6-letter words containing o, r, a
- arnold — a town in N central England, in S Nottinghamshire. Pop: 37 402 (2001)
- aroint — to drive away
- arolla — an Arolla pine
- aromas — Plural form of aroma.
- 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.
- arouse — If something arouses a particular reaction or attitude in people, it causes them to have that reaction or attitude.
- arpino — Gerald (Peter) 1928–2008, U.S. choreographer.
- arroba — a unit of weight, approximately equal to 11 kilograms, used in some Spanish-speaking countries
- arrose — (obsolete) To drench; to besprinkle; to moisten.
- arrowe — Obsolete spelling of arrow.
- arrows — a slender, straight, generally pointed missile or weapon made to be shot from a bow and equipped with feathers at the end of the shaft near the nock, for controlling flight.
- arrowy — having or comprising arrows
- arroyo — An arroyo is a dry stream bed with steep sides.
- arseno — having or containing arsenic
- arsino — having or comprising the radical AsH2
- arsons — Plural form of arson.
- artois — a former province of N France
- as for — You use as for and as to at the beginning of a sentence in order to introduce a slightly different subject that is still connected to the previous one.
- ashore — Someone or something that comes ashore comes from the sea onto the shore.
- asport — the phenomena of the vanishing or removal of objects (by a spirit) and the subsequent reappearance in another location
- assort — to arrange or distribute into groups of the same type; classify
- astore — (transitive) To store; to furnish with stores.[https://www.wordnik.com/words/astore The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia, via Wordnik.com] (accessed 19 March 2016).
- astro- — Astro- is used to form words which refer to things relating to the stars or to outer space.
- astron — astronomer
- athrob — pulsing or throbbing
- 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
- auriol — Vincent (vɛ̃sɑ̃). 1884–1966, French statesman; president of the Fourth Republic (1947–54)
- auroch — Alternative spelling of aurochs.
- aurora — an atmospheric phenomenon consisting of bands, curtains, or streamers of light, usually green, red, or yellow, that move across the sky in polar regions. It is caused by collisions between air molecules and charged particles from the sun that are trapped in the earth's magnetic field
- aurous — of or containing gold, esp in the monovalent state
- author — The author of a piece of writing is the person who wrote it.
- aveiro — a port in N central Portugal, on the Aveiro lagoon: ancient Roman town; linked by canal with the Atlantic Ocean. Pop: 73 335 (2001)
- averno — a crater lake in Italy, near Naples: in ancient times regarded as an entrance to hell
- avower — A person who avows.
- avowry — a plea by a defendant in an action of replevin who admits taking the distrained goods and shows just cause for the taking.
- avoyer — a former chief Swiss magistrate of an imperial city
- awrong — in a wrong way; wrongly
- ayword — a password, watchword
- azores — group of islands in the N Atlantic, c. 800 mi (1,287 km) west of Portugal and constituting an autonomous region of that country: 900 sq mi (2,331 sq km); pop. 238,000; chief city, Ponta Delgada
- azorin — real name José Martínez Ruiz. 1874–1967, Spanish writer: noted for his stories of the Spanish countryside
- b-road — A B-road is a minor road.
- bailor — a person who retains ownership of goods but entrusts possession of them to another under a bailment
- balrog — (fantasy) A fiery demonic creature.
- bangor — a university town in NW Wales, in Gwynedd, on the Menai Strait. Pop: 15 280 (2001)
- bardot — Brigitte (briʒit). born 1934, French film actress and animal rights activist
- barhop — to visit several bars in succession
- barlow — a large strong pocket-knife with a single blade
- baroda — a former state of W India, part of Gujarat since 1960