5-letter words starting with r
- rebid — Bridge. to make a second bid in (a suit that one bid previously): He opened a spade and then rebid spades on the three level.
- rebop — bop1 .
- rebus — a representation of a word or phrase by pictures, symbols, etc., that suggest that word or phrase or its syllables: Two gates and a head is a rebus for Gateshead.
- rebut — to refute by evidence or argument.
- rebuy — to acquire the possession of, or the right to, by paying or promising to pay an equivalent, especially in money; purchase.
- recap — to recondition (a worn automobile tire) by cementing on a strip of prepared rubber and vulcanizing by subjecting to heat and pressure in a mold.
- recce — (especially in British military use) reconnaissance: a pilot who spent three months on recce.
- reccy — (especially in British military use) reconnaissance: a pilot who spent three months on recce.
- recd. — In written English, recd. can be used as an abbreviation for received.
- recip — A recip is a pump which uses a backward and forward movement to move a fluid.
- recit — narrative
- recks — to have care, concern, or regard (often followed by of, with, or a clause).
- recol — REtrieval COmmand Language. CACM 6(3):117-122 (Mar 1963).
- recon — reconnaissance.
- recta — a plural of rectum.
- recti — plural of rectus.
- recto — a right-hand page of an open book or manuscript; the front of a leaf (opposed to verso).
- recur — to occur again, as an event, experience, etc.
- recut — to penetrate with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument or object: He cut his finger.
- redan — a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- reddy — slightly red in colour
- redex — Reducible Expression. An expression matching the left hand side of a reduction rule or definition.
- redia — a cylindrical larval stage of some trematodes, produced by a sporocyst and giving rise to daughter rediae or to cercariae.
- redid — to do again; repeat.
- redip — to dip again
- redly — with a red color or glow: a bonfire blazing redly in the dark.
- redon — Odilon [ohd-l-on;; French aw-dee-lawn] /ˈoʊd lˌɒn;; French ɔ diˈlɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1840–1916, French painter and etcher.
- redos — to do again; repeat.
- redox — oxidation-reduction
- redry — to dry again
- redub — to fix or repair
- redux — brought back; resurgent: the Victorian era redux.
- redye — a coloring material or matter.
- reech — to smoke or emit smoke
- reedy — full of reeds: a reedy marsh.
- reefy — with, full of, or having reefs
- reeks — a strong, unpleasant smell.
- reeky — a strong, unpleasant smell.
- reest — to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- reeve — to fasten by placing through or around something.
- refal — Recursive Functional Algorithmic Language
- refed — to give food to; supply with nourishment: to feed a child.
- refel — to refute or disprove.
- refer — to direct for information or anything required: He referred me to books on astrology.
- reffo — an immigrant, especially one who has been in Australia only a short time.
- refit — to fit, prepare, or equip again.
- refix — to repair; mend.
- refly — to fly (a plane, helicopter, etc) again
- refry — to fry again
- regal — of or relating to a king; royal: the regal power.