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Definition wad

Etymology 1

Probably short for Middle English wadmal (“woolen cloth”), from Old Norse váðmál (“woolen stuff”), from váð (“cloth”) + mál (“measure”). See wadmal. Cognate with Swedish vadd (“wadding, cotton wool”), German Wat, Watte (“wad, padding, cotton wool”), Dutch lijnwaad, gewaad, watten (“cotton wool”), West Frisian waad, Old English w?d (“garment, clothing”) (English: weed). More at weed, meal.

Noun

wad (plural wads)

  1. An amorphous, compact mass.
  2. A substantial pile (normally of money).
  3. A soft plug or seal, particularly as used between the powder and pellets in a shotgun cartridge, or earlier on the charge of a muzzleloader or cannon.
  4. (slang) A sandwich.
  5. (slang, vulgar) An ejaculation of semen.
Verb

wad (third-person singular simple present wads, present participle wadding, simple past and past participle wadded)

  1. To crumple or crush into a compact, amorphous shape or ball.
  2. (Ulster) To wager.
  3. To insert or force a wad into.
  4. To stuff or line with some soft substance, or wadding, like cotton.

Etymology 2

Noun

wad (countable and uncountable, plural wads)

  1. (mineralogy) Any black manganese oxide or hydroxide mineral rich rock in the oxidized zone of various ore deposits.

Results 383 Words with the letters WAD

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7 letter words with the letters WAD 
6 letter words with the letters WAD 
AVOWED 14
AWAKED 14
AWARDS 10
BAWDRY 15
BAWLED 14
BLAWED 14
CHAWED 15
CLAWED 14
COWARD 13
DAWDLE 12
DAWING 13
DAWNED 12
DAWTED 11
DAWTIE 10
DECLAW 14
DEEWAN 11
DEWANS 11
DEWARS 10
DEWLAP 14
DIWANS 11
DRAWEE 10
DRAWER 10
DRAWLS 11
DRAWLY 13
DWARFS 13
FAWNED 14
FLAWED 14
GAWKED 16
GAWPED 15
GNAWED 13
HAWKED 16
HOWDAH 14
INWARD 11
MEADOW 13
MIDWAY 15
ONWARD 11
PAWNED 14
REDOWA 10
REDRAW 10
REWARD 10
SHADOW 12
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SNAWED 11
SWAGED 12
SWARDS 10
SWAYED 12
TAWDRY 12
TAWSED 10
THAWED 12
TOWARD 10
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UPWARD 14
VAWARD 14
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WADDER 11
WADDIE 11
WADDLE 12
WADDLY 14
WADERS 10
WADIES 10
WADING 13
WADMAL 14
WADMEL 14
WADMOL 14
WADSET 10
WAFFED 16
WAFTED 13
WAGGED 14
WAIFED 13
WAILED 11
WAIRED 10
WAITED 10
WAIVED 14
WALKED 15
WALLED 12
WANDER 11
WANDLE 12
WANKED 15
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WAPPED 16
WARDED 11
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WARDER 10
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WARNED 11
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WASHED 12
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WAUKED 15
WAULED 12
WAWLED 14
WEALDS 11
WEANED 11
WEAVED 14
WHALED 13
WHIDAH 14
WHYDAH 16
WIZARD 19
WOADED 11
WOALDS 11
YAWLED 13
YAWNED 13
YAWPED 15
5 letter words with the letters WAD 
ADOWN 10
AWNED 10
BAWDS 12
BAWDY 14
CAWED 12
DAWED 10
DAWEN 10
DAWKS 13
DAWNS 10
DEWAN 10
DEWAX 16
DIWAN 10
DRAWL 10
DRAWN 10
DWARF 12
HAWED 11
JAWED 18
LAWED 10
MAWED 12
PAWED 12
WADDY 12
WADED 10
WAGED 11
WAKED 13
WALED 10
WANDS 10
WANED 10
WAVED 13
WAXED 16
WEALD 10
WOALD 10
YAWED 11
4 letter words with the letters WAD 
AWED 8
BAWD 11
DAWK 12
DAWN 9
DAWS 8
DAWT 8
DRAW 8
WADE 8
WADI 8
WADS 8
WADY 10
WAND 9
WARD 8
WOAD 8
3 letter words with the letters WAD 
DAW 7
WAD 7
2 letter words with the letters WAD 
AD 3
AW 5
DA 3

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