5-letter words containing i, a, r
- carib — a member of a group of American Indian peoples of NE South America and the Lesser Antilles
- carid — (zoology) Any member of the Caridae.
- carie — a female given name, form of Caroline.
- carin — a female given name.
- carpi — of carpus
- cauri — a monetary unit of Guinea, the 100th part of a syli.
- ceria — cerium dioxide, CeO2, a white compound used as in ceramics
- chair — A chair is a piece of furniture for one person to sit on. Chairs have a back and four legs.
- chari — a river in N central Africa, rising in the N Central African Republic and flowing north to Lake Chad. Length: about 2250 km (1400 miles)
- cigar — Cigars are rolls of dried tobacco leaves which people smoke.
- circa — Circa is used in front of a particular year to say that this is the approximate date when something happened or was made.
- clair — René (rəne), real name René Chomette. 1898–1981, French film director; noted for his comedies including An Italian Straw Hat (1928) and pioneering sound films such as Sous les toits de Paris (1930); later films include Les Belles de nuit (1952)
- coria — plural of corium.
- craic — If you are talking about something that you did and you say 'the craic was great', or 'it was a good craic', you mean that you had a really good time, especially because everyone was talking, joking, and laughing.
- craig — Edward Gordon. 1872–1966, English theatrical designer, actor, and director. His nonrealistic scenic design greatly influenced theatre in Europe and the US
- craxi — Bettino (beˈtiːno). 1934–2000, Italian socialist statesman; prime minister (1983–87)
- crias — a baby vicuna, llama, guanaco, or alpaca.
- curia — the papal court and government of the Roman Catholic Church
- dairy — A dairy is a shop or company that sells milk and food made from milk, such as butter, cream, and cheese.
- dakir — Alternative form of daker.
- daric — a gold coin of ancient Persia
- dario — Rubén (ruˈβen), real name Félix Rubén Garcia Sarmiento. 1867–1916, Nicaraguan poet whose poetry includes Prosas Profanas (1896)
- darzi — (in India) a tailor
- deira — kingdom in present-day NE England in the 6th century a.d., merged with Bernicia to form the kingdom of Northumbria.
- diary — A diary is a book which has a separate space for each day of the year. You use a diary to write down things you plan to do, or to record what happens in your life day by day.
- dinar — any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- dirac — Paul Adrien Maurice, 1902–84, British physicist, in the U.S. after 1971: Nobel Prize 1933.
- diram — A Tajikistani coin; 100 dirams equal one somoni.
- drail — a hook with a lead-covered shank used in trolling.
- drain — to withdraw or draw off (a liquid) gradually; remove slowly or by degrees, as by filtration: to drain oil from a crankcase.
- drina — a river in S Europe, flowing N along the part of the border between Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Sava River at Belgrade, Serbia. 285 miles (459 km) long.
- erbia — (inorganic compound) erbium oxide Er2O3; Discovered in 1843, by Carl Gustaf Mosander.
- erica — A plant of the genus Erica (family Ericaceae), esp. (in gardening) heather.
- erisa — law: Employee Retirement Income Security Act
- faire — Obsolete spelling of fair.
- fairs — Plural form of fair.
- fairy — (in folklore) one of a class of supernatural beings, generally conceived as having a diminutive human form and possessing magical powers with which they intervene in human affairs.
- fakir — a Muslim or Hindu religious ascetic or mendicant monk commonly considered a wonder-worker.
- faqir — fakir.
- farci — filled with with seasoned bread crumbs or other savory matter; stuffed.
- farhi — Nicole. born 1946, French fashion designer based in Britain: married to Sir David Hare
- farik — young wheat that has been fire-roasted, then threshed and dried: usually cooked by boiling.
- farsi — the modern Iranian language of Iran and western Afghanistan, written in the Arabic alphabet; modern Persian.
- feria — Ecclesiastical. a weekday on which no feast is celebrated.
- fiars — (in Scotland) the legally fixed prices for corn
- filar — of or relating to a thread or threads.
- flair — a natural talent, aptitude, or ability; bent; knack: a flair for rhyming.
- fraid — Eye dialect of afraid.
- frail — having delicate health; not robust; weak: My grandfather is rather frail now.
- frain — (rare, or, dialectal, chiefly, Scotland) to ask, inquire; demand.