5-letter words containing r, a, b
- brian — Havergal (ˈhævəɡəl). 1876–1972, English composer, who wrote 32 symphonies, including the large-scale Gothic Symphony (1919–27)
- briar — A briar is a wild rose with long, prickly stems.
- broad — Something that is broad is wide.
- broca — Paul (pɔl). 1824–80, French surgeon and anthropologist who discovered the motor speech centre of the brain and did pioneering work in brain surgery
- broga — an exercise regime for men that combines fitness exercises with traditional yoga postures
- brusa — Bursa.
- bryan — a masculine name
- bsram — Burst Static Random Access Memory
- buran — a blizzard, with the wind blowing from the north and reaching gale force
- buraq — the legendary beast, a winged horse with the face of a woman and the tail of a peacock, on which Muhammad ascended to heaven.
- burga — a loose garment covering the entire body and having a veiled opening for the eyes, worn by Muslim women.
- burka — burqa
- burma — Myanmar: name still in popular use
- burqa — A burqa is a long garment that covers the head and body and is traditionally worn by women in Islamic countries.
- burra — Edward (John). 1905–76, British painter, noted esp for his depiction of squalid and grotesque subjects
- bursa — a small fluid-filled sac that reduces friction between movable parts of the body, esp at joints
- busra — Basra.
- caber — A caber is a long, heavy, wooden pole. It is thrown into the air as a test of strength in the traditional Scottish sport called 'tossing the caber'.
- cabre — heraldic term designating an animal rearing
- carb- — carbo-
- carbo — carbohydrate
- carbs — carbohydrate.
- carby — Carburetor/carburettor.
- carib — a member of a group of American Indian peoples of NE South America and the Lesser Antilles
- carob — A carob or carob tree is a Mediterranean tree that stays green all year round. It has dark-brown fruit that tastes similar to chocolate.
- coarb — (in Celtic religions) a spiritual successor
- cobra — A cobra is a kind of poisonous snake that can make the skin on the back of its neck into a hood.
- corba — Common Object Request Broker Architecture
- crabb — George, 1778–1851, English author and philologist.
- crabs — the lowest throw in a game of chance, esp two aces in dice
- darby — Abraham. 1677–1717, British iron manufacturer: built the first coke-fired blast furnace (1709)
- debar — If you are debarred from doing something, you are prevented from doing it by a law or regulation.
- debra — a feminine name: dim. Debbie, Debby
- dobra — any of various former Portuguese coins, especially a gold coin of John V equal to two johannes.
- dorab — wolf herring.
- dorba — a stupid, inept, or clumsy person
- drabs — Plural form of drab.
- embar — (archaic) To enclose (as though behind bars); to imprison.
- erbia — (inorganic compound) erbium oxide Er2O3; Discovered in 1843, by Carl Gustaf Mosander.
- fabre — Jean Henri [zhahn ahn-ree] /ʒɑ̃ ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1823–1915, French entomologist and popular writer on insect life.
- fabry — Charles (ʃarl). 1867–1945, French physicist: discovered ozone in the upper atmosphere
- fubar — not working; completely messed up; bungled; confused.
- gabar — an Iranian Zoroastrian.
- gabor — Dennis, 1900–79, British physicist, born in Hungary: inventor of holography; Nobel Prize 1971.
- garbe — a wheat-sheaf
- garbo — Greta (Greta Lovisa Gustaffson) 1905–90, U.S. film actress, born in Sweden.
- garbs — Plural form of garb.
- gbari — Gwari.
- gobar — Dried cow dung used directly as fuel or as a source of gas.
- grabs — to seize suddenly or quickly; snatch; clutch: He grabbed me by the collar.