6-letter words containing k, i, r
- quirky — having or full of quirks.
- raking — inclination or slope away from the perpendicular or the horizontal.
- rakish — smart; jaunty; dashing: a hat worn at a rakish angle.
- rankin — Jeannette, 1880–1973, U.S. women's-rights leader and pacifist: first woman elected to Congress; served 1917–19, 1941–43.
- reknit — to make (a garment, fabric, etc.) by interlocking loops of one or more yarns either by hand with knitting needles or by machine.
- relink — to link or connect again
- reskin — to replace or repair the exterior surface or coating of: The space shuttle had to be reskinned before returning to service.
- resnik — Regina, 1922–2013, U.S. mezzo-soprano.
- ricker — Also, hayrick. Chiefly Midland U.S. a large, usually rectangular stack or pile of hay, straw, corn, or the like, in a field, especially when thatched or covered by a tarpaulin; an outdoor or makeshift mow.
- ricket — a mistake
- rickey — a drink made with lime juice, carbonated water, and gin or other liquor.
- rickle — an unsteady or shaky structure, esp a dilapidated building
- rickly — run-down or rickety
- rijeka — a seaport in W Croatia, on the Adriatic.
- ripken — Calvin Edward, Jr ("Cal"; "Iron Man") born 1960, U.S. baseball player.
- risker — exposure to the chance of injury or loss; a hazard or dangerous chance: It's not worth the risk.
- rookie — an athlete playing his or her first season as a member of a professional sports team: The rookie replaced the injured regular at first base.
- rumaki — a dish of chicken liver and sliced water chestnuts wrapped in bacon
- rumkin — a drinking vessel
- ruskin — John, 1819–1900, English author, art critic, and social reformer.
- russki — a contemptuous term used to refer to a Russian.
- rybnik — a city in S Poland, in Katowice province,on the Nacyna River.
- ryurik — Rurik.
- scrike — to shriek
- serkin — Rudolf [roo-dolf;; German roo-dawlf] /ˈru dɒlf;; German ˈruˌdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1903–91, U.S. pianist, born in Bohemia.
- shikar — the hunting of game for sport.
- shriek — a loud, sharp, shrill cry.
- shrike — any of numerous predaceous oscine birds of the family Laniidae, having a strong, hooked, and toothed bill, feeding on insects and sometimes on small birds and other animals: the members of certain species impale their prey on thorns or suspend it from the branches of trees to tear it apart more easily, and are said to kill more than is necessary for them to eat.
- shrink — to draw back, as in retreat or avoidance: to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.
- sicker — afflicted with ill health or disease; ailing.
- sinker — a person or thing that sinks.
- sirkar — a government
- skíros — a Greek island in the W Aegean: the largest island of the Northern Sporades. 81 sq. mi. (210 sq. km).
- skiver — a person or thing that skives.
- skrike — to cry
- smirky — resembling a smirk
- spiker — a pointed, perforated tube connected to a garden hose, pushed into the soil for deep watering.
- spruik — to make or give a speech, especially extensively or elaborately; spiel; orate.
- strick — a group of any of the major bast fibers, as flax or jute, prepared for conversion into sliver form.
- strike — to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
- tarski — Alfred, 1902–1983, U.S. mathematician and logician, born in Poland.
- ticker — a telegraphic receiving instrument that automatically prints stock prices, market reports, etc., on a paper tape.
- tikrit — a town in N central Iraq on the River Tigris; birthplace of Saladin and Saddam Hussein. Pop: 28 900 (2002 est)
- tinker — a mender of pots, kettles, pans, etc., usually an itinerant.
- tricks — a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.
- tricky — given to or characterized by deceitful tricks; crafty; wily.
- troika — a Russian carriage, wagon, or sleigh drawn by a team of three horses abreast.
- tugrik — an aluminum-bronze or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of the Mongolian People's Republic, equal to 100 mongo.
- turkic — a family of closely related languages of southwest, central, and northern Asia and eastern Europe, including Turkish, Azerbaijani, Turkmen, Uzbek, Kirghiz, and Yakut.
- uakari — any of several medium-sized, tree-dwelling Amazon basin monkeys of the genus Cacajao, the only New World monkeys having a short tail: all are now rare.