6-letter words containing o, s, i
- polish — to make smooth and glossy, especially by rubbing or friction: to polish a brass doorknob.
- popish — of, relating to, or characteristic of the Roman Catholic Church.
- 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
- posies — a flower, nosegay, or bouquet.
- posing — to assume a particular attitude or stance, especially with the hope of impressing others: He likes to pose as an authority on literature.
- possie — a job; position.
- postie — A postie is a postman.
- postil — a commentary or marginal note, as in a Bible
- potosi — a city in S Bolivia: formerly a rich silver-mining center. 13,022 feet (3970 meters) above sea level.
- prison — a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
- prosit — good health! cheers!
- psocid — any of numerous minute winged insects of the family Psocidae (order Psocoptera), including most of the common barklice, having mouth parts adapted for chewing and feeding on fungi, lichens, algae, decaying plant material, etc., and occurring on the bark of trees and the leaves of plants.
- psoric — a cure for psora
- ptosis — a drooping of the upper eyelid.
- putois — a brush to paint pottery
- pyosis — the formation of pus; suppuration.
- quoins — an external solid angle of a wall or the like.
- quoits — quoits, (used with a singular verb) a game in which rings of rope or flattened metal are thrown at an upright peg, the object being to encircle it or come as close to it as possible.
- 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.
- sagoin — a South American monkey
- saigon — a former country in SE Asia that comprised Vietnam S of about 17° N latitude; a separate state 1954–75; now part of reunified Vietnam. Capital: Saigon.
- 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.
- savoie — a department in E France. 2389 sq. mi. (6185 sq. km). Capital: Chambéry.
- sbirro — a police officer in Italy
- schizo — a schizophrenic or schizoid person.
- scioto — a river in central Ohio, flowing S to the Ohio River. 237 miles (382 km) long.
- scipio — Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Major [puhb-lee-uh s kawr-neel-yuh s,, af-ri-key-nuh s,, -kan-uh s,, -kahn-] /ˈpʌb li əs kɔrˈnil yəs,, ˌæf rɪˈkeɪ nəs,, -ˈkæn əs,, -ˈkɑn-/ (Show IPA), ("Scipio the Elder") 237–183 b.c, Roman general who defeated Hannibal.
- scoria — Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
- scotia — Scotland.
- scotti — Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1936, Italian baritone.
- seboim — Zeboim.
- 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
- shiloh — a national park in SW Tennessee: Civil War battle 1862.