4-letter words containing r, e
- prep — preparatory school.
- pres — Andrew (Jackson, Jr.) born 1932, U.S. clergyman, civil-rights leader, politician, and diplomat: mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, 1981–89.
- pret — preterit
- prex — a president, especially of a college or university.
- prey — an animal hunted or seized for food, especially by a carnivorous animal.
- prez — Andrew (Jackson, Jr.) born 1932, U.S. clergyman, civil-rights leader, politician, and diplomat: mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, 1981–89.
- prie — to try, test, or taste.
- puer — an alkaline substance derived from the dung of dogs, formerly used to steep hides
- pure — free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminating kind; free from extraneous matter: pure gold; pure water.
- pyre — a pile or heap of wood or other combustible material.
- rabe — David (William) born 1940, U.S. playwright.
- race — Cape, a cape at the SE extremity of Newfoundland.
- rade — Obsolete spelling of road.
- raec — Royal Army Educational Corps
- rage — angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination): a speech full of rage; incidents of road rage.
- rake — inclination or slope away from the perpendicular or the horizontal.
- rale — an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- rape — the residue of grapes, after the juice has been extracted, used as a filter in making vinegar.
- rare — Réseaux Associés pour la Recherche Européenne
- rase — to tear down; demolish; level to the ground: to raze a row of old buildings.
- rate — the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation: a high rate of interest on loans.
- rave — to talk wildly, as in delirium.
- raze — to tear down; demolish; level to the ground: to raze a row of old buildings.
- read — to look at carefully so as to understand the meaning of (something written, printed, etc.): to read a book; to read music.
- real — true; not merely ostensible, nominal, or apparent: the real reason for an act.
- ream — a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- reap — to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- rear — the back of something, as distinguished from the front: The porch is at the rear of the house.
- rebs — Mister (used as a title of respect).
- reck — to have care, concern, or regard (often followed by of, with, or a clause).
- rect — receipt
- redd — to put in order; tidy: to redd a room for company.
- rede — to counsel; advise.
- redi — Francesco [frahn-ches-kaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛs kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1626?–98, Italian biologist.
- redo — to do again; repeat.
- reed — Sir Carol, 1906–76, British film director.
- reef — a part of a sail that is rolled and tied down to reduce the area exposed to the wind.
- reek — a strong, unpleasant smell.
- reel — a lively Scottish dance.
- reen — a ditch, esp a drainage channel
- refi — a refinancing of a debt
- refl — reflection
- reft — a simple past tense and past participle of reave1 .
- reg. — Regent
- regd — registered
- rego — the registration of a motor vehicle
- regs — a male given name, form of Reginald.
- regt — Regent
- rehi — (chat) Hello again.
- reid — Sir George Huston, 1845–1918, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1904–05.