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6-letter words containing i, r, a

  • laurie — a female given name, form of Laura.
  • laurin — (chemistry) A white crystalline substance extracted from the fruit of the bay (Laurus nobilis), and consisting of a complex mixture of glycerin ethers of several organic acids.
  • lazier — averse or disinclined to work, activity, or exertion; indolent.
  • leiria — a city in central Portugal: site of the first printing press in Portugal (1466). Pop: 119 870 (2001)
  • lerida — a city in NE Spain.
  • liards — Plural form of liard.
  • libera — an ancient Italian goddess of wine, vineyards, and fertility and the wife of Liber, in later times identified with Persephone.
  • librae — Plural form of libra.
  • libral — (obsolete) Of a pound in weight.
  • libran — a person born under the sign of Libra
  • lidars — Plural form of lidar.
  • linear — of, consisting of, or using lines: linear design.
  • lisgar — Sir John Young, 1807–76, Canadian political leader: governor general 1869–72.
  • lizard — a promontory in SW Cornwall, in SW England: the southernmost point in England.
  • lorain — a port in N Ohio, on Lake Erie.
  • lorica — Zoology. a hard protective case or sheath, as the protective coverings secreted by certain protists.
  • maariv — the Jewish religious service conducted every evening.
  • madrid — a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Capital: Madrid.
  • maftir — the concluding section of the portion of the Torah chanted or read in a Jewish service on the Sabbath and festivals.
  • maigre — containing neither flesh nor its juices, as food permissible on days of religious abstinence.
  • mailer — letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system: Storms delayed delivery of the mail.
  • maimer — Agent noun of maim; one who maims.
  • mainer — a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
  • mainor — (legal, UK, obsolete) A stolen article found on the person of the thief.
  • mandir — (Hinduism) A Hindu temple.
  • manoir — A type of manor or country house.
  • marabi — A lively music genre from South Africa.
  • marais — a swamp or bayou.
  • marcia — a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “warlike.”.
  • marcie — a female given name, form of Marcia.
  • margie — a female given name, form of Margaret.
  • margin — the space around the printed or written matter on a page.
  • marian — of or relating to the Virgin Mary.
  • marias — a female given name, form of Mary.
  • mariel — a city and seaport of Cuba, on the W coast, SW of Havana.
  • marina — a town in W California.
  • marine — of or relating to the sea; existing in or produced by the sea: marine vegetation.
  • marini — Giambattista [jahm-baht-tees-tah] /ˌdʒɑm bɑtˈtis tɑ/ (Show IPA), Also, Marino [muh-ree-noh;; Italian mah-ree-naw] /məˈri noʊ;; Italian mɑˈri nɔ/ (Show IPA), ("il Cavalier Marino") 1569–1625, Italian poet.
  • marino — Daniel Constantine ("Dan") born 1961, U.S. football player.
  • marion — Francis ("the Swamp Fox") 1732?–95, American Revolutionary general.
  • marish — a marsh.
  • marist — a member of a religious order founded in Lyons, France, in 1816 for missionary and educational work in the name of the Virgin Mary.
  • marius — Gaius, c155–86 b.c, Roman general and consul: opponent of Lucius Cornelius Sulla.
  • mark i — (computer)   (Or "Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator", "ASCC") A first generation computer that was designed by Howard Aiken of Harvard University, taking inspiration from Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine. The Mark I, as the Harvard University staff called it, was built by IBM between 1939 to 1944. It was delivered to Harvard University and became operational in March 1944. The Mark I is considered to be the first full-sized digital computer. It was built from clutches, relays, rotating shafts and switches. It read its instructions from one paper tape and data from another. It could store 72 numbers, each of 23 decimal digits. It weighed about 4500 Kg, had 800 Km of wiring, was used only for numeric calculations, and took three seconds to carry out one multiplication. The IBM archives call it the, "...industry's largest electromechanical calculator." One of the Mark I's first programers was John von Neumann. The Mark I was retired in 1959, and disassembled. Parts are archived at Harvard in the Science Center. It was followed by the Mark II.
  • marlin — any large, saltwater game fish of the genera Makaira and Tetrapterus, having the upper jaw elongated into a spearlike structure.
  • maroni — a river in N South America, forming the border between French Guiana and Suriname, flowing N to the Atlantic Ocean: upper course called the Itany. 450 miles (724 km) long.
  • marrie — (archaic) alternative spelling of marry.
  • martin — (Oddone Colonna) 1368–1431, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1417–31.
  • marvin — a male given name.
  • mary i — ("Bloody Mary") 1516–58, queen of England 1553–58 (wife of Philip II of Spain; daughter of Henry VIII).
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