5-letter words starting with r
- ruing — to feel sorrow over; repent of; regret bitterly: to rue the loss of opportunities.
- ruins — ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
- rukwa — Lake, a shallow salt lake in SW Tanzania. About 1000 sq. mi. (2600 sq. km).
- ruled — paper: lined
- ruler — a person who rules or governs; sovereign.
- rules — a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.: the rules of chess.
- rumal — a kerchief worn as a headdress by men in India.
- rumba — a dance, Cuban in origin and complex in rhythm.
- rumbo — a rum-based cocktail
- rumen — the first stomach of ruminating animals, lying next to the reticulum.
- rummy — any of various card games for two, three, or four players, each usually being dealt seven, nine, or ten cards, in which the object is to match cards into sets and sequences.
- rumor — a story or statement in general circulation without confirmation or certainty as to facts: a rumor of war.
- rumpf — kernel (def 7).
- rumpo — sexual intercourse
- rumpy — a tailless Manx cat
- runch — the white charlock
- rundi — a member of a people constituting virtually the entire population of Burundi.
- runed — having runes inscribed: a runed ornament.
- runes — 1. Anything that requires heavy wizardry or black art to parse: core dumps, JCL commands, APL or code in a language you haven't a clue how to read. Not quite as bad as line noise, but close. Compare casting the runes, Great Runes. 2. Special display characters (for example, the high-half graphics on an IBM PC).
- runic — consisting of or set down in runes: runic inscriptions.
- runny — tending to run or drip: a runny paste.
- runty — stunted; dwarfish: The runty puppy seems the most playful of the litter.
- runup — the testing of an airplane engine by accelerating the motor.
- rupee — a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of India, Nepal, and Pakistan, equal to 100 paise. Abbreviation: R., Re.
- rupia — a type of skin eruption
- rural — of, relating to, or characteristic of the country, country life, or country people; rustic: rural tranquillity.
- rurik — died a.d. 879, Scandinavian prince: founder of the Russian monarchy.
- rushy — abounding with rushes or their stems.
- ruska — Ernst (August Friedrich) [ernst ou-goo st free-drikh] /ɛrnst ˈaʊ gʊst ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1906–88, German physicist and electrical engineer: developed electron microscope; Nobel prize 1986.
- rusma — a Turkish depilatory
- rusty — restive; stubborn: a rusty horse.
- rutin — a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 2 7 H 3 0 O 1 6 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
- rutty — full of or abounding in ruts, as a road.
- rybat — a polished stone piece that forms the side of a window or door
- rydal — a village in NW England, in Cumbria on Rydal Water (a small lake). Rydal Mount, home of Wordsworth from 1813 to 1850, is situated here
- ryder — Albert Pinkham [ping-kuh m] /ˈpɪŋ kəm/ (Show IPA), 1847–1917, U.S. painter.
- ryots — a peasant.