5-letter words containing i, r, a
- redia — a cylindrical larval stage of some trematodes, produced by a sporocyst and giving rise to daughter rediae or to cercariae.
- retia — a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- riant — laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- riata — a lariat.
- ribat — a building housing a community of Sufis.
- rieka — a seaport in W Croatia, on the Adriatic.
- rigal — A language for compiler writing. Data strucures are atoms, lists/trees. Control is based on pattern matching.
- rioja — a city in W Argentina.
- rival — a person who is competing for the same object or goal as another, or who tries to equal or outdo another; competitor.
- riyal — a bronze coin and monetary unit of Qatar, equal to 100 dirhams.
- rizal — José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1861–96, Philippine patriot, novelist, poet, and physician.
- rmail — (messaging) A MUA written in Emacs Lisp to run within Emacs.
- rubai — a verse form of Persian origin consisting of four-line stanzas
- rupia — a type of skin eruption
- sabir — lingua franca (def 2).
- sapir — Edward, 1884–1939, U.S. anthropologist and linguist, born in Germany.
- sarai — an earlier name of Sarah. Gen. 17:15.
- sarin — Sarin is an extremely poisonous gas that is used in chemical weapons.
- sarpi — Paolo (ˈpaolo), real name Pietro Soave Polano. 1552–1623, Italian scholar, theologian, and patriot, who championed the Venetian republic in its dispute with Pope Paul V, arguing against papal absolutism and for the separation of church and state
- serai — (in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- shair — a person, especially a poet, endowed with unique perception or insight.
- shari — Also, Chari. a river in N central Africa, flowing NW from the Central African Republic into Lake Chad. 1400 miles (2254 km) long.
- sidra — Gulf of, an inlet of the Mediterranean, on the N coast of Libya.
- sikra — sikhara.
- simar — Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- sitar — a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- sizar — (at Cambridge University and at Trinity College, Dublin) an undergraduate who receives maintenance aid from the college.
- srapi — Speech Recognition Application Program Interface
- stair — one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- stria — a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement: striae of muscle fiber.
- syria — Official name Syrian Arab Republic. a republic in SW Asia at the E end of the Mediterranean. 71,227 sq. mi. (184,478 sq. km). Capital: Damascus.
- taira — a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled the country 1160–85.
- tapir — any of several large, stout, three-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, of Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, somewhat resembling swine and having a long, flexible snout: all species are threatened or endangered.
- tarai — a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- tarim — a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- tarsi — Anatomy, Zoology. the bones of the proximal segment of the foot; the bones between the tibia and the metatarsus, contributing to the construction of the ankle joint.
- terai — a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- thira — Thera.
- tiara — a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- tiran — Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- tragi — a fleshy prominence at the front of the external opening of the ear.
- traik — to become ill or lose one's good health.
- trail — to drag or let drag along the ground or other surface; draw or drag along behind.
- train — Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- trait — a distinguishing characteristic or quality, especially of one's personal nature: bad traits of character.
- trali — transfusion-related acute lung injury: a potentially fatal condition that can affect a female blood donor who has been pregnant
- triac — a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- triad — a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- trial — German Der Prozess. a novel (1925) by Franz Kafka.
- trias — the Triassic period or rock system