| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| awe | noun | Dread; great fear mingled with respect., The emotion inspired by something dreadful and sublime; an undefined sense of the dreadful and the sublime; reverential fear, or solemn wonder; profound reverence., To strike with fear and reverence; to inspire with awe; to control by inspiring dread. |
| awk | adjective | Odd; out of order; perverse., Wrong, or not commonly used; clumsy; sinister; as, the awk end of a rod (the but end)., Clumsy in performance or manners; unhandy; not dexterous; awkward., Perversely; in the wrong way. |
| awl | noun | A pointed instrument for piercing small holes, as in leather or wood; used by shoemakers, saddlers, cabinetmakers, etc. The blade is differently shaped and pointed for different uses, as in the brad awl, saddler’s awl, shoemaker’s awl, etc. |
| awm | noun | See Aam. |
| awn | noun | The bristle or beard of barley, oats, grasses, etc., or any similar bristlelike appendage; arista. |