6-letter words containing r, d, a
- quadr- — quadri-
- quadra — a small molding, as a fillet.
- racked — Also called cloud rack. a group of drifting clouds.
- radars — Plural form of radar.
- radder — Informal. radical.
- raddle — ruddle.
- radeau — an armed scow, variously rigged, used as a floating battery during the American Revolution.
- radial — arranged like radii or rays.
- radian — the measure of a central angle subtending an arc equal in length to the radius: equal to 57.2958°. Abbreviation: rad.
- radio- — denoting radio, broadcasting, or radio frequency
- radish — the crisp, pungent, edible root of the plant, Raphanus sativus, of the mustard family, usually eaten raw.
- radium — Chemistry. a highly radioactive metallic element whose decay yields radon gas and alpha rays. Symbol: Ra; atomic weight: 226; atomic number: 88.
- radius — a straight line extending from the center of a circle or sphere to the circumference or surface: The radius of a circle is half the diameter.
- radnor — a town in SE Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia.
- radome — a dome-shaped device used to house a radar antenna.
- radula — a chitinous band in the mouth of most mollusks, set with numerous, minute, horny teeth and drawn backward and forward over the floor of the mouth in the process of breaking up food.
- ragged — clothed in tattered garments: a ragged old man.
- raided — a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed: a police raid on a gambling ring.
- raider — a person or thing that raids.
- railed — a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- rained — water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter. Compare drizzle (def 6).
- raised — fashioned or made as a surface design in relief.
- ramada — an open shelter, often having a dome-shaped thatched roof, and installed especially on beaches and picnic grounds.
- ramdac — Random Access Memory Digital-to-Analog Converter
- rammed — a male sheep.
- ramped — a sloping surface connecting two levels; incline.
- ramrod — a rod for ramming down the charge of a muzzleloading firearm.
- rancid — having a rank, unpleasant, stale smell or taste, as through decomposition, especially of fats or oils: rancid butter.
- randal — a male given name.
- randan — a rowboat designed for three people, one person in the middle using two oars and the other two using one oar each.
- randem — with three horses harnessed together as a team
- random — proceeding, made, or occurring without definite aim, reason, or pattern: the random selection of numbers.
- randys — a male given name, form of Randall or Randolph.
- ranged — working or grazing on a range: range horses; range animals like steer and sheep.
- ranted — to speak or declaim extravagantly or violently; talk in a wild or vehement way; rave: The demagogue ranted for hours.
- rapido — an express train.
- rapids — occurring within a short time; happening speedily: rapid growth.
- rapped — to carry off; transport.
- rashid — a town in N Egypt, on the Nile delta
- rasped — to scrape or abrade with a rough instrument.
- ratted — any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- raucid — raucous
- razeed — a ship, especially a warship, reduced in height by the removal of the upper deck.
- razzed — to deride; make fun of; tease.
- reader — the process of interpreting data in printed, handwritten, bar-code, or other visual form by a device (optical scanner or reader) that scans and identifies the data.
- readme — an explanatory document that accompanies computer files or software
- reamed — to enlarge to desired size (a previously bored hole) by means of a reamer.
- reaped — to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- reared — to take care of and support up to maturity: to rear a child.
- reated — to mix or merge so as to make a combination; blend; unite; combine: to amalgamate two companies.