5-letter words containing e, r, i
- recip — A recip is a pump which uses a backward and forward movement to move a fluid.
- recit — narrative
- recti — plural of rectus.
- redia — a cylindrical larval stage of some trematodes, produced by a sporocyst and giving rise to daughter rediae or to cercariae.
- redid — to do again; repeat.
- redip — to dip again
- refit — to fit, prepare, or equip again.
- refix — to repair; mend.
- regie — a government monopoly used mainly to raise revenue from taxes
- regin — a smith, the brother of Fafnir, who raises Sigurd and encourages him to kill Fafnir in the hope of gaining the gold he guards.
- regis — a male given name.
- reice — the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- reich — Stephen Michael ("Steve") born 1936, U.S. composer.
- reify — to convert into or regard as a concrete thing: to reify a concept.
- reign — the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- reiki — a form of therapy in which the practitioner is believed to channel energy into the patient in order to encourage healing or restore wellbeing
- reims — a city in NE France: scene of the coronation of most French monarchs. Pop: 188 078 (2006)
- reink — a fluid or viscous substance used for writing or printing.
- reins — Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- reist — (of a horse) to stop or refuse to go; balk.
- reith — John (Charles Walsham), 1st Baron. 1889–1971, British public servant: first general manager (1922–27) and first director general (1927–38) of the BBC
- reive — to go on a plundering raid
- rejig — If someone rejigs an organization or a piece of work, they arrange or organize it in a different way, in order to improve it.
- relic — a surviving memorial of something past.
- relig — religion
- remit — to transmit or send (money, a check, etc.) to a person or place, usually in payment.
- remix — to mix again.
- reni- — kidney or kidneys
- renin — a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- reoil — any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- repic — the scoring of 30 points in the declaration of hands before one's opponent scores a point.
- repin — a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- rerig — to rig again
- resid — the residual oil left over from the petroleum distillation process
- resin — a male given name.
- resit — a test or examination that is retaken.
- retia — a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- retie — to bind, fasten, or attach with a cord, string, or the like, drawn together and knotted: to tie a tin can on a dog's tail.
- revie — to challenge by placing a larger stake or bet than an opponent in a card game
- rewin — to win back or again.
- rhein — the Rhine.
- rhine — Joseph Banks, 1895–1980, U.S. psychologist: pioneer in parapsychology.
- ribes — any shrub of the genus Ribes, including blackcurrants and redcurrants
- riced — the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- ricer — an implement for ricing potatoes, squash, etc., by pressing them through small holes.
- ricey — pertaining to, resembling, or containing rice.
- rider — a person who rides a horse or other animal, a bicycle, etc.
- ridge — a long, narrow elevation of land; a chain of hills or mountains.
- rieka — a seaport in W Croatia, on the Adriatic.
- rieti — Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.