6-letter words containing a, b, u, r
- dunbar — Paul Laurence, 1872–1906, U.S. poet.
- durban — a seaport in SE Natal, in the E Republic of South Africa.
- durbar — the court of a native ruler.
- earbud — a small earphone that fits in the ear: the best earbuds for your cell phone.
- habiru — a nomadic people mentioned in Assyro-Babylonian literature: possibly the early Hebrews.
- jabiru — a large stork, Jabiru mycteria, of the warmer regions of the New World.
- jabrud — a Paleolithic site in SW Syria, in the Anti-Lebanon mountain range.
- khabur — a river in W Asia, flowing S from SE Turkey through NE Syria to the Euphrates. 200 miles (320 km) long.
- labour — productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- labrum — a lip or liplike part.
- lubras — Plural form of lubra.
- lumbar — of or relating to the loin or loins.
- nutbar — Crazy, eccentric.
- outbar — to keep out
- 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.
- rhumba — a dance, Cuban in origin and complex in rhythm.
- 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.
- rubbra — (Charles) Edmund. 1901–86, English composer of works in a traditional idiom
- rubeba — a medieval fiddle similar to the rebec.
- rurban — bringing together the urban and the rural
- subpar — below an average, usual, or normal level, quality, or the like; below par: This month his performance has been subpar.
- tabour — a small drum formerly used to accompany oneself on a pipe or fife.
- tanbur — tambura.
- tauber — Richard, 1892–1948, Austrian tenor, in England after 1940.
- turban — a man's headdress worn chiefly by Muslims in southern Asia, consisting of a long cloth of silk, linen, cotton, etc., wound either about a cap or directly around the head.
- umbrae — shade; shadow.
- umbral — shade; shadow.
- umbria — an ancient district in central and N Italy.
- unbare — exposed or laid bare
- unbark — to strip of bark
- unbear — to release (a horse) from the bearing rein; to loosen the bearing rein on (a horse)
- upbear — to bear up; raise aloft; sustain or support.
- upbray — to upbraid
- urbana — a city in E Illinois, adjoining Champaign.
- urbane — having the polish and suavity regarded as characteristic of sophisticated social life in major cities: an urbane manner.
- yoruba — a member of a numerous West African coastal people.