5-letter words containing i, r, s
- sapir — Edward, 1884–1939, U.S. anthropologist and linguist, born in Germany.
- sarai — an earlier name of Sarah. Gen. 17:15.
- sarin — Sarin is an extremely poisonous gas that is used in chemical weapons.
- sarpi — Paolo (ˈpaolo), real name Pietro Soave Polano. 1552–1623, Italian scholar, theologian, and patriot, who championed the Venetian republic in its dispute with Pope Paul V, arguing against papal absolutism and for the separation of church and state
- scrim — a cotton or linen fabric of open weave used for bunting, curtains, etc.
- scrip — a prescription, as for a drug.
- sehri — a meal eaten before sunrise by Muslims during Ramadan
- serai — (in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- seric — made of silk; silken
- serif — a smaller line used to finish off a main stroke of a letter, as at the top and bottom of M.
- serin — a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- shair — a person, especially a poet, endowed with unique perception or insight.
- shari — Also, Chari. a river in N central Africa, flowing NW from the Central African Republic into Lake Chad. 1400 miles (2254 km) long.
- shier — bashful; retiring.
- shire — a river in SE Africa, flowing S from Lake Malawi to the Zambezi River. 370 miles (596 km) long.
- shirk — to evade (work, duty, responsibility, etc.).
- shirr — to draw up or gather (cloth or the like) on three or more parallel threads.
- shirt — a long- or short-sleeved garment for the upper part of the body, usually lightweight and having a collar and a front opening.
- shiur — a lesson, esp one in which a passage of the Talmud is studied together by a group of people
- sider — one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- sidra — Gulf of, an inlet of the Mediterranean, on the N coast of Libya.
- sieur — sir
- siirt — a city in SE Turkey, E of Diyarbekir.
- siker — safe from danger; secure.
- sikra — sikhara.
- siler — a utensil for straining milk
- simar — Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- siper — (of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- sir's — a respectful or formal term of address used to a man: No, sir.
- sirds — Single Image Random Dot Stereogram
- sired — the male parent of a quadruped.
- siree — (used as an intensive with no or yes): Will I go there again? No, sirree!
- siren — Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- siret — a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- siris — lebbek (def 1).
- sirts — Single Image Random Text Stereogram. (Or ASCII stereogram).
- sirup — to bring to the form or consistency of syrup.
- sitar — a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- sixer — a cardinal number, five plus one.
- sizar — (at Cambridge University and at Trinity College, Dublin) an undergraduate who receives maintenance aid from the college.
- sizer — (at Cambridge University and at Trinity College, Dublin) an undergraduate who receives maintenance aid from the college.
- skier — a person who skis.
- skirl — to play the bagpipe.
- skirr — to go rapidly; fly; scurry.
- skirt — the part of a gown, dress, slip, or coat that extends downward from the waist.
- skrik — South African. a sudden fright or panic.
- slier — a comparative of sly.
- slirp — (networking, tool) A SLIP emulator by Danny Gasparovski, faster than TIA. Version: 0.95H 12 Sep 95.
- smirk — to smile in an affected, smug, or offensively familiar way.
- speir — to ask; inquire