6-letter words containing o, r, s, i
- nitros — Chemistry. containing the nitro group.
- no sir — expressing polite negation
- norias — Plural form of noria.
- norris — Charles Gilman, 1881–1945, U.S. novelist and editor.
- ogrish — a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- ogrism — a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- oilers — Plural form of oiler.
- orbits — the curved path, usually elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body, as the sun.
- orchis — any orchid.
- orcish — (fantasy) Of or relating to orcs (monstrous humanoid creatures).
- orexis — the affective and conative character of mental activity as contrasted with its cognitive aspect; the appetitive aspect of an act.
- orgies — Plural form of orgy.
- oribis — Plural form of oribi.
- oriels — Plural form of oriel.
- orisha — A divine entity that possesses the supernatural capability of reflecting some of the manifestations of Ol\u00f3d\u00f9mar\u00e8.
- orison — a prayer.
- orissa — a state in E India. 60,136 sq. mi. (155,752 sq. km). Capital: Bhubaneshwar.
- orsini — an Italian aristocratic family that was prominent in Rome from the 12th to the 18th century
- osiers — Plural form of osier.
- osiery — An osier bed.
- osiris — the king and judge of the dead, the husband and brother of Isis, and father (or brother) of Horus, killed by Set but later resurrected (after Horus killed Set): usually depicted as a man, partly wrapped as a mummy, having a beard and wearing the atef-crown.
- poiser — a person or thing that poises.
- porism — a type of mathematical proposition considered by Euclid, the meaning of which is now obscure. It is thought to be a proposition affirming the possibility of finding such conditions as will render a certain problem indeterminate or capable of innumerable solutions
- prison — a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
- prosit — good health! cheers!
- psoric — a cure for psora
- resoil — to replace topsoil, especially that lost by erosion.
- ribose — a white, crystalline, water-soluble, slightly sweet solid, C 5 H 1 0 O 5 , a pentose sugar obtained by the hydrolysis of RNA.
- riboso — rebozo.
- rigors — strictness, severity, or harshness, as in dealing with people.
- rimose — full of crevices, chinks, or cracks.
- rimous — full of crevices, chinks, or cracks.
- ripost — a quick, sharp return in speech or action; counterstroke: a brilliant riposte to an insult.
- romish — of or relating to Rome as the center of the Roman Catholic Church.
- rosbif — a term used in France for an English person
- roscid — dewy
- rosily — with a rosy color.
- rosina — a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- rosita — a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- sailor — a person whose occupation is sailing or navigation; mariner.
- satori — sudden enlightenment.
- savior — a person who saves, rescues, or delivers: the savior of the country.
- sbirro — a police officer in Italy
- scoria — Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
- seisor — a person who takes seisin
- seizor — a person who takes possession of a freehold estate
- senior — older or elder (designating the older of two men bearing the same name, as a father whose son is named after him, often written as Sr. or sr. following the name): I'd like to speak with the senior Mr. Hansen, please. I'm privileged to introduce Mr. Edward Andrew Hansen, Sr. Compare junior (def 1).
- serlio — Sebastiano 1475–1554, Italian architect and painter, best known for his treatise Complete Works on Architecture and Perspective (1537–75), the first to set out the principles of classical architecture and to give rules for their application
- signor — a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a man, either used separately or prefixed to the name. Abbreviation: Sig., sig.
- simorg — a wise, bird-like creature in Persian myth