5 Letter Words That Start With RI

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.

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.

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.

rigid

Adjective : Stiff, rather than flexible.

Adjective : Fixed, rather than moving.

Adjective : Rigorous and unbending.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.]

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.

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.

rishi

Noun : A Vedic poet and seer who composed Rigvedic hymns, who alone or with others invokes the deities with poetry of a sacred character.

Noun : (post-Vedic) A Hindu sage or saint occupying the same position in India history as the patriarchs of other countries, constituting a peculiar class of beings in the early mythical system, as distinct from Asuras, Devas and mortal men.

Noun : A South Asian male given name from Sanskrit

ricin

Noun : (biochemistry, toxicology) An extremely toxic lectin extracted from the castor bean.

riata

Noun : (US, regional) A lariat or lasso.

risky

Adjective : Dangerous, involving risks.

Adjective : Misspelling of risqué. [Suggestive of sexual impropriety; bordering on the indelicate.]

rioja

Noun : the region, La Rioja in northern Spain

Noun : the wine (mostly red) of that region

Noun : Alternative letter-case form of Rioja [the region, La Rioja in northern Spain]

risen

Noun : A surname from German.

rigel

Noun : (astronomy) A blue supergiant star in the constellation Orion; Beta (β) Orionis. The seventh brightest star in the night sky.

Noun : A surname from German.

riant

Adjective : Mirthful, cheerful, smiling, light-hearted.

Adjective : Of a place, landscape or view: having a pleasant appearance, looking bright or cheerful.

riled

Adjective : aroused to impatience or ange

riley

Noun : (countable) A surname.

Noun : A surname from Irish of Irish origin, variant of Reilly.

Noun : An English habitational surname from Old English, from Ryley in Lancashire (see Etymology above).

ripen

Verb : (intransitive) to grow ripe; to become mature (said of grain, fruit, flowers etc.)

Verb : (intransitive) To approach or come to perfection.

Verb : (transitive) To cause (something) to mature; to make ripe

rings

Noun : (gymnastics) A gymnastics apparatus and discipline consisting of 2 rings suspended from a bar.

Noun : A traditional Irish game of throwing rings onto hooks.

Noun : (post-mid century) Ellipsis of still rings.

rille

Noun : (planetology) A long, narrow depression that resembles a channel, found on the surface of various lunar and planetary bodies.

rimey

rites

Noun : A religious custom.

Noun : (by extension) A prescribed behavior.

Noun : Informal spelling of right.

ritzy

Adjective : Elegant and luxurious.

riggs

Noun : A surname.

rican

riche

Noun : A surname.

riyal

Noun : The official currency of Qatar and Saudi Arabia.

ricer

Noun : (US) A person, especially a Native American, who cultivates and harvests rice.

Noun : (cooking) A utensil used to extrude soft foods (especially, cooked potato) through holes about the diameter of a grain of rice.

Noun : (slang, US, derogatory) An automobile, especially one imported from an Oriental country, deemed inferior or cheap, that has been modified with after-market parts in order to appear more powerful or sporty.

riots

Noun : A tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by a large group of people, often involving violence or damage to property.

Noun : (figurative) A wide and unconstrained variety.

Noun : (colloquial, uncountable) A humorous or entertaining event or person.

ricky

Noun : A diminutive of the male given name Richard

rilke

Noun : Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926), Austrian poet and novelist.

Noun : A surname.

risks

Noun : (uncountable) The probability of a negative outcome to a decision or event.

Noun : (uncountable) The magnitude of possible loss consequent to a decision or event.

Noun : (uncountable, economics, business and engineering) The potential negative effect of an event, determined by multiplying the likelihood of the event occurring with its magnitude should it occur.

rises

Verb : (intransitive) To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.

Verb : To move upwards.

Verb : To grow upward; to attain a certain height.

rides

Adjective : Released from an obligation, problem, etc. (usually followed by of).

Verb : (transitive) To free (something) from a hindrance or annoyance.

Verb : (transitive, chiefly obsolete) To banish.

ringo

Noun : (rare, countable) A male given name.

Noun : (by extension, countable) A nickname for a drummer.

Noun : (countable) A surname.

rimed

Adjective : Covered in rime (etymology 1) or (generally) frost.

riper

Adjective : (of fruits, vegetables, seeds etc.) Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature

Adjective : (of foods) Advanced to the state of fitness for use; mellow

Adjective : (figuratively) Having attained its full development; mature; perfected

rimae

riney

Noun : A surname.

ribes

Noun : Ribes is a genus of about 200 known species of flowering plants, most of them native to the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.

riker

Noun : A surname.

ritch

Noun : A surname transferred from the given name.

riske

Noun : A surname.

rigil

Noun : brightest star in centaurus; second nearest star to the su

riles

Verb : To stir or move from a state of calm or order.

Verb : (in particular) To make angry.

rifer

rissa

Noun : a genus of larida

rigby

Noun : A surname.

Noun : A city, the county seat of Jefferson County, Idaho, United States.

rined

Adjective : (obsolete) Having a rind.

rimes

Noun : A surname.

ripon

Noun : A cathedral city in Harrogate borough, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3171).

Noun : A city in San Joaquin County, California, United States.

Noun : (obsolete, UK, slang) A spur (goad for a horse etc.).

riffs

Noun : A repeated instrumental melody line in a song.

Noun : A clever or witty remark.

Noun : A variation on something.

rivel

Verb : (intransitive) To shrivel, wrinkle (up).

Verb : (transitive) To cause to be wrinkled, to shrivel.

Noun : (obsolete) A wrinkle; a rimple.

riyad

Noun : Alternative spelling of riad [A traditional Moroccan house or palace with an interior garden.]

rizzo

Noun : A surname from Italian.

rimer

Noun : A tool for shaping the rimes of a ladder.

Noun : (obsolete) A rhymer; a versifier.

Noun : A surname.

rills

Noun : A very small brook; a streamlet; a creek, rivulet.

Verb : To trickle, pour, or run like a small stream.

Noun : (planetology) Alternative form of rille. [(planetology) A long, narrow depression that resembles a channel, found on the surface of various lunar and planetary bodies.]

rived

Verb : (transitive, archaic except in past participle) To tear apart by force; to rend; to split; to cleave.

Verb : (transitive, archaic) To pierce or cleave with a weapon.

Verb : (intransitive) To break apart; to split.

ribar

Noun : A surname from Serbo-Croatian.

rives

Noun : A surname.

Noun : A placename

Noun : One of two communes in France.

riced

Adjective : Made into or consisting of finely minced pieces resembling rice

rigal

rip up

Verb : (transitive) To destroy by ripping.

Verb : (transitive, slang) To move quickly or violently upon.

ricks

Noun : A surname originating as a patronymic.

rindy

Adjective : Having a rind or skin.

ringe

Noun : A whisk made of heather.

riden

Noun : A surname.

rizer

Noun : A surname.

ribby

Adjective : Pertaining to or having ribs; ribbed.

Adjective : Specifically, thin so as to have prominent ribs; emaciated.

Adjective : (UK) Shabby, in poor condition.

rigol

Noun : (obsolete) A circle.

Noun : (obsolete) A diadem, crown (ornamental headband worn as a badge of royalty).

Noun : (nautical) A ridge or channel above a porthole to redirect water flow from dripping inside the vessel.

risus

Noun : a grin or laug

risal

rizal

Noun : A province of the Philippines.

ridgy

Adjective : Rising in a ridge or ridges; having ridges.

ricci

rioux

rices

Noun : (uncountable) Cereal plants, Oryza sativa of the grass family whose seeds are used as food.

Noun : (countable) A specific variety of this plant.

Noun : (uncountable) The seeds of this plant used as food.

rid of

Verb : do away wit

rifts

Noun : A chasm or fissure.

Noun : A lack of cohesion; A state of conflict, incompatibility, or emotional distance.

Noun : A break in the clouds, fog, mist etc., which allows light through.

rinds

Noun : tree bark

Noun : A hard, tough outer layer, particularly on food such as fruit, cheese, etc

Noun : (figuratively, uncountable, rare, usually "the") The gall, the crust, the insolence; often as "the immortal rind"

ridel

ricey

Adjective : Containing rice.

Adjective : Resembling rice.

rines

Verb : (transitive) To touch.

Verb : (transitive, UK dialectal) To concern; affect.

Verb : (transitive, UK dialectal) To pertain to; fall to.

rince

rieck

Noun : A surname.

rinky

riffi

Noun : A repeated instrumental melody line in a song.

Noun : A clever or witty remark.

Noun : A variation on something.

rinks

Noun : (UK dialectal) A man, especially a warrior or hero.

Noun : (UK dialectal) A ring; a circle.

Noun : A sheet of ice prepared for playing certain sports, such as hockey or curling.

ricki

Noun : A diminutive of the male given name Richard, more often spelled Rickie or Ricky.

Noun : A female given name from the Germanic languages and a nickname of modern usage, also spelled Rikki.

rig up

Verb : erect or construct, especially as a temporary measur

ribot

rista

riess

Noun : A surname from German.

risse

Noun : A surname from German.

rivas

Noun : A department of Nicaragua

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