5-letter words starting with ra
- raker — an inclined member, as a pile or shore.
- rakia — a strong fruit-based sprit, distilled in the Balkans
- rakus — a thick-walled, rough, dark lead-glazed Japanese earthenware used in the tea ceremony.
- rales — an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- rall. — rallentando
- rally — to ridicule in a good-natured way; banter.
- ralph — to vomit.
- ramal — of or relating to a ramus.
- raman — Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata [chuhn-druh-shey-ker-uh veng-kuh-tuh] /ˈtʃʌn drəˈʃeɪ kər ə ˈvɛŋ kə tə/ (Show IPA), 1888–1970, Indian physicist: Nobel prize 1930.
- rambo — a fanatically militant or violently aggressive person.
- ramee — Louise de la ("Ouida") 1839–1908, English novelist.
- ramen — a bowl of clear soup containing noodles, vegetables, and often bits of meat.
- ramet — an individual of a clone.
- ramie — an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- ramin — any swamp-growing hardwood tree found in South-East Asia, of the genus Ramin
- rammy — a noisy disturbance or free-for-all
- ramon — Ramón [rah-mawn] /rɑˈmɔn/ (Show IPA), ("Ramón") 1888–1963, Spanish novelist, dramatist, biographer, and critic.
- ramos — Fidel V. born 1928, Philippine political leader: president 1992–98.
- ramps — ramp3
- ramus — a branch, as of a plant, vein, bone, etc.
- rance — a type of red marble, often with white or blue graining, that comes from Belgium
- ranch — an establishment maintained for raising livestock under range conditions.
- rando — random (def 4): We were followed by some rando creep.
- randy — sexually aroused; lustful; lecherous.
- ranee — the wife of a rajah.
- ranga — a person with red hair
- range — the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible: the range of steel prices; a wide range of styles.
- rangi — the sky
- rangy — (of animals or people) slender and long-limbed.
- ranid — belonging or pertaining to the frog family Ranidae, characterized by smooth, moist skin and semiaquatic habits.
- ranke — Leopold von [ley-aw-pawlt fuh n] /ˈleɪ ɔˌpɔlt fən/ (Show IPA), 1795–1886, German historian.
- ranks — the people who belong to a group or organization
- raper — unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- raphe — Anatomy. a seamlike union between two parts or halves of an organ or the like.
- rapid — occurring within a short time; happening speedily: rapid growth.
- rared — rear2 (def 6).
- rarer — (of meat) cooked just slightly: He likes his steak rare.
- rased — to tear down; demolish; level to the ground: to raze a row of old buildings.
- raser — raze.
- rases — to tear down; demolish; level to the ground: to raze a row of old buildings.
- rashi — (Solomon ben Isaac) 1040–1105, French Hebrew scholar.
- rasht — a city in NW Iran, about 10 miles (16 km) S of the Caspian Sea.
- rason — a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- raspy — harsh; grating; rasping.
- rasse — a small civet, Viverricula indica, of S and SE Asia
- rasta — Rastafarian (def 1).
- ratal — the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
- ratan — Also called rattan palm. any of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus or allied genera.
- ratch — a ratchet.
- rated — the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation: a high rate of interest on loans.