6-letter words containing r, o
- argosy — a large abundantly laden merchant ship, or a fleet of such ships
- argots — Plural form of argot.
- ariose — characterized by melody
- arioso — a recitative with the lyrical quality of an aria
- aristo — an aristocrat
- arkose — a sandstone consisting of grains of feldspar and quartz cemented by a mixture of quartz and clay minerals
- armado — Obsolete form of armada.
- armoir — Dated form of armoire.
- armors — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of armor.
- armory — armor or armorial bearings
- armour — In former times, armour was special metal clothing that soldiers wore for protection in battle.
- 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