5-letter words containing w, r
- growl — to utter a deep guttural sound of anger or hostility: The dog growled at the mail carrier.
- grown — advanced in growth: a grown boy.
- grows — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of grow.
- gwari — a member of an agricultural people of northeastern Nigeria.
- gweru — a city in central Zimbabwe.
- hewer — to strike forcibly with an ax, sword, or other cutting instrument; chop; hack.
- hower — a hole.
- irwin — Wallace, 1875–1959, U.S. journalist and humorist.
- jawar — Sorghum.
- jewry — the Jewish people collectively.
- jowar — Alt form jawar.
- krewe — (especially in New Orleans) a private social club that sponsors balls, parades, etc., as part of the Mardi Gras festivities.
- kwara — a state of W Nigeria: mainly wooded savanna. Capital: Ilorin. Pop: 2 371 089 (2006). Area: 36 825 sq km (14 218 sq miles)
- lawer — Obsolete form of lawyer.
- lewer — Comparative form of lew.
- lower — to cause to descend; let or put down: to lower a flag.
- lowry — (Clarence) Malcolm (Boden) [bohd-n] /ˈboʊd n/ (Show IPA), 1909–57, U.S. novelist, born in England.
- marwa — Safa and Marwa.
- mewar — Udaipur (def 2).
- mower — lawn mower.
- mowra — mahua.
- mweru — a lake in S central Africa, between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia. 68 miles (109 km) long.
- narew — a river in NE Poland, flowing S and SW into the Bug River: battle 1915. 290 miles (465 km) long.
- newar — a member of a Mongoloid people of Nepal.
- newer — of recent origin, production, purchase, etc.; having but lately come or been brought into being: a new book.
- newry — a city and port in Northern Ireland, in Newry and Mourne district, Co Down. Pop: 27 433 (2001)
- norw. — Norway
- nower — without further delay; immediately; at once: Either do it now or not at all.
- orrow — not regular or scheduled; odd: orra work.
- owler — a smuggler (esp of sheep, from England to France)
- owner — a person who owns; possessor; proprietor.
- pawer — the foot of an animal having claws.
- power — a heavy blow or a loud, explosive noise.
- prawn — any of various shrimplike decapod crustaceans of the genera Palaemon, Penaeus, etc., certain of which are used as food.
- prowl — to rove or go about stealthily, as in search of prey, something to steal, etc.
- rawer — uncooked, as articles of food: a raw carrot.
- rawin — a method of observation of upper-air winds conducted by means of a weather balloon tracked by radar or a radio direction finder.
- rawls — John, 1921–2002, U.S. political philosopher.
- rawly — uncooked, as articles of food: a raw carrot.
- renew — to begin or take up again, as an acquaintance, a conversation, etc.; resume.
- resaw — to saw again.
- resew — to sew again
- resow — to sow (seed, grain, land, fields, etc) again
- rewax — to wax again
- rewed — to marry (another person) in a formal ceremony.
- rewet — moistened, covered, or soaked with water or some other liquid: wet hands.
- rewin — to win back or again.
- rewon — to win back or again.
- rnwmp — Royal Northwest Mounted Police: a former name for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- rowan — the European mountain ash, Sorbus aucuparia, having pinnate leaves and clusters of bright red berries.