6-letter words containing s
- boreas — the god personifying the north wind
- borges — Jorge Luis (ˈxorxe lwis). 1899–1986, Argentinian poet, short-story writer, and literary scholar. The short stories collected in Ficciones (1944) he described as "games with infinity"
- borsch — any of various eastern European soups made with beets, cabbage, potatoes, or other vegetables and served hot or chilled, often with sour cream.
- borsic — a strong light composite material of boron fibre and silicon carbide used in aviation
- bosker — excellent, good
- bosket — a clump of small trees or bushes; thicket
- boskop — a prehistoric race of the late Pleistocene period in sub-Saharan Africa
- bosman — Herman Charles. (1905–1951), South African short-story writer and journalist; his experiences in prison are recounted in the semi-autobiographical Cold Stone Jug (1949)
- bosnia — a region of central Bosnia-Herzegovina: belonged to Turkey (1463–1878), to Austria-Hungary (1879–1918), then to Yugoslavia (1918–91)
- bosomy — (of a woman) having large breasts
- bosque — a clump or grove of trees
- boss's — a familiar name for a calf or cow.
- bossed — Botany, Zoology. a protuberance or roundish excrescence on the body or on some organ of an animal or plant.
- bosses — a familiar name for a calf or cow.
- bosset — either of the rudimentary antlers found in young deer
- boston — a card game for four, played with two packs
- boughs — a branch of a tree, especially one of the larger or main branches.
- boules — Boules is a game in which a small ball is thrown and then the players try to throw other balls as close to the first ball as possible.
- bounds — a limit; boundary (esp in the phrase know no bounds)
- bourse — A country's or region's bourse is its stock exchange.
- bowels — innards; entrails
- bowers — a musician, as a violinist, who performs with a bow on a stringed instrument.
- bowles — Paul. 1910–99, US novelist, short-story writer, and composer, living in Tangiers. His novels include The Sheltering Sky (1949) and The Spider's House (1955)
- bowsaw — a saw with a thin blade in a bow-shaped frame
- bowser — a tanker containing fuel for aircraft, military vehicles, etc
- bowsie — a low-class mean or obstreperous person
- boyish — If you describe a man as boyish, you mean that he is like a boy in his appearance or behaviour, and you find this characteristic quite attractive.
- braces — a pair of straps worn over the shoulders by men for holding up the trousers
- brahms — Johannes (joˈhanəs). 1833–97, German composer, whose music, though classical in form, exhibits a strong lyrical romanticism. His works include four symphonies, four concertos, chamber music, and A German Requiem (1868)
- braids — to weave together strips or strands of; plait: to braid the hair.
- brains — an animal's brain, cooked and eaten as food
- braise — When you braise meat or a vegetable, you fry it quickly and then cook it slowly in a covered dish with a small amount of liquid.
- brakes — any of several large or coarse ferns, especially the bracken, Pteridium aquilinum.
- branks — (formerly) an iron bridle used to restrain scolding women
- brasco — a lavatory
- brashy — loosely fragmented; rubbishy
- brasil — Brazil
- brasov — an industrial city in central Romania: formerly a centre for expatriate Germans; ceded by Hungary to Romania in 1920. Pop: 249 000 (2005 est)
- brasso — Hungarian name of Braşov.
- brassy — Brassy music is bold, harsh, and loud.
- bratsk — city in SC Siberian Russia, on the Angara River: pop. 258,000
- braves — possessing or exhibiting courage or courageous endurance.
- brawns — strong, well-developed muscles.
- brazes — to unite (metal objects) at high temperatures by applying any of various nonferrous solders.
- brazos — river in central & SE Tex., flowing southeastward into the Gulf of Mexico: 870 mi (1,400 km)
- breast — A woman's breasts are the two soft, round parts on her chest that can produce milk to feed a baby.
- breeks — trousers
- brevis — a mark (˘) over a vowel to show that it is short, or to indicate a specific pronunciation, as ŭ in (kŭt) cut.
- brewis — bread soaked in broth, gravy, etc
- briefs — men's underpants or women's pants without legs