5-letter words containing a, e, r
- segar — Elzie (Crisler) [el-zee krahys-ler] /ˈɛl zi ˈkraɪs lər/ (Show IPA), 1894–1938, U.S. comic-strip artist: creator of “Popeye.”.
- serac — a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- serai — (in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- seral — of or relating to a sere.
- seram — an island in Indonesia, in the Moluccas, separated from New Guinea by the Ceram Sea: mountainous and densely forested. Area: 17 150 sq km (6622 sq miles)
- serra — a sawlike part or organ
- sewar — a dagger from Sumatra
- share — a plowshare.
- shear — to cut (something).
- smear — to spread or daub (an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance) on or over something: to smear butter on bread.
- snare — one of the strings of gut or of tightly spiraled metal stretched across the skin of a snare drum.
- soare — a young hawk
- spaer — to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- spare — to refrain from harming or destroying; leave uninjured; forbear to punish, hurt, or destroy: to spare one's enemy.
- spear — a sprout or shoot of a plant, as a blade of grass or an acrospire of grain.
- stare — to gaze fixedly and intently, especially with the eyes wide open.
- sware — simple past tense of swear.
- swear — to make a solemn declaration or affirmation by some sacred being or object, as a deity or the Bible.
- taber — a small drum formerly used to accompany oneself on a pipe or fife.
- taker — to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
- taler — thaler.
- tamer — changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated: a tame bear.
- taper — to become smaller or thinner toward one end.
- tarde — Gabriel [ga-bree-el] /ga briˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1843–1904, French sociologist.
- tared — the weight of the wrapping, receptacle, or conveyance containing goods.
- tares — the weight of the wrapping, receptacle, or conveyance containing goods.
- targe — a small, round shield; a target or buckler.
- tarne — (in the Iliad) Sardis.
- tarre — to provoke or goad
- taser — a brand of weapon that fires electrical probes that give an electric shock, causing temporary paralysis
- tater — potato.
- taver — to wander, to digress
- tawer — to prepare or dress (some raw material) for use or further manipulation.
- tears — the act of tearing.
- teary — of or like tears.
- tera- — denoting 1012
- terah — the father of Abraham. Gen. 11:25–32.
- terai — a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- teras — a monstrosity
- terga — the dorsal surface of a body segment of an arthropod.
- terna — a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- terra — earth; land.
- tetra — any of several tropical, freshwater fishes of the family Characidae, often kept in aquariums.
- thare — Terah.
- thera — a Greek island in the S Aegean, in the Cyclades group. 30 sq. mi. (78 sq. km).
- 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.
- trade — the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries: domestic trade; foreign trade.
- trave — a device to inhibit a wild or untrained horse or one being shod.
- tread — to set down the foot or feet in walking; step; walk.
- treat — to act or behave toward (a person) in some specified way: to treat someone with respect.