6-letter words containing r
- afresh — If you do something afresh, you do it again in a different way.
- africa — the second largest of the continents, on the Mediterranean in the north, the Atlantic in the west, and the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Indian Ocean in the east. The Sahara desert divides the continent unequally into North Africa (an early centre of civilization, in close contact with Europe and W Asia, now inhabited chiefly by Arabs) and Africa south of the Sahara (relatively isolated from the rest of the world until the 19th century and inhabited chiefly by Negroid peoples). It was colonized mainly in the 18th and 19th centuries by Europeans and now comprises independent nations. The largest lake is Lake Victoria and the chief rivers are the Nile, Niger, Congo, and Zambezi. Pop: 1 100 000 000 (2013 est). Area: about 30 300 000 sq km (11 700 000 sq miles)
- afroed — (of the hair) Styled into an afro.
- afront — in front of
- after- — After- is added to nouns to form adjectives which indicate that something takes place or exists after an event or process.
- afters — dessert; sweet
- afther — Eye dialect of after.
- agadir — a port in SW Morocco, which became the centre of an international crisis (1911), when a gunboat arrived to protect German interests. Britain issued a strong warning to Germany but the French negotiated and war was averted. In 1960 the town was virtually destroyed by an earthquake, about 10 000 people being killed. Pop: 385 000 (2003)
- agaric — any saprotrophic basidiomycetous fungus of the family Agaricaceae, having gills on the underside of the cap. The group includes the edible mushrooms and poisonous forms such as the fly agaric
- aggers — aggressive
- aglare — glaring
- agoras — Plural form of agora.
- agreed — If people are agreed on something, they have reached a joint decision on it or have the same opinion about it.
- agreer — A person who agrees.
- agrees — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of agree.
- agrege — winner in examination for university teaching post
- agress — Misspelling of aggress.
- agrise — to fear or shudder at (something frightful)
- agrius — one of the Gigantes.
- agrize — to fear or shudder at (something frightful)
- ahorse — on horseback
- aimers — Plural form of aimer.
- airbag — An airbag is a safety device in a car which automatically fills with air if the car crashes, and is designed to protect the people in the car when they are thrown forward in the crash.
- airbed — An airbed is a plastic or rubber mattress which can be folded or stored flat and which you fill with air before you use it.
- airbus — An Airbus is an aeroplane which is designed to carry a large number of passengers for fairly short distances.
- aircav — air cavalry.
- airdry — Alternative form of air-dry.
- airers — Plural form of airer.
- airgap — a gap or space which contains air or allows air flow
- airgun — An airgun is a gun which is fired by means of air pressure.
- airier — open to a free current of fresh air; breezy: airy rooms.
- airily — in a jaunty or high-spirited manner
- airing — exposure to air or warmth, as for drying or ventilation
- airish — given to putting on airs.
- airman — An airman is a man who flies aircraft, especially one who serves in his country's air force.
- airmen — Plural form of airman.
- airpot — A container for storing and dispensing coffee or other beverages that maintains a constant temperature by use of glass insulation.
- airted — a direction.
- airtel — A form of communication formerly used within the FBI.
- airway — A person's airways are the passages from their nose and mouth down to their lungs, through which air enters and leaves their body.
- ajaria — an autonomous region in SW Georgia, bordered by Turkey and the Black Sea. 1120 sq. mi. (2900 sq. km). Capital: Batumi.
- akhara — (in India) a gymnasium
- akubra — a brand of Australian hat
- alaric — ?370–410 ad, king of the Visigoths, who served under the Roman emperor Theodosius I but later invaded Greece and Italy, capturing Rome in 410
- alarms — Plural form of alarm.
- alarum — an alarm, esp a call to arms
- albers — Josef. 1888–1976, US painter, designer, and poet, born in Germany. His works include a series of abstract paintings entitled Homage to the Square
- albert — a kind of watch chain usually attached to a waistcoat
- alborg — seaport in N Jutland, Denmark: pop. 159,000
- aldern — made of alder wood