5 Letter Words That Start With RA

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

ramen

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

Noun : A type of instant noodles.

Verb : (Pastafarianism, humorous) amen

rabid

Adjective : Affected with rabies.

Adjective : Of or pertaining to rabies, or hydrophobia.

Adjective : Furious; raging; extremely violent.

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.

randy

Adjective : Sexually aroused; full of sexual lust.

Adjective : (chiefly Scotland) Rude or coarse in manner.

Noun : impudent beggar

rates

Noun : (Britain, New Zealand, Australia, Hong Kong) Taxes, usually on property, levied by local government.

rangy

Adjective : Slender and long of limb; lanky

Adjective : Prone to roaming around.

Adjective : Having or permitting range or scope; roomy; commodious.

razed

Adjective : (obsolete) Slashed or striped in patterns.

rails

Noun : a bar or bars of rolled steel making a track along which vehicles can rol

ralph

Verb : (slang) To vomit.

Noun : (UK, regional, obsolete) A raven.

Noun : A male given name from the Germanic languages.

radon

Noun : The chemical element (symbol Rn, formerly Ro) with atomic number 86. It is an odorless, colorless, chemically inert but radioactive noble gas.

Noun : Radon-222 (²²²₈₆Rn), the most stable isotope of this element, .

rasta

Noun : (informal) Rastafarian

Noun : Rastafari.

Noun : A Rastafarian.

rayon

Noun : A manufactured regenerated cellulosic fiber.

Noun : (obsolete) A ray or beam.

Noun : A surname from Spanish.

rainy

Adjective : Pouring with rain; wet; showery

rammy

Adjective : (now UK regional) Of a food, taste, odour etc.: like a ram; pungent, rank.

Adjective : (US, colloquial) Frisky, lecherous.

Noun : (Scotland) A disorderly argument or disturbance; a fracas.

rathe

Adjective : (poetic) Ripening or blooming early.

Verb : (obsolete) Quickly.

Verb : (poetic) Early in the morning.

radix

Noun : (biology) A root.

Noun : (linguistics) A primitive word, from which other words may be derived.

Noun : (mathematics) The number of distinct symbols used to represent numbers in a particular base, as ten for decimal.

radii

Noun : (anatomy) The long bone in the forearm, on the side of the thumb.

Noun : (zoology) The lighter bone (or fused portion of bone) in the forelimb of an animal.

Noun : (entomology) One of the major veins of the insect wing, between the subcosta and the media; the vein running along the costal edge of the discal cell.

raphe

Noun : (anatomy) A seamlike ridge or furrow on an organ, bodily tissue, or other structure, typically marking the line where two halves or sections fused in the embryo.

Noun : The connecting ridge between the two halves of the medulla oblongata or the tegmentum of the midbrain.

Noun : (botany) The part of the stalk of an anatropous ovary that is united in growth to the outside covering and forms a ridge along the body of the ovule.

ramie

Noun : (usually countable) A tall, tropical Asian perennial herb, Boehmeria nivea, cultivated for its fibrous stems.

Noun : (usually uncountable) The fibre extracted from this plant known especially for its ability to hold shape, reduce wrinkling, and introduce a silky lustre used to make textiles, fishing nets, upholstery, etc.

ranks

Adjective : (obsolete) Strong; powerful; capable of acting or being used with great effect; energetic; vigorous; headstrong.

Adjective : Strong in growth; growing with vigour or rapidity, hence, coarse or gross.

Adjective : Causing strong growth; producing luxuriantly; rich and fertile.

raspy

Adjective : (of sound, especially vocal quality) Rough, raw.

Adjective : Irritable.

rabat

Noun : A polishing material made of potter's clay that has failed in baking.

Noun : (countable) A piece of fabric fitted to the collar covering the shirt-front worn by Catholic and Anglican clergy.

Noun : (countable) The clerical linen collar itself.

ramus

Noun : A small spray or twig.

Noun : (biology) A branching, as of nerves or blood vessels.

Noun : (ornithology) The stem of a barb of a feather, from which the barbules extend.

ratty

Adjective : Resembling or characteristic of a rat; ratlike.

Adjective : Infested with rats.

Adjective : (figuratively, informal)

raver

Noun : A person who attends rave parties, or who belongs to that subculture.

Noun : A person who raves or rants.

Noun : A surname.

rajah

Noun : A Hindu prince or ruler in India.

Noun : Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Charaxes.

ratha

Noun : (Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Hrátʰas, Sanskrit: रथ, ; Avestan: raθa) also known as the Indo-Iranian term for a spoked-wheel chariot or a cart of antiquity.

Noun : In Hindu temple architecture, a ratha is a facet or vertical offset projection on the plan of a structure, in particular of the shikhara above the sanctum.

rated

Adjective : (now rare) Scolded, rebuked.

Adjective : (engineering) maximum (load, voltage, etc.) under which a device can function properly

Adjective : (in combinations) Having a particular rating or rate

ranee

Noun : Alternative spelling of rani [The wife of a rajah.]

rance

Noun : A type of coloured marble from Belgium. Rance is red and often has white or blue graining.

Noun : (Scotland) A prop or shore.

Noun : A round or spreader between the legs of a chair.

razee

Noun : (nautical) An armed ship with its upper deck cut away, and thus reduced to the next inferior rate, such as a seventy-four cut down to a frigate.

Verb : (transitive, nautical) To cut (a ship) down to a smaller number of decks, and thus to an inferior rate or class.

Verb : (transitive, figurative) To trim or abridge by cutting off parts.

rambo

Noun : A surname.

Noun : (figuratively) One who is reckless, disregards orders, uses violence to solve all problems, and bravely charges headlong into the teeth of the enemy.

Noun : An American variety of apple with a greenish-yellow skin, mottled and striped with dull red.

raper

Noun : (informal) A person who has raped someone; a rapist.

Noun : A surname.

rased

Noun : (obsolete) A scratching out, or erasure.

Noun : A slight wound; a scratch.

Noun : A way of measuring in which the commodity measured was made even with the top of the measuring vessel by rasing, or striking off, all that was above it.

ravin

Verb : (obsolete) To dine or feast upon plunder or goods seized by violence.

Noun : (obsolete) Food obtained by violence; plunder; prey; raven.

Adjective : (obsolete) Ravenous.

ratch

Noun : A ratchet wheel.

Noun : A white mark on a horse's face.

Verb : (transitive) To stretch.

rales

Noun : (medicine, now chiefly in the plural) An abnormal clicking, rattling or crackling sound, made by one or both lungs and heard with a stethoscope, caused by the popping open of airways collapsed by fluid or exudate, or sometimes by pulmonary edema.

rater

Noun : One who provides a rating or assessment.

Noun : One who rates or scolds.

razer

Noun : Someone who razes.

ramon

raker

Noun : A person who uses a rake.

Noun : A machine for raking grain or hay.

Noun : A gun positioned so as to rake an enemy ship with gunfire.

raton

Noun : A city, the county seat of Colfax County, New Mexico, United States.

radel

Noun : A surname.

ramee

Noun : Archaic form of ramie. [(usually countable) A tall, tropical Asian perennial herb, Boehmeria nivea, cultivated for its fibrous stems.]

raggy

Adjective : Raglike; like a rag.

Adjective : Scruffy; tending to dress in rags.

Adjective : Similar in style to ragtime music.

rains

Noun : A rainy season; monsoon

Noun : A surname.

ramet

Noun : (botany) A clone (individual member of a genet).

racon

Noun : A beacon that, on detecting a radar signal, responds by transmitting a coded navigation signal.

races

Noun : A contest between people, animals, vehicles, etc. where the goal is to be the first to reach some objective.

Noun : Swift progress; rapid motion; an instance of moving or driving at high speed.

Noun : (electronics, computing) A race condition; a bug or problem that occurs when two or more components attempt to use the same resource at the same time.

rache

Noun : Alternative form of rach [(dialectal) a dog that hunts by scent]

ranny

Noun : (obsolete outside dialects, East Anglia) A shrew (the animal).

rasse

Noun : Viverricula indica, the small Indian civet.

raked

Adjective : sloping

rawls

Noun : A surname transferred from the given name.

rabic

Adjective : (medicine) Of or pertaining to rabies.

racey

Noun : A surname.

rawly

Verb : In a raw manner.

rayne

Noun : A surname transferred from the given name, variant of Raine.

Noun : A female given name.

Noun : A city in Acadia Parish, Louisiana, United States

ragee

Noun : Alternative form of ragi (“finger millet”) [A type of grain, Eleusine coracana, cultivated as a cereal in arid areas of Africa and Asia; finger millet.]

raced

Adjective : (social studies) Belonging to a certain race of people.

rafts

Noun : a large number or amoun

raman

Noun : A surname.

Noun : A transliteration of the Belarusian male given name Рама́н (Ramán).

rager

Noun : (uncommon) One who rages.

Noun : (slang, US, Australia, New Zealand) A boisterous and out of control party.

Noun : (slang) A raging erection; a massive erection of the penis.

randi

Noun : both a given name, and a nickname in the English language, popular in North America and Norway.

racks

Noun : (metonymically) publication, distribution (of a magazine)

Noun : A hamlet east of Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NY0374).

ramos

Noun : A surname from Spanish.

raine

Noun : A surname transferred from the given name derived from any of several personal names (such as Raymond).

Noun : Obsolete form of rain. [Condensed water falling from a cloud.]

rants

Verb : To speak or shout at length in uncontrollable anger.

Verb : To disseminate one's own opinions in a—typically—one-sided, strong manner.

Verb : To criticize by ranting.

ratan

Noun : Alternative form of rattan [Any of several species of climbing palm of the genus Calamus.]

ragga

Noun : (music) A subgenre of reggae and dancehall influenced by hip hop and digital production techniques such as sampling.

rages

Noun : Violent uncontrolled anger.

Noun : A current fashion or fad.

Noun : (slang, US, Australia, New Zealand) An exciting and boisterous party.

raped

Adjective : sexually abuse

Adjective : having been robbed and destroyed by force and violenc

rayed

Noun : A beam of light or radiation.

Noun : (zoology) A rib-like reinforcement of bone or cartilage in a fish's fin.

Noun : (zoology) One of the spheromeres of a radiate, especially one of the arms of a starfish or an ophiuran.

radom

Noun : A city in central Poland

raged

Noun : Violent uncontrolled anger.

Noun : A current fashion or fad.

Noun : (slang, US, Australia, New Zealand) An exciting and boisterous party.

rarer

Adjective : Very uncommon; scarce.

Adjective : (of a gas) Thin; of low density.

Adjective : (UK, slang) Good; enjoyable.

rango

Noun : Alternative form of arango [A rough carnelian bead, formerly used in Africa as currency when buying slaves for the slave trade.]

raspa

ranid

Adjective : of or pertaining to the true frogs.

Noun : a true frog of the family Ranidae.

ramps

Noun : An inclined surface that connects two levels; an incline.

Noun : An interchange, a road that connects a freeway to a surface street or another freeway.

Noun : A structure with an inclined surface made for stunts, as for jumping motorcycles or other vehicles.

ramal

Adjective : (anatomy, dated) Of or pertaining to a ramus, or branching

ratal

Noun : A traditional Maltese unit of weight, officially 1.75 imperial pounds (0.794 kg), now widely metrified informally to mean 800 grammes.

Adjective : Pertaining to a rate of taxation.

Noun : The amount on which a tax rate is assessed.

rawer

Adjective : (cooking) (of food) Not cooked.

Adjective : Subsisting on, or pertaining to, a diet of raw food.

Adjective : Not treated or processed; in a natural state, unrefined, unprocessed. (of materials, products, etc.)

rahim

Noun : A male given name from Arabic.

Noun : A surname from Arabic.

rakes

Noun : (agriculture, horticulture) A garden tool with a row of pointed teeth fixed to a long handle, used for collecting debris, grass, etc., for flattening the ground, or for loosening soil; also, a similar wheel-mounted tool drawn by a horse or a tractor.

Noun : (by extension) A similarly shaped tool used for other purposes.

Noun : (gambling) A tool with a straight edge at the end used by a croupier to move chips or money across a gaming table.

raved

Noun : (informal, countable) An enthusiastic review (such as of a play).

Noun : An all-night dance party with electronic dance music (techno, trance, drum and bass etc.) in small unknown clubs.

Noun : (music, uncountable) The genres of electronic dance music maded to be played in rave parties.

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