5-letter words containing n, r, i
- niger — a republic in NW Africa: formerly part of French West Africa. 458,976 sq. mi. (1,188,748 sq. km). Capital: Niamey.
- nigra — (offensive, ethnic slur) A negro person.
- niner — a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- niort — a department in W France. 2338 sq. mi. (6055 sq. km). Capital: Niort.
- nirex — Nuclear Industry Radioactive Waste Executive
- nirly — shrivelled
- niter — potassium nitrate.
- nitr- — nitro-
- nitra — a city in W Slovakia, on the Nitra River: historic religious sites.
- nitre — potassium nitrate.
- nitro — Chemistry. containing the nitro group.
- nitry — nitrous; comprising nitre
- nixer — (Irish, slang) A job or income which is taken in addition to one's normal employment, generally at evenings or weekends. Originally implied that payment was not declared for taxation, but now refers to any work that is not part of one's regular job.
- noirs — Plural form of noir.
- noria — a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- nurmi — Paavo Johannes [pah-vaw yaw-hahn-nes] /ˈpɑ vɔ ˈyɔ hɑn nɛs/ (Show IPA), 1897–1973, Finnish athlete.
- orcin — a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 7 H 8 O 2 , sweet but unpleasant in taste, that reddens on exposure to air: obtained from many lichens or produced synthetically and used chiefly as a reagent for certain carbohydrates.
- orion — a Boeotian giant famed as a great hunter, who figures in several tales
- ornis — an avifauna.
- orpin — a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- orrin — a male given name.
- 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
- prink — to deck or dress for show.
- print — to produce (a text, picture, etc.) by applying inked types, plates, blocks, or the like, to paper or other material either by direct pressure or indirectly by offsetting an image onto an intermediate roller.
- prion — a tiny proteinaceous particle, likened to viruses and viroids, but having no genetic component, thought to be an infectious agent in bovine spongiform encephalopathy, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, and similar encephalopathies.
- proin — a prune, or dried plum
- quirn — A mill for grinding grain, the upper stone of which is turned by hand.
- 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.
- radin — Paul, 1883–1959, U.S. anthropologist, born in Poland.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- regin — a smith, the brother of Fafnir, who raises Sigurd and encourages him to kill Fafnir in the hope of gaining the gold he guards.
- reign — the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- reink — a fluid or viscous substance used for writing or printing.
- reins — Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- reni- — kidney or kidneys
- renin — a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- repin — a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- resin — a male given name.
- rewin — to win back or again.
- rhein — the Rhine.
- rhin- — rhino-
- rhine — Joseph Banks, 1895–1980, U.S. psychologist: pioneer in parapsychology.
- rhino — a rhinoceros.
- riant — laughing; smiling; cheerful.