5-letter words containing i, a, r
- nigra — (offensive, ethnic slur) A negro person.
- nitra — a city in W Slovakia, on the Nitra River: historic religious sites.
- noria — a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- oriya — an Indic language spoken in Odisha, in eastern India.
- padri — father (used especially in addressing or referring to a priest or member of the clergy).
- pagri — a turban or head-scarf
- pairs — two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together: a pair of gloves; a pair of earrings.
- pari- — equal or equally; even (in number)
- paria — Gulf of, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean between the island of Trinidad and the NE coast of Venezuela.
- paris — Anatole [a-na-tawl] /a naˈtɔl/ (Show IPA), (Jacques Anatole Thibault) 1844–1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel Prize 1921.
- parti — the basic scheme or concept of an architectural design.
- patri — Angelo [an-juh-loh] /ˈæn dʒəˌloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1877–1965, U.S. educator and writer, born in Italy.
- picra — a powder made up of aloes and canella which is used as a laxative or digestive cleanser
- pilar — of, relating to, or covered with hair.
- pirai — a piranha fish
- piran — Saint. died c.480 ad, monk probably from Ireland who settled in Cornwall, giving his name to Perranporth. His flag, a white cross on a black background, is Cornwall's standard. Feast day: March 5
- piura — a city in N Peru.
- praia — a republic consisting of a group of islands (Cape Verde Islands) in the Atlantic, W of Senegal in W Africa: formerly an overseas territory of Portugal; gained independence in 1975. 1557 sq. mi. (4033 sq. km). Capital: Praia.
- prial — (in cards) a pair-royal
- priam — a king of Troy, the son of Laomedon, husband of Hecuba, and father of Paris, Cassandra, Hector, Polyxena, and many others. He was killed during the capture of Troy.
- prima — (of a female) first among equals.
- quair — a book
- rabbi — the chief religious official of a synagogue, trained usually in a theological seminary and duly ordained, who delivers the sermon at a religious service and performs ritualistic, pastoral, educational, and other functions in and related to his or her capacity as a spiritual leader of Judaism and the Jewish community. Compare cantor (def 2).
- rabia — the fourth month of the Muslim calendar.
- rabic — an infectious disease of dogs, cats, and other animals, transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected animal and usually fatal if prophylactic treatment is not administered: caused by an RNA virus of the rhabdovirus group; hydrophobia.
- rabid — irrationally extreme in opinion or practice: a rabid isolationist; a rabid baseball fan.
- rabin — Yitzhak [yits-khahk] /yɪtsˈxɑk/ (Show IPA), 1922–95, Israeli military and political leader: prime minister 1974–77 and 1992–95: Nobel Peace Prize 1994.
- rabis — Alternative spelling of rabiz.
- rabiz — (music) A popular modern Armenian music style. Shows Middle Eastern influences and is related to Russian blatnyak and Azeri mugham. Considered tasteless and vulgar by educated people.
- radii — a plural of radius.
- radin — Paul, 1883–1959, U.S. anthropologist, born in Poland.
- radio — wireless telegraphy or telephony: speeches broadcast by radio.
- radix — Mathematics. a number taken as the base of a system of numbers, logarithms, or the like.
- rafia — a derogatory term for the Irish Republican Army, when considered as a source of organized crime
- rahui — a Māori prohibition
- rains — water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter. Compare drizzle (def 6).
- rainy — characterized by rain: rainy weather; a rainy region.
- raise — to move to a higher position; lift up; elevate: to raise one's hand; sleepy birds raising their heads and looking about.
- raita — an Indian condiment consisting of yogurt, spices, and diced or grated vegetables or fruits: cucumber raita.
- rakia — a strong fruit-based sprit, distilled in the Balkans
- ramie — an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- ramin — any swamp-growing hardwood tree found in South-East Asia, of the genus Ramin
- rangi — the sky
- ranid — belonging or pertaining to the frog family Ranidae, characterized by smooth, moist skin and semiaquatic habits.
- rapid — occurring within a short time; happening speedily: rapid growth.
- rashi — (Solomon ben Isaac) 1040–1105, French Hebrew scholar.
- ratio — the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second: the ratio of 5 to 2, written 5:2 or 5/2.
- ravin — a violent preying or plundering; rapine
- rawin — a method of observation of upper-air winds conducted by means of a weather balloon tracked by radar or a radio direction finder.
- reais — real3 (sense 2)