6-letter words containing a, r, o, s
- kairos — A propitious moment for decision or action.
- kaross — a cloak or rug of animal skins used in southern Africa.
- kastro — Mytilene (def 2).
- kormas — Plural form of korma.
- kosrae — an island in the W Pacific: part of the Federated States of Micronesia. 42 sq. mi. (109 sq. km).
- labors — Plural form of labor.
- macros — Plural form of macro.
- majors — Plural form of major.
- manors — Plural form of manor.
- marcos — Ferdinand E(dralin) [ed-ruh-lin] /ˈɛd rə lɪn/ (Show IPA), 1917–1989, Philippine political leader: president 1965–86.
- masora — a collection of critical and explanatory notes on the Hebrew text of the Old Testament, compiled from the 7th? to 10th centuries a.d. and traditionally accepted as an authoritative exegetic guide, chiefly in matters of pronunciation and grammar.
- mavors — Mars.
- mayors — Plural form of mayor.
- molars — Also called molar tooth. a tooth having a broad biting surface adapted for grinding, being one of twelve in humans, with three on each side of the upper and lower jaws.
- morals — of, relating to, or concerned with the principles or rules of right conduct or the distinction between right and wrong; ethical: moral attitudes.
- morass — a tract of low, soft, wet ground.
- morays — any of numerous chiefly tropical eels of the family Muraenidae, having porelike gill openings and no pectoral fins.
- mostar — a city in S Bosnia and Herzegovina, on the Neretva River: former capital of Herzegovina.
- nadors — a thirst brought on by excessive consumption of alcohol
- narcos — Plural form of narco.
- norias — Plural form of noria.
- nostra — Plural form of nostrum.
- o star — a very hot, massive, blue star of spectral type O, having a surface temperature between 30,000 and 50,000 K and an absorption spectrum with few lines, though the Balmer series of hydrogen lines is present and lines of ionized helium are detectable.
- oaters — Plural form of oater.
- operas — Plural form of opera.
- orangs — Plural form of orang.
- orants — a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- orates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of orate.
- oreads — Plural form of oread.
- organs — Also called pipe organ. a musical instrument consisting of one or more sets of pipes sounded by means of compressed air, played by means of one or more keyboards, and capable of producing a wide range of musical effects.
- orgasm — the physical and emotional sensation experienced at the peak of sexual excitation, usually resulting from stimulation of the sexual organ and usually accompanied in the male by ejaculation.
- orisha — A divine entity that possesses the supernatural capability of reflecting some of the manifestations of Ol\u00f3d\u00f9mar\u00e8.
- orissa — a state in E India. 60,136 sq. mi. (155,752 sq. km). Capital: Bhubaneshwar.
- osetra — a type of caviar deriving from the osetra sturgeon
- ozarks — a town in SE Alabama.
- parson — a member of the clergy, especially a Protestant minister; pastor; rector.
- pastor — a minister or priest in charge of a church.
- pesaro — a seaport in E Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.
- pharos — a small peninsula in N Egypt, near Alexandria: site of ancient lighthouse built by Ptolemy.
- phasor — a vector that represents a sinusoidally varying quantity, as a current or voltage, by means of a line rotating about a point in a plane, the magnitude of the quantity being proportional to the length of the line and the phase of the quantity being equal to the angle between the line and a reference line.
- racons — Plural form of racon.
- ramose — having many branches.
- ramous — ramose.
- ramson — a garlic, Allium ursinum, having broad leaves.
- ransom — John Crowe [kroh] /kroʊ/ (Show IPA), 1888–1974, U.S. poet, critic, and teacher.
- reason — a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.: the reason for declaring war.
- rebosa — rebozo.
- resoak — to soak again
- romans — a native, inhabitant, or citizen of ancient or modern Rome.
- rosace — rosette (def 3).