5-letter words that end in r
- diver — a person or thing that dives.
- dixer — (Australia, politics) A planted question in Parliamentary w Question time.
- dnepr — Russian name of Dnieper.
- dolor — sorrow; grief.
- donar — the god of thunder, corresponding to Thor.
- doner — (humorous, dialect) Comparative form of done.
- donor — a person who gives or donates.
- doper — a drug addict.
- doser — a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
- doter — to bestow or express excessive love or fondness habitually (usually followed by on or upon): They dote on their youngest daughter.
- dover — a seaport in E Kent, in SE England: point nearest the coast of France.
- dower — Law. the portion of a deceased husband's real property allowed to his widow for her lifetime.
- dozer — bulldozer (def 1).
- drear — dreary.
- drier — a person or thing that dries.
- dryer — Also, drier. a machine, appliance, or apparatus for removing moisture, as by forced ventilation or heat: hair dryer; clothes dryer.
- duper — a person who is easily deceived or fooled; gull.
- durer — Albrecht [ahl-brekht] /ˈɑl brɛxt/ (Show IPA), 1471–1528, German painter and engraver.
- dvd-r — Digital Versatile Disc
- e-car — a car powered by electricity
- eager — keen or ardent in desire or feeling; impatiently longing: I am eager for news about them. He is eager to sing.
- eater — to take into the mouth and swallow for nourishment; chew and swallow (food).
- edder — Flexible wood worked into the top of hedge stakes, to bind them together.
- edgar — a male given name: from Old English words meaning “rich, happy” and “spear.”.
- edger — a person who puts an edge, especially a finishing edge, on a garment, surface, lens, etc.
- eeler — A fisherman who catches eels.
- eggar — A large brownish moth that is often active during the day. The caterpillars typically bear irritant hairs and make an egg-shaped cocoon.
- egger — tent caterpillar.
- eider — A northern sea duck, of which the male has mainly black and white plumage with a colored head, and the brown female has soft down feathers that are used to line the nest.
- eiger — a mountain in central Switzerland, in the Bernese Alps. Height: 3970 m (13 025 ft)
- elder — (of one or more out of a group of related or otherwise associated people) of a greater age.
- elgar — Sir Edward (William). 1857–1934, English composer, whose works include the Enigma Variations (1899), the oratorio The Dream of Gerontius (1900), two symphonies, a cello concerto, and a violin concerto
- elmer — a masculine name
- elver — A young eel, especially when undergoing mass migration upriver from the sea.
- embar — (archaic) To enclose (as though behind bars); to imprison.
- ember — A small piece of burning or glowing coal or wood in a dying fire.
- emdir — The CERN Electronic Mail DIRectory utility.
- emeer — Alternative spelling of emir.
- emmer — An old kind of Eurasian wheat with bearded ears and spikelets that each contain two grains, now grown mainly for fodder and breakfast cereals.
- encur — Alternative form of incur.
- ender — Something which ends another thing.
- ensor — James (Sydney). 1860–1949, Belgian expressionist painter, noted for his macabre subjects
- enter — Come or go into (a place).
- ephor — (in ancient Greece) one of five senior Spartan magistrates.
- error — A mistake.
- esher — a town in SE England, in NE Surrey near London: racecourse. Pop: 25 172 (2001)
- eskar — (geology) Alternative form of esker.
- esker — A long ridge of gravel and other sediment, typically having a winding course, deposited by meltwater from a retreating glacier or ice sheet.
- esper — A person supposed to have paranormal abilities.
- ester — An organic compound made by replacing the hydrogen of an acid by an alkyl or other organic group. Many naturally occurring fats and essential oils are esters of fatty acids.