6-letter words starting with a
- aidful — helpful; assisting
- aiding — to provide support for or relief to; help: to aid the homeless victims of the fire.
- aidman — an army medical assistant attached to a field unit
- aidmen — Plural form of aidman.
- aiglet — a metal or plastic tag or sheath at the end of a lace used for tying, as of a shoelace.
- aikido — a Japanese system of self-defence employing similar principles to judo, but including blows from the hands and feet
- aikona — an informal word expressing strong negation
- aileen — a feminine name
- ailing — An ailing organization or society is in difficulty and is becoming weaker.
- aim to — to position or direct (a firearm, ball, arrow, rocket, etc.) so that, on firing or release, the discharged projectile will hit a target or travel along a certain path.
- aimaco — AIr MAterial COmmand compiler
- aimers — Plural form of aimer.
- aimful — possessing purpose or aim
- aiming — Present participle of aim.
- aimnet — (networking, company) An Internet access provider for individuals and corporations. They provide dial-up, SLIP, PPP and shell accounts as well as ISDN. Address: Cupertino, CA 95014, USA. Telephone: +1 (408) 253 0900
- aintab — Gaziantep
- airbag — An airbag is a safety device in a car which automatically fills with air if the car crashes, and is designed to protect the people in the car when they are thrown forward in the crash.
- airbed — An airbed is a plastic or rubber mattress which can be folded or stored flat and which you fill with air before you use it.
- airbus — An Airbus is an aeroplane which is designed to carry a large number of passengers for fairly short distances.
- aircav — air cavalry.
- airdry — Alternative form of air-dry.
- airers — Plural form of airer.
- airgap — a gap or space which contains air or allows air flow
- airgun — An airgun is a gun which is fired by means of air pressure.
- airier — open to a free current of fresh air; breezy: airy rooms.
- airily — in a jaunty or high-spirited manner
- airing — exposure to air or warmth, as for drying or ventilation
- airish — given to putting on airs.
- airman — An airman is a man who flies aircraft, especially one who serves in his country's air force.
- airmen — Plural form of airman.
- airpot — A container for storing and dispensing coffee or other beverages that maintains a constant temperature by use of glass insulation.
- airted — a direction.
- airtel — A form of communication formerly used within the FBI.
- airway — A person's airways are the passages from their nose and mouth down to their lungs, through which air enters and leaves their body.
- aisles — a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- aitken — Robert Grant. 1864–1951, US astronomer who discovered over three thousand double stars
- aíyina — Aegina
- ajanta — a village in N Maharashtra, in W central India: caves and shrines containing Buddhist frescoes and sculptures.
- ajaria — an autonomous region in SW Georgia, bordered by Turkey and the Black Sea. 1120 sq. mi. (2900 sq. km). Capital: Batumi.
- ajowan — a spice originating in the Middle East and now grown in certain areas of Asia, used in cookery and traditionally as a digestive aid and antiemetic
- ajwain — A plant in the family Apiaceae (Trachyspermum ammi), and its seed, which is used (especially in South Asian cooking) for its thyme-like flavor.
- akasha — (in the philosophies of India) the ether, regarded as including material and nonmaterial entities in a common medium.
- akashi — a city on W Honshu, in Japan.
- akatea — a vine with white flowers, Metrosideros diffusa, found in New Zealand
- akeake — a small hardwood New Zealand tree, Dodonea viscosa, with silver leaves and reddish bark
- akedah — the Biblical story known as the Binding of Isaac, Genesis 22:1-24
- akeley — Carl Ethan, 1864–1926, U.S. naturalist, explorer, and sculptor.
- aketon — a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- akhaïa — department of modern Greece, corresponding approximately to ancient Achaea
- akhara — (in India) a gymnasium