6-letter words containing i, s, r
- spires — a coil or spiral.
- spiric — a type of curve
- spirit — the principle of conscious life; the vital principle in humans, animating the body or mediating between body and soul.
- spiro- — indicating breath or respiration
- spirts — to gush or issue suddenly in a stream or jet, as a liquid; spout.
- spraid — chapped
- sprain — to overstrain or wrench (the ligaments of an ankle, wrist, or other joint) so as to injure without fracture or dislocation.
- sprier — active; nimble; agile; energetic; brisk.
- spring — String PRocessING language
- sprint — to race or move at full speed, especially for a short distance, as in running, rowing, etc.
- sprite — an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- sprits — a small pole or spar crossing a fore-and-aft sail diagonally from the mast to the upper aftermost corner, serving to extend the sail.
- spritz — to spray briefly and quickly; squirt: He spritzed a little soda in his drink.
- spruik — to make or give a speech, especially extensively or elaborately; spiel; orate.
- spruit — (in southern Africa) a small stream.
- sqribe — (company) The company formerly known as MITI which bought SQR from Sybase.
- squire — (in England) a country gentleman, especially the chief landed proprietor in a district.
- squirm — to wriggle or writhe.
- squirt — to eject liquid in a jet from a narrow orifice: The hose squirted all over us.
- stairs — one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- steric — of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- stirps — a stock; family or branch of a family; line of descent.
- stiver — Also, stuiver. a former nickel coin of the Netherlands, equal to five Dutch cents.
- strain — to draw tight or taut, especially to the utmost tension; stretch to the full: to strain a rope.
- strait — Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
- strati — a cloud of a class characterized by a gray, horizontal layer with a uniform base, found at a lower altitude than altostratus, usually below 8000 feet (2400 meters).
- striae — a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement: striae of muscle fiber.
- strich — the screech owl
- strick — a group of any of the major bast fibers, as flax or jute, prepared for conversion into sliver form.
- strict — characterized by or acting in close conformity to requirements or principles: a strict observance of rituals.
- stride — to walk with long steps, as with vigor, haste, impatience, or arrogance.
- strife — vigorous or bitter conflict, discord, or antagonism: to be at strife.
- strift — a struggle
- strike — to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
- strine — Australian English.
- string — a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- stripe — a stroke with a whip, rod, etc., as in punishment.
- stript — a simple past tense and past participle of strip1 .
- stripy — having or marked with stripes.
- strive — to exert oneself vigorously; try hard: He strove to make himself understood.
- styria — a province in SE Austria: formerly a duchy. 6327 sq. mi. (16,385 sq. km). Capital: Graz.
- suiter — a piece of luggage for carrying suits and dresses
- suitor — a man who courts or woos a woman.
- surfie — a young person whose main interest is in surfing, esp when considered as a cult figure
- surimi — a paste of inexpensive fish shaped, colored, and flavored in imitation of lobster meat, crabmeat, etc.
- swiler — (in Newfoundland) a seal hunter
- swiper — a person who deals a swipe
- swirly — swirling, whirling, or twisted.
- syriac — a form of Aramaic used by various Eastern Churches.
- syrian — of or relating to Syria or its inhabitants.