6-letter words containing r, o, s
- sandor — György [jawr-jee] /ˈdʒɔr dʒi/ (Show IPA), 1911–2005, U.S. pianist, born in Hungary.
- sandro — a male given name.
- sanpro — sanitary-protection products, collectively
- sapour — the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste; savor; flavor.
- sapro- — indicating dead or decaying matter
- sarco- — indicating flesh
- sardou — Victorien [veek-taw-ryen] /vik tɔˈryɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1831–1908, French dramatist.
- sargon — died 705 b.c, king of Assyria 722–705.
- sarong — a loose-fitting skirtlike garment formed by wrapping a strip of cloth around the lower part of the body, worn by both men and women in the Malay Archipelago and certain islands of the Pacific Ocean.
- sarouk — a tightly woven Oriental rug with soft colors and, usually, a center design.
- sarton — May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- sartor — a tailor
- satori — sudden enlightenment.
- sauro- — lizard
- savior — a person who saves, rescues, or delivers: the savior of the country.
- savors — the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste or of smell.
- savory — pleasant or agreeable in taste or smell: a savory aroma.
- savour — the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste or of smell.
- sbirro — a police officer in Italy
- schorl — Mineralogy. a black tourmaline.
- schrod — a young Atlantic codfish or haddock, especially one split for cooking.
- scorch — to affect the color, taste, etc., of by burning slightly: The collar of the shirt was yellow where the iron had scorched it.
- scorer — the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- scores — lots
- scoria — Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
- scorse — an exchange or trade
- scoter — any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- scours — prolonged diarrhoea in livestock, esp cattle
- scrobe — a groove on an insect's body near its antenna
- scroll — a roll of parchment, paper, copper, or other material, especially one with writing on it: a scroll containing the entire Old Testament.
- scrome — to crawl or climb, esp using the hands to aid movement
- scroop — to emit a harsh, grating sound: The gate scrooped as he swung it shut.
- scrorp — a deep scratch or weal
- scrota — the pouch of skin that contains the testes.
- scrote — a worthless fellow
- scruto — the trapdoor of a stage
- scyros — a Greek island in the W Aegean: the largest island of the Northern Sporades. 81 sq. mi. (210 sq. km).
- sderot — a city in the W Negev in S Israel, close to the border with Gaza; a target for sustained rocket attack by Hamas since 2001. Population: 19 800 (2006 est)
- sector — Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- seisor — a person who takes seisin
- seizor — a person who takes possession of a freehold estate
- senhor — a Portuguese term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- 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).
- senora — a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- sensor — a mechanical device sensitive to light, temperature, radiation level, or the like, that transmits a signal to a measuring or control instrument.
- serbo- — Serbian, Serbian and
- sercos — serial real-time communications system
- 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
- sermon — a discourse for the purpose of religious instruction or exhortation, especially one based on a text of Scripture and delivered by a member of the clergy as part of a religious service.
- serosa — Embryology, Zoology. the chorion. a similar membrane in insects and other lower invertebrates.