5-letter words containing r
- birse — a bristle
- birsy — bristly
- birth — When a baby is born, you refer to this event as his or her birth.
- biter — a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously: That dog is a biter.
- blair — Tony, full name Anthony Charles Lynton Blair. born 1953, British politician; leader of the Labour Party (1994–2007); prime minister (1997–2007); Middle East peace envoy (2007–2015)
- blare — If something such as a siren or radio blares or if you blare it, it makes a loud, unpleasant noise.
- blart — to sound loudly and harshly
- blear — to make (eyes or sight) dim with or as if with tears; blur
- blert — a fool
- bloor — Ella Reeve [reev] /riv/ (Show IPA), ("Mother Bloor") 1862–1951, U.S. labor organizer and writer.
- blore — a strong blast of wind
- bluer — the pure color of a clear sky; the primary color between green and violet in the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 450 and 500 nm.
- blurb — The blurb about a new book, film, or exhibition is information about it that is written in order to attract people's interest.
- blurt — If someone blurts something, they say it suddenly, after trying hard to keep quiet or to keep it secret.
- board — A board is a flat, thin, rectangular piece of wood or plastic which is used for a particular purpose.
- boart — low-quality diamond, in granular aggregate or small fragments, valuable only in crushed or powdered form, especially for industrial use as an abrasive.
- bocor — a malevolent voodoo priest of Haiti.
- boers — a South African of Dutch extraction.
- bogor — a city in Indonesia, in W Java: botanical gardens and research institutions. Pop: 750 819 (2000)
- bojer — Johan [yoh-hahn;; Norwegian yoh-hahn,, yoo-] /ˈyoʊ hɑn;; Norwegian yoʊˈhɑn,, yʊ-/ (Show IPA), 1872–1959, Norwegian novelist and playwright.
- bolar — of or relating to clay
- boner — a blunder
- boors — a churlish, rude, or unmannerly person.
- borah — William Edgar, 1865–1940, U.S. senator from Idaho 1906–40.
- borak — rubbish; nonsense
- boral — the powdered mixture of boron carbide and aluminium
- boras — a city in SW Sweden, chiefly producing textiles. Pop: 98 831 (2004 est)
- borax — Borax is a white powder used, for example, in the making of glass and as a cleaning chemical.
- 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
- boric — of or containing boron
- boris — a masculine name
- borne — Borne is the past participle of bear1.
- borno — a state of NE Nigeria, on Lake Chad. Capital: Maiduguri. Pop: 4 151 193 (2006). Area: 70 898 sq km (27 374 sq miles)
- bornu — a former sultanate in Africa, SW of Lake Chad: now largely a province in Nigeria.
- boro- — boron
- boron — a very hard almost colourless crystalline metalloid element that in impure form exists as a brown amorphous powder. It occurs principally in borax and is used in hardening steel. The naturally occurring isotope boron-10 is used in nuclear control rods and neutron detection instruments. Symbol: B; atomic no: 5; atomic wt: 10.81; valency: 3; relative density: 2.34 (crystalline), 2.37 (amorphous); melting pt: 2092°C; boiling pt: 4002°C
- borty — low-quality diamond, in granular aggregate or small fragments, valuable only in crushed or powdered form, especially for industrial use as an abrasive.
- bortz — low-quality diamond, in granular aggregate or small fragments, valuable only in crushed or powdered form, especially for industrial use as an abrasive.
- bouar — a city in the W Central African Republic.
- bourd — a jest or joke
- bourg — a French market town, esp one beside a castle
- bourn — a destination; goal
- 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.
- boyar — a member of an old order of Russian nobility, ranking immediately below the princes: abolished by Peter the Great
- boyer — Charles (ʃarl), known as the Great Lover. 1899–1978, French film actor
- br'er — brother: usually prefixed to a name
- braai — to grill or roast (meat) over open coals