7-letter words containing s, i, r
- subarid — moderately arid.
- suberic — of or relating to cork.
- suberin — a waxlike, fatty substance, occurring in cork cell walls and in or between other cells, that on alkaline hydrolysis yields chiefly suberic acid.
- subring — a subset of a ring that is a subgroup under addition and that is closed under multiplication. Compare ring1 (def 22).
- sucrier — a small container for sugar used at the table; a sugar bowl
- sudaria — (in ancient Rome) a cloth, usually of linen, for wiping the face; handkerchief.
- sunbird — any of various small, brilliantly colored Old World birds of the family Nectariniidae.
- sundari — one of two varieties of mangrove tree, Heritiera fomes or Heritiera littoralis, native to India, particularly found in the Sudarban jungles
- sungari — Songhua.
- sunnier — abounding in sunshine: a sunny day.
- sunrise — a city in SE Florida.
- suramin — a drug used to treat trypanosomiasis
- surdity — deafness
- surfeit — excess; an excessive amount: a surfeit of speechmaking.
- surfing — the swell of the sea that breaks upon a shore or upon shoals.
- surging — a strong, wavelike, forward movement, rush, or sweep: the onward surge of an angry mob.
- surinam — a republic on the NE coast of South America: formerly a territory of the Netherlands; gained independence 1975. 60,230 sq. mi. (155,995 sq. km). Capital: Paramaribo.
- surlier — churlishly rude or bad-tempered: a surly waiter. Synonyms: sullen, uncivil, brusque, irascible, splenetic, choleric, cross; grumpy, grouchy, crabby.
- surlily — churlishly rude or bad-tempered: a surly waiter. Synonyms: sullen, uncivil, brusque, irascible, splenetic, choleric, cross; grumpy, grouchy, crabby.
- surmise — to think or infer without certain or strong evidence; conjecture; guess.
- surveil — to place under surveillance.
- surview — a survey (with the eyes or mind)
- survive — to remain alive after the death of someone, the cessation of something, or the occurrence of some event; continue to live: Few survived after the holocaust.
- suspire — to sigh.
- sverige — Swedish name of Sweden.
- swifter — moving or capable of moving with great speed or velocity; fleet; rapid: a swift ship.
- swigger — an amount of liquid, especially liquor, taken in one swallow; draught: He took a swig from the flask.
- swimmer — to move in water by movements of the limbs, fins, tail, etc.
- swinery — a pig farm
- swinger — a person or thing that swings.
- swisser — Swiss (def 2).
- swither — a state of confusion, excitement, or perplexity.
- switzer — Swiss (def 2).
- sybaris — an ancient Greek city in S Italy: noted for its wealth and luxury; destroyed 510 b.c.
- syrians — of or relating to Syria or its inhabitants.
- syringa — mock orange (def 1).
- syringe — a small device consisting of a glass, metal, or hard rubber tube, narrowed at its outlet, and fitted with either a piston or a rubber bulb for drawing in a quantity of fluid or for ejecting fluid in a stream, for cleaning wounds, injecting fluids into the body, etc.
- syrphid — syrphid fly.
- szilard — Leo, 1898–1964, U.S. physicist, born in Hungary.
- t-shirt — a lightweight, usually knitted, pullover shirt, close-fitting and with a round neckline and short sleeves, worn as an undershirt or outer garment.
- tajrish — a city in NW Iran, near Teheran.
- tarnish — to dull the luster of (a metallic surface), especially by oxidation; discolor.
- tarries — to remain or stay, as in a place; sojourn: He tarried in Baltimore on his way to Washington.
- tarsier — a small, arboreal, nocturnal primate of the genus Tarsius, of Indonesia and the Philippines, having a long thin tail, very large immobile eyes, and prominent pads on the fingers and toes: all populations are dwindling.
- tastier — good-tasting; savory: a tasty canapé.
- taurids — a collection of meteors constituting a meteor shower (Taurid meteor shower) visible during the period of October 26 to November 16 and having its apparent origin in the constellation Taurus.
- teniers — David [dey-vid;; Flemish dah-vit;; French dah-veed] /ˈdeɪ vɪd;; Flemish ˈdɑ vɪt;; French dɑˈvid/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder") 1582–1649, Flemish painter and engraver.
- terries — the loop formed by the pile of a fabric when left uncut.
- tersion — the action of rubbing off or wiping
- tertius — third (in a group)