6-letter words containing i, s, r
- 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.).
- iritis — inflammation of the iris of the eye.
- irokos — Plural form of iroko.
- irtysh — a river in central Asia, flowing NW from the Altai Mountains in China through NE Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation to the Ob River. About 1840 miles (2960 km) long.
- ishtar — the Assyrian and Babylonian goddess of love and war, identified with the Phoenician Astarte, the Semitic Ashtoreth, and the Sumerian Inanna.
- isidor — a male given name.
- isobar — Meteorology. a line drawn on a weather map or chart that connects points at which the barometric pressure is the same.
- isomer — Chemistry. a compound displaying isomerism with one or more other compounds.
- isopor — an imaginary line on the earth's surface connecting points of equal annual change in the declination, inclination, or other components of the earth's magnetic field.
- 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.
- istria — a peninsula at the N end of the Adriatic, in SW Slovenia and W Croatia.
- jagirs — Plural form of jagir.
- jerids — Plural form of jerid.
- jervis — John, Earl St. Vincent (1735-1823), British admiral. In 1797, as commander of the British fleet, he defeated a Spanish fleet off the coast of Portugal.
- jivers — Plural form of jiver.
- juries — a group of persons sworn to render a verdict or true answer on a question or questions officially submitted to them.
- jurist — a person versed in the law, as a judge, lawyer, or scholar.
- kafirs — Plural form of kafir.
- kairos — A propitious moment for decision or action.
- kaiser — Henry J(ohn) 1882–1967, U.S. industrialist.
- kauris — Plural form of kauri.
- kermis — (in the Low Countries) a local, annual outdoor fair or festival.
- kersie — Obsolete form of kersey.
- kirbys — a male given name.
- kirsch — a fragrant, colorless, unaged brandy distilled from a fermented mash of cherries, produced especially in Germany, Switzerland, and Alsace, France.
- kisser — a person who kisses.
- kraits — Plural form of krait.
- krises — Plural form of kris.
- kukris — Plural form of kukri.
- kurtis — Plural form of kurti.
- kypris — Cypris.
- lairds — Plural form of laird.
- larisa — a city in E Thessaly, in E Greece.
- liards — Plural form of liard.
- libers — an ancient Italian god of wine and vineyards, in later times identified with Bacchus.
- lidars — Plural form of lidar.
- lifers — Plural form of lifer.
- ligers — Plural form of liger.
- likers — of the same form, appearance, kind, character, amount, etc.: I cannot remember a like instance.
- liners — Plural form of liner.
- lisgar — Sir John Young, 1807–76, Canadian political leader: governor general 1869–72.
- lisper — a speech defect consisting in pronouncing s and z like or nearly like the th- sounds of thin and this, respectively.
- lister — a border or bordering strip, usually of cloth.
- liters — Plural form of liter.
- litres — Plural form of litre.
- livers — Plural form of liver.
- locris — either of two districts in the central part of ancient Greece.
- lories — Plural form of lory.