6-letter words containing t
- anight — at or by night
- anklet — an ornamental chain worn around the ankle
- anlaut — initial position in a word, especially as a conditioning environment in sound change.
- annate — The first year's profits of a Catholic benefice, as traditionally paid directly to the Pope.
- anoint — To anoint someone means to put oil or water on a part of their body, usually for religious reasons.
- anotia — A rare congenital deformity where the pinna or auricle, the outer projected portion of the ear, is completely absent.
- ansate — having a handle or handle-like part
- ansatz — Lb mathematics A mathematical assumption used to describe a certain phenomenon, posited in order to help provisionally solve an equation or other problem. (from 20th c.).
- antara — a type of panpipes native to the Andes, made of clay and tuned in the pentatonic scale
- antarc — Antarctica
- anteed — Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- antero — Mount, a peak in central Colorado, in the Sawatch Mountains. 14,269 feet (4349 meters).
- anthea — a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “flowery.”.
- anthem — An anthem is a song which is used to represent a particular nation, society, or group and which is sung on special occasions.
- anther — the terminal part of a stamen consisting usually of two lobes each containing two sacs in which the pollen matures
- antho- — denoting a flower
- anthro — (informal) anthropology.
- antiar — the upas tree of Java
- antica — pronaos.
- antick — antic
- antics — Antics are funny, silly, or unusual ways of behaving.
- anting — the placing or rubbing of ants by birds on their feathers. The body fluids of the ants are thought to repel parasites
- antler — A male deer's antlers are the branched horns on its head.
- antlia — a proboscis designed for sucking
- antony — Mark. Latin name Marcus Antonius. ?83–30 bc, Roman general who served under Julius Caesar in the Gallic wars and became a member of the second triumvirate (43). He defeated Brutus and Cassius at Philippi (42) but having repudiated his wife for Cleopatra, queen of Egypt, he was defeated by his brother-in-law Octavian (Augustus) at Actium (31)
- antral — a cavity in a body organ, especially a bone.
- antres — a cavern; cave.
- antrim — a historical county of NE Northern Ireland, famous for the Giant's Causeway on the N coast: in 1973 it was replaced for administrative purposes by the districts of Antrim, Ballymena, Ballymoney, Carrickfergus, Larne, Moyle, Newtownabbey, and parts of Belfast and Lisburn. Area: 3100 sq km (1200 sq miles)
- antron — a strong, shiny, silklike nylon fiber made into clothing, carpet, upholstery fabric, etc.
- antrum — a natural cavity, hollow, or sinus, esp in a bone
- antung — Dandong
- aorist — a tense of the verb in classical Greek and in certain other inflected languages, indicating past action without reference to whether the action involved was momentary or continuous
- aortal — the main trunk of the arterial system, conveying blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all of the body except the lungs.
- aortas — Plural form of aorta.
- aortic — the main trunk of the arterial system, conveying blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all of the body except the lungs.
- aouita — Saïd (saɪˈiːd). born 1959, Moroccan middle-distance runner: set new world records for the 1500 metres (1987–93), 2000 metres (1987–95), and 5000 metres (1987–94)
- apathy — You can use apathy to talk about someone's state of mind if you are criticizing them because they do not seem to be interested in or enthusiastic about anything.
- apheta — (astrology) The planet that has the most influence on a person's life.
- aphtha — a small ulceration on a mucous membrane, as in thrush, caused by a fungal infection
- aplite — a light-coloured fine-grained acid igneous rock with a sugary texture, consisting of quartz and feldspars
- appkit — (tool) A set of objects used by the application builder for the NEXTSTEP environment.
- applet — An applet is a computer program which is contained within a page on the World Wide Web, and which transfers itself to your computer and runs automatically while you are looking at that Web page.
- apport — the production of objects by apparently supernatural means at a spiritualists' seance
- aptest — inclined; disposed; given; prone: too apt to slander others.
- aptote — an indeclinable noun
- aqtobe — a city in NW Kazakhstan, on the Ilek River.
- aquent — Lb soil science A kind of wet soil formed on river banks, tidal mudflats etc.
- arafat — a hill in W Saudi Arabia, near Mecca: a sacred site of Islam, visited by pilgrims performing the hajj
- ararat — an extinct volcanic mountain massif in E Turkey: two main peaks; Great Ararat 5155 m (16 916 ft), said to be the resting place of Noah's Ark after the Flood (Genesis 8:4), and Little Ararat 3914 m (12 843 ft)
- arbute — (archaic) The wood of the strawberry tree.