6-letter words containing o, t, r
- firlot — one of two different Scottish units of measurement for grain, the first (for measuring commodities sold by level measure, such as wheat) roughly equal to an imperial bushel, the second (for measuring commodities sold by heaped measure, such as barley or corn) roughly half as large again
- floret — a small flower.
- foetor — a strong, offensive smell; stench.
- foorth — Eye dialect of fourth.
- footer — British Informal. Rugby (def 3). soccer.
- for it — liable for punishment or blame
- forcat — convict or galley slave
- forest — Lee, 1873–1961, U.S. inventor of radio, telegraphic, and telephonic equipment.
- forgat — a simple past tense of forget.
- forget — to cease or fail to remember; be unable to recall: to forget someone's name.
- forgit — Eye dialect of forget.
- forgot — a simple past tense and past participle of forget.
- forint — an aluminum coin and the monetary unit of Hungary, equal to 100 fillér. Abbreviation: F., Ft.
- format — the shape and size of a book as determined by the number of times the original sheet has been folded to form the leaves. Compare duodecimo, folio (def 2), octavo, quarto.
- forpet — a fourth part
- forrit — forward(s)
- fortas — Abe, 1910–1982, U.S. lawyer, government official, and jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1965–69.
- forted — Simple past tense and past participle of fort.
- fortes — Plural form of forte.
- forthe — Obsolete spelling of forth.
- forths — Plural form of forth.
- forthy — Therefore.
- fortis — pronounced with considerable muscular tension and breath pressure, resulting in a strong fricative or explosive sound. In stressed position (p, t, k, ch, f, th, s, sh) and sometimes (h) are fortis in English as compared with (b, d, g, j, v, th̸, z, and zh), which are lenis. Compare lenis.
- foster — to promote the growth or development of; further; encourage: to foster new ideas.
- fother — (obsolete) a wagonload; a load of any sort.
- fourth — next after the third; being the ordinal number for four.
- fourty — Misspelling of forty.
- fouter — something that has no value (used in expressions of contempt): A fouter for the world, say I!
- foutra — a fig, used as an expression of contempt
- foutre — to mess around; to footer
- fronts — Plural form of front.
- frosts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of frost.
- frosty — characterized by or producing frost; freezing; very cold: frosty weather.
- froths — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of froth.
- frothy — of, like, or having froth; foamy.
- frowst — A warm, stuffy atmosphere in a room.
- garote — to execute by the garrote.
- garrot — A stick or small wooden cylinder used for tightening a bandage, in order to compress the arteries of a limb.
- gastro — (colloquial, UK, Australia) Gastroenteritis.
- gators — Plural form of gator.
- gocart — Alternative form of go-cart (framework for children learning to walk).
- goiter — an enlargement of the thyroid gland on the front and sides of the neck, usually symptomatic of abnormal thyroid secretion, especially hypothyroidism due to a lack of iodine in the diet.
- goitre — an enlargement of the thyroid gland on the front and sides of the neck, usually symptomatic of abnormal thyroid secretion, especially hypothyroidism due to a lack of iodine in the diet.
- gorets — /gor'ets/ The unknown ur-noun, fill in your own meaning. Found especially on the Usenet newsgroup alt.gorets, which seems to be a running contest to redefine the word by implication in the funniest and most peculiar way, with the understanding that no definition is ever final. [A correspondent from the Former Soviet Union informs me that "gorets" is Russian for "mountain dweller" - ESR] Compare frink.
- gorget — a patch on the throat of a bird or other animal, distinguished by its color, texture, etc.
- gorton — John Grey, 1911–2002, Australian political leader: prime minister 1968–71.
- goster — to laugh uncontrollably
- griots — Plural form of griot.
- groats — a silver coin of England, equal to four pennies, issued from 1279 to 1662.
- groete — Gerhard [Dutch khey-rahrt;; English gair-hahrt] /Dutch ˈxeɪ rɑrt;; English ˈgɛər hɑrt/ (Show IPA), (Gerardus Magnus) 1340–84, Dutch religious reformer, educator, and author: founder of the order of Brethren of the Common Life.