5-letter words containing w
- drawe — Obsolete spelling of draw.
- drawl — an act or utterance of a person who drawls.
- drawn — past participle of draw.
- draws — Plural form of draw.
- drown — to die under water or other liquid of suffocation.
- dwaal — a state of befuddlement
- dwale — Deadly nightshade or belladonna.
- dwalm — faint
- dwarf — a person of abnormally small stature owing to a pathological condition, especially one suffering from cretinism or some other disease that produces disproportion or deformation of features and limbs.
- dweeb — Slang. nerd; wimp.
- dwell — to live or stay as a permanent resident; reside.
- dwelt — a simple past tense and past participle of dwell.
- dwile — a cloth, rag, or mop used for various cleaning purposes around the house
- dwine — (archaic except in Scotland and dialects) To wither, decline, pine away.
- dword — (computing) A numerical value of twice the magnitude of a word, typically 32 bits.
- edwin — MIT Scheme
- elbow — The joint between the forearm and the upper arm.
- embow — (obsolete) To bend like a bow; to curve.
- emmew — (obsolete) To mew or coop up.
- endow — Give or bequeath an income or property to (a person or institution).
- ennew — (obsolete) To make new.
- erwin — a masculine name: var. Irwin
- ewart — Gavin (Buchanan). 1916–95, British poet, noted for his light satirical verse
- ewell — ˈRichard Stoddert (ˈstɑdərt ) ; städˈərt) 1817-72; Confederate general in the Civil War
- ewers — Plural form of ewer.
- ewery — (historical, UK) An office or place of household service where the ewers were kept.
- ewhow — an expression of regret or pity
- fatwa — an Islamic religious decree issued by the ʿulama.
- fawns — Plural form of fawn.
- fawny — of a color like fawn.
- fewer — not many but more than one: Few artists live luxuriously.
- flawn — Obsolete form of flan.
- flaws — Plural form of flaw.
- flews — a fishing net.
- flown — a past participle of fly1 .
- flows — Plural form of flow.
- flowy — (especially of hair or clothing) hanging loosely or freely at full length; flowing: soft flowy hair; flowy silk dresses.
- fower — (Early Modern English, dated) One who cleans (fows), as in cooking utensils or house maintenance.
- fowey — a resort and fishing village in SW England, in Cornwall, linked administratively with St Austell from 1968 to 1974. Pop: 2064 (2001)
- fowle — Obsolete spelling of fowl.
- fowls — Plural form of fowl.
- frown — to contract the brow, as in displeasure or deep thought; scowl.
- frows — Plural form of frow.
- fweep — (WPI) One step below a gweep, a person who uses the system solely to play games and use electronic mail. Compare dweeb, twink, terminal junkie, tourist, weenie.
- gamow — George, 1904–68, U.S. nuclear physicist and writer, born in Russia.
- gawed — Simple past tense and past participle of gaw.
- gawks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gawk.
- gawky — awkward; ungainly; clumsy.
- gawra — Tepe Gawra.
- gawsy — (of people) well-dressed and of cheerful appearance.