6-letter words containing i, r, e
- imbrue — to stain: He refused to imbrue his hands with the blood of more killing.
- immure — to enclose within walls.
- impire — Obsolete form of umpire.
- impure — not pure; mixed with extraneous matter, especially of an inferior or contaminating nature: impure water and air.
- in rem — (of a judicial act) directed against property rather than against a specific person
- inaner — Comparative form of inane.
- inbred — naturally inherent; innate; native: her inbred grace.
- incher — something that has or is associated with a height or length of an inch or a specified number of inches (often used in combination): The flat-screen televisions are 23-inchers.
- indear — Alternative form of endear.
- indore — a former state in central India: now part of Madhya Pradesh.
- indure — Obsolete spelling of endure.
- infare — a party or reception for a newly married couple.
- infere — together; all together; in concert
- 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.
- irades — Plural form of irade.
- ireful — full of intense anger; wrathful.
- 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)
- irides — a plural of iris.
- irised — Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- irises — Plural form of iris when referring to multiple blossoms. ('Iris' is multiple for multiple plants.).
- ironed — Simple past tense and past participle of iron.
- ironer — a person or thing that irons.
- irreal — unreal.
- irreg. — irregular(ly)
- irvine — a city in SW California.
- isomer — Chemistry. a compound displaying isomerism with one or more other compounds.
- israel — a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Capital: Jerusalem.
- issuer — the act of sending out or putting forth; promulgation; distribution: the issue of food and blankets to flood victims.
- iterum — again or afresh
- jailer — a person who is in charge of a jail or section of a jail.
- jerids — Plural form of jerid.
- jerkin — a close-fitting jacket or short coat, usually sleeveless, as one of leather worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.