6-letter words containing r, a, t, e
- kotare — a small greenish-blue kingfisher, Halcyon sanctus, found in New Zealand, Australia, and some Pacific islands to the north
- krater — a mixing bowl characterized by a wide mouth and body with two handles projecting vertically from the juncture of the neck and body, used to mix wine and water.
- labret — an ornament worn in a pierced hole in the lip.
- lacert — (obsolete) A fleshy muscle of the human body.
- laster — occurring or coming after all others, as in time, order, or place: the last line on a page.
- laters — (slang) see you later; an expression used at parting.
- lather — a worker who puts up laths.
- latter — occurring, coming, or being after the usual or proper time: late frosts; a late spring.
- lauter — To subject to lautering.
- learnt — a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- lorate — strap-shaped
- lyrate — Botany. (of a pinnate leaf) divided transversely into several lobes, the smallest at the base.
- magret — A fillet of meat cut from a breast of duck.
- malter — (dated) A person who makes malt; a maltster.
- market — an open place or a covered building where buyers and sellers convene for the sale of goods; a marketplace: a farmers' market.
- marted — Simple past tense and past participle of mart.
- martel — Charles, Charles Martel.
- marten — any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- master — botmaster
- maters — British Informal. mother1 .
- mather — Cotton, 1663–1728, American clergyman and author.
- matres — Plural form of mater.
- matter — a dull or dead surface, often slightly roughened, as on metals, paint, paper, or glass.
- mature — complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms: a mature rose bush.
- mutare — a city in E Zimbabwe.
- natter — to talk incessantly; chatter.
- nature — has the X nature
- neater — in a pleasingly orderly and clean condition: a neat room.
- nectar — the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- neutra — a city in W Slovakia, on the Nitra River: historic religious sites.
- oaters — Plural form of oater.
- omerta — secrecy sworn to by oath; code of silence.
- orante — a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- orated — Simple past tense and past participle of orate.
- orates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of orate.
- orgeat — a syrup or drink made originally from barley but later from almonds, prepared with sugar and an extract of orange flowers.
- ornate — elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so: They bought an ornate Louis XIV sofa.
- ortega — Daniel, full surname Ortega Saavedra. born 1945, Nicaraguan politician and former resistance leader; president of Nicaragua (1985–90) and from 2007
- osetra — a type of caviar deriving from the osetra sturgeon
- palter — to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully; lie or use trickery.
- panter — of or relating to pants: pant cuffs.
- parent — a father or a mother.
- pareto — Vilfredo [veel-fre-daw] /vilˈfrɛ dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1848–1923, Italian sociologist and economist in Switzerland.
- parget — any of various plasters or roughcasts for covering walls or other surfaces, especially a mortar of lime, hair, and cow dung for lining chimney flues.
- parted — partial; of a part: part owner.
- parter — a person or thing that parts; separator
- paster — the time gone by: He could remember events far back in the past.
- patera — a shallow ancient Roman bowl used in rituals
- patier — (of a cross) having arms of equal length, each expanding outward from the center; formée: a cross paty.
- patres — dead.