5-letter words containing w
- cowal — a shallow lake or swampy depression supporting vegetation
- cowan — a person who makes dry-stone walls
- cowed — intimidated; frightened
- cowen — Obsolete spelling of cowan (one uninitiated in the secrets of Freemasonry). (18th century).
- cower — If you cower, you bend forward and downwards because you are very frightened.
- cowes — a town in S England, on the Isle of Wight: famous for its annual regatta. Pop: 19 110 (2001)
- cowie — (Geordie, slang) A pill, especially of ecstasy.
- cowls — Plural form of cowl.
- cowps — Council on Wage and Price Stability
- cowry — cowrie.
- crawl — When you crawl, you move forward on your hands and knees.
- craws — Plural form of craw.
- crewe — a town in NW England, in Cheshire: major railway junction. Pop: 67 683 (2001)
- crews — Plural form of crew.
- crowd — A crowd is a large group of people who have gathered together, for example to watch or listen to something interesting, or to protest about something.
- crowe — Russell. born 1964, Australian film actor, born in New Zealand. His films include LA Confidential (1997), Gladiator (2000), for which he won an Oscar, A Beautiful Mind (2001), Master and Commander (2003), and American Gangster (2007)
- crown — A crown is a circular ornament, usually made of gold and jewels, which a king or queen wears on their head at official ceremonies. You can also use crown to refer to anything circular that is worn on someone's head.
- crows — Plural form of crow.
- crwth — an ancient stringed instrument of Celtic origin similar to the cithara but bowed in later types
- cwlth — Commonwealth
- cwtch — (Wales) A cubbyhole or similar hiding place.
- dawah — the practice or policy of conveying the message of Islam to non-Muslims
- dawed — Simple past tense and past participle of daw.
- dawes — Charles Gates. 1865–1951, US financier, diplomat, and statesman, who devised the Dawes Plan for German reparations payments after World War I; vice president of the US (1925–29); Nobel peace prize 1925
- dawgs — Plural form of dawg.
- dawks — a person who advocates neither a conciliatory nor a belligerent national attitude.
- dawns — Plural form of dawn.
- depew — Chauncey Mitchell, 1834–1928, U.S. lawyer, legislator, and orator.
- devow — (obsolete) To give up; to devote.
- dewan — (formerly in India) the chief minister or finance minister of a state ruled by an Indian prince
- dewar — Donald. 1937–2000, Scottish Labour politician; secretary of state for Scotland (1997–99); first minister of Scotland (1999–2000)
- dewax — to remove wax from
- dewed — moisture condensed from the atmosphere, especially at night, and deposited in the form of small drops upon any cool surface.
- dewey — John. 1859–1952, US pragmatist philosopher and educator: an exponent of progressivism in education, he formulated an instrumentalist theory of learning through experience. His works include The School and Society (1899), Democracy and Education (1916), and Logic: the Theory of Inquiry (1938)
- dhows — any of various types of sailing vessels used by Arabs on the east African, Arabian, and Indian coasts, generally lateen-rigged on two or three masts.
- diwan — (in India) any of certain officials, as a financial minister or prime minister of a native colony.
- djawa — Java2
- dowds — Plural form of dowd.
- dowdy — not stylish; drab; old-fashioned: Why do you always wear those dowdy old dresses?
- dowed — to be able.
- dowel — a piece of wood driven into a hole drilled in a masonry wall to receive nails, as for fastening woodwork.
- dower — Law. the portion of a deceased husband's real property allowed to his widow for her lifetime.
- dowie — dull; melancholy; dismal.
- dowle — Feathery or woolly down; filament of a feather.
- dowly — dull; low-spirited; dismal
- down- — down
- downs — from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder.
- downy — of the nature of or resembling down; fluffy; soft.
- dowry — Also, dower. the money, goods, or estate that a wife brings to her husband at marriage.
- dowse — to plunge or be plunged into a liquid.