6-letter words containing a, t, e
- banter — Banter is teasing or joking talk that is amusing and friendly.
- barbet — any small tropical brightly coloured bird of the family Capitonidae, having short weak wings and a sharp stout bill with tuftlike feathers at its base: order Piciformes (woodpeckers, etc)
- barest — without covering or clothing; naked; nude: bare legs.
- barite — a colourless or white mineral consisting of barium sulphate in orthorhombic crystalline form, occurring in sedimentary rocks and with sulphide ores: a source of barium. Formula: BaSO4
- 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)
- barret — a small flat cap resembling a biretta
- barter — If you barter goods, you exchange them for other goods, rather than selling them for money.
- barthe — Richmond, 1901–1989, U.S. sculptor.
- basest — Music Obsolete. bass1 (defs 3, 4).
- basket — A basket is a stiff container that is used for carrying or storing objects. Baskets are made from thin strips of materials such as straw, plastic, or wire woven together.
- basnet — basinet.
- basset — a long low smooth-haired breed of hound with short strong legs and long ears
- basted — to beat with a stick; thrash; cudgel.
- baster — someone who bastes
- bastes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of baste.
- bastle — a fortified farmhouse built near to the Scottish–English border, particularly during the 16th and 17th centuries
- bateau — a light flat-bottomed boat used on rivers in Canada and the northern US
- bathed — If someone is bathed in sweat, they are sweating a great deal.
- bather — A bather is a person who is swimming in the sea, or in a river or lake.
- bathes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bathe.
- batler — a flat piece of wood once used for beating clothes during washing or to smooth them when dry
- batley — a town in N England, in Kirklees unitary authority, West Yorkshire. Pop: 49 448 (2001)
- batmen — a soldier assigned to an officer as a servant.
- batted — Sports. the wooden club used in certain games, as baseball and cricket, to strike the ball. a racket, especially one used in badminton or table tennis. a whip used by a jockey. the act of using a club or racket in a game. the right or turn to use a club or racket.
- battel — fertile; nourishing
- batten — A batten is a long strip of wood that is fixed to something to strengthen it or to hold it firm.
- batter — If someone is battered, they are regularly hit and badly hurt by a member of their family or by their partner.
- battle — A battle is a violent fight between groups of people, especially one between military forces during a war.
- battue — the beating of woodland or cover to force game to flee in the direction of hunters
- bawtie — a dog
- baxter — James (Keir). 1926–72, New Zealand lyric poet. His works include The Fallen House (1953) and In Fires of No Return (1958)
- bayest — reddish brown.
- beasts — Plural form of beast.
- beasty — Alternative form of beastie.
- beated — (nonstandard) Simple past tense and past participle of beat.
- beaten — Beaten earth has been pressed down, often by people's feet, until it is hard.
- beater — A beater is a tool or part of a machine which is used for beating things like eggs and cream.
- beaton — Sir Cecil (Walter Hardy). 1904–80, British photographer, noted esp for his society portraits
- beatty — David, 1st Earl Beatty. 1871–1936, British admiral of the fleet in World War I
- beaute — Archaic spelling of beauty.
- beauts — (often used ironically) something or someone beautiful, remarkable, or amazing.
- beauty — Beauty is the state or quality of being beautiful.
- bejart — Maurice (mɔris). 1927–2007 French dancer and choreographer. His choreography is characterized by a combination of classic and modern dance and acrobatics
- belate — to cause to be late
- benita — a female given name.
- berate — If you berate someone, you speak to them angrily about something they have done wrong.
- bertha — a wide deep capelike collar, often of lace, usually to cover up a low neckline
- besant — Annie, née Wood. 1847–1933, British theosophist, writer, and political reformer in England and India
- bestar — to decorate with stars
- betake — to apply (oneself) to