6-letter words containing a, b, r
- lubras — Plural form of lubra.
- lumbar — of or relating to the loin or loins.
- marabi — A lively music genre from South Africa.
- marble — Alice, 1913–90, U.S. tennis player.
- marbly — like marble in appearance, hardness, coldness, etc.
- mbiras — Plural form of mbira.
- mihrab — (in a mosque) a niche or decorative panel designating the kiblah.
- mimbar — a pulpit in a mosque.
- minbar — A short flight of steps used as a platform by a preacher in a mosque.
- nabber — to arrest or capture.
- nearby — close at hand; not far off; adjacent; neighboring: a nearby village.
- nutbar — Crazy, eccentric.
- outbar — to keep out
- prefab — prefabricated.
- prehab — any programme of training designed to prevent sports injury
- r:base — (database) An MS-DOS 4GL from Microrim based on the minicomputer DBMS RIM.
- rabato — a wide, stiff collar of the 17th century, worn flat over the shoulders or open in front and standing at the back.
- rabaul — the largest island in the Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea, in the W central Pacific Ocean. About 14,600 sq. mi. (37,814 sq. km). Capital: Rabaul.
- rabbah — the ancient Biblical capital of the Ammonite kingdom east of the Jordan River.
- rabban — master; teacher (used as a term of address and title of respect for a person ranking higher than a rabbi).
- rabbet — a deep notch formed in or near one edge of a board, framing timber, etc., so that something else can be fitted into it or so that a door or the like can be closed against it.
- rabbin — rabbi1 .
- rabbis — Plural form of rabbi.
- rabbit — any of several soft-furred, large-eared, rodentlike burrowing mammals of the family Leporidae, allied with the hares and pikas in the order Lagomorpha, having a divided upper lip and long hind legs, usually smaller than the hares and mainly distinguished from them by bearing blind and furless young in nests rather than fully developed young in the open.
- rabble — a tool or mechanically operated device used for stirring or mixing a charge in a roasting furnace.
- rabi i — the third month of the Muslim calendar.
- rabies — an infectious disease of dogs, cats, and other animals, transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected animal and usually fatal if prophylactic treatment is not administered: caused by an RNA virus of the rhabdovirus group; hydrophobia.
- rabona — an unconventional method of kicking the ball in which a player plants one leg and brings the kicking foot round behind it
- raborn — William F. 1905–90, U.S. admiral and government official: CIA director 1965–66.
- ragbag — a bag in which small pieces of cloth are kept for use in mending.
- rambla — a dry ravine.
- ramble — to wander around in a leisurely, aimless manner: They rambled through the shops until closing time.
- ratbag — contemptible person
- rbasic — Database language for Revelation, by Cosmos, Inc. Combines features of BASIC, Pascal and Fortran.
- reback — to provide (a book) with a new back, backing or lining
- rebait — food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- rebate — a return of part of the original payment for some service or merchandise; partial refund.
- rebato — rabato.
- rebosa — rebozo.
- redbay — a small tree which grows in the southern United States and whose inner wood is of a dark red colour
- rhumba — a dance, Cuban in origin and complex in rhythm.
- ribald — vulgar or indecent in speech, language, etc.; coarsely mocking, abusive, or irreverent; scurrilous.
- riband — a decorative ribbon.
- ribera — José de [hoh-zey duh;; Spanish haw-se th e] /hoʊˈzeɪ də;; Spanish hɔˈsɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), (Jusepe de Ribera"Lo Spagnoletto") 1588–1652, Spanish printmaker and painter active in Naples.
- robalo — snook2 (def 1).
- roband — a short piece of spun yarn or other material, used to secure a sail to a yard, gaff, or the like.
- robbia — Andrea della [ahn-dre-ah del-lah] /ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ ˌdɛl lɑ/ (Show IPA), 1435–1525, and his uncle, Luca della [loo-kah del-lah] /ˈlu kɑ ˌdɛl lɑ/ (Show IPA) c1400–82, Italian sculptors.
- roboam — Rehoboam.
- rubato — having certain notes arbitrarily lengthened while others are correspondingly shortened, or vice versa.
- rubbia — Carlo [jahr-loh;; Italian kahr-law] /ˈdʒɑr loʊ;; Italian ˈkɑr lɔ/ (Show IPA), born 1934, Italian physicist: Nobel prize 1984.