6-letter words containing u, r, i
- quired — Simple past tense and past participle of quire.
- quires — a set of 24 uniform sheets of paper.
- quirks — Plural form of quirk.
- quirky — having or full of quirks.
- quirts — Plural form of quirt.
- quiver — a case for holding or carrying arrows.
- radium — Chemistry. a highly radioactive metallic element whose decay yields radon gas and alpha rays. Symbol: Ra; atomic weight: 226; atomic number: 88.
- 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.
- raipur — a city in SE Madhya Pradesh, in E central India.
- raucid — raucous
- reduit — a military construction which troops use to defend themselves while holding out an attack
- regius — of or belonging to a king.
- requit — to quit or leave again
- resuit — a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- rictus — the gape of the mouth of a bird.
- rig up — Chiefly Nautical. to put in proper order for working or use. to fit (a ship, mast, etc.) with the necessary shrouds, stays, etc. to fit (shrouds, stays, sails, etc.) to the mast, yard, or the like.
- rigour — strictness, severity, or harshness, as in dealing with people.
- rimous — full of crevices, chinks, or cracks.
- rip up — tear to pieces
- risque — daringly close to indelicacy or impropriety; off-color: a risqué story.
- ritual — an established or prescribed procedure for a religious or other rite.
- rub in — to subject the surface of (a thing or person) to pressure and friction, as in cleaning, smoothing, polishing, coating, massaging, or soothing: to rub a table top with wax polish; to rub the entire back area.
- rubbia — Carlo [jahr-loh;; Italian kahr-law] /ˈdʒɑr loʊ;; Italian ˈkɑr lɔ/ (Show IPA), born 1934, Italian physicist: Nobel prize 1984.
- rubied — having a color like that of a ruby; deep red.
- rubier — a red variety of corundum, used as a gem.
- rubify — to make red; redden: a distant fire that rubified the sky.
- rubric — a title, heading, direction, or the like, in a manuscript, book, statute, etc., written or printed in red or otherwise distinguished from the rest of the text.
- rudish — somewhat rude
- ruined — ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
- ruiner — ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
- ruling — a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.: the rules of chess.
- rumaki — a dish of chicken liver and sliced water chestnuts wrapped in bacon
- rumkin — a drinking vessel
- run in — an act or instance, or a period of running: a five-minute run before breakfast.
- run-in — a quarrel; argument.
- runcie — Robert Alexander Kennedy, 1921–2000, English clergyman: archbishop of Canterbury 1980–91.
- rupiah — an aluminum coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Indonesia, equal to 100 sen. Abbreviation: Rp.
- rusine — of or relating to the rusa
- ruskin — John, 1819–1900, English author, art critic, and social reformer.
- russia — a fine, smooth leather produced by careful tanning and dyeing, especially in dark red: originally prepared in Russia.
- russki — a contemptuous term used to refer to a Russian.
- rustic — of, relating to, or living in the country, as distinguished from towns or cities; rural.
- rustin — Bayard [bey-erd] /ˈbeɪ ərd/ (Show IPA), 1910–1987, U.S. civil rights leader.
- rutile — a common mineral, titanium dioxide, TiO 2 , usually reddish-brown in color with a brilliant metallic or adamantine luster, occurring in crystals: used to coat welding rods.
- ryurik — Rurik.
- siddur — a Jewish prayer book designed for use chiefly on days other than festivals and holy days; a daily prayer book.
- 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.
- sirius — Astronomy. the Dog Star, the brightest-appearing star in the heavens, located in the constellation Canis Major.
- sirupy — having the appearance or quality of syrup; thick or sweet: syrupy coffee.
- souari — a S American tree of the genus Caryocar