5-letter words containing m, r
- norma — an opera (1831) with music by Vincenzo Bellini.
- norms — a standard, model, or pattern.
- nurmi — Paavo Johannes [pah-vaw yaw-hahn-nes] /ˈpɑ vɔ ˈyɔ hɑn nɛs/ (Show IPA), 1897–1973, Finnish athlete.
- nvram — Non-Volatile Random Access Memory
- omber — a card game popular in the 17th and 18th centuries and played, usually by three persons, with 40 cards.
- ombre — a card game popular in the 17th and 18th centuries and played, usually by three persons, with 40 cards.
- omers — Plural form of omer.
- omrah — a Muslim noble of the court
- ormer — an abalone, Haliotis tuberculata, living in waters of the Channel Islands.
- ormuz — Strait of. Hormuz, Strait of.
- oromo — a member of a nomadic, pastoral people of Ethiopia and Kenya.
- param — formal argument
- parma — a city in N Italy, SE of Milan.
- pharm — pharmaceutical
- 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.
- prime — of the first importance; demanding the fullest consideration: a prime requisite.
- primi — the part of a piano duet played on the upper half of the keyboard.
- primo — the part of a piano duet played on the upper half of the keyboard.
- primp — to dress or adorn with care.
- prims — formally precise or proper, as persons or behavior; stiffly neat.
- primy — prime
- prism — Optics. a transparent solid body, often having triangular bases, used for dispersing light into a spectrum or for reflecting rays of light.
- proem — an introductory discourse; introduction; preface; preamble.
- prome — a city in central Burma, on the Irrawaddy River: location of several noted pagodas.
- promo — promotion (def 5).
- purim — a Jewish festival celebrated on the 14th day of the month of Adar in commemoration of the deliverance of the Jews in Persia from destruction by Haman.
- qorma — Alternative spelling of korma.
- radom — a city in E Poland.
- ramal — of or relating to a ramus.
- raman — Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata [chuhn-druh-shey-ker-uh veng-kuh-tuh] /ˈtʃʌn drəˈʃeɪ kər ə ˈvɛŋ kə tə/ (Show IPA), 1888–1970, Indian physicist: Nobel prize 1930.
- rambo — a fanatically militant or violently aggressive person.
- ramee — Louise de la ("Ouida") 1839–1908, English novelist.
- ramen — a bowl of clear soup containing noodles, vegetables, and often bits of meat.
- ramet — an individual of a clone.
- 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
- rammy — a noisy disturbance or free-for-all
- ramon — Ramón [rah-mawn] /rɑˈmɔn/ (Show IPA), ("Ramón") 1888–1963, Spanish novelist, dramatist, biographer, and critic.
- ramos — Fidel V. born 1928, Philippine political leader: president 1992–98.
- ramps — ramp3
- ramus — a branch, as of a plant, vein, bone, etc.
- rdbms — relational database
- rdram — Rambus DRAM
- realm — a royal domain; kingdom: the realm of England.
- reams — a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- rearm — to arm again.
- regma — a dry fruit consisting of three or more carpels that separate from the axis at maturity.
- rehem — to hem (garments, etc) again
- reims — a city in NE France: scene of the coronation of most French monarchs. Pop: 188 078 (2006)