6-letter words containing a, s, r
- arrays — Plural form of array.
- arrest — If the police arrest you, they take charge of you and take you to a police station, because they believe you may have committed a crime.
- arrish — corn stubble
- arrose — (obsolete) To drench; to besprinkle; to moisten.
- arrows — a slender, straight, generally pointed missile or weapon made to be shot from a bow and equipped with feathers at the end of the shaft near the nock, for controlling flight.
- arseno — having or containing arsenic
- arshin — a Russian unit of length equal to 28 inches (71 cm).
- arsine — a colourless poisonous gas used in the manufacture of organic compounds, to dope transistors, and as a military poisonous gas. Formula: AsH3
- arsino — having or comprising the radical AsH2
- arsons — Plural form of arson.
- artels — Plural form of artel.
- artist — An artist is someone who draws or paints pictures or creates sculptures as a job or a hobby.
- artois — a former province of N France
- arusha — a city in N Tanganyika, in Tanzania.
- as for — You use as for and as to at the beginning of a sentence in order to introduce a slightly different subject that is still connected to the previous one.
- as per — If something happens as per a particular plan or suggestion, it happens in the way planned or suggested.
- asarum — the dried strong-scented root of the wild ginger plant: a flavouring agent and source of an aromatic oil used in perfumery, formerly used in medicine
- asbury — Francis1745-1816; 1st Methodist bishop in U.S.
- asgard — the dwelling place of the principal gods, the Aesir
- ashery — a manufacturing place where pearlash and potash are produced from ashes
- ashier — Comparative form of ashy.
- ashlar — a block of hewn stone with straight edges for use in building
- ashler — Masonry. a squared building stone cut more or less true on all faces adjacent to those of other stones so as to permit very thin mortar joints. such stones collectively. masonry made of them.
- ashore — Someone or something that comes ashore comes from the sea onto the shore.
- ashram — a religious retreat or community where a Hindu holy man lives
- ashura — a Shiah festival observed on the tenth day of Muharram in the Islamic calendar to commemorate the death of the martyr Imam Hussein bin Ali at the Battle of Karbala in 61 ah (680 ad)
- askari — (in East Africa) a soldier or policeman
- askers — Plural form of asker.
- asmara — the capital of Eritrea; cathedral (1922); Grand Mosque (1937); university (1958). Pop: 615 000 (2005 est)
- asmear — in a smeared or soiled manner
- aspers — Plural form of asper.
- aspire — If you aspire to something such as an important job, you have a strong desire to achieve it.
- asport — the phenomena of the vanishing or removal of objects (by a spirit) and the subsequent reappearance in another location
- asprin — Misspelling of aspirin.
- asrama — any of the four phases of the ideally conducted life: education, work, withdrawal from society, and asceticism.
- assart — an area of land that has had trees and undergrowth removed and the ground broken up in preparation for cultivation
- assert — If someone asserts a fact or belief, they state it firmly.
- asshur — Ashur1
- assort — to arrange or distribute into groups of the same type; classify
- assure — If you assure someone that something is true or will happen, you tell them that it is definitely true or will definitely happen, often in order to make them less worried.
- astare — in an obvious or pronounced manner
- asteer — (Scotland) Alternative form of astir.
- astern — Something that is astern is at the back of a ship or behind the back part.
- asters — Plural form of aster.
- astert — to jump up or move quickly, to come abruptly into reality or being or to flee
- astore — (transitive) To store; to furnish with stores.[https://www.wordnik.com/words/astore The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia, via Wordnik.com] (accessed 19 March 2016).
- astral — Astral means relating to the stars.
- astray — out of the correct path or direction
- astrid — a female given name: from Scandinavian, meaning “divine strength.”.
- astro- — Astro- is used to form words which refer to things relating to the stars or to outer space.