6-letter words containing a, r, t
- tarsus — Anatomy, Zoology. the bones of the proximal segment of the foot; the bones between the tibia and the metatarsus, contributing to the construction of the ankle joint.
- tartan — a woolen or worsted cloth woven with stripes of different colors and widths crossing at right angles, worn chiefly by the Scottish Highlanders, each clan having its own distinctive plaid.
- tartar — Tartarus.
- tarter — sharp to the taste; sour or acid: Tart apples are best for pie. Synonyms: astringent, acrid, piquant. Antonyms: sweet, sugary, bland, mellow.
- tartly — sharp to the taste; sour or acid: Tart apples are best for pie. Synonyms: astringent, acrid, piquant. Antonyms: sweet, sugary, bland, mellow.
- tarzan — the hero of a series of jungle stories by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
- tasker — a definite piece of work assigned to, falling to, or expected of a person; duty.
- taster — a person who tastes, especially one skilled in distinguishing the qualities of liquors, tea, etc., by the taste.
- tatary — Tartary.
- tatler — a triweekly periodical (1709–11) written, edited, and published by Richard Steele with the collaboration of Joseph Addison.
- tatter — a person who does tatting, especially as an occupation.
- tauber — Richard, 1892–1948, Austrian tenor, in England after 1940.
- tauro- — denoting a bull
- taurus — a mountain range in S Turkey: highest peak, 12,251 feet (3734 meters).
- tauter — tightly drawn; tense; not slack.
- tavern — a place where liquors are sold to be consumed on the premises.
- tavert — bewildered or confused
- tawdry — (of finery, trappings, etc.) gaudy; showy and cheap.
- tawery — a place where the tawing of skins is carried out
- taylor — A(lan) J(ohn) P(ercivale) 1906–90, English historian.
- teamer — a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest: a football team.
- tearer — to pull apart or in pieces by force, especially so as to leave ragged or irregular edges. Synonyms: rend, rip, rive. Antonyms: mend, repair, sew.
- teaser — a person or thing that teases.
- tehran — a city in and the capital of Iran, in the N part: wartime conference of Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin 1943.
- telary — relating to a web
- tendra — (language) TenDRA home.
- tephra — clastic volcanic material, as scoria, dust, etc., ejected during an eruption.
- teraph — any of various small household gods or images venerated by ancient Semitic peoples. (Genesis 31:19–21; I Samuel 19:13–16)
- terat- — indicating a monster or something abnormal
- terbia — an amorphous white powder, Tb 2 O 3 .
- teresa — Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- tergal — of or relating to the tergum.
- termac — An interactive matrix language.
- ternal — having three parts
- tetra- — four
- tetrad — a group of four.
- thakur — chief or master (used as a term of respectful address among the Kshatriya caste in India).
- thaler — any of various former large coins of various German states; dollar.
- thamar — Tamar.
- thayer — Sylvanus, 1785–1872, U.S. army officer and educator.
- thenar — the fleshy mass of the outer side of the palm of the hand.
- therma — ancient name of Salonika.
- thiram — a white, crystalline compound, C 6 H 12 N 2 S 4 , insoluble in water, slightly soluble in alcohol, soluble in benzene and acetone, used as a vulcanizer and accelerator for rubber and as a fungicide, bacteriostat, and seed disinfectant.
- thorax — Anatomy. the part of the trunk in humans and higher vertebrates between the neck and the abdomen, containing the cavity, enclosed by the ribs, sternum, and certain vertebrae, in which the heart, lungs, etc., are situated; chest.
- thoria — a white, heavy, water-insoluble powder, ThO 2 , used chiefly in incandescent mantles, as the Welsbach gas mantle.
- thrace — an ancient region of varying extent in the E part of the Balkan Peninsula: later a Roman province; now in Bulgaria, Turkey, and Greece.
- thrale — Hester Lynch (Hester Lynch Piozzi) 1741–1821, Welsh writer and friend of Samuel Johnson.
- thrall — a person who is in bondage; slave.
- thrang — a throng; crowd
- thrash — to beat soundly in punishment; flog.