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6-letter words containing on

  • bonxie — (originally in Shetland) the great skua
  • bonzer — excellent; very good
  • booner — a young working-class person from Canberra
  • boonga — a Pacific Islander
  • boston — a card game for four, played with two packs
  • botoné — terminating in three ornamental budlike lobes
  • botony — (of a cross) having arms terminating in the form of a trefoil: cross botonée.
  • bouton — the enlarged part of a nerve fibre or cell which facilitates contact between nerves
  • brecon — a town in SE Wales, in Powys: textile and leather industries. Pop: 7901 (2001)
  • brehon — a judge in ancient Ireland
  • breton — of, relating to, or characteristic of Brittany, its people, or their language
  • briony — bryony
  • briton — A Briton is a person who comes from Great Britain.
  • bronco — In the western United States, especially in the 19th century, a wild horse was sometimes referred to as a bronco.
  • bronde — (of women's hair) artificially coloured to achieve a shade between blonde and brunette
  • bronte — Anne, pen name Acton Bell. 1820–49, English novelist; author of The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1847)
  • bronze — Bronze is a yellowish-brown metal which is a mixture of copper and tin.
  • bruton — John Gerard. born 1947, Irish politician: leader of the Fine Gael party (1990–2001); prime minister of the Republic of Ireland (1994–97)
  • bryony — any of several herbaceous climbing plants of the cucurbitaceous genus Bryonia, of Europe and N Africa
  • buffon — Georges Louis Leclerc (ʒɔrʒ lwi ləklɛr), Comte de. 1707–88, French encyclopedist of natural history; principal author of Histoire naturelle (36 vols., 1749–89), containing the Époques de la nature (1777), which foreshadowed later theories of evolution
  • bugong — bogong.
  • bunion — A bunion is a large painful lump on the first joint of a person's big toe.
  • bunton — one of a number of struts reinforcing the walls of a shaft and dividing it into vertical compartments.
  • burton — a kind of light hoisting tackle
  • busoni — Ferruccio Benvenuto (fɛʀˈʀutˌtʃɔ bɛnvɛˈnutɔ) ; ferro̅otˈch^ō benˌveno̅oˈt^ō) 1866-1924; It. composer
  • button — Buttons are small hard objects sewn on to shirts, coats, or other pieces of clothing. You fasten the clothing by pushing the buttons through holes called buttonholes.
  • buxton — a town in N England, in NW Derbyshire in the Peak District: thermal springs. Pop: 20 836 (2001)
  • bygone — Bygone means happening or existing a very long time ago.
  • cacoon — the large bean of a tropical climber, Entada scandens, that is used for making purses, spoons, snuffboxes, and other items
  • cafone — an uncouth person; lowlife.
  • calgon — a chemical compound, sodium hexametaphosphate, with water-softening properties, used in detergents
  • camion — a lorry, or, esp formerly, a large dray
  • cannon — A cannon is a large gun, usually on wheels, which used to be used in battles.
  • canons — Plural form of canon.
  • canton — A canton is a political or administrative region in some countries, for example Switzerland.
  • canyon — A canyon is a long, narrow valley with very steep sides.
  • capone — Alphonse, called Al. 1899–1947, US gangster in Chicago during Prohibition
  • capons — Plural form of capon.
  • carbon — Carbon is a chemical element that diamonds and coal are made up of.
  • cardon — a tall cactus, Pachycereus pringlei, native to Mexico
  • caroni — a river in SE Venezuela, flowing N to the Orinoco River. 550 miles (885 km) long.
  • caroon — (UK, obsolete slang) A crown coin; its value, 5 shillings.
  • carson — Christopher, known as Kit Carson. 1809–68, US frontiersman, trapper, scout, and Indian agent
  • carton — A carton is a plastic or cardboard container in which food or drink is sold.
  • caslon — a style of type designed by William Caslon, English type founder (1692–1766)
  • casson — Sir Hugh (Maxwell). 1910–99, British architect; president of the Royal Academy of Arts (1976–84)
  • cation — a positively charged ion; an ion that is attracted to the cathode during electrolysis
  • catton — Eleanor. born 1985, Canadian-born New Zealand writer; her books include The Rehearsal (2008) and the Booker-prizewinning The Luminaries (2013)
  • caxton — a book printed by William Caxton
  • ceroon — a hide-covered bale or package
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