5-letter words containing ra
- barak — Ehud (ɛˈhʊd). born 1942, Israeli politician, prime minister (1999–2001); left the Labour Party (2011) to form the breakaway party Independence
- barra — a barramundi
- basra — a port in SE Iraq, on the Shatt-al-Arab. Pop: 1 187 000 (2005 est)
- beira — a port in E Mozambique: terminus of a transcontinental railway from Lobito, Angola, through the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Pop: 566 000 (2005 est)
- berar — a region of W central India: part of Maharashtra state since 1956; important for cotton growing
- berat — a city in S central Albania.
- beray — to soil, dirty, defile
- berra — Lawrence Peter ("Yogi") born 1925, U.S. baseball player and manager.
- 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.
- braai — to grill or roast (meat) over open coals
- brace — If you brace yourself for something unpleasant or difficult, you prepare yourself for it.
- brach — a bitch hound
- bract — a specialized leaf, usually smaller than the foliage leaves, with a single flower or inflorescence growing in its axil
- brady — Mathew B. (ˈmæθju ) ; mat hˈyo̅o) 1823?-96; U.S. photographer, esp. of Lincoln & the Civil War
- braes — an upland area
- braga — a city in N Portugal: capital of the Roman province of Lusitania; 12th-century cathedral, seat of the Primate of Portugal. Pop: 164 193 (2001)
- bragg — Billy. born 1957, British rock singer and songwriter, noted for his political protest songs; recordings include Between the Wars (1985), Workers' Playtime (1988), Mermaid Avenue (1998), and England, Half English (2002)
- bragi — the god of poetry and music, son of Odin
- brahe — Tycho (ˈtyːço). 1546–1601, Danish astronomer, who designed and constructed instruments that he used to plot accurately the positions of the planets, sun, moon, and stars
- braid — Braid is a narrow piece of decorated cloth or twisted threads, which is used to decorate clothes or curtains.
- brail — one of several lines fastened to the leech of a fore-and-aft sail to aid in furling it
- brain — Your brain is the organ inside your head that controls your body's activities and enables you to think and to feel things such as heat and pain.
- brake — Brakes are devices in a vehicle that make it go slower or stop.
- braky — overgrown with brambles or ferns
- brame — a fierce passion or vexation
- brand — If someone is branded as something bad, people think they are that thing.
- brane — a hypothetical component of string theory
- brank — (esp of horses) to prance or strut
- brant — a small goose, Branta bernicla, that has a dark grey plumage and short neck and occurs in most northern coastal regions
- brash — If you describe someone or their behaviour as brash, you disapprove of them because you think that they are too confident and aggressive.
- brass — Brass is a yellow-coloured metal made from copper and zinc. It is used especially for making ornaments and musical instruments.
- braun — Eva (ˈeːfa). 1910–45, Adolf Hitler's mistress, whom he married shortly before their suicides in 1945
- brava — a shout of appreciation to a female performer
- brave — Someone who is brave is willing to do things which are dangerous, and does not show fear in difficult or dangerous situations.
- bravo — Some people say 'bravo' to express appreciation when someone has done something well.
- brawl — A brawl is a rough or violent fight.
- brawn — Brawn is physical strength.
- braws — fine apparel
- braxy — an acute and usually fatal bacterial disease of sheep characterized by high fever, coma, and inflammation of the fourth stomach, caused by infection with Clostridium septicum
- braz. — Brazil(ian)
- braza — a unit of measurement used in Spain and Latin America, equal to 167 centimetres
- braze — to decorate with, make like, or make of brass
- bsram — Burst Static Random Access Memory
- buran — a blizzard, with the wind blowing from the north and reaching gale force
- buraq — the legendary beast, a winged horse with the face of a woman and the tail of a peacock, on which Muhammad ascended to heaven.
- burra — Edward (John). 1905–76, British painter, noted esp for his depiction of squalid and grotesque subjects