5-letter words containing rs
- myers — L(eopold) H(amilton). 1881–1944, British novelist, best known for his novel sequence The Near and the Far (1929–40)
- nears — close; to a point or place not far away: Come near so I won't have to shout.
- noirs — Plural form of noir.
- norse — of or relating to ancient Scandinavia, its inhabitants, or their language.
- nurse — a person formally educated and trained in the care of the sick or infirm. Compare nurse-midwife, nurse-practitioner, physician's assistant, practical nurse, registered nurse.
- odors — Plural form of odor.
- omers — Plural form of omer.
- oners — Plural form of oner.
- opers — Plural form of oper.
- orsha — a city in NE Byelorussia (Belarus), on the Dnieper River, NE of Minsk.
- orson — a male given name: from an Old French word meaning “bearlike.”.
- oyers — oyer and terminer.
- pairs — two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together: a pair of gloves; a pair of earrings.
- parse — parser
- pears — the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- peers — a person of the same legal status: a jury of one's peers.
- perse — of a very deep shade of blue or purple.
- perst — perished
- piers — a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- purse — a woman's handbag or pocketbook.
- pursy — vain about one's wealth; purse-proud.
- qirsh — a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Saudi Arabia, the 20th part of a riyal.
- qursh — qirsh.
- rears — the back of something, as distinguished from the front: The porch is at the rear of the house.
- rsfsr — (formerly) Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
- rspca — Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
- rstat — netstat
- sears — a pivoted piece that holds the hammer at full cock or half cock in the firing mechanism of small arms.
- spurs — a batch of newly made rag-paper sheets.
- stars — any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- tars- — tarso-
- tarsi — Anatomy, Zoology. the bones of the proximal segment of the foot; the bones between the tibia and the metatarsus, contributing to the construction of the ankle joint.
- tears — the act of tearing.
- terse — neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- thars — any of several Old World wild goats of the genus Hemitragus, as H. jemlahicus (Himalayan tahr) introduced into New Zealand, having a long mane and short, stout, recurving horns: most are endangered or threatened in their native regions.
- torse — a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- torsi — a plural of torso.
- torsk — a cod.
- torso — the trunk of the human body.
- tours — a former province in W France. Capital: Tours.
- ursid — any plantigrade carnivore of the family Ursidae, comprising the spectacled bear, the black, brown, and sun bears, and various extinct species that also gave rise to the giant panda of the family Ailuropodidae.
- urson — an arboreal New World porcupine, Erethizon dorsatum
- verse — (not in technical use) a stanza.
- verso — a left-hand page of an open book or manuscript (opposed to recto).
- verst — a Russian measure of distance equivalent to 3500 feet or 0.6629 mile or 1.067 kilometers.
- viers — to strive in competition or rivalry with another; contend for superiority: Swimmers from many nations were vying for the title.
- warsh — (Appalachian) wash.
- wears — Plural form of wear.
- weirs — Plural form of weir.
- wersh — tasteless; insipid