5-letter words starting with r
- rheo- — indicating stream, flow, or current
- rheum — a thin discharge of the mucous membranes, especially during a cold.
- rhin- — rhino-
- rhine — Joseph Banks, 1895–1980, U.S. psychologist: pioneer in parapsychology.
- rhino — a rhinoceros.
- rhoda — a female given name.
- rhomb — rhombus.
- rhone — a river flowing from the Alps in S Switzerland through the Lake of Geneva and SE France into the Mediterranean. 504 miles (810 km) long.
- rhumb — rhumb line.
- rhyme — identity in sound of some part, especially the end, of words or lines of verse.
- rhyta — an ancient Greek drinking horn, made of pottery or metal, having a base in the form of the head of a woman or animal.
- riant — laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- riata — a lariat.
- ribat — a building housing a community of Sufis.
- ribby — having prominent ribs: a ribby fabric.
- ribes — any shrub of the genus Ribes, including blackcurrants and redcurrants
- ricci — Sebastiano [se-bahs-tyah-naw] /ˌsɛ bɑsˈtyɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1660?–1734, Italian painter.
- riced — the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- ricer — an implement for ricing potatoes, squash, etc., by pressing them through small holes.
- ricey — pertaining to, resembling, or containing rice.
- ricin — a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- ricky — a male given name, form of Rick.
- rider — a person who rides a horse or other animal, a bicycle, etc.
- ridge — a long, narrow elevation of land; a chain of hills or mountains.
- ridgy — rising in a ridge or ridges.
- ridic — ridiculous.
- rieka — a seaport in W Croatia, on the Adriatic.
- rieti — Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- rieve — to rob or thieve
- rifer — of common or frequent occurrence; prevalent; in widespread existence, activity, or use: Crime is rife in the slum areas of our cities.
- rifle — a shoulder firearm with spiral grooves cut in the inner surface of the gun barrel to give the bullet a rotatory motion and thus a more precise trajectory.
- rifty — having rifts
- rigal — A language for compiler writing. Data strucures are atoms, lists/trees. Control is based on pattern matching.
- rigel — a first-magnitude star in the constellation Orion.
- right — in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct.
- rigid — stiff or unyielding; not pliant or flexible; hard: a rigid strip of metal.
- rigol — a ditch or gutter
- rigor — strictness, severity, or harshness, as in dealing with people.
- riled — to irritate or vex.
- riles — to irritate or vex.
- riley — turbid; roily.
- rilke — Rainer Maria [rahy-nuh r mah-ree-ah] /ˈraɪ nər mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1875–1926, Austrian poet, born in Prague.
- rille — any of certain long, narrow, straight or sinuous trenches or valleys observed on the surface of the moon.
- rills — any of certain long, narrow, straight or sinuous trenches or valleys observed on the surface of the moon.
- rimed — identity in sound of some part, especially the end, of words or lines of verse.
- rimes — identity in sound of some part, especially the end, of words or lines of verse.
- rindy — with a rind or rindlike skin
- rinse — to wash lightly, as by pouring water into or over or by dipping in water: to rinse a cup.
- rioja — a city in W Argentina.
- ripem — Riordan's Internet Privacy Enhanced Mail