6-letter words containing s
- advsys — (language, games) An adventure game language designed by David Betz in 1986. ADVSYS is object-oriented and Lisp-like.
- aeacus — a king of Aegina who, after he dies, becomes one of the three judges of the dead in the lower world, with Minos and Rhadamanthus
- aeetes — a king of Colchis, father of Medea and keeper of the Golden Fleece
- aegeus — an Athenian king and father of Theseus
- aeneas — a Trojan prince, the son of Anchises and Aphrodite, who escaped the sack of Troy and sailed to Italy via Carthage and Sicily. After seven years, he and his followers established themselves near the site of the future Rome
- aeneus — a tropical fish, Corydoras aeneus, that is commonly found in aquariums
- aeolis — the ancient name for the coastal region of NW Asia Minor, including the island of Lesbos, settled by the Aeolian Greeks (about 1000 bc)
- aeolus — the god of the winds
- aeries — the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- affors — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affor.
- aflush — (archaic, or, poetic) flushed, blushing.
- afonso — Portuguese name of Alfonso I and Alfonso V.
- afraes — Associate Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society
- afresh — If you do something afresh, you do it again in a different way.
- afscme — American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees
- afters — dessert; sweet
- aftosa — foot-and-mouth disease.
- agabus — a Christian prophet who predicted a great famine. Acts 11:28.
- agamas — Plural form of agama.
- agassi — Andre (ˈɑːndreɪ). born 1970, US tennis player: winner of eight Grand Slam singles titles (1992–2003), including four Australian Opens (1995, 2000, 2001, 2003)
- agates — Plural form of agate.
- agaves — Plural form of agave.
- ageism — Ageism is unacceptable behaviour that occurs as a result of the belief that older people are of less value than younger people.
- ageist — Ageist behaviour is unacceptable behaviour based on the belief that older people are of less value than younger people.
- agenst — Obsolete form of against.
- agents — Plural form of agent.
- aggers — aggressive
- aggeus — Haggai
- aggies — Plural form of aggie.
- aghast — If you are aghast, you are filled with horror and surprise.
- aginst — Archaic spelling of against.
- agitas — heartburn; indigestion.
- aglets — Plural form of aglet.
- agnesi — Maria Gaetana. 1718–99, Italian mathematician and philosopher, noted for her work on differential calculus
- agogos — Plural form of agogo.
- agones — (in ancient Greece) a contest in which prizes were awarded in any of a number of events, as athletics, drama, music, poetry, and painting.
- agoras — Plural form of agora.
- agrees — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of agree.
- agress — Misspelling of aggress.
- agrise — to fear or shudder at (something frightful)
- agrius — one of the Gigantes.
- aguise — to dress (the body)
- aguish — producing, resembling, or resulting from ague.
- ahimsa — (in Hindu, Buddhist, and Jainist philosophy) the law of reverence for, and nonviolence to, every form of life
- ahmose — 1580–1557 b.c, founder of the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt.
- ahorse — on horseback
- aimers — Plural form of aimer.
- airbus — An Airbus is an aeroplane which is designed to carry a large number of passengers for fairly short distances.
- airers — Plural form of airer.
- airish — given to putting on airs.