5-letter words containing r, i
- blair — Tony, full name Anthony Charles Lynton Blair. born 1953, British politician; leader of the Labour Party (1994–2007); prime minister (1997–2007); Middle East peace envoy (2007–2015)
- boric — of or containing boron
- boris — a masculine name
- braai — to grill or roast (meat) over open coals
- bragi — the god of poetry and music, son of Odin
- braid — Braid is a narrow piece of decorated cloth or twisted threads, which is used to decorate clothes or curtains.
- brail — one of several lines fastened to the leech of a fore-and-aft sail to aid in furling it
- brain — Your brain is the organ inside your head that controls your body's activities and enables you to think and to feel things such as heat and pain.
- brian — Havergal (ˈhævəɡəl). 1876–1972, English composer, who wrote 32 symphonies, including the large-scale Gothic Symphony (1919–27)
- briar — A briar is a wild rose with long, prickly stems.
- bribe — A bribe is a sum of money or something valuable that one person offers or gives to another in order to persuade him or her to do something.
- brice — Fanny, real name Fannie Borach. 1891–1951, US actress and singer. The film Funny Girl was based on her life
- brick — Bricks are rectangular blocks of baked clay used for building walls, which are usually red or brown. Brick is the material made up of these blocks.
- brics — Brazil, Russia, India, and China: seen collectively as the most important emerging economies with large potential markets
- bride — A bride is a woman who is getting married or who has just got married.
- brief — Something that is brief lasts for only a short time.
- brier — any of various thorny shrubs or other plants, such as the sweetbrier and greenbrier
- brill — If you say that something is brill, you are very pleased about it or think that it is very good.
- brine — Brine is salty water, especially salty water that is used for preserving food.
- bring — If you bring someone or something with you when you come to a place, they come with you or you have them with you.
- brink — If you are on the brink of something, usually something important, terrible, or exciting, you are just about to do it or experience it.
- briny — of or resembling brine; salty
- brise — an area of untilled land
- brisk — A brisk activity or action is done quickly and in an energetic way.
- brith — the Jewish rite of circumcising a male child eight days after his birth.
- britt — a turbot of northeastern Atlantic seas.
- broil — When you broil food, you cook it using very strong heat directly above or below it.
- bruin — a name for a bear, used in children's tales, fables, etc
- bruit — to report; rumour
- burin — a chisel of tempered steel with a sharp lozenge-shaped point, used for engraving furrows in metal, wood, or marble
- caird — a travelling tinker; vagrant
- cairn — A cairn is a pile of stones which marks a boundary, a route across rough ground, or the top of a mountain. A cairn is sometimes also built in memory of someone.
- cairo — the capital of Egypt, on the Nile: the largest city in Africa and in the Middle East; industrial centre; site of the university and mosque of Al Azhar (founded in 972). Pop: 11 146 000 (2005 est)
- capri — an island off W Italy, in the Bay of Naples: resort since Roman times. Pop: 12 200 (2002 est). Area: about 13 sq km (5 sq miles)
- cardi — Alternative spelling of cardie.
- caria — an ancient region of SW Asia Minor, on the Aegean Sea: chief cities were Halicarnassus and Cnidus: corresponds to the present-day Turkish districts of S Aydin and W Muğla
- carib — a member of a group of American Indian peoples of NE South America and the Lesser Antilles
- carid — (zoology) Any member of the Caridae.
- carie — a female given name, form of Caroline.
- carin — a female given name.
- carpi — of carpus
- cauri — a monetary unit of Guinea, the 100th part of a syli.
- ccirn — Coordinating Committee for Intercontinental Research Networks.
- cerci — one of a pair of appendages at the rear of the abdomen of certain insects and other arthropods, serving as tactile organs.
- ceria — cerium dioxide, CeO2, a white compound used as in ceramics
- ceric — of or containing cerium in the tetravalent state
- chair — A chair is a piece of furniture for one person to sit on. Chairs have a back and four legs.
- chari — a river in N central Africa, rising in the N Central African Republic and flowing north to Lake Chad. Length: about 2250 km (1400 miles)
- cheri — a female given name.
- chirk — showing a cheery and sprightly disposition