6-letter words containing i, r, e
- probie — a probationer, especially a firefighter who has recently joined a department.
- protei — plural of proteus (def 3).
- pterin — any of a group of substances which occur naturally as insect pigments
- purine — a white, crystalline compound, C 5 H 4 N 4 , from which is derived a group of compounds including uric acid, xanthine, and caffeine.
- pyrite — a very common brass-yellow mineral, iron disulfide, FeS 2 , with a metallic luster, burned to sulfur dioxide in the manufacture of sulfuric acid: chemically similar to marcasite, but crystallizing in the isometric system.
- quired — Simple past tense and past participle of quire.
- quires — a set of 24 uniform sheets of paper.
- quiver — a case for holding or carrying arrows.
- rabies — an infectious disease of dogs, cats, and other animals, transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected animal and usually fatal if prophylactic treatment is not administered: caused by an RNA virus of the rhabdovirus group; hydrophobia.
- racier — slightly improper or indelicate; suggestive; risqué.
- racine — Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- raetia — Rhaetia
- raetic — an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- raided — a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed: a police raid on a gambling ring.
- raider — a person or thing that raids.
- railed — a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- railer — to utter bitter complaint or vehement denunciation (often followed by at or against): to rail at fate.
- rained — water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter. Compare drizzle (def 6).
- rainey — Gertrude ("Ma") 1886–1939, U.S. blues singer.
- raised — fashioned or made as a surface design in relief.
- raiser — to move to a higher position; lift up; elevate: to raise one's hand; sleepy birds raising their heads and looking about.
- ranine — of, relating to, or resembling a frog
- rapier — a small sword, especially of the 18th century, having a narrow blade and used for thrusting.
- rapine — the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- ratine — a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- ratite — having a flat, unkeeled sternum, as an ostrich, cassowary, emu, or moa.
- ravine — a narrow steep-sided valley commonly eroded by running water.
- razzie — any of several gold-plated ornamental raspberries awarded annually in the United States by the Golden Raspberry Award Foundation for films or acting performances in films considered to be the worst of the year
- re-bid — to bid again, for example in a card game such as bridge
- reagin — Also called Wassermann antibody. an antibody formed in response to syphilis and reactive with cardiolipin in various blood tests for the disease.
- realia — real-life facts and material used in teaching
- rebait — food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- rebill — to bill or charge (someone or something) again
- rebind — fasten together again
- rebite — to give (a printing plate or a particular area of a printing plate) another application of acid in order to cause further cutting
- rechie — smoky
- rechip — to put a new chip into (a stolen mobile phone) so it can be reused
- recife — a state in NE Brazil. 38,000 sq. mi. (98,420 sq. km). Capital: Recife.
- recipe — suspension
- recite — to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner: to recite a lesson.
- recoil — to draw back; start or shrink back, as in alarm, horror, or disgust.
- recoin — a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- recti- — straight or right
- redfin — any of various small freshwater minnows with red fins, especially a shiner, Notropis umbratilis, of streams in central North America.
- redial — Also, re-dial. to dial again.
- reduit — a military construction which troops use to defend themselves while holding out an attack
- reedit — to supervise or direct the preparation of (a newspaper, magazine, book, etc.); serve as editor of; direct the editorial policies of.
- reemit — to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- refile — legal: resubmit
- refill — a material, supply, or the like, to replace something that has been used up: a refill for a prescription.