7-letter words containing s, i, r
- sorites — a form of argument having several premises and one conclusion, capable of being resolved into a chain of syllogisms, the conclusion of each of which is a premise of the next.
- soritic — a form of argument having several premises and one conclusion, capable of being resolved into a chain of syllogisms, the conclusion of each of which is a premise of the next.
- sorokin — Pitirim Alexandrovitch [pi-ti-reem al-ig-zan-druh-vich,, -zahn-;; Russian pyi-tyi-ryeem uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich] /pɪ tɪˈrim ˌæl ɪgˈzæn drə vɪtʃ,, -ˈzɑn-;; Russian pyɪ tyɪˈryim ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1889–1968, U.S. sociologist, born in Russia.
- sorosis — a fleshy multiple fruit composed of many flowers, seed vessels, and receptacles consolidated, as in the pineapple and mulberry.
- sorrier — feeling regret, compunction, sympathy, pity, etc.: to be sorry to leave one's friends; to be sorry for a remark; to be sorry for someone in trouble.
- sorrily — feeling regret, compunction, sympathy, pity, etc.: to be sorry to leave one's friends; to be sorry for a remark; to be sorry for someone in trouble.
- sorting — a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature: to develop a new sort of painting; nice people, of course, but not really our sort.
- souring — having an acid taste, resembling that of vinegar, lemon juice, etc.; tart.
- spacier — spaced-out (def 2).
- sparing — kept in reserve, as for possible use: a spare part.
- sparkie — an electrician
- sparoid — resembling or pertaining to the porgy family, Sparidae.
- spermic — spermatic.
- spheric — having the form of a sphere; globular.
- spicery — spice.
- spicier — seasoned with or containing spice: a spicy salad dressing.
- spidery — like a spider or a spider's web.
- spieler — a barker, as at a circus sideshow.
- spikery — High-Church Anglicanism
- spimmer — a person who sends unsolicited commercial communications via an instant-messaging system
- spinner — a person or thing that spins.
- spiraea — 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.
- spirant — fricative (def 2).
- spireme — the threadlike chromatin of a cell nucleus, present during early meiosis or mitosis.
- spiring — a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- spirits — an emotional state, esp with regard to exaltation or dejection
- spirity — spirited
- spiroid — more or less spiral; resembling a spiral.
- spirula — any cephalopod of the genus Spirula, having a flat, spiral shell that is partly inside and partly outside the posterior part of the body.
- spitter — brocket (def 2).
- splicer — a device used to hold two sections of motion-picture film, recording tape, etc., in proper alignment while they are being spliced together.
- spoiler — a person or thing that spoils.
- sporing — Biology. a walled, single- to many-celled, reproductive body of an organism, capable of giving rise to a new individual either directly or indirectly.
- sporoid — of or like a spore
- sportif — sporty
- spraint — a piece of otter's dung
- spriest — active; nimble; agile; energetic; brisk.
- spriggy — possessing sprigs or small branches.
- spright — an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- springe — a snare for catching small game.
- springs — a leap, jump, or bound.
- springy — characterized by spring or elasticity; flexible; resilient: He walks with a springy step.
- spruing — Metallurgy. an opening through which molten metal is poured into a mold. the waste metal left in this opening after casting.
- spuriae — the feathers on the bastard wing of a bird
- squired — (in England) a country gentleman, especially the chief landed proprietor in a district.
- squirmy — characterized by squirming.
- squirts — to eject liquid in a jet from a narrow orifice: The hose squirted all over us.
- stagira — an ancient town in NE Greece, in Macedonia on the E Chalcidice peninsula: birthplace of Aristotle.
- staider — of settled or sedate character; not flighty or capricious.
- stainer — a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.