5-letter words containing r
- amber — Amber is a hard yellowish-brown substance used for making jewellery.
- ambry — a recessed cupboard in the wall of a church near the altar, used to store sacred vessels, etc
- ameer — (formerly) the ruler of Afghanistan; amir
- amer. — America(n)
- amero — A proposed unified currency of Canada, the United States, and Mexico.
- amirs — Plural form of amir.
- amora — one of a group of Jewish scholars, active in the rabbinical academies of Palestine and Babylonia from the 3rd to the 6th centuries a.d., whose commentaries on and interpretations of the Mishnah comprise the Palestinian and Babylonian Gemaras.
- amort — utterly dejected, depressed, lifeless or listless
- amory — a male or female given name.
- amour — An amour is a love affair, especially one which is kept secret.
- amper — ampersand
- amram — the father of Aaron and Moses. Ex. 6:20.
- amrit — a sanctified solution of sugar and water used in the Amrit Ceremony
- ancre — having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline: a cross ancré.
- andre — John. 1751–80, British major who was hanged as a spy for conspiring with Benedict Arnold during the War of American Independence
- andro — (informal) androstenedione.
- anear — near
- anger — Anger is the strong emotion that you feel when you think that someone has behaved in an unfair, cruel, or unacceptable way.
- angor — extreme distress or mental anguish, usually of physical origin.
- angry — When you are angry, you feel strong dislike or impatience about something.
- anker — a unit of measurement of spirits or wine, used in various countries and formerly in England, where it was equivalent to gallons
- ansar — the first inhabitants of Medina to accept Islam.
- antlr — ANother Tool for Language Recognition
- antra — a cavity in a body organ, especially a bone.
- antre — a cavern or cave
- anury — (medicine, archaic) anuria.
- aorta — The aorta is the main artery through which blood leaves your heart before it flows through the rest of your body.
- apart — When people or things are apart, they are some distance from each other.
- apert — open, unconcealed
- apery — imitative behaviour; mimicry
- apgar — Virginia, 1909–74, U.S. physician: developed test to evaluate health of newborns.
- aport — on or towards the port side
- appar — Apparently.
- appro — (of a purchase) approval: on appro.
- apres — after
- april — April is the fourth month of the year in the Western calendar.
- apron — An apron is a piece of clothing that you put on over the front of your normal clothes and tie round your waist, especially when you are cooking, in order to prevent your clothes from getting dirty.
- apter — inclined; disposed; given; prone: too apt to slander others.
- apure — a river in W Venezuela, rising in the Andes and flowing east to the Orinoco. Length: about 676 km (420 miles)
- ara-a — an antiviral drug, C10H13N5O4H2O, that prevents DNA synthesis; used to treat certain herpes infections
- ara-c — a toxic synthetic nucleoside, C 9 H 13 N 3 O 5 , used as an immunosuppressive and cytotoxic agent in the treatment of certain leukemias.
- araba — an Asian carriage, wagon or cart that is drawn by horses or oxen
- araby — Arabia
- arage — (obsolete, transitive) To enrage.
- araki — A date liquor distilled illegally in Sudan.
- araks — river flowing from E Turkey along the S border of Armenia & Azerbaijan, into the Kura River and the Caspian Sea: c. 600 mi (966 km)
- arame — a dark brown or black seaweed, Eisenia bicyclis (or Ecklonia bicyclis), that is used in Japanese cuisine
- arany — János (ˈjaːnoʃ). 1817–82, Hungarian epic poet, ballad writer, and scholar
- arawn — the lord of Annwfn.
- araxa — a city in E Brazil.