6-letter words containing a, e, r, i
- rained — water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter. Compare drizzle (def 6).
- rainey — Gertrude ("Ma") 1886–1939, U.S. blues singer.
- raised — fashioned or made as a surface design in relief.
- raiser — to move to a higher position; lift up; elevate: to raise one's hand; sleepy birds raising their heads and looking about.
- ranine — of, relating to, or resembling a frog
- rapier — a small sword, especially of the 18th century, having a narrow blade and used for thrusting.
- rapine — the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- ratine — a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- ratite — having a flat, unkeeled sternum, as an ostrich, cassowary, emu, or moa.
- ravine — a narrow steep-sided valley commonly eroded by running water.
- razzie — any of several gold-plated ornamental raspberries awarded annually in the United States by the Golden Raspberry Award Foundation for films or acting performances in films considered to be the worst of the year
- reagin — Also called Wassermann antibody. an antibody formed in response to syphilis and reactive with cardiolipin in various blood tests for the disease.
- realia — real-life facts and material used in teaching
- rebait — food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- redial — Also, re-dial. to dial again.
- regain — to get again; recover: to regain one's health.
- regina — a province in W Canada. 251,700 sq. mi. (651,900 sq. km). Capital: Regina.
- reicha — Anton or Antonín [Czech ahn-taw-nyeen] /Czech ˈɑn tɔ nyin/ (Show IPA), 1770–1836, Czech composer.
- remail — to send again or forward (an email message)
- remain — to continue in the same state; continue to be as specified: to remain at peace.
- renail — a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- repaid — to pay back or refund, as money.
- repair — to restore to a good or sound condition after decay or damage; mend: to repair a motor.
- rerail — to put (a train etc that has been derailed) back on a railway line
- resail — to sail back or again.
- resita — an industrial city in the Banat, W Romania.
- retail — the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- retain — to keep possession of.
- retial — a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- retina — the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- rheita — a crater in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 42 miles (68 km) in diameter.
- ribera — José de [hoh-zey duh;; Spanish haw-se th e] /hoʊˈzeɪ də;; Spanish hɔˈsɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), (Jusepe de Ribera"Lo Spagnoletto") 1588–1652, Spanish printmaker and painter active in Naples.
- rijeka — a seaport in W Croatia, on the Adriatic.
- rivage — a bank, shore, or coast.
- rivera — Diego [dye-gaw] /ˈdyɛ gɔ/ (Show IPA), 1886–1957, Mexican painter.
- roadie — a member of a crew for a traveling group of musicians or other entertainers, whose work usually includes the setting up of equipment.
- sailer — Anton [ahn-tohn] /ˈɑn toʊn/ (Show IPA), ("Toni") 1935–2009, Austrian skier.
- sarmie — a sandwich
- sarnie — sandwich
- satire — the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- serbia — a republic in S Europe since 2006; includes the autonomous province of Vojvodina and claims sovereignty over the autonomous province of Kosovo, which has declared itself independent; formerly part of Yugoslavia, in the N part: a former kingdom in S Europe. 34,116 sq. mi. (88,360 sq. km). Capital: Belgrade.
- serial — anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- servia — former name of Serbia.
- sierra — a chain of hills or mountains, the peaks of which suggest the teeth of a saw.
- sirena — a female given name.
- sisera — the commander of the Canaanite army of King Jabin: killed by Jael. Judges 4:17–22.
- spirea — any of various plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Spiraea, of the rose family, having clusters of small, white or pink flowers, certain species of which are cultivated as ornamentals.
- striae — a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement: striae of muscle fiber.
- tailer — the limitation of an estate to a person and the person’s heirs or some particular class of such heirs.
- terbia — an amorphous white powder, Tb 2 O 3 .