5-letter words containing r, e
- bojer — Johan [yoh-hahn;; Norwegian yoh-hahn,, yoo-] /ˈyoʊ hɑn;; Norwegian yoʊˈhɑn,, yʊ-/ (Show IPA), 1872–1959, Norwegian novelist and playwright.
- boner — a blunder
- bored — If you are bored, you feel tired and impatient because you have lost interest in something or because you have nothing to do.
- borel — rustic, rude
- borer — a machine or hand tool for boring holes
- borne — Borne is the past participle of bear1.
- bower — A bower is a shady, leafy shelter in a garden or wood.
- boxer — A boxer is someone who takes part in the sport of boxing.
- boyer — Charles (ʃarl), known as the Great Lover. 1899–1978, French film actor
- br'er — brother: usually prefixed to a name
- brace — If you brace yourself for something unpleasant or difficult, you prepare yourself for it.
- braes — an upland area
- brahe — Tycho (ˈtyːço). 1546–1601, Danish astronomer, who designed and constructed instruments that he used to plot accurately the positions of the planets, sun, moon, and stars
- brake — Brakes are devices in a vehicle that make it go slower or stop.
- brame — a fierce passion or vexation
- brane — a hypothetical component of string theory
- brave — Someone who is brave is willing to do things which are dangerous, and does not show fear in difficult or dangerous situations.
- braze — to decorate with, make like, or make of brass
- bread — Bread is a very common food made from flour, water, and yeast.
- break — When an object breaks or when you break it, it suddenly separates into two or more pieces, often because it has been hit or dropped.
- bream — any of several Eurasian freshwater cyprinid fishes of the genus Abramis, esp A. brama, having a deep compressed body covered with silvery scales
- breda — a city in the S Netherlands, in North Brabant province: residence of Charles II of England during his exile. Pop: 164 000 (2003 est)
- brede — braiding or embroidery
- breed — A breed of a pet animal or farm animal is a particular type of it. For example, terriers are a breed of dog.
- breen — a deep brownish green.
- breme — fierce, strong, distinct
- brent — a borough of NW Greater London. Pop: 267 800 (2003 est). Area: 44 sq km (17 sq miles)
- brest — a port in NW France, in Brittany: chief naval station of the country, planned by Richelieu in 1631 and fortified by Vauban. Pop: 148 316 (2006)
- brett — a male or female given name.
- breve — an accent, (˘), placed over a vowel to indicate that it is of short duration or is pronounced in a specified way
- bribe — A bribe is a sum of money or something valuable that one person offers or gives to another in order to persuade him or her to do something.
- brice — Fanny, real name Fannie Borach. 1891–1951, US actress and singer. The film Funny Girl was based on her life
- bride — A bride is a woman who is getting married or who has just got married.
- brief — Something that is brief lasts for only a short time.
- brier — any of various thorny shrubs or other plants, such as the sweetbrier and greenbrier
- brine — Brine is salty water, especially salty water that is used for preserving food.
- brise — an area of untilled land
- broke — Broke is the past tense of break.
- brome — any of a large genus (Bromus) of grasses of the temperate zone, having closed sheaths and spikelets with awns: a few are crop plants but many are weeds
- brose — oatmeal or pease porridge, sometimes with butter or fat added
- bruce — James. 1730–94, British explorer, who discovered the source of the Blue Nile (1770)
- brule — (in the Pacific Northwest) an area of forest destroyed by fire.
- brume — heavy mist or fog
- brute — If you call someone, usually a man, a brute, you mean that they are rough, violent, and insensitive.
- bryce — Viscount James1838-1922; Eng. jurist, statesman, & historian, born in Ireland
- buber — Martin. 1878–1965, Jewish theologian, existentialist philosopher, and scholar of Hasidism, born in Austria, whose works include I and Thou (1923), Between Man and Man (1946), and Eclipse of God (1952)
- buret — a graduated glass tube, commonly having a stopcock at the bottom, used for accurately measuring or measuring out small quantities of liquid.
- burke — Edmund. 1729–97, British Whig statesman, conservative political theorist, and orator, born in Ireland: defended parliamentary government and campaigned for a more liberal treatment of the American colonies; denounced the French Revolution
- burse — a flat case used at Mass as a container for the corporal
- buyer — A buyer is a person who is buying something or who intends to buy it.