6-letter words containing r, e, s, i
- shriek — a loud, sharp, shrill cry.
- shrike — any of numerous predaceous oscine birds of the family Laniidae, having a strong, hooked, and toothed bill, feeding on insects and sometimes on small birds and other animals: the members of certain species impale their prey on thorns or suspend it from the branches of trees to tear it apart more easily, and are said to kill more than is necessary for them to eat.
- shrine — a building or other shelter, often of a stately or sumptuous character, enclosing the remains or relics of a saint or other holy person and forming an object of religious veneration and pilgrimage.
- shrive — to impose penance on (a sinner).
- sibire — Russian name of Siberia.
- sicker — afflicted with ill health or disease; ailing.
- sider- — sidero-1
- sieger — a person who besieges
- sierra — a chain of hills or mountains, the peaks of which suggest the teeth of a saw.
- sifter — a person or thing that sifts.
- signer — a person who signs.
- siller — silver.
- silver — consisting of, made of, or plated with silver.
- simmer — to cook or cook in a liquid at or just below the boiling point.
- simper — to smile in a silly, self-conscious way.
- singer — Isaac Bashevis [bah-shev-is] /bɑˈʃɛv ɪs/ (Show IPA), 1904–91, U.S. novelist and short-story writer (in Yiddish), born in Poland: Nobel prize 1978.
- sinker — a person or thing that sinks.
- sinner — a person who sins; transgressor.
- sinter — siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- sipper — a person who sips.
- sirena — a female given name.
- sirens — Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- sirree — (used as an intensive with no or yes): Will I go there again? No, sirree!
- sisera — the commander of the Canaanite army of King Jabin: killed by Jael. Judges 4:17–22.
- sisler — George Harold, 1893–1973, U.S. baseball player.
- sister — a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; female sibling.
- sitrep — a military situation report
- sitter — Willem de [wil-uh m duh] /ˈwɪl əm də/ (Show IPA), 1872–1934, Dutch astronomer and mathematician.
- sizier — thick; viscous.
- skiver — a person or thing that skives.
- skrike — to cry
- slicer — a thin-bladed knife or implement used for slicing, especially food: a cheese slicer.
- slider — a person or thing that slides.
- sliver — a small, slender, often sharp piece, as of wood or glass, split, broken, or cut off, usually lengthwise or with the grain; splinter.
- smiter — to strike or hit hard, with or as with the hand, a stick, or other weapon: She smote him on the back with her umbrella.
- snider — derogatory in a nasty, insinuating manner: snide remarks about his boss.
- sniper — any of several long-billed game birds of the genera Gallinago (Capella) and Limnocryptes, inhabiting marshy areas, as G. gallinago (common snipe) of Eurasia and North America, having barred and striped white, brown, and black plumage.
- 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.
- soneri — an Indian cloth of gold
- sortie — a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- spider — any of numerous predaceous arachnids of the order Araneae, most of which spin webs that serve as nests and as traps for prey.
- spiker — a pointed, perforated tube connected to a garden hose, pushed into the soil for deep watering.
- spirea — any of various plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Spiraea, of the rose family, having clusters of small, white or pink flowers, certain species of which are cultivated as ornamentals.
- spired — having a spire.
- spires — a coil or spiral.
- sprier — active; nimble; agile; energetic; brisk.
- sprite — an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- sqribe — (company) The company formerly known as MITI which bought SQR from Sybase.
- squire — (in England) a country gentleman, especially the chief landed proprietor in a district.