5-letter words starting with r
- rated — the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation: a high rate of interest on loans.
- ratel — a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- rater — a person who makes rates or ratings.
- rates — the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation: a high rate of interest on loans.
- ratha — (in India) a four-wheeled carriage drawn by horses or bullocks; chariot
- rathe — Archaic. growing, blooming, or ripening early in the year or season.
- ratio — the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second: the ratio of 5 to 2, written 5:2 or 5/2.
- ratty — full of rats.
- raupo — a New Zealand bulrush, Typha orientalis, with sword-shaped leaves, traditionally used for construction and decoration
- 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
- rawer — uncooked, as articles of food: a raw carrot.
- rawin — a method of observation of upper-air winds conducted by means of a weather balloon tracked by radar or a radio direction finder.
- rawls — John, 1921–2002, U.S. political philosopher.
- rawly — uncooked, as articles of food: a raw carrot.
- raxed — to stretch oneself, as after sleeping.
- raxes — to stretch oneself, as after sleeping.
- rayah — a Christian subject of an Ottoman ruler.
- rayed — having or represented as having emanating rays; radiate: The saint was painted with a rayed, beatific face.
- rayon — a regenerated, semisynthetic textile filament made from cellulose, cotton linters, or wood chips by treating these with caustic soda and carbon disulfide and passing the resultant solution, viscose, through spinnerets.
- razee — a ship, especially a warship, reduced in height by the removal of the upper deck.
- razer — to tear down; demolish; level to the ground: to raze a row of old buildings.
- razoo — an imaginary coin
- razor — a sharp-edged instrument used especially for shaving the face or trimming the hair.
- rbcsp — Roper and Barter's CSP.
- rc ch — Roman Catholic Church
- rdbms — relational database
- rdram — Rambus DRAM
- re-up — to re-enlist
- reach — to get to or get as far as in moving, going, traveling, etc.: The boat reached the shore.
- react — to act in response to an agent or influence: How did the audience react to the speech?
- readd — to unite or join so as to increase the number, quantity, size, or importance: to add two cups of sugar; to add a postscript to her letter; to add insult to injury.
- reade — Charles, 1814–84, English novelist.
- ready — completely prepared or in fit condition for immediate action or use: troops ready for battle; Dinner is ready.
- reais — real3 (sense 2)
- realm — a royal domain; kingdom: the realm of England.
- realo — a member of the German Green Party who has moderate views
- reams — a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- rearm — to arm again.
- rears — the back of something, as distinguished from the front: The porch is at the rear of the house.
- reata — a lariat.
- reate — a type of crowfoot
- reave — to take away by or as by force; plunder; rob.
- rebab — a Near Eastern fiddle having one to three strings and played with a bow.
- rebar — a steel bar or rod used to reinforce concrete.
- rebbe — a teacher in a Jewish school.
- rebec — a Renaissance fiddle with a pear-shaped body tapering into a neck that ends in a sickle-shaped or scroll-shaped pegbox.
- rebel — a person who refuses allegiance to, resists, or rises in arms against the government or ruler of his or her country.