6-letter words containing b, t, r
- rubato — having certain notes arbitrarily lengthened while others are correspondingly shortened, or vice versa.
- rubout — a murder or assassination.
- sorbet — sherbet (defs 1, 3).
- 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
- tabard — a loose outer garment, sleeveless or with short sleeves, especially one worn by a knight over his armor and usually emblazoned with his arms.
- tabari — Muhammad ibn Jarir al-. 838–923 ad, Arab scholar, whose works include a history of the world from the Creation to 915 ad and a commentary on the Koran
- tabora — a city in NW Tanzania.
- tabour — a small drum formerly used to accompany oneself on a pipe or fife.
- tabret — a small tabor.
- tabriz — a city in and the capital of Eastern Azerbaijan province, in NW Iran.
- tanbur — tambura.
- taraba — a state of Nigeria, in the E. Capital: Jalingo. Pop: 2 300 736 (2006). Area: 54 473 sq km (21 032 sq miles)
- tarbes — a department in SW France. 1751 sq. mi. (4535 sq. km). Capital: Tarbes.
- tarboy — a boy who applies tar to the skin of sheep cut during shearing
- tauber — Richard, 1892–1948, Austrian tenor, in England after 1940.
- terbia — an amorphous white powder, Tb 2 O 3 .
- timber — the wood of growing trees suitable for structural uses.
- timbre — Acoustics, Phonetics. the characteristic quality of a sound, independent of pitch and loudness, from which its source or manner of production can be inferred. Timbre depends on the relative strengths of the components of different frequencies, which are determined by resonance.
- tobira — a shrub, Pittosporum tobira, of China and Japan, having leathery leaves, fragrant, greenish-white flower clusters, densely hairy fruit, and lemon-scented foliage.
- tobruk — a small port in NE Libya, in E Cyrenaica on the Mediterranean coast road: scene of severe fighting in World War II: taken from the Italians by the British in Jan 1941, from the British by the Germans in June 1942, and finally taken by the British in Nov 1942
- torbay — a borough in S Devonshire, in SW England: seaside resort.
- towbar — a metal bar for attaching a vehicle to a load to be towed.
- treble — threefold; triple.
- tribal — of, relating to, or characteristic of a tribe: tribal customs.
- tribo- — indicating friction
- trilby — a hat of soft felt with an indented crown.
- trumbo — Dalton, 1905–76, U.S. novelist and screenwriter.
- tuebor — I will defend: motto on the coat of arms of Michigan.
- turban — a man's headdress worn chiefly by Muslims in southern Asia, consisting of a long cloth of silk, linen, cotton, etc., wound either about a cap or directly around the head.
- turbid — not clear or transparent because of stirred-up sediment or the like; clouded; opaque; obscured: the turbid waters near the waterfall.
- turbit — one of a breed of domestic pigeons having a stout, roundish body, a short head and beak, and a ruffled breast and neck.
- turbo- — of, relating to, or driven by a turbine
- turbot — a European flatfish, Psetta maxima, having a diamond-shaped body: valued as a food fish.
- tyburn — a former place of public execution in London, England.
- uberty — abundance; fruitfulness
- warbot — any robot or unmanned vehicle or device designed for and used in warfare