5 Letter Words That Start With R

river

Noun : A large and often winding stream which drains a land mass, carrying water down from higher areas to a lower point, oftentimes ending in another body of water, such as an ocean or in an inland sea.

Noun : Any large flow of a liquid in a single body.

Noun : (poker) The last card dealt in a hand.

round

Adjective : (physical) Of shape:

Adjective : Circular or cylindrical; having a circular cross-section in one direction.

Adjective : Spherical; shaped like a ball; having a circular cross-section in more than one direction.

right

Adjective : (archaic) Straight, not bent.

Adjective : (geometry) Of an angle, having a size of 90 degrees, or one quarter of a complete rotation; the angle between two perpendicular lines.

Adjective : (geometry) Of a geometric figure, incorporating a right angle between edges, faces, axes, etc.

range

Noun : A line or series of mountains, buildings, etc.

Noun : A fireplace; a fire or other cooking apparatus; now specifically, a large cooking stove with many hotplates.

Noun : Selection, array.

rogue

Noun : A scoundrel, rascal or unprincipled, deceitful, and unreliable person.

Noun : A mischievous scamp.

Noun : A vagrant.

route

Noun : A course or way which is traveled or passed.

Noun : A regular itinerary of stops, or the path followed between these stops, such as for delivery or passenger transportation.

Noun : A road or path; often specifically a highway.

raise

Verb : (physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.

Verb : To form by the accumulation of materials or constituent parts; to build up; to erect.

Verb : To cause something to come to the surface of water.

ratio

Noun : A number representing a comparison between two named things.

Noun : (arithmetic) The relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient).

Noun : (Internet) The number of comments to a post or other expression on social media relative to the number of likes; a high ratio suggests disagreement with the contents of the original post.

remit

Verb : (transitive) To transmit or send (e.g. money in payment); to supply.

Verb : (transitive) To forgive, pardon (a wrong, offence, etc.).

Verb : (transitive) To refrain from exacting or enforcing.

rhyme

Noun : (countable, uncountable) Rhyming verse (poetic form)

Noun : A thought expressed in verse; a verse; a poem; a tale told in verse.

Noun : (countable) A word that rhymes with another.

relay

Noun : (hunting, rare) A new set of hounds.

Noun : (now chiefly historical) A new set of horses kept along a specific route so that they can replace animals that are tired.

Noun : (by extension) A new set of anything.

reach

Verb : (intransitive) To extend, stretch, or thrust out (for example a limb or object held in the hand).

Verb : (transitive) To give to someone by stretching out a limb, especially the hand; to give with the hand; to pass to another person; to hand over.

Verb : (intransitive) To stretch out the hand.

refer

Verb : (transitive) To direct the attention of (someone toward something)

Verb : (transitive) To submit to (another person or group) for consideration; to send or direct elsewhere.

Verb : (transitive) To place in or under by a mental or rational process; to assign to, as a class, a cause, source, a motive, reason, or ground of explanation.

realm

Noun : An abstract sphere of influence, real or imagined.

Noun : The domain of a certain abstraction.

Noun : (computing) A scope of operation in networking or security.

rough

Adjective : Not smooth; uneven.

Adjective : Approximate; hasty or careless; not finished.

Adjective : Turbulent.

revel

Noun : An instance of merrymaking; a celebration.

Noun : A kind of dance.

Noun : A wake for the dead.

resin

Noun : A viscous hydrocarbon secretion of many plants, particularly coniferous trees.

Noun : Any of various yellowish viscous liquids or soft solids of plant origin; used in lacquers, varnishes and many other applications; chemically they are mostly hydrocarbons, often polycyclic.

Noun : Any synthetic compound of similar properties.

ridge

Noun : (anatomy) The back of any animal; especially the upper or projecting part of the back of a quadruped.

Noun : Any extended protuberance; a projecting line or strip.

Noun : The line along which two sloping surfaces meet which diverge towards the ground.

reply

Verb : (transitive, intransitive) To give a written or spoken response, especially to a question, request, accusation or criticism; to answer.

Verb : (intransitive) To act or gesture in response.

Verb : (intransitive) To repeat something back; to echo.

rally

Noun : A public gathering or mass meeting that is not mainly a protest and is organized to inspire enthusiasm for a cause.

Noun : A protest or demonstration for or against something, but often with speeches and often without marching, especially in North America.

Noun : (squash, table tennis, tennis, badminton) A sequence of strokes between serving and scoring a point.

redux

Adjective : (of a topic, attributive, postpositive) Redone, restored, brought back, or revisited.

Noun : A theme or topic redone, restored, brought back, or revisited.

roast

Verb : (transitive or intransitive or ergative) To cook food by heating in an oven or over a fire without covering, resulting in a crisp, possibly even slightly charred appearance.

Verb : To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.

Verb : (transitive or intransitive or ergative) To process by drying through exposure to sun or artificial heat.

reign

Noun : The exercise of sovereign power.

Noun : The period during which a monarch rules.

Noun : The territory or sphere over which a kingdom; empire; realm; dominion, etc. is ruled.

reeve

Noun : (historical) Any of several local officials, with varying responsibilities.

Noun : (Canada) The president of a township or municipal district council.

Noun : (military, historical) The holder of a proposed but unadopted commissioned rank of the Royal Air Force, equivalent to wing commander.

royal

Adjective : Of or relating to a monarch or his (or her) family.

Adjective : Having the air or demeanour of a monarch; illustrious; magnanimous; of more than common size or excellence.

Adjective : (nautical) In large sailing ships, of a mast right above the topgallant mast and its sails.

rigid

Adjective : Stiff, rather than flexible.

Adjective : Fixed, rather than moving.

Adjective : Rigorous and unbending.

ready

Adjective : Prepared for immediate action or use.

Adjective : Inclined; apt to happen.

Adjective : Liable at any moment.

reset

Verb : To set back to the initial state.

Verb : To set to zero.

Verb : (transitive) To adjust; to set or position differently.

rebel

Noun : A person who resists an established authority, often violently.

Noun : (US, historical) Synonym of Confederate: a citizen of the Confederate States of America, especially a Confederate soldier.

Verb : (intransitive) To resist or become defiant toward an authority.

robin

Noun : Any of various passerine birds (about 100 species) of the families Muscicapidae, Turdidae and Petroicidae (formerly Eopsaltriidae), typically with a red breast.

Noun : A European robin, Erithacus rubecula.

Noun : An American robin, Turdus migratorius.

rouge

Adjective : Of a reddish pink colour.

Noun : Red or pink makeup to add colour to the cheeks; blusher.

Noun : Any reddish pink colour.

roted

recap

Verb : To seal (something) again with a cap.

Verb : (Canada, US) To replace the worn tread on a tire by gluing a new outer portion.

Noun : A tire that has had new tread glued on.

rider

Noun : A mounted person.

Noun : (now archaic or historical) A knight, or other mounted warrior.

Noun : An old Dutch gold coin with the figure of a man on horseback stamped upon it.

relic

Noun : That which remains; that which is left after loss or decay; a remaining portion.

Noun : Something old and outdated, possibly kept for sentimental reasons.

Noun : (religion) A part of the body of a saint, or an ancient religious object, kept for veneration.

regal

Adjective : Of or relating to royalty.

Adjective : Befitting a king, queen, emperor, or empress.

Adjective : Befitting a king, or emperor.

rouse

Noun : An arousal.

Noun : (military, Britain and Canada) The sounding of a bugle in the morning after reveille, to signal that soldiers are to rise from bed, often the rouse.

Verb : To wake (someone) or be awoken from sleep, or from apathy.

radio

Noun : (uncountable) The technology that allows for the transmission of sound or other signals by modulation of electromagnetic waves.

Noun : (countable) A device that can capture (receive) the signal sent over radio waves and render the modulated signal as sound.

Noun : (countable) On-board entertainment system in a car, usually including a radio receiver as well as the capability to play audio from recorded media.

rifle

Noun : (weaponry) A firearm fired from the shoulder; improved range and accuracy is provided by a long, rifled barrel.

Noun : (military, usually in the plural, dated) A rifleman.

Noun : (weaponry) An artillery piece with a rifled barrel.

robot

Noun : (now historical) A system of serfdom used in Central Europe, under which a tenant's rent was paid in forced labour.

Noun : (chiefly science fiction) An intelligent mechanical being designed to look like a human or other creature, and usually made from metal.

Noun : A machine built to carry out some complex task or group of tasks by physically moving, especially one which can be programmed.

radar

Noun : (uncountable) A method of detecting distant objects and determining their position, velocity, or other characteristics by analysis of sent radio waves (usually microwaves) reflected from their surfaces

Noun : (countable) A type of system using such a method, differentiated by platform, configuration, frequency, power, and other technical attributes.

Noun : (countable) An installation of such a system or of the transmitting and receiving apparatus.

rivet

Noun : A cylindrical mechanical fastener that attaches multiple parts together by fitting through a hole and deforming the head(s) at either end.

Noun : (figuratively) Any fixed point or certain basis.

Noun : (obsolete) A light kind of footman's plate armour; an almain rivet.

rural

Adjective : Relating to the countryside or to agriculture.

Noun : (obsolete) A person from the countryside; a rustic.

rival

Noun : A competitor (person, team, company, etc.) with the same goal as another, or striving to attain the same thing. Defeating a rival may be a primary or necessary goal of a competitor.

Noun : Someone or something with similar claims of quality or distinction as another.

Noun : (obsolete) One having a common right or privilege with another; a partner.

relax

Verb : (transitive) To calm down.

Verb : (transitive) To make something loose.

Verb : (intransitive) To become loose.

roost

Noun : The place where a bird sleeps (usually its nest or a branch).

Noun : A group of birds roosting together.

Noun : A bedroom.

retro

Adjective : Of, or relating to, the past, past times, or the way things were.

Adjective : Affecting things past; retroactive, ex post facto.

Noun : (uncountable) Past fashions or trends.

ranch

Noun : A large plot of land used for raising cattle, sheep or other livestock.

Noun : A small farm that cultivates vegetables and/or livestock, especially one in the Southwestern United States.

Noun : A house or property on a plot of ranch land.

riven

Adjective : Torn apart.

Adjective : Broken into pieces; split asunder.

rigor

Noun : (medicine) A feeling of cold with shivering accompanied by a rise in body temperature.

Noun : A surname from Spanish.

Noun : US spelling of rigour [Severity or strictness.]

repel

Verb : (transitive, now rare) To turn (someone) away from a privilege, right, job, etc.

Verb : (transitive) To reject, put off (a request, demand etc.).

Verb : (transitive) To ward off (a malignant influence, attack etc.).

rapid

Adjective : Very swift or quick.

Adjective : Steep, changing altitude quickly. (of a slope)

Adjective : Needing only a brief exposure time. (of a lens, plate, film, etc.)

racer

Noun : Someone who takes part in a race.

Noun : A racehorse.

Noun : A vehicle or other device used for, or designed specifically for, racing.

rebus

Noun : An arrangement of pictures, symbols, and/or words representing phrases or words, especially as a word puzzle.

Noun : (linguistics) A pictographic component of a compound character (e.g. sinograph) used to hint at the pronunciation of the compound.

Noun : (specifically, heraldry) An arrangement of pictures on a coat of arms which suggests the name of the person to whom it belongs.

raven

Noun : (countable) Any of several, generally large and lustrous black species of birds in the genus Corvus, especially the common raven, Corvus corax.

Noun : A jet-black colour.

Adjective : Of the color of the raven; jet-black

ratel

Noun : Synonym of honey badger

rinse

Verb : (transitive) To wash (something) quickly using water and no soap.

Verb : (transitive) To remove soap from (something) using water.

Verb : (UK, slang) To thoroughly defeat in an argument, fight or other competition.

rhino

Noun : (slang, now rare) Money.

Noun : (colloquial) A rhinoceros.

recur

Verb : (intransitive) To happen again.

Verb : To come to the mind again.

Verb : (dated) To speak, write or think about something again; to return or go back (to a subject).

ravel

Verb : (transitive)

Verb : To entwine or tangle (something) confusedly; to entangle.

Verb : (also figuratively) Often followed by up: to form (something) out of discrete elements, like weaving fabric from threads; to knit.

rebut

Verb : To drive back or beat back; to repulse.

Verb : To deny the truth of something, especially by presenting arguments that disprove it.

razor

Noun : A keen-edged knife of peculiar shape, used in shaving the hair from the face or other parts of the body.

Noun : Any tool or instrument designed for shaving.

Noun : The sharp tusk of a wild boar.

ruddy

Adjective : Reddish in color, especially of the face, fire, or sky.

Adjective : (Britain, Australia, slang, not comparable) A mild intensifier, expressing irritation.

Verb : (Britain, slang) A mild intensifier, expressing irritation.

raita

Noun : A condiment made from seasoned yogurt used as a dip or sauce in the cuisine of southern Asia.

Noun : (India, derogatory, politics, online slang) A Hindu who does not support Hindutva, a liberal Hindu, especially (highly derogatory) as considered a traitor to India or race traitor towards Indians.

renew

Verb : (transitive) To make (something) new again; to restore to freshness or original condition.

Verb : (transitive) To replace (something which has broken etc.); to replenish (something which has been exhausted), to keep up a required supply of.

Verb : (theology) To make new spiritually; to regenerate.

recon

Noun : (chiefly US, military slang) reconnaissance.

Verb : (chiefly US, military slang) reconnoiter.

Noun : (genetics) The smallest genetic unit that is capable of undergoing recombination.

reify

Verb : (transitive) to regard something abstract as if it were a concrete material thing.

rover

Noun : (archery, usually in the plural) A randomly selected target.

Noun : One who roves, a wanderer, a nomad.

Noun : A vagabond, a tramp, an unsteady, restless person, one who by habit doesn't settle down or marry.

rowdy

Adjective : Loud and disorderly; riotous; boisterous.

Noun : (countable) A boisterous person; a brawler.

Noun : (uncountable, obsolete, slang) money; ready money.

ramen

Noun : Soup noodles of wheat, with various ingredients (Japanese style)

Noun : A type of instant noodles.

Verb : (Pastafarianism, humorous) amen

rotor

Noun : A rotating part of a mechanical device; for example, in an electric motor, generator, alternator, or pump.

Noun : (aviation) The wing of a helicopter or other rotary-wing aircraft.

Noun : (meteorology) A type of powerful horizontal-axis atmospheric vortex generated by the interaction of strong winds with mountainous terrain.

reins

Noun : (archaic) The kidneys.

Noun : The lower part of the back.

Noun : The loins.

repay

Verb : Synonym of pay back in all senses.

Verb : (transitive) To make worthwhile; to yield a result worth the effort; to pay off.

Verb : (transitive) To give in return; requite.

rabid

Adjective : Affected with rabies.

Adjective : Of or pertaining to rabies, or hydrophobia.

Adjective : Furious; raging; extremely violent.

rodeo

Noun : A gathering of cattle to be branded.

Noun : (sports) A North American sport involving skills with horses, cows and other livestock.

Noun : An entertainment event associated with the sport.

reiki

Noun : A Japanese form of pseudomedicine that involves transferring chi through one's palms.

rondo

Noun : (music, countable) A musical composition, commonly of a lively, cheerful character, in which the first strain recurs after each of the other strains.

Noun : (countable) A small, disk-shaped piece of food, especially a single-serving dessert or small piece of candy.

Noun : (countable) A dark-skinned grape, a hybrid of Vitis vinifera with Vitis amurensis and others.

ruler

Noun : A (usually rigid), flat, rectangular measuring or drawing device with graduations in units of measurement; a straightedge with markings.

Noun : A person who rules or governs; someone or something that exercises dominion or controlling power over others.

Verb : (transitive) To beat with a ruler (as a traditional school punishment).

renal

Adjective : Pertaining to the kidneys.

recto

Noun : The front side of a flat object which is to be examined visually, as for reading, such as a sheet, leaf, coin or medal.

Noun : (printing) The right-hand page of a book of a script which reads from left to right, usually having an odd page number.

Noun : (law) A writ of right.

rosta

rules

Noun : (informal) Australian rules football.

ruche

Noun : A strip of fabric which has been fluted or pleated.

Noun : A small ruff of fluted or pleated fabric worn at neck or wrist.

Noun : A pile of arched tiles, used to catch and retain oyster spawn.

rewet

Verb : (transitive) To wet again.

Noun : A gunlock.

roger

Verb : (radio telecommunications, transitive) To acknowledge by saying "roger".

Verb : (transitive) Of a man, to have sexual intercourse with (someone), especially in a rough manner.

Verb : (intransitive) To have sexual intercourse.

refit

Noun : The process of having something fitted again, repaired or restored.

Verb : (transitive) To fit again; to put back into its place.

Verb : (transitive) To prepare for use again; to repair or restore.

roots

Noun : Ancestry.

Noun : Beginnings; origin.

rerun

Noun : An act or instance of rerunning; a repetition.

Noun : (US) A television program shown after its initial presentation, particularly many weeks after its initial presentation; a repeat.

Noun : (publishing) Another printing run (impression; batch of copies of a given edition) of a book, cartoon, etc.

rebid

Verb : To bid again on something.

Verb : To require a new set of bids for.

Verb : (bridge) To bid a higher value of the current suit.

recut

Verb : to cut again.

react

Verb : (intransitive) To act in response.

Verb : (transitive, now rare) To act or perform a second time; to do over again; to reenact.

Verb : (physics, intransitive) To return an impulse or impression; to resist the action of another body by an opposite force

reuse

Noun : The act of salvaging or in some manner restoring a discarded item to yield something usable.

Noun : The act of using again, or in another place.

Verb : To use again something that is considered past its usefulness (usually for something else).

riser

Noun : Someone or something which rises.

Noun : A platform or stand used to lift or elevate something.

Noun : (carpentry) A vertical part of a step on a staircase.

rheum

Noun : (uncountable) Thin or watery discharge of mucus or serum, especially from the eyes or nose, formerly thought to cause disease.

Noun : Illness or disease thought to be caused by such secretions; a catarrh, a cold; rheumatism.

Noun : (poetic) Tears.

rumor

Noun : (American spelling, countable) A statement or claim of questionable accuracy, from no known reliable source, usually spread by word of mouth.

Noun : (American spelling, uncountable) Information or misinformation of the kind contained in such claims.

Verb : (transitive, usually used in the passive voice) To tell a rumor about; to gossip.

roman

Adjective : (of type, typography) upright, as opposed to italic.

Adjective : (of text, computing) of or related to the Latin alphabet.

Noun : (typography) One of the main three types used for the Latin alphabet (the others being italics and blackletter), in which the ascenders are mostly straight.

retch

Verb : To make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; to strain, as in vomiting.

Noun : An unsuccessful effort to vomit.

Verb : (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To reck.

rebec

Noun : (music) An early three-stringed instrument, somewhat like a simple violin only pear shaped, played with a bow and used in Medieval and the early Renaissance eras.

rabbi

Noun : A Jewish scholar or teacher of halacha (Jewish law), capable of making halachic decisions.

Noun : A Jew who is or is qualified to be the leader of a Jewish congregation.

Noun : (law enforcement, slang) A senior officer who acts as a mentor.

roach

Noun : Certain members of the fish family Cyprinidae, including:

Noun : Any fish of species in the genus Rutilus, especially:

Noun : A common roach (Rutilus rutilus)

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