5-letter words containing i, r
- arica — a port in extreme N Chile: awarded to Chile in 1929 after the lengthy Tacna-Arica dispute with Peru; outlet for Bolivian and Peruvian trade. Pop: 180 000 (2005 est)
- ariel — an Arabian gazelle, Gazella arabica (or dama)
- aries — Aries is one of the twelve signs of the zodiac. Its symbol is a ram. People who are born approximately between 21st March and 19th April come under this sign.
- ariki — the first-born male or female in a notable family; chief
- arils — Plural form of aril.
- arion — flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- ariot — riotously
- arise — If a situation or problem arises, it begins to exist or people start to become aware of it.
- arist — (obsolete) A rising, as from a seat, a bed, or the ground, or from below the horizon.
- arity — (programming) The number of arguments a function or operator takes. In some languages functions may have variable arity which sometimes means their last or only argument is actually a list of arguments.
- arius — ?250–336 ad, Greek Christian theologian, originator of the doctrine of Arianism
- ariz. — Arizona
- arkie — a term used to refer to a migrant worker originally from Arkansas.
- armie — Obsolete spelling of army.
- armil — a bracelet
- arnim — Achim von (ˈaxɪm fɔn). 1781–1831, German romantic poet. He published, with Clemens Brentano, the collection of folk songs, Des Knaben Wunderhorn (1805–08)
- aroid — of, relating to, or belonging to the Araceae, a family of plants having small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large petaloid spathe. The family includes arum, calla, and anthurium
- arris — a sharp edge at the meeting of two surfaces at an angle with one another, as at two adjacent sides of a stone block
- arsis — (in classical prosody) the long syllable or part on which the ictus falls in a metrical foot
- artic — (informal) Short form of articulated lorry.
- artie — a male given name, form of Arthur.
- astir — awake and out of bed
- atari — (game of go) A move that threatens the immediate capture of one or more stones.
- atria — Architecture. Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water. a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church. a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
- atrip — (of an anchor) no longer caught on the bottom; tripped; aweigh
- aurei — a gold coin and monetary unit of ancient Rome, from Caesar to Constantine I.
- auric — of or containing gold in the trivalent state
- awari — An African game of strategy.
- azeri — Azerbaijani (sense 1)
- baird — John Logie (ˈləʊɡɪ). 1888–1946, Scottish engineer: inventor of a 240-line mechanically scanned system of television, replaced in 1935 by a 405-line electrically scanned system
- baire — mosquito net.
- bairn — A bairn is a child.
- barfi — An Indian dessert made from sweetened, condensed milk flavoured with fruit and spices.
- baria — (dated) baryta.
- baric — of or containing barium
- 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)
- beria — Lavrenti Pavlovich (laˈvrjentij ˈpavləvitʃ). 1899–1953, Soviet chief of secret police; killed by his associates shortly after Stalin's death
- berio — Luciano (luˈtʃano). 1925–2003, Italian composer, living in the US, noted esp for works that exploit instrumental and vocal timbre and technique
- bider — a person who remains behind
- bihar — a state of NE India: consists of part of the Ganges plain; important for rice: lost the S to the new state of Jharkhand in 2000. Capital: Patna. Pop: 82 878 796 (2001). Area: 99 225 sq km (38 301 sq miles)
- biker — Bikers are people who ride around on motorbikes, usually in groups.
- biner — a karabiner
- birch — A birch or a birch tree is a type of tall tree with thin branches.
- birds — a comedy (414 b.c.) by Aristophanes.
- birle — to pour (a drink) or ply with drink
- birne — boule1 (def 1).
- birse — a bristle
- birsy — bristly
- birth — When a baby is born, you refer to this event as his or her birth.
- biter — a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously: That dog is a biter.