave site where the fossil skull of Rhodesian man was found.
- kapow — Alternative spelling of kerpow.
- kiawe — a thorny tree, Prosopis juliflora, of the legume family, native to South America and widely naturalized in Hawaii.
- kiowa — a member of a Plains Indian people of the southwestern U.S.
- kwara — a state of W Nigeria: mainly wooded savanna. Capital: Ilorin. Pop: 2 371 089 (2006). Area: 36 825 sq km (14 218 sq miles)
- kwela — a type of pop music popular among the Black communities of South Africa
- lawed — the principles and regulations established in a community by some authority and applicable to its people, whether in the form of legislation or of custom and policies recognized and enforced by judicial decision.
- lawer — Obsolete form of lawyer.
- lawes — Henry ("Harry") 1596–1662, English composer.
- lawin — a bill or reckoning
- lawks — an expression of surprise or dismay
- lawly — Pertaining to or adhering to the law; lawful; legal.
- lawns — Plural form of lawn.
- lawny — a thin or sheer linen or cotton fabric, either plain or printed.
- liwan — iwan.
- lowan — mallee fowl.
- macaw — any of various large, long-tailed parrots, chiefly of the genus Ara, of tropical and subtropical America, noted for their brilliant plumage and harsh voice.
- maewo — an almost uninhabited island in Vanuatu
- malwa — Beer made with millet.
- marwa — Safa and Marwa.
- mawed — Having a maw (of a specified kind).
- mawks — Plural form of mawk.
- mawky — (Northern England, Appalachia) maggoty, full of maggots.
- mccaw — Richard (Hugh), known as Richie born 1980, New Zealand Rugby Union player; a flanker, he played in 148 tests (a world record), 110 as captain. Captained the All Blacks to consecutive World Cup wins (2011, 2015)
- mewar — Udaipur (def 2).
- miaow — to make the sound of a cat.
- mohwa — mahua.
- mowat — Farley (McGill) 1921–2014, Canadian writer.