6-letter words containing r, e, s, i
- resile — to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- resiny — resembling, containing, or covered with resin
- resist — to withstand, strive against, or oppose: to resist infection; to resist temptation.
- resita — an industrial city in the Banat, W Romania.
- resite — the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment: the site of our summer cabin.
- resize — to change the size of (something) to make it more suitable, etc
- 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.
- resoil — to replace topsoil, especially that lost by erosion.
- resuit — a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- revise — to amend or alter: to revise one's opinion.
- rheims — a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- rhexis — rupture, as of a blood vessel, organ, or cell.
- 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.
- riches — having wealth or great possessions; abundantly supplied with resources, means, or funds; wealthy: a rich man; a rich nation.
- rifles — a unit of soldiers equipped with rifles
- rimose — full of crevices, chinks, or cracks.
- ripest — having arrived at such a stage of growth or development as to be ready for reaping, gathering, eating, or use, as grain or fruit; completely matured.
- risker — exposure to the chance of injury or loss; a hazard or dangerous chance: It's not worth the risk.
- risque — daringly close to indelicacy or impropriety; off-color: a risqué story.
- rivers — a person who rives.
- rivets — a metal pin for passing through holes in two or more plates or pieces to hold them together, usually made with a head at one end, the other end being hammered into a head after insertion.
- rusine — of or relating to the rusa
- sailer — Anton [ahn-tohn] /ˈɑn toʊn/ (Show IPA), ("Toni") 1935–2009, Austrian skier.
- sarmie — a sandwich
- sarnie — sandwich
- satire — the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- scribe — Augustin Eugène [oh-gys-tan œ-zhen] /oʊ güsˈtɛ̃ œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), 1791–1861, French dramatist.
- scrike — to shriek
- scrine — a shrine or a bookcase
- seiner — a person who fishes with a seine.
- seisor — a person who takes seisin
- seizer — to take hold of suddenly or forcibly; grasp: to seize a weapon.
- 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).
- serbia — a republic in S Europe since 2006; includes the autonomous province of Vojvodina and claims sovereignty over the autonomous province of Kosovo, which has declared itself independent; formerly part of Yugoslavia, in the N part: a former kingdom in S Europe. 34,116 sq. mi. (88,360 sq. km). Capital: Belgrade.
- serein — fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- serial — anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- series — a group or a number of related or similar things, events, etc., arranged or occurring in temporal, spatial, or other order or succession; sequence.
- serine — a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- serkin — Rudolf [roo-dolf;; German roo-dawlf] /ˈru dɒlf;; German ˈruˌdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1903–91, U.S. pianist, born in Bohemia.
- 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
- servia — former name of Serbia.
- sevier — John, 1745–1815, U.S. Revolutionary War soldier and politician: first governor of Tennessee.
- sexier — concerned predominantly or excessively with sex; risqué: a sexy novel.
- sherif — a governor of Mecca descended from Muhammad.
- shicer — Slang. a swindler.
- shiner — a person or thing that shines.
- shirer — William Lawrence, 1904–1993, U.S. journalist, news broadcaster, and writer.
- shiver — to shake or tremble with cold, fear, excitement, etc.