5-letter words containing a, c, e, r
- crare — (formerly) a small and unwieldy trading vessel
- crase — (obsolete) To break in pieces; to crack.
- crate — A crate is a large box used for transporting or storing things.
- crave — If you crave something, you want to have it very much.
- craze — If there is a craze for something, it is very popular for a short time.
- creak — If something creaks, it makes a short, high-pitched sound when it moves.
- cream — Cream is a thick yellowish-white liquid taken from milk. You can use it in cooking or put it on fruit or desserts.
- creat — An usher to a riding master.
- crema — A brownish foam that forms on the top of freshly made espresso.
- crena — a notch or indentation
- e-car — a car powered by electricity
- ecard — A computerized greeting card, typically hosted on a Web site to which the recipient is directed by an e-mail message.
- erica — A plant of the genus Erica (family Ericaceae), esp. (in gardening) heather.
- eruca — (zoology) An insect in the larval state; a caterpillar; a larva.
- facer — a person or thing that faces.
- farce — a light, humorous play in which the plot depends upon a skillfully exploited situation rather than upon the development of character.
- grace — William Russell, 1832–1904, U.S. financier and shipping magnate, born in Ireland: mayor of New York City 1880–88.
- lacer — a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- macer — macebearer.
- mcrae — Carmen, 1920–94, U.S. jazz singer and songwriter.
- merca — a city in S Somalia.
- nacre — mother-of-pearl.
- ocrea — a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- pacer — a person or thing that paces.
- raced — a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- racer — a person, animal, or thing that races or takes part in a race, as a racehorse, bicycle, yacht, etc.
- races — Cape, a cape at the SE extremity of Newfoundland.
- rache — Alternative form of rach.
- rance — a type of red marble, often with white or blue graining, that comes from Belgium
- reach — to get to or get as far as in moving, going, traveling, etc.: The boat reached the shore.
- react — to act in response to an agent or influence: How did the audience react to the speech?
- recap — to recondition (a worn automobile tire) by cementing on a strip of prepared rubber and vulcanizing by subjecting to heat and pressure in a mold.
- recta — a plural of rectum.
- scare — to fill, especially suddenly, with fear or terror; frighten; alarm.
- serac — a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- trace — either of the two straps, ropes, or chains by which a carriage, wagon, or the like is drawn by a harnessed horse or other draft animal.
- varec — the ash obtained from kelp