4-letter words containing r, e
- reif — plunder; booty; loot.
- reik — Theodor [thee-uh-dawr,, -dohr;; German tey-aw-dawr] /ˈθi əˌdɔr,, -ˌdoʊr;; German ˈteɪ ɔˌdɔr/ (Show IPA), 1888–1969, U.S. psychologist and author, born in Austria.
- rein — 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.
- reis — a former Portuguese and Brazilian money of account
- reit — real-estate investment trust.
- rel. — relating
- rely — to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon): You can rely on her work.
- reme — Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
- rena — a female given name, form of Marina.
- rend — to separate into parts with force or violence: The storm rent the ship to pieces.
- reni — Guido [gwee-daw] /ˈgwi dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1575–1642, Italian painter.
- renk — unpleasant; horrible
- reno — Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- rent — an opening made by rending or tearing; slit; fissure.
- repl — 1. (language, LISP, programming) read-eval-print loop. 2. (language) Restricted EPL.
- repo — a repurchase agreement.
- repp — a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- repr — represented
- rept — receipt
- resh — the 20th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- resp — respective(ly)
- rest — a support for a lance; lance rest.
- retd — retd is a written abbreviation for retired. It is used after someone's name to indicate that they have retired from the army, navy, or air force.
- rete — a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- reti — Richard. 1889–1929, Hungarian chess player and theorist; influential in enunciating the theories of the hypermodern school
- retz — Gilles de Laval [zheel duh la-val] /ʒil də laˈval/ (Show IPA), Baron de, 1404?–40, French marshal: executed for child murder.
- reus — a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- revd — Revd is a written abbreviation for Reverend.
- rexx — Restructured EXtended eXecutor
- rhea — Classical Mythology. a Titan, the daughter of Uranus and Gaea, the wife and sister of Cronus, and the mother of Zeus, Poseidon, Hera, Hades, Demeter, and Hestia: identified with Cybele and, by the Romans, with Ops.
- rhee — Syngman [sing-muh n] /ˈsɪŋ mən/ (Show IPA), 1875–1965, president of South Korea 1948–60.
- rhet — rhetoric
- rice — Anne, born 1941, U.S. novelist.
- ride — to sit on and manage a horse or other animal in motion; be carried on the back of an animal.
- riel — Louis, 1844–85, Canadian revolutionary.
- riem — a strip of hide which has been treated to preserve it before making it into leather
- rife — of common or frequent occurrence; prevalent; in widespread existence, activity, or use: Crime is rife in the slum areas of our cities.
- rile — to irritate or vex.
- rime — identity in sound of some part, especially the end, of words or lines of verse.
- ripe — Réseaux IP Européens
- rise — to get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling posture; assume an upright position: She rose and walked over to greet me. With great effort he rose to his knees.
- rite — a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use: rites of baptism; sacrificial rites.
- rive — to tear or rend apart: to rive meat from a bone.
- robe — a long, loose or flowing gown or outer garment worn by men or women as ceremonial dress, an official vestment, or garb of office.
- rode — a simple past tense of ride.
- roed — with roe inside, containing roe
- roeg — Nic(olas). born 1928, British film director and cinematographer. Films include Walkabout (1970), Don't Look Now (1972), Insignificance (1984), and The Witches (1990)
- roke — a seam or scratch filled with scale or slag on the surface of an ingot or bar.
- role — a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- rome — a republic in S Europe, comprising a peninsula S of the Alps, and Sicily, Sardinia, Elba, and other smaller islands: a kingdom 1870–1946. 116,294 sq. mi. (301,200 sq. km). Capital: Rome.