5-letter words containing r, v
- rafvr — Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
- ravel — to disentangle or unravel the threads or fibers of (a woven or knitted fabric, rope, etc.).
- raven — a lyric poem (1845) by Edgar Allan Poe.
- raver — to talk wildly, as in delirium.
- ravin — a violent preying or plundering; rapine
- reave — to take away by or as by force; plunder; rob.
- reeve — to fasten by placing through or around something.
- reive — to go on a plundering raid
- reval — former German name of Tallinn.
- revel — to take great pleasure or delight (usually followed by in): to revel in luxury.
- revet — to face, as an embankment, with masonry or other material.
- revie — to challenge by placing a larger stake or bet than an opponent in a card game
- revue — a form of theatrical entertainment in which recent events, popular fads, etc., are parodied.
- rieve — to rob or thieve
- rival — a person who is competing for the same object or goal as another, or who tries to equal or outdo another; competitor.
- rivel — a very small dumpling made of a batter of butter, egg, flour, and seasoning, cooked in broth.
- riven — a past participle of rive.
- river — a person who rives.
- rivet — a metal pin for passing through holes in two or more plates or pieces to hold them together, usually made with a head at one end, the other end being hammered into a head after insertion.
- roven — to pass (a rope or the like) through a hole, ring, or the like.
- rover — a familiar name for a dog.
- rovno — a city in NW Ukraine, NE of Lvov.
- saver — to rescue from danger or possible harm, injury, or loss: to save someone from drowning.
- savor — the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste or of smell.
- serov — a city in the W Russian Federation in Asia, E of the Ural Mountains.
- serve — to act as a servant.
- servo — acting as part of a servomechanism: servo amplifier.
- sever — to separate (a part) from the whole, as by cutting or the like.
- surv. — surveying
- syver — a street drain or the grating over it
- taver — to wander, to digress
- trave — a device to inhibit a wild or untrained horse or one being shod.
- trove — a collection of objects.
- vaire — of Russian squirrel fur
- vairy — decorated with a vair or vairs
- vajra — (in Vedic mythology) the thunderbolt of Indra.
- valor — boldness or determination in facing great danger, especially in battle; heroic courage; bravery: a medal for valor.
- vaner — a lake in SW Sweden. 2141 sq. mi. (5545 sq. km).
- vanir — a race of gods, first in conflict with the Aesir, later allied with them. They function as fertility divinities and include Njord, Frey, and Freyja.
- vapor — a visible exhalation, as fog, mist, steam, smoke, or noxious gas, diffused through or suspended in the air: the vapors rising from the bogs.
- varah — (Edward) Chad. 1911–2007, British Anglican clergyman, who founded (1953) the Samaritans counselling service
- varan — any carnivorous lizard of the Varinidae family found in Asia, Africa, and Australia and ranging in length up to 3 metres
- varas — a unit of length in Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries, varying from about 32 inches (81 cm) to about 43 inches (109 cm).
- vardy — a verdict or opinion
- varec — the ash obtained from kelp
- varia — a variant reading.
- varix — Also called varicosity. Pathology. a permanent abnormal dilation and lengthening of a vein, usually accompanied by some tortuosity; a varicose vein.
- varna — a seaport in NE Bulgaria, on the Black Sea.
- varro — Marcus Terentius [tuh-ren-shee-uh s,, -shuh s] /təˈrɛn ʃi əs,, -ʃəs/ (Show IPA), c116–27? b.c, Roman scholar and author.
- varus — abnormal angulation of a bone or joint, with the angle pointing away from the midline.