6-letter words containing c, i, r
- mirfac — Mathematics in Recognizable Form Automatically Compiled
- morice — (obsolete) A morris dance.
- murcia — a city in SE Spain.
- myrica — the bark of the wax myrtle.
- nicher — a neigh
- nickar — a hard, round seed with a smooth, bluish or yellowish shell, produced by the tropical plant Caesalpinia (nickar tree)
- nicker — a person or thing that nicks.
- nitric — containing nitrogen, usually in the pentavalent state.
- nordic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a Germanic people of northern European origin, exemplified by the Scandinavians.
- norice — Obsolete form of nurse.
- octroi — (formerly especially in France and Italy) a local tax levied on certain articles, such as foodstuffs, on their entry into a city.
- oniric — Alternative form of oneiric.
- orcein — a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- orchi- — orchido- (sense 1)
- orchid — any terrestrial or epiphytic plant of the family Orchidaceae, of temperate and tropical regions, having usually showy flowers. Compare orchid family.
- orchil — a violet coloring matter obtained from certain lichens, chiefly species of Roccella.
- orchis — any orchid.
- orcish — (fantasy) Of or relating to orcs (monstrous humanoid creatures).
- orgiac — relating to an orgy
- orlich — Francisco J [frahn-sees-kaw] /frɑnˈsis kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1906–69, Costa Rican engineer and statesman: president 1962–66.
- orphic — of or relating to Orpheus.
- parica — a snuff used by certain Indians of South America containing dimethyltryptamine and other hallucinogenic agents, obtained from the seeds of the tree Piptadenia peregrina.
- peirce — Benjamin, 1809–80, U.S. mathematician.
- permic — a subfamily of Finnic, comprising the modern languages Udmurt and Komi, spoken in northeastern European Russia, and fragmentary attestations of an earlier language (Old Permic) dating from the 15th century.
- picara — a woman who is a rogue or vagabond.
- picard — Charles Émile [sharl ey-meel] /ʃarl eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1856–1941, French mathematician.
- picaro — a rogue or vagabond.
- picker — someone or something that picks.
- picric — of or derived from picric acid.
- picro- — bitter
- pictor — a faint constellation in the S hemisphere lying between Dorado and Carina
- piecer — a person whose occupation is the joining together of pieces or threads, as in textile work.
- pierce — to penetrate into or run through (something), as a sharp, pointed dagger, object, or instrument does.
- piercy — Marge, born 1936, U.S. poet and novelist.
- pincer — insect, crab: claws
- piracy — software piracy
- precis — a concise summary.
- pricer — (especially in retail stores) an employee who establishes prices at which articles will be sold, or one who affixes price tags to merchandise.
- pricey — expensive or unduly expensive: a pricey wine.
- pricky — prickly.
- prince — a treatise on statecraft (1513) by Niccolò Machiavelli.
- psoric — a cure for psora
- rachis — Botany. the axis of an inflorescence when somewhat elongated, as in a raceme. (in a pinnately compound leaf or frond) the prolongation of the petiole along which the leaflets are disposed. any of various axial structures.
- racial — of or relating to the social construct of race: racial diversity; racial stereotypes.
- racier — slightly improper or indelicate; suggestive; risqué.
- racily — slightly improper or indelicate; suggestive; risqué.
- racine — Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- racing — a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- racino — a combined racetrack and casino
- racism — a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human racial groups determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to dominate others or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.