6-letter words containing r, a
- 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
- alders — Plural form of alder.
- aldrin — a brown to white poisonous crystalline solid, more than 95 per cent of which consists of the compound C12H8Cl6, which is used as an insecticide. Melting pt: 105°C
- alegar — malt vinegar
- alerce — the wood of the sandarac tree
- alerts — Plural form of alert.
- alfaro — (Flavio) Eloy [flah-vyaw-e-loi] /ˈflɑ vyɔ ɛˈlɔɪ/ (Show IPA), 1864–1912, Ecuadorian political leader: president 1897–1901, 1907–11.
- alfred — an old-fashioned male forename
- algren — Nelson. 1909–81, US novelist. His novels, mostly set in Chicago, include Never Come Morning (1942) and The Man with the Golden Arm (1949)
- aliter — Otherwise.
- aljabr — (tool) An implementation of MACSYMA for the Macintosh by Fort Pond Research.
- allier — a department of central France, in Auvergne region. Capital: Moulins. Pop: 342 307 (2003 est). Area: 7382 sq km (2879 sq miles)
- allure — to entice or tempt (someone) to a person or place or to a course of action; attract
- almery — a cupboard built into a church wall used for storing sacred oils, church vessels, and other similar items
- altair — the brightest star in the constellation Aquila. Visual magnitude: 0.77; spectral type: A7V; distance: 16.8 light years
- altars — Plural form of altar.
- altern — alternate
- alters — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of alter.
- altran — (language) A Fortran extension for rational algebra developed by W.S. Brown of Bell Labs ca. 1968.
- alvaro — Corrado [kawr-rah-daw] /kɔrˈrɑ dɔ/ (Show IPA), c1890–1956, Italian journalist and novelist.
- alvira — a female given name, form of Elvira.
- amarna — the site known by Ancient Egyptians as Akhetaten
- ambari — kenaf.
- ambary — a tropical Asian malvaceous plant, Hibiscus cannabinus, that yields a fibre similar to jute
- ambeer — saliva containing tobacco juice