6-letter words containing a, b, r
- barlow — a large strong pocket-knife with a single blade
- barman — A barman is a man who serves drinks behind a bar.
- barmen — a former city in W Germany, now incorporated into Wuppertal.
- barned — a building for storing hay, grain, etc., and often for housing livestock.
- barnes — Djuna. 1892–1982, US novelist, noted for Nightwood (1936)
- barnet — a borough of N Greater London: scene of a Yorkist victory (1471) in the Wars of the Roses. Pop: 324 400 (2003 est). Area: 89 sq km (34 sq miles)
- barney — a noisy argument
- barnum — P(hineas) T(aylor). 1810–91, US showman, who created The Greatest Show on Earth (1871) and, with J. A. Bailey, founded the Barnum and Bailey Circus (1881)
- baroda — a former state of W India, part of Gujarat since 1960
- baroja — Pio (ˈpio). 1872–1956, Spanish Basque novelist, who wrote nearly 100 novels, including a series of twenty-two under the general title Memorias de un Hombre de Acción (1944–49)
- barolo — a dry red wine produced in the Piedmont region of Italy
- barong — a broad-bladed cleaver-like knife used in the Philippines
- barons — a member of the lowest grade of nobility.
- barony — A barony is the rank or position of a baron.
- barque — a sailing ship of three or more masts having the foremasts rigged square and the aftermast rigged fore-and-aft
- barras — Paul François Jean Nicolas, Vicomte de Barras. 1755–1829, French revolutionary: member of the Directory (1795–99)
- barrat — fraudulent dealings
- barred — having bars or stripes
- barrel — A barrel is a large, round container for liquids or food.
- barren — A barren landscape is dry and bare, and has very few plants and no trees.
- barres — Maurice (mɔris). 1862–1923, French novelist, essayist, and politician: a fervent nationalist and individualist
- barret — a small flat cap resembling a biretta
- barrie — very good; attractive
- barrio — A barrio is a mainly Spanish-speaking area in an American city.
- barron — Clarence Walker, 1855–1928, U.S. financial publisher.
- barros — João de (ʒuə̃u ˈdəː). 1496–1570, Portuguese historian: noted for his history of the Portuguese in the East Indies, Décadas da Ásia (1552–1615)
- barrow — A barrow is the same as a wheelbarrow.
- barsac — a sweet French white wine produced around the town of Barsac in the Gironde
- barter — If you barter goods, you exchange them for other goods, rather than selling them for money.
- barthe — Richmond, 1901–1989, U.S. sculptor.
- bartok — Béla (ˈbeːlɔ). 1881–1945, Hungarian composer, pianist, and collector of folk songs, by which his music was deeply influenced. His works include six string quartets, three piano concertos, several piano pieces including Mikrokosmos (1926–37), ballets (including The Miraculous Mandarin, 1919), and the opera Bluebeard's Castle (produced 1918)
- barton — a farmyard
- bartop — The top surface of a bar (counter for serving drinks).
- bartow — a city in central Florida.
- baruch — a disciple of Jeremiah (Jeremiah 32–36)
- baruta — a city in N Venezuela: a suburb of Caracas.
- baryon — any of a class of elementary particles that have a mass greater than or equal to that of the proton, participate in strong interactions, and have a spin of 1⁄2. Baryons are either nucleons or hyperons. The baryon number is the number of baryons in a system minus the number of antibaryons
- baryta — any of several compounds of barium, esp. barium oxide and barium hydroxide
- barzun — Jacques (Martin) 1907–2012, U.S. historian, educator, and writer, born in France.
- basher — to strike with a crushing or smashing blow.
- bashir — Dame Marie (Roslyn). born 1930, Australian health administrator and campaigner: governor of New South Wales (2001–14)
- basser — someone who kisses
- baster — someone who bastes
- batard — A loaf of bread similar in shape to a baguette, but shorter (6 to 12 inches in length).
- bather — A bather is a person who is swimming in the sea, or in a river or lake.
- batler — a flat piece of wood once used for beating clothes during washing or to smooth them when dry
- batter — If someone is battered, they are regularly hit and badly hurt by a member of their family or by their partner.
- bauera — any small evergreen Australian shrub of the genus Bauera, having pink or purple flowers
- bawdry — obscene talk or language
- bawler — to cry or wail lustily.