6-letter words containing f, r, i
- purify — to make pure; free from anything that debases, pollutes, adulterates, or contaminates: to purify metals.
- raffia — a fiber obtained from the leaves of the raffia palm, used for tying plants and other objects and for making mats, baskets, hats, and the like.
- ramify — have complex branches
- rarify — rarefy
- ratfiv — (language) An enhancement to the RATFOR programming language, developed by Bill Wood while at the Institute for Cancer Research (Philadelphia PA, now the Fox Chase Cancer Center) in 1980-1981. RATFIV was released on several DECUS (Digital Equipment Corporation User's Group) tapes for VAX/VMS. Among its enhancements were: optional Fortan 77 output, an enhanced Format statement and enhanced macros.
- ratify — to confirm by expressing consent, approval, or formal sanction: to ratify a constitutional amendment.
- recife — a state in NE Brazil. 38,000 sq. mi. (98,420 sq. km). Capital: Recife.
- redfin — any of various small freshwater minnows with red fins, especially a shiner, Notropis umbratilis, of streams in central North America.
- refile — legal: resubmit
- refill — a material, supply, or the like, to replace something that has been used up: a refill for a prescription.
- refilm — to film again
- refind — to come upon by chance; meet with: He found a nickel in the street.
- refine — to bring to a fine or a pure state; free from impurities: to refine metal, sugar, or petroleum.
- refire — to fire (a weapon) again
- regift — an unwanted gift that is given away.
- relief — prominence, distinctness, or vividness due to contrast.
- resift — to sift again
- rid of — to clear, disencumber, or free of something objectionable (usually followed by of): I want to rid the house of mice. In my opinion, you'd be wise to rid yourself of the smoking habit.
- riffed — rif.
- riffle — a rapid, as in a stream.
- rifled — a shoulder firearm with spiral grooves cut in the inner surface of the gun barrel to give the bullet a rotatory motion and thus a more precise trajectory.
- rifles — a unit of soldiers equipped with rifles
- riflip — RFLP.
- rifted — an opening made by splitting, cleaving, etc.; fissure; cleft; chink.
- ripoff — an act or instance of ripping off another or others; a theft, cheat, or swindle.
- roofie — a dose of the sedative flunitrazepam, especially in tablet form.
- rosbif — a term used in France for an English person
- rubify — to make red; redden: a distant fire that rubified the sky.
- safari — a journey or expedition, for hunting, exploration, or investigation, especially in eastern Africa.
- sharif — a male given name: from an Arabic word meaning “exalted.”.
- sherif — a governor of Mecca descended from Muhammad.
- shrift — the imposition of penance by a priest on a penitent after confession.
- sifter — a person or thing that sifts.
- strife — vigorous or bitter conflict, discord, or antagonism: to be at strife.
- strift — a struggle
- surfie — a young person whose main interest is in surfing, esp when considered as a cult figure
- tariff — an official list or table showing the duties or customs imposed by a government on imports or exports.
- thrift — economical management; economy; frugality.
- titfer — hat.
- trifid — cleft into three parts or lobes.
- trifle — an article or thing of very little value.
- unfair — not fair; not conforming to approved standards, as of justice, honesty, or ethics: an unfair law; an unfair wage policy.
- unfirm — soft or unsteady
- verify — to prove the truth of, as by evidence or testimony; confirm; substantiate: Events verified his prediction.
- xeriff — (obsolete) A gold coin once current in Egypt and Turkey.
- Ælfric — called Grammaticus. ?955–?1020, English abbot, writer, and grammarian