6-letter words containing d, r
- agreed — If people are agreed on something, they have reached a joint decision on it or have the same opinion about it.
- airbed — An airbed is a plastic or rubber mattress which can be folded or stored flat and which you fill with air before you use it.
- airdry — Alternative form of air-dry.
- airted — a direction.
- aldern — made of alder wood
- alders — Plural form of alder.
- aldrin — a brown to white poisonous crystalline solid, more than 95 per cent of which consists of the compound C12H8Cl6, which is used as an insecticide. Melting pt: 105°C
- alfred — an old-fashioned male forename
- anadyr — a town in Russia, in NE Siberia at the mouth of the Anadyr River; the capital of Chukot Autonomous Okrug. Pop: 11 038 (2002)
- ancred — (heraldry) Alternative form of anchored.
- and/or — used to join terms when either one or the other or both is indicated
- andrea — a feminine name
- andrew — Saint. one of the twelve apostles of Jesus; the brother of Peter; patron saint of Scotland. Feast day: Nov 30
- andria — a city in Apulia, S Italy.
- andric — Ivo (ˈiːvɔ). 1892–1975, Serbian novelist; author of The Bridge on the Drina (1945): Nobel prize for literature 1961
- andro- — male; masculine
- andron — a son of Anius who was given the power of prophecy by Apollo.
- andros — an island in the Aegean Sea, the northernmost of the Cyclades: long famous for wine. Capital: Andros. Pop: 10 009 (2001). Area: about 311 sq km (120 sq miles)
- andrus — Andron.
- aramid — any of various flame-resistant and strong synthetic fibres used in, for example, firefighters' clothing and body armour
- aranda — an Aboriginal people of S central Australia
- arcade — An arcade is a covered passage where there are shops or market stalls.
- arcady — Arcadia2 (the ancient region)
- archd. — archdeacon
- arched — An arched roof, window, or doorway is curved at the top.
- arcked — a simple past tense and past participle of arc.
- ardeid — belonging or pertaining to the family Ardeidae, comprising the herons and bitterns.
- ardent — Ardent is used to describe someone who has extremely strong feelings about something or someone.
- ardors — Plural form of ardor.
- ardour — Ardour is a strong, intense feeling of love or enthusiasm for someone or something.
- arendt — Hannah. 1906–75, US political philosopher, born in Germany. Her publications include The Origins of Totalitarianism (1951) and Eichmann in Jerusalem (1961)
- argand — a lamp with a hollow circular wick
- argued — Simple past tense and past participle of argue.
- aridly — being without moisture; extremely dry; parched: arid land; an arid climate.
- ariled — (of seeds) having an aril
- arised — (nonstandard) Simple past tense and past participle of arise.
- armada — An armada is a large group of warships.
- armado — Obsolete form of armada.
- armand — a male given name, French form of Herman.
- armpad — a small cushion forming part of the arm of a chair, sofa, or the like.
- arnaud — Yvonne. 1892–1958, French actress, who was well-known on the London stage and in British films. A theatre in Guildford is named after her
- arnold — a town in N central England, in S Nottinghamshire. Pop: 37 402 (2001)
- around — To be positioned around a place or object means to surround it or be on all sides of it. To move around a place means to go along its edge, back to your starting point.
- arride — to gladden or give pleasure or satisfaction to (a person)
- artaud — Antonin (ɑ̃tɔnɛ̃). 1896–1948, French stage director and dramatist, whose concept of the theatre of cruelty is expounded in Manifeste du théâtre de la cruauté (1932) and Le Théâtre et son double (1938)
- arvada — city in NC Colo.: suburb of Denver: pop. 102,000
- asgard — the dwelling place of the principal gods, the Aesir
- astrid — a female given name: from Scandinavian, meaning “divine strength.”.
- audrey — a feminine name
- aulard — François Victor Alphonse [frahn-swa veek-tawr al-fawns] /frɑ̃ˈswa vikˈtɔr alˈfɔ̃s/ (Show IPA), 1849–1928, French historian.