6-letter words containing t, e, r, i
- ferity — a wild, untamed, or uncultivated state.
- filter — any substance, as cloth, paper, porous porcelain, or a layer of charcoal or sand, through which liquid or gas is passed to remove suspended impurities or to recover solids.
- filtre — Obsolete form of filter.
- firtle — (Cumbrian dialect) To mess around, to waste time.
- fister — Someone partakes in fisting.
- fitter — the manner in which a thing fits: The fit was perfect.
- freity — superstitious
- frites — chipped potatoes
- gaiter — a covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep and sometimes also the lower leg, worn over the shoe or boot. Compare upper1 (def 7).
- gifter — One who gives a gift.
- girted — Simple past tense and past participle of girt.
- goiter — an enlargement of the thyroid gland on the front and sides of the neck, usually symptomatic of abnormal thyroid secretion, especially hypothyroidism due to a lack of iodine in the diet.
- goitre — an enlargement of the thyroid gland on the front and sides of the neck, usually symptomatic of abnormal thyroid secretion, especially hypothyroidism due to a lack of iodine in the diet.
- grexit — the possible withdrawal of Greece from the eurozone and a return to the drachma as its national currency.
- grivet — a small Abyssinian monkey, Cercopithecus aethiops, with a grayish back, gray tail, black face, and dark extremities.
- heriot — a feudal service or tribute, originally of borrowed military equipment and later of a chattel, due to the lord on the death of a tenant.
- hermit — a person who has withdrawn to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion.
- hinter — an indirect, covert, or helpful suggestion; clue: Give me a hint as to his identity.
- hither — to or toward this place: to come hither.
- hitler — Adolf [ad-olf,, ey-dolf;; German ah-dawlf] /ˈæd ɒlf,, ˈeɪ dɒlf;; German ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), (Adolf Schicklgruber"der Führer") 1889–1945, Nazi dictator of Germany, born in Austria: Chancellor 1933–45; dictator 1934–45.
- hitter — to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
- horite — an ancient people of Edom living in the region of the Dead Sea, possibly identical with the Hurrians.
- imaret — (in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- insert — to put or place in: to insert a key in a lock.
- inter- — Inter- combines with adjectives and nouns to form adjectives indicating that something connects two or more places, things, or groups of people. For example, inter-governmental relations are relations between governments.
- interj — Interjection.
- intern — to restrict to or confine within prescribed limits, as prisoners of war, enemy aliens, or combat troops who take refuge in a neutral country.
- inters — to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- intire — Obsolete spelling of entire.
- invert — to turn upside down.
- ireton — Henry. 1611–51, English Parliamentarian general in the Civil War; son-in-law of Oliver Cromwell. His plan for a constitutional monarchy was rejected by Charles I (1647), whose death warrant he signed; lord deputy of Ireland (1650–51)
- iterum — again or afresh
- jilter — to reject or cast aside (a lover or sweetheart), especially abruptly or unfeelingly.
- jitter — jitters, nervousness; a feeling of fright or uneasiness (usually preceded by the): Every time I have to make a speech, I get the jitters.
- kermit — a male given name.
- kilter — good condition; order: The engine was out of kilter.
- kirtle — a woman's loose gown, worn in the Middle Ages.
- lifter — a person or thing that lifts.
- linter — linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- lister — a border or bordering strip, usually of cloth.
- liters — Plural form of liter.
- lither — bending readily; pliant; limber; supple; flexible: the lithe body of a ballerina.
- litres — Plural form of litre.
- litter — objects strewn or scattered about; scattered rubbish.
- littre — Maximilien Paul Émile [mak-see-mee-lyan pawl ey-meel] /mak si miˈlyɛ̃ pɔl eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1801–88, French lexicographer and philosopher.
- loiret — a department in central France. 2630 sq. mi. (6810 sq. km). Capital: Orléans.
- loiter — to linger aimlessly or as if aimless in or about a place: to loiter around the bus terminal.
- merits — claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- metier — a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
- metric — software metric