5-letter words containing r, e
- circe — an enchantress who detained Odysseus on her island and turned his men into swine
- citer — to quote (a passage, book, author, etc.), especially as an authority: He cited the Constitution in his defense.
- clare — a county of W Republic of Ireland, in Munster between Galway Bay and the Shannon estuary. County town: Ennis. Pop: 103 277 (2002). Area: 3188 sq km (1231 sq miles)
- clear — Something that is clear is easy to understand, see, or hear.
- clerc — Laurent [loh-rahn] /loʊˈrɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1785–1869, French educator of the deaf, in the U.S. after 1816.
- clerk — A clerk is a person who works in an office, bank, or law court and whose job is to look after the records or accounts.
- coder — a person or thing that codes
- coeur — Jacques. ?1395–1456, French merchant; councillor and court banker to Charles VII of France
- coker — cokehead.
- comer — You can use comers to refer to people who arrive at a particular place.
- cooer — to utter or imitate the soft, murmuring sound characteristic of doves.
- coper — a horse-dealer
- corea — Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- cored — the central part of a fleshy fruit, containing the seeds.
- corer — a kitchen tool used to remove the cores of apples or other fruit
- cores — Plural form of core.
- corey — the penis
- corge — /korj/ Yet another metasyntactic variable, named after a cat invented by Mike Gallaher and propagated by the GOSMACS documentation. See grault.
- corse — Corsica
- corve — Alternative form of corf.
- cover — If you cover something, you place something else over it in order to protect it, hide it, or close it.
- cower — If you cower, you bend forward and downwards because you are very frightened.
- coyer — Comparative form of coy.
- crake — any of several rails that occur in the Old World, such as the corncrake and the spotted crake
- crame — a merchant's booth or stall at a market
- crane — A crane is a large machine that moves heavy things by lifting them in the air.
- crape — crepe, esp when used for mourning clothes
- crare — (formerly) a small and unwieldy trading vessel
- crase — (obsolete) To break in pieces; to crack.
- crate — A crate is a large box used for transporting or storing things.
- crave — If you crave something, you want to have it very much.
- craze — If there is a craze for something, it is very popular for a short time.
- creak — If something creaks, it makes a short, high-pitched sound when it moves.
- cream — Cream is a thick yellowish-white liquid taken from milk. You can use it in cooking or put it on fruit or desserts.
- creat — An usher to a riding master.
- crecy — a village in N France: scene of the first decisive battle of the Hundred Years' War when the English defeated the French (1346)
- credo — A credo is a set of beliefs, principles, or opinions that strongly influence the way a person lives or works.
- creds — the quality of being believable or worthy of respect, especially within a particular social, professional, or other group: If you wear this t-shirt, you’ll be earning geek cred. Both chefs have plenty of Southern cred. See also street cred.
- creed — A creed is a set of beliefs, principles, or opinions that strongly influence the way people live or work.
- creek — A creek is a narrow place where the sea comes a long way into the land.
- creel — a wickerwork basket, esp one used to hold fish
- creep — When people or animals creep somewhere, they move quietly and slowly.
- crema — A brownish foam that forms on the top of freshly made espresso.
- creme — (of a liqueur) rich and sweet
- crena — a notch or indentation
- creon — the successor to Oedipus as king of Thebes; the brother of Jocasta
- crepe — Crepe is a thin fabric with an uneven surface and is made of cotton, silk, or wool.
- crept — Crept is the past tense and past participle of creep.
- crepy — (esp of the skin) having a dry wrinkled appearance like crepe
- cres. — Crescent