5-letter words containing i, r, a
- friar — Roman Catholic Church. a member of a religious order, especially the mendicant orders of Franciscans, Dominicans, Carmelites, and Augustinians.
- garni — garnished.
- gbari — Gwari.
- glair — the white of an egg.
- grail — (usually initial capital letter). Also called Holy Grail. a cup or chalice that in medieval legend was associated with unusual powers, especially the regeneration of life and, later, Christian purity, and was much sought after by medieval knights: identified with the cup used at the Last Supper and given to Joseph of Arimathea.
- grain — granularity
- graip — a long-handled fork for digging dung
- grani — (in the Volsunga Saga) the horse of Sigurd.
- gwari — a member of an agricultural people of northeastern Nigeria.
- haire — Obsolete spelling of hair.
- hairs — Plural form of hair.
- hairy — covered with hair; having much hair.
- haori — a loose, knee-length, Japanese garment resembling a coat.
- harim — the part of a Muslim palace or house reserved for the residence of women.
- hijra — the flight of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina to escape persecution a.d. 622: regarded as the beginning of the Muslim Era.
- hilar — Botany. the mark or scar on a seed produced by separation from its funicle or placenta. the nucleus of a granule of starch.
- hiram — a king of Tyre in the 10th century b.c. I Kings 5.
- i-bar — a rolled or extruded metal beam having a cross section resembling an I. Compare H-beam.
- idear — (Appalachian) eye dialect of idea.
- iftar — (sometimes initial capital letter) the meal that Muslims eat after sunset during Ramadan to break the day’s fast.
- ihram — the dress worn by male Muslims on their pilgrimage to Mecca, consisting of two white cotton cloths, one worn round the waist, the other over the left shoulder.
- imare — Institute of Marine Engineers
- imari — a type of decorated Japanese porcelain
- impar — unpaired; azygous.
- inari — Lake, a lake in NE Finland. About 500 sq. mi. (1295 sq. km).
- inarm — to embrace
- inarp — Inverse Address Resolution Protocol
- indra — Hinduism. the chief of the Vedic gods, the god of rain and thunder.
- infra — below, especially when used in referring to parts of a text.
- inria — Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et Automatique
- intra — within the walls, as of a city.
- invar — An alloy of iron containing 35.5% nickel, and having a very low coefficient of expansion.
- ipars — International Programmable Airline Reservation System
- irade — a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- iraki — a native of Iraq.
- irani — Iranian
- iraqi — a native of Iraq.
- irate — angry; enraged: an irate customer.
- irazu — Mount, a volcano in central Costa Rica. 11,200 feet (3414 meters).
- irian — New Guinea
- irina — a female given name.
- istar — (programming, tool) An experimental IPSE from Imperial Software Technology.
- ixora — any of numerous tropical shrubs or trees belonging to the genus Ixora, of the madder family, having glossy leaves and clusters of showy flowers in a variety of colors.
- izard — Ralph, 1742–1804, U.S. diplomat and politician.
- izars — a long, usually white cotton dress that covers the body completely, worn by women of North Africa and the Middle East.
- jabir — Geber.
- jagir — Alternative spelling of jaghir.
- jirga — A gathering of elders or leaders in Pakistan or Afghanistan, especially within a tribe.
- kabir — fl. late 15th century, Hindu religious reformer.
- kafir — Also called Nuristani. a member of an Indo-European people of Nuristan.