5-letter words containing r, h, e
- horde — a large group, multitude, number, etc.; a mass or crowd: a horde of tourists.
- horeb — a mountain sometimes identified with Mount Sinai.
- horme — activity directed toward a goal; purposive effort.
- horne — Lena, 1917–2010, U.S. singer and actress.
- horse — a large, solid-hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties, and used for carrying or pulling loads, for riding, and for racing.
- hoser — a person who is considered unintelligent or uncouth, especially a beer-drinking man.
- houre — Obsolete spelling of hour.
- hover — to hang fluttering or suspended in the air: The helicopter hovered over the building.
- hower — a hole.
- huger — extraordinarily large in bulk, quantity, or extent: a huge ship; a huge portion of ice cream.
- hyper — overexcited; overstimulated; keyed up.
- kerch — a seaport in E Crimea, in S Ukraine, on Kerch Strait.
- kheer — An Indian sweet rice pudding.
- khmer — a member of a people in Cambodia whose ancestors established an empire about the 5th century a.d. and who reached their zenith during the 9th to the 12th centuries when they dominated most of Indochina.
- lehar — Franz [frahnts] /frɑnts/ (Show IPA), 1870–1948, Hungarian composer of operettas.
- merch — merchandise, especially as marketed to a particular fan base: The band sold t-shirts and other merch while on tour.
- neher — Erwin, born 1944, German physicist: Nobel prize 1991.
- nehru — Jawaharlal [juh-wah-her-lahl] /dʒəˈwɑ hər lɑl/ (Show IPA), 1889–1964, Hindu political leader in India: first prime minister of the republic of India 1947–64 (father of Indira Gandhi).
- ocher — any of a class of natural earths, mixtures of hydrated oxide of iron with various earthy materials, ranging in color from pale yellow to orange and red, and used as pigments.
- ochre — to color or mark with ocher.
- other — additional or further: he and one other person.
- perch — a pole or rod, usually horizontal, serving as a roost for birds.
- perth — a state in W Australia. 975,920 sq. mi. (2,527,635 sq. km). Capital: Perth.
- phare — a beacon or watchtower to guide seafarers
- rache — Alternative form of rach.
- raphe — Anatomy. a seamlike union between two parts or halves of an organ or the like.
- rathe — Archaic. growing, blooming, or ripening early in the year or season.
- reach — to get to or get as far as in moving, going, traveling, etc.: The boat reached the shore.
- reech — to smoke or emit smoke
- rehab — rehabilitation, especially a program or facility for treating persons addicted to drugs or alcohol or recovering from certain medical conditions: He's been sober since coming out of rehab. She checked into rehab after suffering a stroke.
- rehem — to hem (garments, etc) again
- reich — Stephen Michael ("Steve") born 1936, U.S. composer.
- reith — John (Charles Walsham), 1st Baron. 1889–1971, British public servant: first general manager (1922–27) and first director general (1927–38) of the BBC
- resht — Rasht.
- retch — to make efforts to vomit.
- rheda — (in ancient Rome) a four-wheeled traveling carriage.
- rhein — the Rhine.
- rheme — comment (def 7).
- rheo- — indicating stream, flow, or current
- rheum — a thin discharge of the mucous membranes, especially during a cold.
- rhine — Joseph Banks, 1895–1980, U.S. psychologist: pioneer in parapsychology.
- rhone — a river flowing from the Alps in S Switzerland through the Lake of Geneva and SE France into the Mediterranean. 504 miles (810 km) long.
- rhyme — identity in sound of some part, especially the end, of words or lines of verse.
- roche — Mazo [mey-zoh] /ˈmeɪ zoʊ/ (Show IPA), 1885–1961, Canadian novelist.
- ruche — a strip of pleated lace, net, muslin, or other material for trimming or finishing a dress, as at the collar or sleeves.
- sehri — a meal eaten before sunrise by Muslims during Ramadan
- share — a plowshare.
- shear — to cut (something).
- sheer — transparently thin; diaphanous, as some fabrics: sheer stockings.
- sherd — shard.