6-letter words containing a, t, r, o
- rotary — turning or capable of turning around on an axis, as a wheel.
- rotate — to cause to turn around an axis or center point; revolve.
- rottan — a rat
- rotula — the kneecap
- rubato — having certain notes arbitrarily lengthened while others are correspondingly shortened, or vice versa.
- sarton — May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- sartor — a tailor
- satori — sudden enlightenment.
- scrota — the pouch of skin that contains the testes.
- sorata — Mount, a mountain in W Bolivia, in the Andes, near Lake Titicaca: two peaks, Ancohuma, 21,490 feet (6550 meters), and Illampu, 21,276 feet (6485 meters).
- sortal — a concept, grasp of which includes knowledge of criteria of individuation and reidentification, such as dog or concerto, but not flesh or music
- sproat — a fishhook having a circular bend.
- stator — Electricity, Machinery. a portion of a machine that remains fixed with respect to rotating parts, especially the collection of stationary parts in the magnetic circuits of a machine. Compare rotor (def 1).
- storax — a solid resin with a vanillalike odor, obtained from a small tree, Styrax officinalis: formerly used in medicine and perfumery.
- strabo — 63? b.c.–a.d. 21? Greek geographer and historian.
- stroam — to wander idly or to stride
- stroma — Cell Biology. the supporting framework or matrix of a cell.
- tabora — a city in NW Tanzania.
- tabour — a small drum formerly used to accompany oneself on a pipe or fife.
- tadmor — Biblical name of Palmyra.
- tagore — Sir Rabindranath [ruh-been-druh-naht] /rəˈbin drəˌnɑt/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, Indian poet: Nobel prize 1913.
- tailor — a stroke of a bell indicating someone's death; knell.
- tangor — temple orange.
- tarboy — a boy who applies tar to the skin of sheep cut during shearing
- tarnow — a city in SE Poland, E of Cracow.
- tarpon — a large, powerful game fish, Megalops atlantica, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean, having a compressed body and large, silvery scales.
- tarrow — to linger; to exhibit reluctance
- tarso- — tarsus or tarsal
- tauro- — denoting a bull
- taylor — A(lan) J(ohn) P(ercivale) 1906–90, English historian.
- 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.
- throat — the passage from the mouth to the stomach or to the lungs, including the pharynx, esophagus, larynx, and trachea.
- tobira — a shrub, Pittosporum tobira, of China and Japan, having leathery leaves, fragrant, greenish-white flower clusters, densely hairy fruit, and lemon-scented foliage.
- toerag — a contemptible or despicable person
- torbay — a borough in S Devonshire, in SW England: seaside resort.
- torula — a highly nutritious yeast produced commercially on a sugar recovered from the manufacture of wood products or from processed fruit.
- totara — a tall coniferous forest tree, Podocarpus totara, of New Zealand, having a hard durable wood
- toward — in the direction of: to walk toward the river.
- towbar — a metal bar for attaching a vehicle to a load to be towed.
- trocar — a sharp-pointed instrument enclosed in a cannula, used for withdrawing fluid from a cavity, as the abdominal cavity.
- troika — a Russian carriage, wagon, or sleigh drawn by a team of three horses abreast.
- trojan — of or relating to ancient Troy or its inhabitants.
- turaco — touraco.
- viator — a wayfarer; traveler.
- vorant — violently consuming
- votary — a person who is bound by solemn religious vows, as a monk or a nun.
- warbot — any robot or unmanned vehicle or device designed for and used in warfare
- warton — Joseph. 1722–1800, British poet and critic, noted for his poem The Enthusiast (1744) and his Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope (1756)
- watfor — WATerloo FORtran. U Waterloo, Canada. Student-friendly variant of Fortran. "WATFOR - The University of Waterloo Fortran IV Compiler", P.W. Shantz et al, CACM 10(1):41-44 (Jan 1967).