6-letter words containing mb
- gambet — Any bird of the genus Totanus; a tattler.
- gambia — a river in W Africa, flowing W to the Atlantic. 500 miles (800 km) long.
- gambir — an astringent extract obtained from the leaves and young shoots of a tropical Asian shrub, Uncaria gambir, of the madder family, used in medicine, dyeing, tanning, etc.
- gambit — Chess. an opening in which a player seeks to obtain some advantage by sacrificing a pawn or piece.
- gamble — to play at any game of chance for money or other stakes.
- gambol — to skip about, as in dancing or playing; frolic.
- gimbal — Sometimes, gimbal. a contrivance, consisting of a ring or base on an axis, that permits an object, as a ship's compass, mounted in or on it to tilt freely in any direction, in effect suspending the object so that it will remain horizontal even when its support is tipped.
- gimbel — Jacob, 1850–1922, U.S. retail merchant.
- gimble — To grimace.
- gombey — (music, Bermuda) A type of Afro-Bermudan folk music and dance tradition.
- goomba — Alternative form of goombah.
- gumbos — Plural form of gumbo.
- h-bomb — hydrogen bomb.
- hamble — (obsolete, transitive) To mutilate; hamstring; cut away.
- hombre — a card game popular in the 17th and 18th centuries and played, usually by three persons, with 40 cards.
- huambo — a city in central Angola.
- humber — an estuary of the Ouse and Trent rivers in E England. 37 miles (60 km) long.
- humble — not proud or arrogant; modest: to be humble although successful.
- humbly — not proud or arrogant; modest: to be humble although successful.
- humbug — something intended to delude or deceive.
- iambic — Prosody. pertaining to the iamb. consisting of or employing an iamb or iambs.
- iambus — iamb.
- imbark — to cover in bark
- imbibe — to consume (liquids) by drinking; drink: He imbibed great quantities of iced tea.
- imbizo — a meeting, esp a gathering of the Zulu people called by the king or a traditional leader
- imbody — embody.
- imbolc — an ancient Celtic festival associated with the goddess Brigit, held on Feb 1 or 2 to mark the beginning of spring. It is also celebrated by modern pagans
- imbosk — (obsolete) To hide or conceal oneself.
- imboss — Archaic form of emboss.
- imbrex — a convex tile, used especially in ancient Rome to cover joints in a tile roof.
- imbros — a Turkish island in the NE Aegean Sea, west of the Gallipoli Peninsula: occupied by Greece (1912–14) and Britain (1914–23). Area: 280 sq km (108 sq miles)
- imbrue — to stain: He refused to imbrue his hands with the blood of more killing.
- imbued — to impregnate or inspire, as with feelings, opinions, etc.: The new political leader was imbued with the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi.
- imbues — to impregnate or inspire, as with feelings, opinions, etc.: The new political leader was imbued with the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi.
- intomb — entomb.
- jambee — a light cane or walking stick that was fashionable in the 18th century
- jambos — rose apple.
- jambul — An evergreen tropical tree, Syzygium cumini.
- jumbie — A spirit of a dead person, typically an evil one.
- jumble — to mix in a confused mass; put or throw together without order: You've jumbled up all the cards.
- jumbly — Jumbled; haphazardly arranged.
- jumbos — Plural form of jumbo.
- kambal — a blanket or shawl made of coarse wool.
- kembed — Simple past tense and past participle of kemb.
- kembla — small change
- kemble — Frances Anne or Fanny (Mrs. Butler) 1809–93, English actress and author.
- lambda — the 11th letter of the Greek alphabet (Λ, λ).
- lambed — Simple past tense and past participle of lamb.
- lamber — someone who tends to ewes and newborn lambs at lambing time
- lambic — A strong, sweet Belgian beer.