6-letter words containing i, s, r
- syrinx — Ornithology. the vocal organ of birds, situated at or near the bifurcation of the trachea into the bronchi.
- syrtis — an area of quicksand
- tarsia — intarsia.
- tarski — Alfred, 1902–1983, U.S. mathematician and logician, born in Poland.
- theirs — any male person or animal; a man: hes and shes.
- thiers — Louis Adolphe [lwee a-dawlf] /lwi aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1797–1877, French statesman: president 1871–73.
- thirds — goods of a standard lower than that of seconds
- thirst — a sensation of dryness in the mouth and throat caused by need of liquid.
- thrips — any of several minute insects of the order Thysanoptera, that have long, narrow wings fringed with hairs and that infest and feed on a wide variety of weeds and crop plants.
- tigris — a river in SW Asia, flowing SE from SE Turkey through Iraq, joining the Euphrates to form the Shatt-al-Arab. 1150 miles (1850 km) long.
- tiryns — an ancient city in Greece, in Peloponnesus: destroyed in 486 b.c. by the Argives; excavated ruins include Cyclopean walls forming part of a great fortress.
- tishri — the first month of the Jewish calendar.
- tories — a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- travis — William Barret, 1809–36, U.S. soldier: commander during the battle of the Alamo.
- trials — systematic testing
- tricks — a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.
- triens — a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- triose — a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- tripes — the first and second divisions of the stomach of a ruminant, especially oxen, sheep, or goats, used as food. Compare honeycomb tripe, plain tripe.
- tripos — (at Cambridge University, England) any of various final honors examinations.
- triste — sad; sorrowful; melancholy.
- trisul — the trident symbol of the Hindu God Siva
- truism — a self-evident, obvious truth.
- tsoris — trouble, distress, woe, misery, etc.
- tsuris — trouble; woe.
- tzuris — trouble; woe.
- uprise — to rise up; get up, as from a lying or sitting posture.
- upstir — a commotion or disturbance
- uresis — the passing of urine; urination
- urosis — a urinary disease
- ursids — any plantigrade carnivore of the family Ursidae, comprising the spectacled bear, the black, brown, and sun bears, and various extinct species that also gave rise to the giant panda of the family Ailuropodidae.
- ursine — of or relating to a bear or bears.
- ussuri — a river in E Asia, forming part of the boundary between E Manchuria and the SE Russian Federation in Asia, flowing N to the Amur River. 500 miles (805 km) long.
- varies — to change or alter, as in form, appearance, character, or substance: to vary one's methods.
- vasari — Giorgio [jawr-jaw] /ˈdʒɔr dʒɔ/ (Show IPA), 1511–74, Italian painter, architect, and art historian.
- verbis — with just so many words; in these words.
- verism — the theory that rigid representation of truth and reality is essential to art and literature, and therefore the ugly and vulgar must be included.
- verist — the theory that rigid representation of truth and reality is essential to art and literature, and therefore the ugly and vulgar must be included.
- vermis — the median lobe or division of the cerebellum.
- virose — poisonous; foul-smelling
- virtus — excellence or merit in objects of art, curios, and the like.
- visard — Archaic. a mask or visor.
- vivres — provisions
- wais-r — a group of intelligence tests, including the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) later revised (WAIS-R) the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) later revised (WISC-R) the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence (WPPSI) and the Wechsler-Bellevue Scale, no longer used, all of which emphasize performance and verbal skills and give separate scores for subtests in vocabulary, arithmetic, memory span, assembly of objects, and other abilities.
- weirds — Plural form of weird.
- weiser — (Johann) Conrad, 1696–1760, American colonial Indian agent and interpreter, born in Germany.
- werris — an act of urination
- whirls — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of whirl.
- whirrs — Plural form of whirr.
- winsor — Justin, 1831–97, U.S. librarian and historian.