6-letter words containing b, r, s
- lubras — Plural form of lubra.
- mbiras — Plural form of mbira.
- morbus — a disease
- nebris — a fawn skin worn in Greek mythology by Dionysus and his followers.
- olbers — Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus [hahyn-rikh vil-helm mah-te-oo s] /ˈhaɪn rɪx ˈvɪl hɛlm mɑˈtɛ ʊs/ (Show IPA), 1758–1840, German astronomer and physician.
- orbits — the curved path, usually elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body, as the sun.
- oribis — Plural form of oribi.
- osbert — a male given name: from Old English words meaning “god” and “bright.”.
- osborn — Henry Fairfield [fair-feeld] /ˈfɛərˌfild/ (Show IPA), 1857–1935, U.S. paleontologist and author.
- presb. — Presbyterian
- r:base — (database) An MS-DOS 4GL from Microrim based on the minicomputer DBMS RIM.
- rabbis — Plural form of rabbi.
- rabies — an infectious disease of dogs, cats, and other animals, transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected animal and usually fatal if prophylactic treatment is not administered: caused by an RNA virus of the rhabdovirus group; hydrophobia.
- rbasic — Database language for Revelation, by Cosmos, Inc. Combines features of BASIC, Pascal and Fortran.
- rebosa — rebozo.
- reboso — rebozo.
- resorb — to absorb again, as an exudation.
- ribose — a white, crystalline, water-soluble, slightly sweet solid, C 5 H 1 0 O 5 , a pentose sugar obtained by the hydrolysis of RNA.
- riboso — rebozo.
- robson — Mount, a mountain in SW Canada, in E British Columbia: highest peak in the Canadian Rockies, 12,972 feet (3954 meters).
- robust — strong and healthy; hardy; vigorous: a robust young man; a robust faith; a robust mind.
- rosbif — a term used in France for an English person
- rossby — Carl-Gustaf Arvid [kahrl-goo-stahf ahr-vid] /ˈkɑrlˈgu stɑf ˈɑr vɪd/ (Show IPA), 1898–1957, U.S. meteorologist, born in Sweden.
- rubens — Douay Bible. Reuben (defs 1, 2).
- sabora — one of a group of Jewish scholars, active in the rabbinical academies of Babylonia during the 6th century a.d., whose editing of the work of the Babylonian amoraim constituted the final stage in the preparation of the Babylonian Gemara.
- sambar — a deer, Cervus unicolor, of India, Sri Lanka, southeastern Asia, the East Indies, and the Philippines, having three-pointed antlers.
- sambre — a river in W Europe, flowing NE through N France and S Belgium into the Meuse at Namur: battle 1918. 120 miles (193 km) long.
- sbirro — a police officer in Italy
- scarab — any scarabaeid beetle, especially Scarabaeus sacer, regarded as sacred by the ancient Egyptians.
- scramb — to scratch with nails or claws
- scribe — Augustin Eugène [oh-gys-tan œ-zhen] /oʊ güsˈtɛ̃ œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), 1791–1861, French dramatist.
- scrobe — a groove on an insect's body near its antenna
- scrubs — to rub hard with a brush, cloth, etc., or against a rough surface in washing.
- serbia — a republic in S Europe since 2006; includes the autonomous province of Vojvodina and claims sovereignty over the autonomous province of Kosovo, which has declared itself independent; formerly part of Yugoslavia, in the N part: a former kingdom in S Europe. 34,116 sq. mi. (88,360 sq. km). Capital: Belgrade.
- serbo- — Serbian, Serbian and
- serdab — a chamber inside a mastaba containing a statue of the deceased.
- sibire — Russian name of Siberia.
- sobber — to weep with a convulsive catching of the breath.
- sobers — not intoxicated or drunk.
- somber — gloomily dark; shadowy; dimly lighted: a somber passageway.
- sombre — gloomily dark; shadowy; dimly lighted: a somber passageway.
- sorbed — to gather on a surface either by absorption, adsorption, or a combination of the two processes.
- sorbet — sherbet (defs 1, 3).
- sorbic — a European tree, Sorbus domestica.
- sorbol — sorbitol.
- sorbus — a rowan or related tree
- sqribe — (company) The company formerly known as MITI which bought SQR from Sybase.
- strabo — 63? b.c.–a.d. 21? Greek geographer and historian.
- strobe — Also called strobe light. stroboscope (def 2a).
- stromb — a shellfish similar to a whelk