5-letter words containing r, e
- byrne — Donn [don] /dɒn/ (Show IPA), Donn-Byrne, Brian Oswald.
- caber — A caber is a long, heavy, wooden pole. It is thrown into the air as a test of strength in the traditional Scottish sport called 'tossing the caber'.
- cabre — heraldic term designating an animal rearing
- cader — Eastern New England and British. (of the young of animals) abandoned or left by the mother and raised by humans: a cade lamb.
- cadre — A cadre is a small group of people who have been specially chosen, trained, and organized for a particular purpose.
- cager — a basketball player
- caner — a person who regularly indulges in excessive drinking or drug-taking
- caper — Capers are the small green buds of caper plants. They are usually sold preserved in vinegar.
- cared — a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern: He was never free from care.
- caren — a female given name.
- carer — A carer is someone who is responsible for looking after another person, for example, a person who has a disability, or is ill or very young.
- cares — a private organization for the collection of funds, goods, etc., for distribution to the needy in foreign countries.
- caret — a symbol (‸) used to indicate the place in written or printed matter at which something is to be inserted
- carew — Thomas. ?1595–?1639, English Cavalier poet
- carex — any sedge of the genus Carex.
- carey — George (Leonard). born 1935, Archbishop of Canterbury (1991–2002)
- carie — a female given name, form of Caroline.
- carle — Scot. a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer. a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- carme — a nymph who was one of Diana's attendants and mother of Britomaris by Jupiter
- carne — Marcel (marsɛl). 1906–96, French film director. His films include Le Jour se lève (1939), Les Portes de la nuit (1946), and La Bible (1976)
- carse — a riverside area of flat fertile alluvium
- carte — ˈRichard D'Oyly (ˈdɔɪli ) ; doiˈlē) 1844-1901; Eng. producer of Gilbert & Sullivan operas
- carve — If you carve an object, you make it by cutting it out of a substance such as wood or stone. If you carve something such as wood or stone into an object, you make the object by cutting it out.
- cater — In British English, to cater for a group of people means to provide all the things that they need or want. In American English, you say you cater to a person or group of people.
- caver — A caver is someone who goes into underground caves as a sport.
- ceara — a state of NE Brazil: sandy coastal plain, rising to a high plateau. Capital: Fortaleza. Pop: 7 654 535 (2002). Area: 150 630 sq km (58 746 sq miles)
- cedar — A cedar or a cedar tree is a large evergreen tree with wide branches and small thin leaves called needles.
- ceder — to yield or formally surrender to another: to cede territory.
- ceorl — a freeman of the lowest class in Anglo-Saxon England
- ceram — one of the Molucca Islands, in Indonesia, west of New Guinea: 6,621 sq mi (17,148 sq km)
- ceras — (biology) a dorsal or lateral outgrowth on the body of nudibranchs.
- cerci — one of a pair of appendages at the rear of the abdomen of certain insects and other arthropods, serving as tactile organs.
- cered — Archaic. to wrap in or as if in a cerecloth, especially a corpse.
- ceres — the Roman goddess of agriculture
- cerge — a large altar candle
- ceria — cerium dioxide, CeO2, a white compound used as in ceramics
- ceric — of or containing cerium in the tetravalent state
- cero- — indicating the use of wax
- ceroc — a form of dance combining elements of jive and salsa
- cerro — a hill or peak.
- certs — Plural form of cert.
- ceryl — (chemistry) A radical, C27H55, supposed to exist in several compounds obtained from waxes.
- chare — a chore, esp. a household chore
- chear — (obsolete) cheer.
- cheer — When people cheer, they shout loudly to show their approval or to encourage someone who is doing something such as taking part in a game.
- chere — dear; beloved: used in referring to or addressing a woman or girl.
- cheri — a female given name.
- chert — a microcrystalline form of silica usually occurring as bands or layers of pebbles in sedimentary rock. Formula: SiO2. Varieties include flint, lyddite (Lydian stone)
- chore — A chore is a task that you must do but that you find unpleasant or boring.
- cider — Cider is a drink made from apples which in Britain usually contains alcohol. In the United States, cider does not usually contain alcohol, and if it does contain alcohol, it is usually called hard cider.