6-letter words containing r, s, i
- 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.
- shairp — John Campbell ("Principal Shairp") 1819–85, English critic, poet, and educator.
- shamir — Yitzhak [yits-hahk] /yɪtsˈhɑk/ (Show IPA), 1915–2012, Israeli political leader: prime minister 1986–92.
- sharia — law, seen as deriving from the Koran, hadith, ijmaʿ, and qiyas.
- sharif — a male given name: from an Arabic word meaning “exalted.”.
- sherif — a governor of Mecca descended from Muhammad.
- shicer — Slang. a swindler.
- shikar — the hunting of game for sport.
- shinar — a land mentioned in the Bible, often identified with Sumer.
- shiner — a person or thing that shines.
- shiraz — a city in SW Iran.
- shirer — William Lawrence, 1904–1993, U.S. journalist, news broadcaster, and writer.
- shirty — bad-tempered; irritable; cranky.
- shiver — to shake or tremble with cold, fear, excitement, etc.
- shriek — a loud, sharp, shrill cry.
- shrift — the imposition of penance by a priest on a penitent after confession.
- 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.
- shrill — high-pitched and piercing in sound quality: a shrill cry.
- shrimp — any of several small, long-tailed, chiefly marine crustaceans of the decapod suborder Natania, certain species of which are used as food.
- 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.
- shrive — to impose penance on (a sinner).
- sibire — Russian name of Siberia.
- siccar — sure; certain
- sicker — afflicted with ill health or disease; ailing.
- siddur — a Jewish prayer book designed for use chiefly on days other than festivals and holy days; a daily prayer book.
- sider- — sidero-1
- sidrah — a Parashah chanted or read on the Sabbath.
- 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.
- 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.
- sigrid — a female given name: from a Scandinavian word meaning “victory.”.
- sigurd — the son of Sigmund and Hjordis and the husband of Gudrun. He kills the dragon Fafnir, acquires the treasure of Andvari, wins Brynhild for Gunnar, and is finally killed at the behest of Brynhild, whom he had once promised to marry: corresponds to Siegfried of the Nibelungenlied.
- 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.
- simorg — a wise, bird-like creature in Persian myth
- 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.
- 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
- sippar — an ancient Babylonian city on the Euphrates, in SE Iraq.