5-letter words containing r, e, c
- oncer — at one time in the past; formerly: I was a farmer once; a once powerful nation.
- pacer — a person or thing that paces.
- perch — a pole or rod, usually horizontal, serving as a roost for birds.
- percy — Sir Henry ("Hotspur") 1364–1403, English military and rebel leader.
- price — Bruce, 1845–1903, U.S. architect.
- pucer — of a dark or brownish purple.
- raced — a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- racer — a person, animal, or thing that races or takes part in a race, as a racehorse, bicycle, yacht, etc.
- races — Cape, a cape at the SE extremity of Newfoundland.
- rache — Alternative form of rach.
- rance — a type of red marble, often with white or blue graining, that comes from Belgium
- reach — to get to or get as far as in moving, going, traveling, etc.: The boat reached the shore.
- react — to act in response to an agent or influence: How did the audience react to the speech?
- rebec — a Renaissance fiddle with a pear-shaped body tapering into a neck that ends in a sickle-shaped or scroll-shaped pegbox.
- recap — to recondition (a worn automobile tire) by cementing on a strip of prepared rubber and vulcanizing by subjecting to heat and pressure in a mold.
- recce — (especially in British military use) reconnaissance: a pilot who spent three months on recce.
- reccy — (especially in British military use) reconnaissance: a pilot who spent three months on recce.
- recd. — In written English, recd. can be used as an abbreviation for received.
- recip — A recip is a pump which uses a backward and forward movement to move a fluid.
- recit — narrative
- recks — to have care, concern, or regard (often followed by of, with, or a clause).
- recol — REtrieval COmmand Language. CACM 6(3):117-122 (Mar 1963).
- recon — reconnaissance.
- recta — a plural of rectum.
- recti — plural of rectus.
- recto — a right-hand page of an open book or manuscript; the front of a leaf (opposed to verso).
- recur — to occur again, as an event, experience, etc.
- recut — to penetrate with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument or object: He cut his finger.
- reech — to smoke or emit smoke
- reice — the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- reich — Stephen Michael ("Steve") born 1936, U.S. composer.
- relic — a surviving memorial of something past.
- repic — the scoring of 30 points in the declaration of hands before one's opponent scores a point.
- retch — to make efforts to vomit.
- riced — the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- ricer — an implement for ricing potatoes, squash, etc., by pressing them through small holes.
- ricey — pertaining to, resembling, or containing rice.
- roche — Mazo [mey-zoh] /ˈmeɪ zoʊ/ (Show IPA), 1885–1961, Canadian novelist.
- royce — Josiah, 1855–1916, U.S. philosopher and educator.
- ruche — a strip of pleated lace, net, muslin, or other material for trimming or finishing a dress, as at the collar or sleeves.
- scare — to fill, especially suddenly, with fear or terror; frighten; alarm.
- score — the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- scree — a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- screw — a metal fastener having a tapered shank with a helical thread, and topped with a slotted head, driven into wood or the like by rotating, especially by means of a screwdriver.
- serac — a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- seric — made of silk; silken
- sucre — Antonio José de [ahn-taw-nyaw haw-se th e] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ hɔˈsɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1830, Venezuelan general and South American liberator: 1st president of Bolivia 1826–28.
- terce — tierce (def 3).
- trace — either of the two straps, ropes, or chains by which a carriage, wagon, or the like is drawn by a harnessed horse or other draft animal.
- trice — a very short time; an instant: in a trice.