6-letter words containing n, a, r
- arnhem — a city in the E Netherlands, capital of Gelderland province, on the Rhine: site of a World War II battle. Pop: 142 000 (2003 est)
- arnica — any N temperate or arctic plant of the genus Arnica, typically having yellow flowers: family Asteraceae (composites)
- 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.
- aroint — to drive away
- aronia — A plant of the genus Aronia in the rose family, especially (in gardening) a chokeberry.
- 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.
- arpent — a former French unit of length equal to 190 feet (approximately 58 metres)
- arpino — Gerald (Peter) 1928–2008, U.S. choreographer.
- arrant — Arrant is used to emphasize that something or someone is very bad in some way.
- arseno — having or containing arsenic
- arshin — a Russian unit of length equal to 28 inches (71 cm).
- arsine — a colourless poisonous gas used in the manufacture of organic compounds, to dope transistors, and as a military poisonous gas. Formula: AsH3
- arsino — having or comprising the radical AsH2
- arsons — Plural form of arson.
- arunta — Aranda.
- asprin — Misspelling of aspirin.
- astern — Something that is astern is at the back of a ship or behind the back part.
- astron — astronomer
- atoner — to make amends or reparation, as for an offense or a crime, or for an offender (usually followed by for): to atone for one's sins.
- attorn — to acknowledge a new owner of land as one's landlord
- auburn — Auburn hair is reddish brown.
- avenir — the future or time to come
- averno — a crater lake in Italy, near Naples: in ancient times regarded as an entrance to hell
- awrong — in a wrong way; wrongly
- azorin — real name José Martínez Ruiz. 1874–1967, Spanish writer: noted for his stories of the Spanish countryside
- bandar — a male monkey
- bander — someone who joins a band or league
- banger — Bangers are sausages.
- bangor — a university town in NW Wales, in Gwynedd, on the Menai Strait. Pop: 15 280 (2001)
- banker — A banker is someone who works in banking at a senior level.
- banner — A banner is a long strip of cloth with something written on it. Banners are usually attached to two poles and carried during a protest or rally.
- banter — Banter is teasing or joking talk that is amusing and friendly.
- barang — Lb Philippines black magic; sorcery.
- barany — Robert. 1876–1936, Austrian physician; devised the Bárány test, which detects diseases of the semicircular canals of the inner ear: Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1914
- barcan — an ancient Carthaginian family to which Hamilcar, Hasdrubal, and Hannibal belonged.
- barens — Plural form of baren.
- barian — (mineralogy) Describing minerals that contain barium.
- baring — Evelyn, 1st Earl of Cromer. 1841–1917, English administrator. As consul general in Egypt with plenipotentiary powers, he controlled the Egyptian government from 1883 to 1907
- barken — consisting of bark
- barman — A barman is a man who serves drinks behind a bar.
- barmen — a former city in W Germany, now incorporated into Wuppertal.
- barned — a building for storing hay, grain, etc., and often for housing livestock.
- barnes — Djuna. 1892–1982, US novelist, noted for Nightwood (1936)
- barnet — a borough of N Greater London: scene of a Yorkist victory (1471) in the Wars of the Roses. Pop: 324 400 (2003 est). Area: 89 sq km (34 sq miles)
- barney — a noisy argument
- barnum — P(hineas) T(aylor). 1810–91, US showman, who created The Greatest Show on Earth (1871) and, with J. A. Bailey, founded the Barnum and Bailey Circus (1881)
- barong — a broad-bladed cleaver-like knife used in the Philippines
- barons — a member of the lowest grade of nobility.
- barony — A barony is the rank or position of a baron.