6-letter words containing n, w
- mewing — a cage for hawks, especially while molting.
- minhow — Older Spelling. former name of Fuzhou.
- minnow — a small, European cyprinoid fish, Phoxinus phoxinus.
- motown — Detroit, Michigan: a nickname.
- mowing — a wry or derisive grimace.
- mwanza — a city in N Tanzania, on Lake Victoria.
- n-word — a euphemism for the word nigger : His use of the highly offensive n-word during a televised broadcast caused outrage. See also f-word, word (def 2).
- narrow — of little breadth or width; not broad or wide; not as wide as usual or expected: a narrow path.
- narwal — Archaic form of narwhal.
- nawabs — Plural form of nawab.
- ne win — U [oo] /u/ (Show IPA), (Maung Shu Maung) 1911–2002, Burmese soldier and political leader: prime minister 1958–60, 1962–74; president 1974–81.
- nephew — a son of one's brother or sister.
- newari — a Sino-Tibetan language, the language of the Newar.
- newark — a city in NE New Jersey, on Newark Bay.
- newbie — a newcomer or novice, especially an inexperienced user of the Internet or of computers in general.
- newels — Plural form of newel.
- newest — of recent origin, production, purchase, etc.; having but lately come or been brought into being: a new book.
- newfie — Also called Newf. a term used to refer to a native or inhabitant of Newfoundland; Newfoundlander.
- newham — a borough of Greater London, England.
- newies — Plural form of newie.
- newish — rather new.
- newman — John Henry, Cardinal, 1801–90, English theologian and author.
- newnan — a city in W Georgia.
- newses — (Isle of Man) gossip.
- newsie — A reporter.
- newton — Sir Isaac, 1642–1727, English philosopher and mathematician: formulator of the law of gravitation.
- nimwit — (rare) A dimwit.
- nitwit — a slow-witted, stupid, or foolish person.
- no way — refusal
- no-way — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
- no-win — denoting a condition in which one cannot benefit, succeed, or win: a no-win situation; a no-win war.
- nonwar — a state of nonviolence
- norway — Norwegian Norge. a kingdom in N Europe, in the W part of the Scandinavian Peninsula. 124,555 sq. mi. (322,597 sq. km). Capital: Oslo.
- nowell — Obsolete spelling of noel.
- nowels — Plural form of nowel.
- nowise — noway.
- nowruz — the Persian New Year's Day.
- onflow — a flowing on of something, or the act of flowing on
- onslow — George, 1784–1853, French composer.
- onward — toward a point ahead or in front; forward, as in space or time.
- outwin — to get out (from)
- own up — of, relating to, or belonging to oneself or itself (usually used after a possessive to emphasize the idea of ownership, interest, or relation conveyed by the possessive): He spent only his own money.
- ownest — of, relating to, or belonging to oneself or itself (usually used after a possessive to emphasize the idea of ownership, interest, or relation conveyed by the possessive): He spent only his own money.
- owning — (used as an intensifier to indicate oneself as the sole agent of some activity or action, preceded by a possessive): He insists on being his own doctor.
- pangwe — Fang (def 1).
- patwin — a member of a North American Indian people of the western Sacramento River valley in California.
- pawing — the foot of an animal having claws.
- pawned — to deposit as security, as for money borrowed, especially with a pawnbroker: He raised the money by pawning his watch.
- pawnee — a member of a confederacy of North American Plains Indians of Caddoan stock formerly located along the Platte River valley, Nebraska, and now living in northern Oklahoma.
- pawner — to deposit as security, as for money borrowed, especially with a pawnbroker: He raised the money by pawning his watch.