5-letter words containing k, r
- ricky — a male given name, form of Rick.
- rieka — a seaport in W Croatia, on the Adriatic.
- rilke — Rainer Maria [rahy-nuh r mah-ree-ah] /ˈraɪ nər mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1875–1926, Austrian poet, born in Prague.
- risky — attended with or involving risk; hazardous: a risky undertaking.
- rocks — a male given name.
- rocky — inclined or likely to rock; tottering; shaky; unsteady.
- rojak — (in Malaysia) a salad dish served in chilli sauce
- roker — any of several varieties of marine ray
- rooky — full of or frequented by rooks.
- rukwa — Lake, a shallow salt lake in SW Tanzania. About 1000 sq. mi. (2600 sq. km).
- rurik — died a.d. 879, Scandinavian prince: founder of the Russian monarchy.
- ruska — Ernst (August Friedrich) [ernst ou-goo st free-drikh] /ɛrnst ˈaʊ gʊst ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1906–88, German physicist and electrical engineer: developed electron microscope; Nobel prize 1986.
- saker — a light field gun that is smaller than a demiculverin and fires a shot weighing 6 pounds (4.5 kg) or less.
- sarky — sarcastic.
- saruk — a tightly woven Oriental rug with soft colors and, usually, a center design.
- shark — a person who preys greedily on others, as by cheating or usury.
- shirk — to evade (work, duty, responsibility, etc.).
- siker — safe from danger; secure.
- sikra — sikhara.
- skier — a person who skis.
- skirl — to play the bagpipe.
- skirr — to go rapidly; fly; scurry.
- skirt — the part of a gown, dress, slip, or coat that extends downward from the waist.
- skort — a women's garment resembling a short skirt but having individual leg sections usually covered by a flap in front.
- skran — food
- skrik — South African. a sudden fright or panic.
- skyer — a lofty hit of a cricket ball
- skyre — to be shining bright or conspicuous
- smirk — to smile in an affected, smug, or offensively familiar way.
- snark — rude or sarcastic criticism.
- spark — Muriel (Sarah) (Camberg) 1918–2006, British novelist and writer, born in Scotland.
- spork — a utensil used for eating, combining a spoon and a fork
- stark — sheer, utter, downright, or complete: stark madness.
- stirk — a young bull or cow, especially one in its second year.
- stork — any of several wading birds of the family Ciconiidae, having long legs and a long neck and bill. Compare adjutant stork, jabiru, marabou (def 1), white stork, wood ibis.
- syker — secure; sure
- taker — to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
- tarok — a card game dating probably from the Renaissance and still popular in central Europe, originally played with a special pack of 78 cards but now usually played with 32 cards of a regular pack together with 22 tarots.
- terek — a Russian sandpiper, Xenus cinerius
- torsk — a cod.
- track — a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
- traik — to become ill or lose one's good health.
- trakl — Georg. 1887–1914, Austrian poet, noted for his expressionist style: died of a drug overdose while serving as a medical officer in World War I
- trank — the piece of leather from which one glove is cut.
- trick — a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.
- trike — tricycle.
- troke — truck2 (defs 4–7).
- tronk — a jail
- truck — a shuffling jitterbug step.
- trunk — the main stem of a tree, as distinct from the branches and roots.