6-letter words containing o, s, i
- shinto — Also, Shintoism. the native religion of Japan, primarily a system of nature and ancestor worship.
- shippo — Japanese cloisonné-enamel work on metal or porcelain
- shivoo — a boisterous party or celebration.
- siabon — a hybrid animal bred from a gibbon and a siamang.
- sialon — a very strong, corrosion-resistant ceramic used in the chemical industry
- sicyon — an ancient city in S Greece, near Corinth.
- sidamo — a member of a people in SW Ethiopia.
- sifnos — a Greek island in the SW Aegean Sea, in the Cyclades group: gold and silver mines. 28 sq. mi. (75 sq. km).
- sigloi — a silver coin of ancient Persia, the 20th part of a daric.
- siglos — a silver coin of ancient Persia, the 20th part of a daric.
- 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.
- siloam — a spring and pool near Jerusalem. John 9:7.
- siloed — a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- silone — Ignazio [ee-nyah-tsyaw] /iˈnyɑ tsyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Secondo Tranquilli) 1900–78, Italian author.
- simcoe — a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada.
- simeon — a son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 29:33.
- simone — (language) A simulation language by A. Hoare et al. based on Pascal.
- simony — the making of profit out of sacred things.
- simoom — a strong suffocating sand-laden wind of the deserts of Arabia and North Africa
- simorg — a wise, bird-like creature in Persian myth
- sindon — cloth of fine linen or silk, used especially for shrouds.
- sinope — a natural satellite of the planet Jupiter.
- siouan — an American Indian language family formerly widespread from Saskatchewan to the lower Mississippi, also found in the Virginia and Carolina piedmont, and including Catawba, Crow, Dakota, Hidatsa, Mandan, Osage, and Winnebago.
- siphon — a tube or conduit bent into legs of unequal length, for use in drawing a liquid from one container into another on a lower level by placing the shorter leg into the container above and the longer leg into the one below, the liquid being forced up the shorter leg and into the longer one by the pressure of the atmosphere.
- siprol — Signal Processing Language. A DSP language.
- sissoo — an Indian tree, Dalbergia sissoo, prized for its timber
- sit on — to rest with the body supported by the buttocks or thighs; be seated.
- sitbol — (language) A SNOBOL4 interpreter for the PDP-10.
- sitcom — situation comedy.
- skibob — a winter-sport vehicle for riding downhill over snow, often used at mountain resorts, that runs on a fixed ski and has a much shorter, pivoting front ski steered by handlebars, with the rider sitting as on a bicycle and usually wearing miniskis to assist in balancing the vehicle.
- skíros — a Greek island in the W Aegean: the largest island of the Northern Sporades. 81 sq. mi. (210 sq. km).
- skokie — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- smokie — a smoked haddock
- sobeit — provided that
- social — relating to, devoted to, or characterized by friendly companionship or relations: a social club.
- socio- — Socio- is used to form adjectives and nouns which describe or refer to things relating to or involving social factors.
- sod it — expressing exasperation
- sodaic — relating to or containing soda
- soddie — a house built of strips of sod, laid like brickwork, and used especially by settlers on the Great Plains, when timber was scarce.
- sodium — Chemistry. a soft, silver-white, metallic element that oxidizes rapidly in moist air, occurring in nature only in the combined state, and used in the synthesis of sodium peroxide, sodium cyanide, and tetraethyllead: a necessary element in the body for the maintenance of normal fluid balance and other physiological functions. Symbol: Na; atomic weight: 22.9898; atomic number: 11; specific gravity: 0.97 at 20°C.
- soffit — the underside of an architectural feature, as a beam, arch, ceiling, vault, or cornice.
- softie — softy.
- soigne — carefully or elegantly done, operated, or designed.
- soiled — to feed (confined cattle, horses, etc.) freshly cut green fodder for roughage.
- soiree — an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose: a musical soiree.
- soleri — Paolo [pou-loh] /ˈpaʊ loʊ/ (Show IPA), 1919–2013, U.S. architect, born in Italy.
- solidi — a gold coin of ancient Rome, introduced by Constantine and continued in the Byzantine Empire; bezant.
- solids — types of food that are not liquid
- soling — the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- solion — Chemistry, Electricity. a low-frequency amplifying device that operates by controlling the flow of ions in solution: some types, as the micropump, accomplish this by means of electro-osmotic pressure.