4-letter words containing r, e
- dore — (Paul) Gustave [pawl gy-stav] /pɔl güˈstav/ (Show IPA), 1832?–83, French painter, illustrator, and sculptor.
- dper — /dee-pee-er/ Data Processor. Hackers are absolutely amazed that suits use this term self-referentially. *Computers* process data, not people! See DP.
- dree — tedious; dreary.
- dreg — dregs, the sediment of liquids; lees; grounds.
- drek — excrement; dung.
- drew — simple past tense of draw.
- drey — The nest of a squirrel, typically in the form of a mass of twigs in a tree.
- dure — hard; severe.
- dyer — John, 1700–58, British poet.
- e'er — ever.
- eare — Archaic spelling of ear.
- earl — a male given name: from the old English word meaning “noble.”.
- earn — to gain or get in return for one's labor or service: to earn one's living.
- earp — Wyatt (Ber·ry Stapp) [wahy-uh t-ber-ee-stap] /ˈwaɪ ətˈbɛr i stæp/ (Show IPA), 1848–1929, U.S. frontiersman, law officer, and gunfighter.
- ears — the part of a cereal plant, as corn, wheat, etc., that contains the flowers and hence the fruit, grains, or kernels.
- eber — Eye dialect of ever.
- ebrd — European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
- ebro — a river flowing SE from N Spain to the Mediterranean. About 470 miles (755 km) long.
- ecrc — European Computer-Industry Research Centre GmbH
- ecru — very light brown in color, as raw silk, unbleached linen, etc.
- eder — a river in central Germany, mainly in Hesse and flowing E to Kassel. 110 miles (177 km) long.
- eery — uncanny, so as to inspire superstitious fear; weird: an eerie midnight howl.
- eger — German name of Ohře.
- eire — Ireland : also, the former official name (1937-49) of the country of Ireland
- eirp — equivalent isotropically radiated power
- eldr — European Liberal Democratic and Reform (Party): a European political party in the European Parliament (1994–2004)
- emir — A title of various Muslim (mainly Arab) rulers.
- engr — engineer
- eorl — an Anglo-Saxon nobleman
- eras — Plural form of era.
- ercp — endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography
- erdf — European Regional Development Fund: a fund to provide money for specific projects for work on the infrastructure in countries of the European Union
- erev — the day before; the eve of
- erfs — Plural form of erf.
- ergo — Therefore.
- ergs — Plural form of erg.
- erhu — A Chinese two-stringed musical instrument held in the lap and played with a bow.
- eric — A fine paid as compensation for violent crimes.
- erie — a member of a North American Indian people formerly living south of Lake Erie
- erin — a feminine name
- eris — /e'ris/ The Greek goddess of Chaos, Discord, Confusion, and Things You Know Not Of; her name was latinised to Discordia and she was worshiped by that name in Rome. Not a very friendly deity in the Classical original, she was reinvented as a more benign personification of creative anarchy starting in 1959 by the adherents of Discordianism and has since been a semi-serious subject of veneration in several "fringe" cultures, including hackerdom. See Church of the SubGenius.
- erke — (obsolete) slothful.
- erks — Plural form of erk.
- erme — (intransitive, obsolete) To grieve; to feel sad.
- erne — The sea eagle.
- eros — A winged figure of a child representing love and/or its power.
- errs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of err.
- erse — of or relating to the Irish Gaelic language
- ersh — Alternative form of earsh.
- erst — Long ago; formerly.