6-letter words containing e, r, i
- cervix — The cervix is the entrance to the womb.
- cherie — dear; sweetheart: used in referring to or addressing a woman or girl.
- chicer — attractive and fashionable; stylish: a chic hat.
- chider — to express disapproval of; scold; reproach: The principal chided the children for their thoughtless pranks.
- chigre — Dated form of chigoe.
- chimer — an apparatus for striking a bell so as to produce a musical sound, as one at the front door of a house by which visitors announce their presence.
- chirre — (obsolete) To coo like a pigeon.
- cibber — Colley (ˈkɒlɪ). 1671–1757, English actor and dramatist; poet laureate (1730–57)
- cicero — a measure for type that is somewhat larger than the pica
- ciders — Plural form of cider.
- cidery — of or relating to cider
- cierge — A wax candle used in religious rites.
- Çiller — Tansu (ˈtænzuː). born 1945, Turkish politician; first female prime minister (1993–96)
- cimier — the crest of a helmet
- cinder — a piece of incombustible material left after the combustion of coal, coke, etc; clinker
- cipher — A cipher is a secret system of writing that you use to send messages.
- circle — A circle is a shape consisting of a curved line completely surrounding an area. Every part of the line is the same distance from the centre of the area.
- cirque — a semicircular or crescent-shaped basin with steep sides and a gently sloping floor formed in mountainous regions by the erosive action of a glacier
- cither — cittern
- claire — a feminine name
- cleric — A cleric is a member of the clergy.
- clerid — a beetle that preys on other insects
- cliver — (obsolete, or, dialectal) clever.
- cofire — Alternative spelling of co-fire.
- coheir — a person who inherits jointly with others
- coiner — A person who coins money, in particular a maker of counterfeit coins.
- copier — A copier is a machine which makes exact copies of writing or pictures on paper, usually by a photographic process.
- corbie — a crow or raven
- coreid — (zoology) Any member of the Coreidae.
- correi — Plural form of correus.
- corrie — a round hollow in a hillside
- cosier — a cobbler
- courie — to nestle or snuggle
- cowrie — any marine gastropod mollusc of the mostly tropical family Cypraeidae, having a glossy brightly marked shell with an elongated opening
- cozier — a cobbler
- credit — If you are allowed credit, you are allowed to pay for goods or services several weeks or months after you have received them.
- cretic — a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, the first long, the second short, and the third long (– ◡ –)
- cretin — If you call someone a cretin, you think they are very stupid.
- crevis — (UK, dialect) The crayfish.
- crible — dotted
- criers — Plural form of crier.
- crieth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cry.
- crikey — Some people say crikey in order to express surprise, especially at something unpleasant.
- crimea — a peninsula between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, disputed between Ukraine and Russia: a former autonomous republic of the Soviet Union (1921–54); part of the Ukrainian SSR from (1954–1991); an autonomous republic of independent Ukraine (1991–2014); annexation by Russia in 2014 not recognized internationally. Capital: Simferopol. Pop: 1 966 801 (2014 est)
- crimen — a crime
- crimes — Plural form of crime.
- cringe — If you cringe at something, you feel embarrassed or disgusted, and perhaps show this feeling in your expression or by making a slight movement.
- cripes — an expression of surprise
- crises — crisis.
- cruise — A cruise is a holiday during which you travel on a ship or boat and visit a number of places.