6-letter words containing a, s, r
- sharny — a person who is responsible for cleaning a cow-house
- sharon — Ariel, 1928–2014, Israeli military and political leader; prime minister 2001–06.
- sharpe — William Forsyth [fawr-sahyth] /ˈfɔr saɪθ/ (Show IPA), born 1934, U.S. economist: Nobel prize 1990.
- sharps — something sharp.
- sharpy — sharpie.
- sharra — a member of a Mongol people inhabiting Outer Mongolia.
- shaver — a person or thing that shaves.
- shazar — Zalman [zahl-mahn] /ˈzɑl mɑn/ (Show IPA), (Shneor Zalman Rubashev) 1889–1974, Israeli statesman, born in Russia: president 1963–73.
- shears — to cut (something).
- sherpa — a member of a people of Tibetan stock living in the Nepalese Himalayas, who often serve as porters on mountain-climbing expeditions.
- shikar — the hunting of game for sport.
- shinar — a land mentioned in the Bible, often identified with Sumer.
- shiraz — a city in SW Iran.
- shmear — schmear.
- shofar — a ram's horn blown as a wind instrument, sounded in Biblical times chiefly to communicate signals in battle and announce certain religious occasions and in modern times chiefly at synagogue services on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.
- shoran — a system for aircraft navigation in which two signals sent from an aircraft are received and answered by two fixed transponders, the round-trip times of the signals enabling the navigator to determine the aircraft's position.
- shrank — a simple past tense of shrink.
- shudra — a Hindu of the lowest caste, that of the workers.
- siccar — sure; certain
- sidrah — a Parashah chanted or read on the Sabbath.
- sierra — a chain of hills or mountains, the peaks of which suggest the teeth of a saw.
- sintra — a town in central Portugal, near Lisbon, in the Sintra mountains: noted for its castles and palaces and the beauty of its setting: tourism
- sippar — an ancient Babylonian city on the Euphrates, in SE Iraq.
- sirach — Son of, Jesus (def 2).
- sirdar — (in India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan) a military chief or leader.
- sirena — a female given name.
- sirica — John J(oseph) 1904–1992, U.S. jurist: chief judge, district court for District of Columbia 1971–74; tried Watergate cases 1973–74.
- sirkar — a government
- sirrah — a term of address used to inferiors or children to express impatience, contempt, etc.
- sisera — the commander of the Canaanite army of King Jabin: killed by Jael. Judges 4:17–22.
- sistra — an ancient Egyptian percussion instrument consisting of a looped metal frame set in a handle and fitted with loose crossbars that rattle when shaken.
- skater — a person who skates.
- slaker — a person or thing that slakes.
- slater — Samuel, 1768–1835, U.S. industrialist, born in England.
- slaver — saliva coming from the mouth.
- slayer — to kill by violence.
- smarmy — excessively or unctuously flattering, ingratiating, servile, etc.: the emcee with the smarmy welcome.
- smarts — to be a source of sharp, local, and usually superficial pain, as a wound.
- smarty — a smart aleck.
- smeary — showing smears; smeared.
- smyrna — former name of Izmir.
- snared — a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- snarky — testy or irritable; short.
- snarly — full of knotty snarls; tangled.
- so far — at or to a great distance; a long way off; at or to a remote point: We sailed far ahead of the fleet.
- soaker — to lie in and become saturated or permeated with water or some other liquid.
- soaper — soap opera.
- soared — to fly upward, as a bird.
- soarer — to fly upward, as a bird.
- soares — Mário [mah-ryoo] /ˈmɑ ryʊ/ (Show IPA), born 1924, Portuguese statesman: prime minister 1976–78, 1983–85; president 1986–96.