6-letter words containing a, s, r
- 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.
- 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.
- taurus — a mountain range in S Turkey: highest peak, 12,251 feet (3734 meters).
- teaser — a person or thing that teases.
- teresa — Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- thrash — to beat soundly in punishment; flog.
- traces — either of the two straps, ropes, or chains by which a carriage, wagon, or the like is drawn by a harnessed horse or other draft animal.
- tracks — a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
- tragus — a fleshy prominence at the front of the external opening of the ear.
- tranks — the piece of leather from which one glove is cut.
- trans- — trans- is used to form adjectives which indicate that something involves or enables travel from one side of an area to the other. For example, a trans-continental journey is a journey across a continent.
- trans. — trans. is a written abbreviation for 'translated by'.
- transe — to move or walk rapidly or briskly.
- transl — translated
- transp — transportation
- trapes — to walk or go aimlessly or idly or without finding or reaching one's goal: We traipsed all over town looking for a copy of the book.
- trashy — of the nature of trash; inferior in quality; rubbishy; useless or worthless.
- travis — William Barret, 1809–36, U.S. soldier: commander during the battle of the Alamo.
- treas. — treasurer
- trials — systematic testing
- tursha — an ancient people of the Mediterranean region, variously identified with the Lydians, Etruscans, or Trojans.
- tuskar — (in Orkney and Shetland) a peat-cutting spade
- unspar — to open or remove a barricade from
- upsoar — to soar upwards
- uraeus — the sacred asp as represented upon the headdress of divinities and royal personages of ancient Egypt, usually directly over the forehead, as an emblem of supreme power.
- uralsk — a city in W Kazakhstan, on the Ural River.
- uranus — Astronomy. the planet seventh in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 32,600 miles (56,460 km), a mean distance from the sun of 1,784 million miles (2,871 million km), a period of revolution of 84.07 years, and 15 moons.
- urease — an enzyme that changes urea into ammonium carbonate, occurring in bacteria, fungi, etc.
- ursula — Saint, a legendary British princess who, with 11,000 virgins, is said to have been martyred by the Huns at Cologne.
- usager — a person who has the use of something in trust for someone else
- usward — toward us.
- varese — Edgard [ed-gar] /ɛdˈgar/ (Show IPA), 1885–1965, U.S. composer, born in France.
- vargas — Getulio Dornelles [Portuguese zhi-too-lyoo doo r-ne-lis] /Portuguese ʒɪˈtu lyʊ dʊərˈnɛ lɪs/ (Show IPA), 1883–1954, Brazilian statesman.
- varies — to change or alter, as in form, appearance, character, or substance: to vary one's methods.
- varnas — a seaport in NE Bulgaria, on the Black Sea.
- varsal — universal
- vasari — Giorgio [jawr-jaw] /ˈdʒɔr dʒɔ/ (Show IPA), 1511–74, Italian painter, architect, and art historian.
- vassar — Matthew, 1792–1868, U.S. merchant, philanthropist, and supporter of education for women; born in England: founder of Vassar College.
- vaster — of very great area or extent; immense: the vast reaches of outer space.
- versal — universal or whole.
- visard — Archaic. a mask or visor.
- vratsa — a city in NW Bulgaria.
- waders — a person or thing that wades.
- wafers — Plural form of wafer.
- wagers — Plural form of wager.
- wais-r — a group of intelligence tests, including the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) later revised (WAIS-R) the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) later revised (WISC-R) the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence (WPPSI) and the Wechsler-Bellevue Scale, no longer used, all of which emphasize performance and verbal skills and give separate scores for subtests in vocabulary, arithmetic, memory span, assembly of objects, and other abilities.
- walers — Plural form of waler.
- walras — (Marie Esprit) Léon [ma-ree e-spree ley-awn] /maˈri ɛˈspri leɪˈɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1834–1910, French economist.
- walrus — a large marine mammal, Odobenus nosmarus, of arctic seas, related to the seals, and having flippers, a pair of large tusks, and a tough, wrinkled skin.