5-letter words containing e, u, r
- reuse — to employ for some purpose; put into service; make use of: to use a knife.
- revue — a form of theatrical entertainment in which recent events, popular fads, etc., are parodied.
- rheum — a thin discharge of the mucous membranes, especially during a cold.
- rogue — a dishonest, knavish person; scoundrel.
- roque — a form of croquet played on a clay or hard-surface court surrounded by a low wall off which the balls may be played.
- rouen — a department in NW France. 2449 sq. mi. (6340 sq. km). Capital: Rouen.
- roues — a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- rouge — any of various red cosmetics for coloring the cheeks or lips.
- rouse — to bring out of a state of sleep, unconsciousness, inactivity, fancied security, apathy, depression, etc.: He was roused to action by courageous words.
- route — a course, way, or road for passage or travel: What's the shortest route to Boston?
- ruben — Douay Bible. Reuben (defs 1, 2).
- ruble — a silver or copper-alloy coin and monetary unit of Russia, the Soviet Union, and its successor states, equal to 100 kopecks.
- ruche — a strip of pleated lace, net, muslin, or other material for trimming or finishing a dress, as at the collar or sleeves.
- ruder — discourteous or impolite, especially in a deliberate way: a rude reply.
- rudie — a rude boy or, specifically, a member of a youth movement originating in Jamaica in the 1960s
- rueda — a Cuban round dance
- ruffe — a European freshwater teleost fish, Acerina cernua, having a single spiny dorsal fin: family Percidae (perches)
- rugae — Usually, rugae. Biology, Anatomy. a wrinkle, fold, or ridge.
- rugen — an island in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, off the NE coast, in the Baltic Sea. 358 sq. mi. (926 sq. km).
- ruled — paper: lined
- ruler — a person who rules or governs; sovereign.
- rules — a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.: the rules of chess.
- rumen — the first stomach of ruminating animals, lying next to the reticulum.
- runed — having runes inscribed: a runed ornament.
- runes — 1. Anything that requires heavy wizardry or black art to parse: core dumps, JCL commands, APL or code in a language you haven't a clue how to read. Not quite as bad as line noise, but close. Compare casting the runes, Great Runes. 2. Special display characters (for example, the high-half graphics on an IBM PC).
- rupee — a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of India, Nepal, and Pakistan, equal to 100 paise. Abbreviation: R., Re.
- serum — the clear, pale-yellow liquid that separates from the clot in the coagulation of blood; blood serum.
- sieur — sir
- sprue — a chronic disease, occurring chiefly in the tropics, resulting from malabsorption of nutrients from the small intestine and characterized by diarrhea, ulceration of the mucous membrane of the digestive tract, and a smooth, shining tongue; psilosis.
- suber — cork (def 6).
- sucre — Antonio José de [ahn-taw-nyaw haw-se th e] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ hɔˈsɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1830, Venezuelan general and South American liberator: 1st president of Bolivia 1826–28.
- suger — 1081–1151, French ecclesiastic and statesman, who acted as adviser to Louis VI and regent (1147–49) to Louis VII. As abbot of Saint-Denis (1122–51) he influenced the development of Gothic architecture
- sumer — an ancient region in southern Mesopotamia that contained a number of independent cities and city-states of which the first were established possibly as early as 5000 b.c.: conquered by the Elamites and, about 2000 b.c., by the Babylonians; a number of its cities, as Ur, Uruk, Kish, and Lagash, are major archaeological sites in southern Iraq.
- super — Informal. a superintendent, especially of an apartment house. supermarket. supernumerary. supervisor.
- surer — free from doubt as to the reliability, character, action, etc., of something: to be sure of one's data.
- surge — a strong, wavelike, forward movement, rush, or sweep: the onward surge of an angry mob.
- toure — Sékou [sey-koo] /ˈseɪ ku/ (Show IPA), 1922–84, Guinean political leader: prime minister 1958-72; president 1958–84.
- truce — a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
- trued — being in accordance with the actual state or conditions; conforming to reality or fact; not false: a true story.
- truer — being in accordance with the actual state or conditions; conforming to reality or fact; not false: a true story.
- trues — being in accordance with the actual state or conditions; conforming to reality or fact; not false: a true story.
- trule — transformational rule.
- tuber — a person or thing that forms, installs, or operates with tubes.
- tuner — a person or thing that tunes.
- tuyer — an opening through which the blast of air enters a blast furnace, cupola, forge, or the like, to facilitate combustion.
- uber- — Uber combines with nouns and adjectives to form nouns and adjectives that refer to a great or extreme example of something.
- udder — a mamma or mammary gland, especially when baggy and with more than one teat, as in cows.
- ulcer — Pathology. a sore on the skin or a mucous membrane, accompanied by the disintegration of tissue, the formation of pus, etc.
- umber — an earth consisting chiefly of a hydrated oxide of iron and some oxide of manganese, used in its natural state as a brown pigment (raw umber) or, after heating, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt umber)
- under — beneath and covered by: under a table; under a tree.