6-letter words containing ara
- guaran — Guar gum.
- harald — 1937- ; king of Norway (1991- )
- harang — Alternative spelling of harangue A tirade or rant, whether spoken or written.
- harare — Formerly Southern Rhodesia, Rhodesia. a republic in S Africa: a former British colony and part of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland; gained independence 1980. 150,330 sq. mi. (389,362 sq. km). Capital: Harare.
- harass — to disturb persistently; torment, as with troubles or cares; bother continually; pester; persecute.
- hazara — an Iranian ethnolinguistic group in central Afghanistan, N Pakistan, and Iran, most of whom are Shiʿite Muslims.
- jarash — Jerash.
- jawara — Sir Dawda (ˈdɔːdə). born 1924, Gambian statesman; president of The Gambia (1970–94); overthrown in a military coup
- kanara — a region in SW India, on the Deccan Plateau. About 60,000 sq. mi. (155,400 sq. km).
- karahi — A deep circular vessel resembling a wok, traditionally of cast iron, used in Indian and Pakistani cuisine.
- karait — Alternative spelling of krait.
- karaka — An evergreen tree, Corynocarpus laevigatus, the New Zealand laurel.
- karami — Rashid [ra-sheed] /ræˈʃid/ (Show IPA), 1921–1987, Lebanese lawyer and statesman: eight-time prime minister between 1955 and 1987.
- karamu — a small New Zealand tree, Coprosma robusta, with glossy leaves and orange fruit
- karate — a method developed in Japan of defending oneself without the use of weapons by striking sensitive areas on an attacker's body with the hands, elbows, knees, or feet. Compare judo, jujitsu.
- karats — Plural form of karat.
- kinara — A candle holder used in Kwanzaa celebrations.
- kumara — (New Zealand) A sweet potato.
- labara — an ecclesiastical standard or banner, as for carrying in procession.
- marabi — A lively music genre from South Africa.
- maraca — a gourd or a gourd-shaped rattle filled with seeds or pebbles and used, often in a pair, as a rhythm instrument.
- marais — a swamp or bayou.
- marajo — an island in N Brazil, at the mouth of the Amazon. 19,000 sq. mi. (49,000 sq. km).
- marass — a city in S Turkey, near the Taurus mountain range.
- maraud — to roam or go around in quest of plunder; make a raid for booty: Freebooters were marauding all across the territory.
- megara — a city in ancient Greece: the chief city of Megaris.
- mtwara — a seaport in SE Tanzania.
- naraka — a place of torment for the spirits of the wicked.
- novara — a city in NE Piedmont, in NW Italy.
- o'hara — Frank, 1926–66, U.S. poet.
- oarage — (archaic) The act of using oars; rowing.
- parade — a large public procession, usually including a marching band and often of a festive nature, held in honor of an anniversary, person, event, etc.
- parage — lineage, family, or birth
- paraml — An extension of Standard ML which supports coarse-grained parallelism. Peter Bailey, while at the Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre at University of Edinburgh, has implemented of Murray Cole's original four skeletons in paraML. See also Skel-ML.
- paramo — a high, cold plateau of South America.
- parana — a river in central South America, flowing from S Brazil along the SE boundary of Paraguay and through E Argentina into the Río de la Plata. 2050 miles (3300 km) long.
- parang — a large, heavy knife used as a tool or a weapon in Malaysia and Indonesia.
- paraph — a flourish made after a signature, as in a document, originally as a precaution against forgery.
- petara — (in India) a basket for clothes
- picara — a woman who is a rogue or vagabond.
- qaranc — Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps
- sahara — a desert in N Africa, extending from the Atlantic to the Nile valley. About 3,500,000 sq. mi. (9,065,000 sq. km).
- samara — a port in the SE Russian Federation in Europe, on the Volga.
- sarape — serape.
- satara — a type of heavy woollen cloth with a horizontal rib
- scarab — any scarabaeid beetle, especially Scarabaeus sacer, regarded as sacred by the ancient Egyptians.
- searat — a pirate of the sea
- swaraj — (in India) self-government.
- talara — a seaport in NW Peru.
- tamara — a female given name.