6-letter words containing b, c, e
- boccie — an Italian version of bowls played on a lawn smaller than a bowling green
- bodice — The bodice of a dress is the part above the waist.
- bouche — the notch cut in the top corner of a shield to support a lance
- boucle — looped yarn giving a knobbly effect
- bounce — When an object such as a ball bounces or when you bounce it, it moves upwards from a surface or away from it immediately after hitting it.
- braced — something that holds parts together or in place, as a clasp or clamp.
- bracer — a person or thing that braces
- braces — a pair of straps worn over the shoulders by men for holding up the trousers
- breach — If you breach an agreement, a law, or a promise, you break it.
- brecht — Bertolt (ˈbɛrtɔlt). 1898–1956, German dramatist, theatrical producer, and poet, who developed a new style of "epic" theatre and a new theory of theatrical alienation, notable also for his wit and compassion. His early works include The Threepenny Opera (1928) and Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (1930) (both with music by Kurt Weill). His later plays are concerned with moral and political dilemmas and include Mother Courage and her Children (1941), The Good Woman of Setzuan (1943), and The Caucasian Chalk Circle (1955)
- brecon — a town in SE Wales, in Powys: textile and leather industries. Pop: 7901 (2001)
- breech — The breech of a gun is the part of the barrel at the back into which you load the bullets.
- broche — woven with a raised design, as brocade
- bucked — cheered up
- bucker — the male of the deer, antelope, rabbit, hare, sheep, or goat.
- bucket — A bucket is a round metal or plastic container with a handle attached to its sides. Buckets are often used for holding and carrying water.
- buckie — a whelk or its shell
- buckle — A buckle is a piece of metal or plastic attached to one end of a belt or strap, which is used to fasten it.
- bunche — Ralph Johnson. 1904–71, US diplomat and United Nations official: awarded the Nobel peace prize in 1950 for his work as UN mediator in Palestine (1948–49); UN undersecretary (1954–71)
- cabane — a mastlike structure on some early airplanes, used for supporting the wing.
- cabbed — Simple past tense and past participle of cab.
- cabbie — A cabbie is a person who drives a taxi.
- cabble — Metallurgy. to cut up (iron or steel bars) for fagoting.
- cabell — James Branch1879-1958; U.S. novelist
- cabers — Plural form of caber.
- cabled — Simple past tense and past participle of cable.
- cabler — a cable broadcasting company
- cables — Plural form of cable.
- cablet — a small cable, esp a cable-laid rope that has a circumference of less than 25 centimetres (ten inches)
- cabmen — Plural form of cabman.
- cabrie — a ruminant mammal, Antilocapra americana, that inhabits rocky deserts of North America and has small branched horns
- camber — A camber is a gradual downward slope from the centre of a road to each side of it.
- cambre — Obsolete form of camber.
- caribe — a piranha
- celebs — Plural form of celeb.
- cembra — a large Swiss pine which yields nuts (cembra nuts)
- chebec — least flycatcher
- chenab — a river rising in the Himalayas and flowing southwest to the Sutlej River in Pakistan. Length: 1087 km (675 miles)
- cherub — A cherub is a kind of angel that is represented in art as a naked child with wings.
- cibber — Colley (ˈkɒlɪ). 1671–1757, English actor and dramatist; poet laureate (1730–57)
- cobaea — any climbing shrub of the tropical American genus Cobaea, esp C. scandens, grown for its large trumpet-shaped purple or white flowers: family Polemoniaceae
- cobber — a friend; mate: used as a term of address to males
- cobble — Cobbles are the same as cobblestones.
- cobden — Richard. 1804–65, British economist and statesman: with John Bright a leader of the successful campaign to abolish the Corn Laws (1846)
- cobweb — A cobweb is the net which a spider makes for catching insects.
- combed — Simple past tense and past participle of comb.
- comber — a person, tool, or machine that combs wool, flax, etc
- combes — Plural form of combe.
- comble — the highest point of achievement or success in something
- coombe — combe.