6-letter words containing m, r, s
- grimes — dirt, soot, or other filthy matter, especially adhering to or embedded in a surface.
- grooms — Plural form of groom.
- grumps — Plural form of grump.
- harems — Plural form of harem.
- hermes — the ancient Greek herald and messenger of the gods and the god of roads, commerce, invention, cunning, and theft. Compare Mercury (def 3).
- homers — Plural form of homer.
- humors — Plural form of humor.
- imbros — a Turkish island in the NE Aegean Sea, west of the Gallipoli Peninsula: occupied by Greece (1912–14) and Britain (1914–23). Area: 280 sq km (108 sq miles)
- impros — Plural form of impro.
- isomer — Chemistry. a compound displaying isomerism with one or more other compounds.
- jumars — Plural form of jumar.
- karmas — Plural form of karma.
- kermes — a red dye formerly prepared from the dried bodies of the females of a scale insect, Kermes ilices, which lives on small, evergreen oaks of the Mediterranean region.
- kermis — (in the Low Countries) a local, annual outdoor fair or festival.
- kormas — Plural form of korma.
- lamers — Plural form of lamer.
- lemurs — Plural form of lemur.
- lyrism — lyricism.
- m star — a relatively cool, red star, as Antares or Betelgeuse, having a surface temperature of less than 3600 K and an absorption spectrum dominated by molecular bands, especially titanium oxide.
- macers — Plural form of macer.
- macros — Plural form of macro.
- madras — former name of Chennai.
- majors — Plural form of major.
- makers — Plural form of maker.
- mamers — Mars.
- manors — Plural form of manor.
- mansur — (ʿAbdullāh al-Mansūr) a.d. 712?–775, Arab caliph 754–775: founder of Baghdad 764.
- marais — a swamp or bayou.
- marass — a city in S Turkey, near the Taurus mountain range.
- marcos — Ferdinand E(dralin) [ed-ruh-lin] /ˈɛd rə lɪn/ (Show IPA), 1917–1989, Philippine political leader: president 1965–86.
- marcus — Saint. Also, Mark. died a.d. 336, pope 336.
- marias — a female given name, form of Mary.
- marish — a marsh.
- marist — a member of a religious order founded in Lyons, France, in 1816 for missionary and educational work in the name of the Virgin Mary.
- marius — Gaius, c155–86 b.c, Roman general and consul: opponent of Lucius Cornelius Sulla.
- markes — Plural form of marke.
- marsha — a female given name.
- marshy — like a marsh; soft and wet; boggy.
- masers — Plural form of maser.
- maseru — a monarchy in S Africa: formerly a British protectorate; gained independence 1966; member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 11,716 sq. mi. (30,344 sq. km). Capital: Maseru.
- masher — a man who makes advances, especially to women he does not know, with a view to physical intimacy.
- masker — a person who masks; a person who takes part in a masque.
- masora — a collection of critical and explanatory notes on the Hebrew text of the Old Testament, compiled from the 7th? to 10th centuries a.d. and traditionally accepted as an authoritative exegetic guide, chiefly in matters of pronunciation and grammar.
- masser — (obsolete) A priest who celebrates Mass.
- master — botmaster
- maters — British Informal. mother1 .
- matres — Plural form of mater.
- mauser — Peter Paul, 1838–1914, and his brother, Wilhelm, 1834–82, German inventors of firearms.
- mavors — Mars.
- mayors — Plural form of mayor.