6-letter words containing so
- donoso — José [hoh-zey;; Spanish haw-se] /hoʊˈzeɪ;; Spanish hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1924–96, Chilean novelist and short-story writer.
- dorso- — indicating dorsum or dorsal
- dowson — Ernest (Christopher) 1867–1900, English poet.
- ecosoc — Economic and Social Council (of the United Nations)
- edison — Thomas Alva [al-vuh] /ˈæl və/ (Show IPA), 1847–1931, U.S. inventor, especially of electrical devices.
- eesome — (obsolete) Pleasing to the eye; attractive.
- elisor — (UK, legal) An elector or chooser; one of two persons appointed by a court to return a jury or serve a writ when the sheriff and the coroners are disqualified.
- empson — Sir William. 1906–84, English poet and critic; author of Seven Types of Ambiguity (1930)
- ensoul — Endow with a soul.
- essoin — an excuse or exemption
- everso — Alternative spelling of ever so.
- fessor — a teacher.
- foison — abundance; plenty.
- folsom — of, relating to, or characteristic of a prehistoric North American cultural tradition extensive in the Great Plains about 11,000 years ago and typified by the use of the Folsom point.
- fossor — (in the early Christian church) a minor clergyman employed as a gravedigger.
- geason — rare; uncommon
- gibson — Althea, 1927–2003, U.S. tennis player.
- gilson — Étienne Henry [ey-tyen ahn-ree] /eɪˈtyɛn ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1884–1978, French historian.
- godson — a male godchild.
- grasso — Ella T(ambussi) [tam-boo-see] /tæmˈbu si/ (Show IPA), 1919–81, U.S. politician: congresswoman 1971–75; governor of Connecticut 1975–80.
- grison — a weasellike carnivore, Galictis vittata, ranging from southern Mexico to Peru, having a grayish-white upper body, a distinctive white stripe across the forehead and ears, and a dark brown face, chest, and legs.
- hansom — a low-hung, two-wheeled, covered vehicle drawn by one horse, for two passengers, with the driver being mounted on an elevated seat behind and the reins running over the roof.
- hanson — Duane, 1925–1996, U.S. artist and sculptor.
- henson — Jim (James Maury Henson) 1936–90, U.S. puppeteer: creator of the Muppets.
- hobson — Laura Z(ametkin) [zuh-met-kin] /zəˈmɛt kɪn/ (Show IPA), 1900–86, U.S. novelist.
- holsom — Obsolete form of wholesome.
- how so — in what way or manner; by what means?: How did the accident happen?
- hudson — Henry, died 1611? English navigator and explorer.
- hyksos — a nomadic people who conquered and ruled ancient Egypt between the 13th and 18th dynasties, c1700–1580 b.c.: believed to have been a Semitic people that originally migrated into Egypt from Asia.
- hypso- — indicating height
- hyssop — any of several aromatic herbs belonging to the genus Hyssopus, of the mint family, especially H. officinalis, native to Europe, having clusters of small blue flowers.
- insole — the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
- insoul — ensoul.
- isobar — Meteorology. a line drawn on a weather map or chart that connects points at which the barometric pressure is the same.
- isodef — uniform deficiency, especially a line connecting points of equal deviation from a mean, as on a chart or graph.
- isogon — a polygon having all angles equal.
- isohel — a line on a weather map connecting points that receive equal amounts of sunshine.
- isolda — a female given name, form of Iseult.
- isolde — German name of Iseult.
- isolex — an isogloss marking off the area in which a particular item of vocabulary is found
- isolog — one of two or more isologous compounds.
- isomer — Chemistry. a compound displaying isomerism with one or more other compounds.
- isonzo — a river in S Europe, flowing S from the Julian Alps in Slovenia to the Gulf of Trieste in Italy. 75 miles (120 km) long.
- isopag — a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice exists at approximately the same period during winter.
- isopod — any freshwater, marine, or terrestrial crustacean of the order or suborder Isopoda, having seven pairs of legs typically adapted for crawling, and a dorsoventrally flattened body, and including wood lice, several aquatic parasites of crabs and shrimps, and numerous swimming or bottom-dwelling species.
- isopor — an imaginary line on the earth's surface connecting points of equal annual change in the declination, inclination, or other components of the earth's magnetic field.
- isotac — a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice starts to melt at approximately the same period in spring.
- jetsom — goods cast overboard deliberately, as to lighten a vessel or improve its stability in an emergency, which sink where jettisoned or are washed ashore.
- jimson — Jimsonweed.
- jissom — Alternative spelling of jism.