6-letter words containing e, i, r, n
- infers — Deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements.
- ingres — Jean Auguste Dominique [zhahn oh-gyst daw-mee-neek] /ʒɑ̃ oʊˈgüst dɔ miˈnik/ (Show IPA), 1780–1867, French painter.
- inhere — to exist permanently and inseparably in, as a quality, attribute, or element; belong intrinsically; be inherent: the advantages that inhere in a democratic system.
- injera — A white leavened Ethiopian bread made from teff flour, similar to a crepe.
- injure — to do or cause harm of any kind to; damage; hurt; impair: to injure one's hand.
- inkers — Plural form of inker.
- inlier — an outcrop of a formation completely surrounded by rocks of younger age.
- inners — Plural form of inner.
- insert — to put or place in: to insert a key in a lock.
- insure — to guarantee against loss or harm.
- inter- — Inter- combines with adjectives and nouns to form adjectives indicating that something connects two or more places, things, or groups of people. For example, inter-governmental relations are relations between governments.
- interj — Interjection.
- intern — to restrict to or confine within prescribed limits, as prisoners of war, enemy aliens, or combat troops who take refuge in a neutral country.
- inters — to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- intire — Obsolete spelling of entire.
- inured — to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to): inured to cold.
- inures — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inure.
- invert — to turn upside down.
- irenic — tending to promote peace or reconciliation; peaceful or conciliatory.
- ireton — Henry. 1611–51, English Parliamentarian general in the Civil War; son-in-law of Oliver Cromwell. His plan for a constitutional monarchy was rejected by Charles I (1647), whose death warrant he signed; lord deputy of Ireland (1650–51)
- ironed — Simple past tense and past participle of iron.
- ironer — a person or thing that irons.
- irvine — a city in SW California.
- jerkin — a close-fitting jacket or short coat, usually sleeveless, as one of leather worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- jinker — a sulky.
- joiner — a person or thing that joins.
- keiren — type of track cycling event
- keirin — a cycling race originating in Japan, in which groups of cyclists follow a pacesetter and then sprint for the last part of the race
- kerion — (medicine) A response condition to a fungal ringworm infection of the hair follicles of the scalp and beard accompanied by secondary bacterial infection, usually presenting itself as raised, spongy lesions.
- kerwin — a male given name.
- kinder — of a good or benevolent nature or disposition, as a person: a kind and loving person.
- kinger — a male sovereign or monarch; a man who holds by life tenure, and usually by hereditary right, the chief authority over a country and people.
- kinker — (circus, working class) A performer in a circus.
- knifer — Someone who sells knives.
- lanier — Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- larine — characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- lenoir — Jean Joseph Étienne [zhahn zhoh-zef ey-tyen] /ʒɑ̃ ʒoʊˈzɛf eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1822–1900, French inventor.
- lienor — (legal) A lienholder.
- lierne — an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- limner — a person who paints or draws.
- linear — of, consisting of, or using lines: linear design.
- liners — Plural form of liner.
- linger — to remain or stay on in a place longer than is usual or expected, as if from reluctance to leave: We lingered awhile after the party.
- linier — full of or marked with lines.
- linker — one of the rings or separate pieces of which a chain is composed.
- linter — linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- mainer — a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- marine — of or relating to the sea; existing in or produced by the sea: marine vegetation.
- menhir — an upright monumental stone standing either alone or with others, as in an alignment, found chiefly in Cornwall and Brittany.
- merina — a member of a Malagasy-speaking people who primarily inhabit the interior plateau of Madagascar.