6-letter words containing u, r, t
- purest — free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminating kind; free from extraneous matter: pure gold; pure water.
- purist — strict observance of or insistence on purity in language, style, etc.
- purity — the condition or quality of being pure; freedom from anything that debases, contaminates, pollutes, etc.: the purity of drinking water.
- putrid — in a state of foul decay or decomposition, as animal or vegetable matter; rotten.
- putter — to busy or occupy oneself in a leisurely, casual, or ineffective manner: to putter in the garden.
- puture — a forester's rightful claim to food, drink, and lodging within the bounds of the forest
- quarte — the fourth of eight defensive positions.
- quarto — a book size of about 9½ × 12 inches (24 × 30 cm), determined by folding printed sheets twice to form four leaves or eight pages. Symbol: 4to, 4°.
- quarts — Plural form of quart.
- quartz — one of the commonest minerals, silicon dioxide, SiO 2 , having many varieties that differ in color, luster, etc., and occurring either in masses (as agate, bloodstone, chalcedony, jasper, etc.) or in crystals (as rock crystal, amethyst, citrine, etc.): the chief constituent of sand and sandstone, and an important constituent of many other rocks. It is piezoelectric and used to control the frequencies of radio transmitters.
- quater — (in prescriptions) four times.
- quatre — the four at cards, dice, or the like.
- quatro — a small guitar with four or five strings or pairs of strings, used in Latin American and Caribbean music.
- quirts — Plural form of quirt.
- quoter — to repeat (a passage, phrase, etc.) from a book, speech, or the like, as by way of authority, illustration, etc.
- ragout — French Cookery. a highly seasoned stew of meat or fish, with or without vegetables.
- rajput — a member of a Hindu people claiming descent from the ancient Kshatriya, or warrior caste, and noted for their military spirit.
- raptus — a state of intense or overwhelming excitement; rapture; ecstasy.
- rectum — the comparatively straight, terminal section of the intestine, ending in the anus.
- rectus — any of several straight muscles, as of the abdomen, thigh, eye, etc.
- redout — a condition experienced by pilots and astronauts in which blood is forced to the head and results in a reddening of the field of vision during rapid deceleration or in maneuvers that produce a negative gravity force.
- reduct — to reduce.
- reduit — a military construction which troops use to defend themselves while holding out an attack
- refute — to prove to be false or erroneous, as an opinion or charge.
- reluct — to struggle (against something); rebel.
- repute — estimation in the view of others; reputation: persons of good repute.
- requit — to quit or leave again
- resuit — a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- result — to spring, arise, or proceed as a consequence of actions, circumstances, premises, etc.; be the outcome.
- retour — a report by a legal officer confirming someone as an heir
- retund — to weaken, dull or blunt
- retune — a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- returf — to renew the grass (of a lawn)
- return — to go or come back, as to a former place, position, or state: to return from abroad; to return to public office; to return to work.
- retuse — having an obtuse or rounded apex with a shallow notch, as leaves.
- reuter — Paul Julius, Baron de, 1816–99, English founder of an international news agency, born in Germany.
- rictus — the gape of the mouth of a bird.
- ritual — an established or prescribed procedure for a religious or other rite.
- robust — strong and healthy; hardy; vigorous: a robust young man; a robust faith; a robust mind.
- roquet — to cause one's ball to strike (another player's ball).
- rotgut — cheap and inferior liquor.
- rotula — the kneecap
- rotund — round in shape; rounded: ripe, rotund fruit.
- roupet — hoarse; croaky
- routed — a bellow.
- router — a person or thing that routes.
- rubato — having certain notes arbitrarily lengthened while others are correspondingly shortened, or vice versa.
- rubout — a murder or assassination.
- rudest — discourteous or impolite, especially in a deliberate way: a rude reply.
- rugate — wrinkle; rugose.