6-letter words containing ra
- arabis — any plant of the annual or perennial genus Arabis, some of which form low-growing mats with downy grey foliage and white flowers: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- arable — Arable farming involves growing crops such as wheat and barley rather than keeping animals or growing fruit and vegetables. Arable land is land that is used for arable farming.
- arafat — a hill in W Saudi Arabia, near Mecca: a sacred site of Islam, visited by pilgrims performing the hajj
- aragon — an autonomous region of NE Spain: independent kingdom from the 11th century until 1479, when it was united with Castile to form modern Spain. Pop: 1 059 600 (2003 est). Area: 47 609 sq km (18 382 sq miles)
- araise — to raise
- aralia — any plant of the genus Aralia of trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants. The greenhouse and house plant generally known as aralia is Schefflera elegantissima of a related genus, grown for its decorative evergreen foliage: family Araliaceae
- arallu — the ancient Babylonian world of the dead.
- aramid — any of various flame-resistant and strong synthetic fibres used in, for example, firefighters' clothing and body armour
- aranda — an Aboriginal people of S central Australia
- arango — A rough carnelian bead, formerly used in Africa as currency when buying slaves for the slave trade.
- aranha — Oswaldo [aws-wahl-daw] /ɔsˈwɑl dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1894–1960, Brazilian politician.
- ararat — an extinct volcanic mountain massif in E Turkey: two main peaks; Great Ararat 5155 m (16 916 ft), said to be the resting place of Noah's Ark after the Flood (Genesis 8:4), and Little Ararat 3914 m (12 843 ft)
- arawak — a member of a South American Indian people living chiefly in NE South America and formerly in the West Indies
- araxes — Araks
- arrack — a coarse spirit distilled in various Eastern countries from grain, rice, sugar cane, etc
- arrant — Arrant is used to emphasize that something or someone is very bad in some way.
- arrays — Plural form of array.
- ashram — a religious retreat or community where a Hindu holy man lives
- ashura — a Shiah festival observed on the tenth day of Muharram in the Islamic calendar to commemorate the death of the martyr Imam Hussein bin Ali at the Battle of Karbala in 61 ah (680 ad)
- asmara — the capital of Eritrea; cathedral (1922); Grand Mosque (1937); university (1958). Pop: 615 000 (2005 est)
- asrama — any of the four phases of the ideally conducted life: education, work, withdrawal from society, and asceticism.
- astral — Astral means relating to the stars.
- astray — out of the correct path or direction
- asuras — Plural form of asura.
- atbara — a town in NE Sudan. Pop: 110 000 (2005 est)
- attrap — to catch or ensnare
- atyrau — a port city in W Kazakhstan, at the mouth of the Ural River on the Caspian Sea.
- aurate — any salt of auric acid
- aurora — an atmospheric phenomenon consisting of bands, curtains, or streamers of light, usually green, red, or yellow, that move across the sky in polar regions. It is caused by collisions between air molecules and charged particles from the sun that are trapped in the earth's magnetic field
- awrack — in a wrecked or ruined condition
- aymara — a member of a South American Indian people of Bolivia and Peru
- azrael — (in Jewish and Islamic angelology) the angel who separates the soul from the body at death
- backra — a White person
- bactra — an ancient country in W Asia, between the Oxus River and the Hindu Kush Mountains. Capital: Bactra.
- bagram — an air base in NE Afghanistan, near Kabul; now under the control of US forces
- bairam — either of two Muslim festivals, one (Lesser Bairam) falling at the end of Ramadan, the other (Greater Bairam) 70 days later at the end of the Islamic year
- baraat — (South Asia) A wedding procession carried out by the bridegroom in north India and Pakistan.
- baraka — Imamu Amiri [ih-mah-moo uh-meer-ee] /ɪˈmɑ mu əˈmɪər i/ (Show IPA), (Everett LeRoi Jones) 1934–2014, U.S. dramatist, poet, and political activist.
- barang — Lb Philippines black magic; sorcery.
- barany — Robert. 1876–1936, Austrian physician; devised the Bárány test, which detects diseases of the semicircular canals of the inner ear: Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1914
- baraza — a place where public meetings are held
- barras — Paul François Jean Nicolas, Vicomte de Barras. 1755–1829, French revolutionary: member of the Directory (1795–99)
- barrat — fraudulent dealings
- bauera — any small evergreen Australian shrub of the genus Bauera, having pink or purple flowers
- bedral — a minor official in the Scottish Episcopal Church, similar but not identical to the English beadle
- berake — to rake thoroughly
- berate — If you berate someone, you speak to them angrily about something they have done wrong.
- betray — If you betray someone who loves or trusts you, your actions hurt and disappoint them.
- bewrap — to wrap up; to conceal
- bewray — to divulge; reveal; betray