5 Letter Words That Start With RI

riant

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

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

rigid

Adjective : Stiff, rather than flexible.

Adjective : Having inflexible thoughts, opinions, or beliefs.

Adjective : Fixed, rather than moving.

right

Adjective : Complying with justice, correctness, or reason; correct, just, true. See also the interjection senses below.

Adjective : Designating the side of the body which is positioned to the east if one is facing north, the side on which the heart is not located in most humans. This arrow points to the reader's right: →

Adjective : Clockwise, particularly when describing a change in direction or orientation.

rivet

Noun : A cylindrical mechanical fastener which is supplied with a factory head at one end and is used to attach multiple parts together by passing its bucktail through a hole and upsetting its end to form a field head.

Verb : (transitive) To attach or fasten parts by using rivets.

Verb : (transitive, figurative) To command the attention of.

ridge

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

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

Noun : A chain of mountains.

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.]

risky

Adjective : Dangerous, involving risks.

Adjective : Misspelling of risqué. [Slightly sexually suggestive; bordering on indelicate.]

riled

Adjective : aroused to impatience or ange

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.

Adjective : Having the same pretensions or claims; standing in competition for superiority.

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.

rigol

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

Noun : (obsolete) A circle.

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

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.

ripen

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

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

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

rithe

Noun : Alternative form of rith (“small stream”). [(obsolete) A small stream or channel.]

ritzy

Adjective : Elegant and luxurious.

riyal

Noun : The official currency of Qatar and Saudi Arabia.

riata

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

rivel

Noun : (US) A kind of small dumpling made from egg and wheat flour, often eaten in soup, especially among the Pennsylvania Dutch and other Germans.

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

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

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.

rinse

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

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

Noun : The action of rinsing.

ricer

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.

Noun : (slang, derogatory) A person who drives such an automobile.

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

rimer

Noun : (obsolete) A rhymer; a versifier.

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

Noun : A surname.

rishi

Noun : (post-Vedic) A Hindu sage or saint occupying the same position in India's 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 Vedic poet and seer who composed Rigvedic hymns, who alone or with others invokes the deities with poetry of a sacred character.

Noun : A South Asian male given name from Sanskrit.

rings

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

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

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

ripon

Noun : A cathedral city and civil parish with a city council in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Harrogate borough (OS grid ref SE3171).

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

Noun : A city and town in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States.

ridic

Adjective : (informal) ridiculous

ringe

Noun : A whisk made of heather.

rider

Noun : A mounted person.

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

Noun : (generally) Someone who rides a horse or (later) a bicycle, motorcycle etc.

risen

Adjective : Having risen.

Noun : A surname from German.

rioja

Noun : The wine (mostly red) of that region.

Noun : La Rioja: An autonomous community and province in northern Spain.

Noun : Alternative letter-case form of Rioja. [La Rioja: An autonomous community and province in northern Spain.]

rip up

Verb : (transitive) To destroy by ripping.

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

rille

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

rimed

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

rides

Noun : a British television series produced by the BBC between 1992 and 1993.

Noun : the third album by the Somerset rock group Reef, released in 1999.

Noun : an automotive reality television show produced for the TLC Network in the United States.

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.]

rippy

Noun : A surname.

Adjective : Resembling or characteristic of ripping or tearing.

Adjective : (rare) Having rips.

riyad

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

rilla

Noun : A diminutive of the female given name Marilla.

riuer

Noun : Obsolete spelling of river. [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.]

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.

riley

Noun : (countable) A unisex given name.

Noun : A male given name transferred from the surname, of 19th century and later usage.

Noun : A female given name from surname, of 1990s and later usage.

rites

Noun : A religious custom.

Noun : (by extension) A prescribed behavior.

Noun : Informal spelling of right. [That which complies with justice, law or reason.]

riper

Adjective : Of a fruit, vegetable, seed, etc., ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature.

Adjective : Of a food, advanced to the state of fitness for use; mellow.

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

ricco

Noun : A surname.

riffs

Noun : the twenty-sixth studio album by the English rock band Status Quo, released in November 2003.

Noun : a live album by American saxophonist Jimmy Lyons.

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.

risse

Noun : A surname from German.

riced

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

ribby

Adjective : Pertaining to or having ribs; ribbed.

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

Adjective : (UK) Shabby, in poor condition.

rivas

Noun : A department of Nicaragua.

rieti

Noun : The capital city of the province of Rieti, Lazio, Italy.

Noun : A province of Lazio, Italy.

risus

Noun : Risus: The Anything RPG is a rules-light generic role-playing game written, designed and illustrated by S. John Ross of Cumberland Games and Diversions.

rizzo

Noun : A surname from Italian.

rican

Noun : Clipping of Puerto Rican. [A person from Puerto Rico.]

Adjective : Clipping of Puerto Rican. [Of, from or relating to Puerto Rico or its people.]

riese

rison

Noun : A small city, the county seat of Cleveland County, Arkansas, United States.

Noun : An unincorporated community in Charles County, Maryland, United States.

Noun : A surname.

ricey

Adjective : Resembling or characteristic of rice.

Adjective : Containing rice.

riehl

Noun : A surname.

riess

rieff

Noun : A surname.

rijan

ricoh

rilly

Verb : Pronunciation spelling of really. [(literal) In a way or manner that is real, not unreal.]

rijal

rioli

riaed

riala

riars

riatt

ricai

rifty

Adjective : Full of rifts or fissures.

riial

ritas

Noun : A female given name from the Romance languages, Italian, or Spanish.

Noun : A female given name from Sanskrit.

Noun : Alternative form of rta (“Vedic principle”). [(Hinduism) The Vedic principle of natural order that regulates the operation of the universe.]

rilek

Verb : (Singapore, intransitive) To relax; to chill or loiter, doing nothing in particular.

ritaa

ricin

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

rig up

Verb : (transitive, figurative) To kit out; to dress, set up or furnish

Verb : (transitive) To add or set the riggings

ribes

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

ridgy

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

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.

rissa

Noun : a genus of larida

rilke

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

Noun : A surname.

riots

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

Verb : (intransitive) To create or take part in a riot; to raise an uproar or sedition.

Verb : (transitive) To cause to riot; to throw into a tumult.

rives

Noun : A surname.

Noun : A placename

Noun : One of two communes in France.

rid of

Verb : do away wit

riche

Noun : A surname.

rifts

Noun : (figurative) A lack of cohesion; a state of conflict, incompatibility, or emotional distance.

Noun : A chasm or fissure.

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

riles

Verb : (in particular) To make angry.

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

rials

Noun : A surname.

rimes

Noun : A surname.

rizal

Noun : A province of Calabarzon, Luzon, Philippines. Capital and largest city: Antipolo.

Noun : A barangay of Dagami, Leyte, Philippines.

Noun : A barangay of Lopez, Quezon, Philippines.

rindy

Adjective : Having a rind or skin.

rived

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

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

Verb : (woodworking) To use a technique of splitting or sawing wood radially from a log (e.g. clapboards).

ricks

Noun : A surname originating as a patronymic.

riden

Noun : A surname.

rigil

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

rinks

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

Noun : A surface for roller skating.

Noun : A building housing an ice rink.

ricci

ricky

Noun : A diminutive of the male given name Richard.

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