6-letter words containing l, r, a
- arallu — the ancient Babylonian world of the dead.
- arbela — an ancient city in Assyria, near which the Battle of Arbela took place (331 bc), in which Alexander the Great defeated the Persians
- arblay — Madame Frances, Burney, Frances.
- archil — orchil
- archly — in an arch manner; pertly and mischievously
- areola — any small circular area, such as the pigmented ring around the human nipple or the inflamed area surrounding a pimple
- areole — a space outlined on a surface, such as an area between veins on a leaf or on an insect's wing
- argala — the adjutant bird
- argali — a wild sheep, Ovis ammon, inhabiting semidesert regions in central Asia: family Bovidae, order Artiodactyla. It is the largest of the sheep, having massive horns in the male, which may almost form a circle
- argall — Sir Samuel, 1572–1639, British explorer: colonial governor of Virginia 1617–19.
- argyle — made of knitted or woven material with a diamond-shaped pattern of two or more colours
- argyll — former county of W Scotland
- aridly — being without moisture; extremely dry; parched: arid land; an arid climate.
- ariled — (of seeds) having an aril
- arleen — a female given name.
- arlene — a feminine name: var. Arline, Arleen
- arliss — George, 1868–1946, English actor.
- armful — An armful of something is the amount of it that you can carry fairly easily.
- armill — a garment resembling a stole, worn by a British king at his coronation.
- armlet — a small arm, as of a lake, the sea, etc
- arnold — a town in N central England, in S Nottinghamshire. Pop: 37 402 (2001)
- arnulf — a.d. 850?–899, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 887–899: crowned 896.
- arolla — an Arolla pine
- artels — Plural form of artel.
- artful — If you describe someone as artful, you mean that they are clever and skilful at achieving what they want, especially by deceiving people.
- artily — in an affectedly creative or aesthetic manner
- ashlar — a block of hewn stone with straight edges for use in building
- ashler — Masonry. a squared building stone cut more or less true on all faces adjacent to those of other stones so as to permit very thin mortar joints. such stones collectively. masonry made of them.
- astral — Astral means relating to the stars.
- aswirl — whirling
- atrial — Architecture. Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water. a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church. a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
- aulard — François Victor Alphonse [frahn-swa veek-tawr al-fawns] /frɑ̃ˈswa vikˈtɔr alˈfɔ̃s/ (Show IPA), 1849–1928, French historian.
- aulder — old.
- auriol — Vincent (vɛ̃sɑ̃). 1884–1966, French statesman; president of the Fourth Republic (1947–54)
- averil — a male given name.
- awhirl — in a whirling, confused state
- azrael — (in Jewish and Islamic angelology) the angel who separates the soul from the body at death
- bailer — to dip (water) out of a boat, as with a bucket.
- bailor — a person who retains ownership of goods but entrusts possession of them to another under a bailment
- balder — a god, son of Odin and Frigg, noted for his beauty and sweet nature. He was killed by a bough of mistletoe thrown by the blind god Höd, misled by the malicious Loki
- balers — Plural form of baler.
- balkar — a member of a Sunni Muslim people living mainly in the Kabardino-Balkar Autonomous Republic in the Russian Federation, closely related to the Karachai.
- balker — One who, or that which balks.
- baller — a ball-game player, esp in basketball
- balmer — Johann Jakob. 1825–98, Swiss mathematician; discovered a formula giving the wavelengths of a series of lines in the hydrogen spectrum (the Balmer series)
- balrog — (fantasy) A fiery demonic creature.
- balter — (intransitive) To tumble; dance clumsily.
- barbal — relating to a beard
- barbel — any of several slender tactile spines or bristles that hang from the jaws of certain fishes, such as the catfish and carp
- barble — Obsolete form of barbel.