6-letter words containing a, c
- beacon — A beacon is a light or a fire, usually on a hill or tower, which acts as a signal or a warning.
- becall — to use insulting words about someone
- becalm — to calm down
- became — Became is the past tense of become.
- becard — any of several passerine birds of the genus Pachyramphus, of the American tropics, having large heads and swollen bills, and variously classified with the flycatchers or the cotingas.
- bechar — a city in NW Algeria: an oasis. Pop: 149 000 (2005 est)
- belace — to decorate with lace
- betcha — I bet you
- bianca — a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “white.”.
- bianco — Mon·te [mawn-te] /ˈmɔn tɛ/ (Show IPA). Italian name of Mont Blanc.
- bicarb — Bicarb is an abbreviation for bicarbonate of soda.
- bichat — Marie François Xavier [ma-ree frahn-swa gza-vyey] /maˈri frɑ̃ˈswa gzaˈvyeɪ/ (Show IPA), 1771–1802, French physician.
- biface — a prehistoric stone tool with two faces
- bipack — an obsolete filming process
- biscay — Bay ofpart of the Atlantic, on the N coast of Spain & the W coast of France
- blacky — a contemptuous term used to refer to a black person.
- blanch — If you blanch, you suddenly become very pale.
- blanco — Serge (sɛrʒ). born 1958, French Rugby Union footballer; won 93 caps (1980–91) and scored 38 tries in internationals (a French record)
- bleach — If you bleach something, you use a chemical to make it white or pale in colour.
- bobcat — A bobcat is an animal in the cat family which has reddish-brown fur with dark spots or stripes and a short tail. Bobcats live in North America.
- bocage — the wooded countryside characteristic of northern France, with small irregular-shaped fields and many hedges and copses
- bodach — an old man
- bohica — (humour) /bo-hee-ka/ Bend Over, Here It Comes Again.
- bomarc — a winged, surface-to-air interceptor missile.
- bonaci — a name for the black grouper fish (Mycteroperca bonaci), also used for various similar species
- boxcar — A boxcar is a railway carriage, often without windows, which is used to carry luggage, goods, or mail.
- braced — something that holds parts together or in place, as a clasp or clamp.
- bracer — a person or thing that braces
- braces — a pair of straps worn over the shoulders by men for holding up the trousers
- branch — The branches of a tree are the parts that grow out from its trunk and have leaves, flowers, or fruit growing on them.
- brasco — a lavatory
- breach — If you breach an agreement, a law, or a promise, you break it.
- broach — When you broach a subject, especially a sensitive one, you mention it in order to start a discussion on it.
- buccal — of or relating to the cheek
- buchan — John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir. 1875–1940, Scottish statesman, historian, and writer of adventure stories, esp The Thirty-Nine Steps (1915) and Greenmantle (1916); governor general of Canada (1935–40)
- buckra — (used contemptuously by Black people, esp in the US) a White man
- c star — a relatively cool, red giant having a spectrum with strong bands of carbon compounds.
- c-axis — the vertical crystallographic axis.
- c-bias — grid bias.
- cabala — a Jewish mystical movement based on a symbolic interpretation of the Scriptures: it flourished from the end of the 12th cent.
- cabals — Plural form of cabal.
- cabana — a tent used as a dressing room by the sea
- cabane — a mastlike structure on some early airplanes, used for supporting the wing.
- cabbed — Simple past tense and past participle of cab.
- cabbie — A cabbie is a person who drives a taxi.
- cabbin — Obsolete spelling of cabin.
- cabble — Metallurgy. to cut up (iron or steel bars) for fagoting.
- cabell — James Branch1879-1958; U.S. novelist
- cabers — Plural form of caber.
- cabins — Plural form of cabin.