6-letter words containing r, i, n, s
- parnis — Mollie (Mollie Parnis Livingston) 1905–1992, U.S. fashion designer.
- prison — a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
- raisin — a grape of any of various sweet varieties dried in the sun or by artificial means, often used in cookery.
- rasing — to tear down; demolish; level to the ground: to raze a row of old buildings.
- resign — to give up an office or position, often formally (often followed by from): to resign from the presidency.
- resiny — resembling, containing, or covered with resin
- 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.
- rising — advancing, ascending, or mounting: rising smoke.
- rosina — a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- rusine — of or relating to the rusa
- ruskin — John, 1819–1900, English author, art critic, and social reformer.
- rustin — Bayard [bey-erd] /ˈbeɪ ərd/ (Show IPA), 1910–1987, U.S. civil rights leader.
- santir — a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- sarnia — a port in SE Ontario, in S Canada, on the S shore of Lake Huron, on the St. Clair River, across from Port Huron, Michigan.
- sarnie — sandwich
- scrine — a shrine or a bookcase
- seiner — a person who fishes with a seine.
- 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).
- serein — fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- 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.
- shinar — a land mentioned in the Bible, often identified with Sumer.
- shiner — a person or thing that shines.
- 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.
- shrink — to draw back, as in retreat or avoidance: to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.
- signer — a person who signs.
- 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.
- 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.
- sintra — a town in central Portugal, near Lisbon, in the Sintra mountains: noted for its castles and palaces and the beauty of its setting: tourism
- 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.
- siring — the male parent of a quadruped.
- 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.
- soneri — an Indian cloth of gold
- soring — the practice of making the front feet of a show horse sore, as by bruising or blistering, so as to force it to take high, exaggerated steps in exhibitions
- spinar — a fast-spinning star or celestial mass
- spinor — a quantity resembling a vector or tensor that is used in physics to represent the spins of fermions.
- sprain — to overstrain or wrench (the ligaments of an ankle, wrist, or other joint) so as to injure without fracture or dislocation.
- spring — String PRocessING language
- sprint — to race or move at full speed, especially for a short distance, as in running, rowing, etc.
- strain — to draw tight or taut, especially to the utmost tension; stretch to the full: to strain a rope.
- strine — Australian English.
- string — a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- syrian — of or relating to Syria or its inhabitants.
- syrinx — Ornithology. the vocal organ of birds, situated at or near the bifurcation of the trachea into the bronchi.