6-letter words containing s, i, r
- radius — a straight line extending from the center of a circle or sphere to the circumference or surface: The radius of a circle is half the diameter.
- raised — fashioned or made as a surface design in relief.
- raiser — to move to a higher position; lift up; elevate: to raise one's hand; sleepy birds raising their heads and looking about.
- raisin — a grape of any of various sweet varieties dried in the sun or by artificial means, often used in cookery.
- rakish — smart; jaunty; dashing: a hat worn at a rakish angle.
- rapids — occurring within a short time; happening speedily: rapid growth.
- rapist — unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- rashid — a town in N Egypt, on the Nile delta
- rasing — to tear down; demolish; level to the ground: to raze a row of old buildings.
- ravish — to fill with strong emotion, especially joy.
- rbasic — Database language for Revelation, by Cosmos, Inc. Combines features of BASIC, Pascal and Fortran.
- regius — of or belonging to a king.
- relics — a surviving memorial of something past.
- relies — to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon): You can rely on her work.
- relish — liking or enjoyment of the taste of something.
- relist — to list again
- remise — to give up a claim to; surrender by deed.
- remiss — negligent, careless, or slow in performing one's duty, business, etc.: He's terribly remiss in his work.
- repics — the scoring of 30 points in the declaration of hands before one's opponent scores a point.
- rerise — to get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling posture; assume an upright position: She rose and walked over to greet me. With great effort he rose to his knees.
- resail — to sail back or again.
- reship — to ship again.
- reside — to apply new siding, as to a house.
- resift — to sift again
- resign — to give up an office or position, often formally (often followed by from): to resign from the presidency.
- 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.
- riboso — rebozo.
- riches — having wealth or great possessions; abundantly supplied with resources, means, or funds; wealthy: a rich man; a rich nation.
- rictus — the gape of the mouth of a bird.
- rifles — a unit of soldiers equipped with rifles
- rights — a just claim or title, whether legal, prescriptive, or moral: You have a right to say what you please.
- rigors — strictness, severity, or harshness, as in dealing with people.
- rimose — full of crevices, chinks, or cracks.
- rimous — 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.
- ripost — a quick, sharp return in speech or action; counterstroke: a brilliant riposte to an insult.
- ripsaw — a saw for cutting wood with the grain.