6-letter words containing a, n, e
- bagmen — Plural form of bagman.
- baleen — whalebone
- banded — If something is banded, it has one or more bands on it, often of a different colour which contrasts with the main colour.
- bander — someone who joins a band or league
- banged — Often, bangs. a fringe of hair combed or brushed forward over the forehead.
- banger — Bangers are sausages.
- bangle — A bangle is a decorated metal or wooden ring that you can wear round your wrist or ankle.
- bangue — Alternative form of bhang.
- banked — A banked stretch of road is higher on one side than the other.
- banker — A banker is someone who works in banking at a senior level.
- bankes — Plural form of banke.
- banket — a gold-bearing conglomerate found in South Africa
- banned — to prohibit, forbid, or bar; interdict: to ban nuclear weapons; The dictator banned all newspapers and books that criticized his regime.
- banner — A banner is a long strip of cloth with something written on it. Banners are usually attached to two poles and carried during a protest or rally.
- bannet — a bonnet
- banted — to lose weight by practicing Bantingism.
- banter — Banter is teasing or joking talk that is amusing and friendly.
- barens — Plural form of baren.
- barken — consisting of bark
- barmen — a former city in W Germany, now incorporated into Wuppertal.
- barned — a building for storing hay, grain, etc., and often for housing livestock.
- barnes — Djuna. 1892–1982, US novelist, noted for Nightwood (1936)
- barnet — a borough of N Greater London: scene of a Yorkist victory (1471) in the Wars of the Roses. Pop: 324 400 (2003 est). Area: 89 sq km (34 sq miles)
- barney — a noisy argument
- barren — A barren landscape is dry and bare, and has very few plants and no trees.
- basnet — basinet.
- batmen — a soldier assigned to an officer as a servant.
- batten — A batten is a long strip of wood that is fixed to something to strengthen it or to hold it firm.
- bayern — Bavaria
- baymen — Plural form of bayman.
- beacon — A beacon is a light or a fire, usually on a hill or tower, which acts as a signal or a warning.
- beamon — Robert ("Bob") born 1946, U.S. track-and-field athlete.
- beaned — the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
- beaner — A Mexican or a person of Mexican descent.
- beanie — A beanie is a small, close-fitting cap.
- beaten — Beaten earth has been pressed down, often by people's feet, until it is hard.
- beaton — Sir Cecil (Walter Hardy). 1904–80, British photographer, noted esp for his society portraits
- beaune — a town in E France, near Dijon: an important trading centre for Burgundy wines. Pop: 22 218 (2008)
- bedamn — to damn, to curse thoroughly
- bedpan — A bedpan is a shallow bowl shaped like a toilet seat, which is used instead of a toilet by people who are too ill to get out of bed.
- beenah — understanding; insight
- befana — (in Italian folklore) an ugly good fairy who brings gifts to good children on Epiphany eve
- begnaw — to gnaw at
- bemean — to make mean; demean; debase (usually used reflexively).
- bemoan — If you bemoan something, you express sorrow or dissatisfaction about it.
- bename — to name; call by name.
- benaud — Richard, known as Richie. 1930–2015, Australian cricketer; played in 63 test matches, 28 as captain; an all-rounder, he was the first to score 2000 runs and take 200 wickets in tests; TV commentator on the sport for many decades
- benday — to produce using the Ben Day process
- beneba — (formerly, especially in creole-speaking cultures) a name given at birth to a black child, in accordance with African customs, indicating the child's sex and the day of the week on which he or she was born, as the male and female names for Sunday (Quashee and Quasheba) Monday (Cudjo or Cudjoe and Juba) Tuesday (Cubbena and Beneba) Wednesday (Quaco and Cuba or Cubba) Thursday (Quao and Abba) Friday (Cuffee or Cuffy and Pheba or Phibbi) and Saturday (Quamin or Quame and Mimba)
- bengal — a former province of NE India, in the great deltas of the Ganges and Brahmaputra Rivers: in 1947 divided into West Bengal (belonging to India) and East Bengal (Bangladesh)