5 Letter Words That Start With RE

revel

Verb : To make merry; to have a happy, lively time.

Verb : To take delight (in something).

Noun : An instance of merrymaking; a celebration.

realm

Noun : (also figurative) A sphere of knowledge or of influence; a domain.

Noun : (archaic or law and rhetoric) A territory or state, as ruled by an absolute authority, especially by a king; a kingdom.

Noun : (fantasy, roleplaying games) An otherworldly dimension or domain — magical, ethereal, or otherwise.

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 : (transitive) To attain or obtain by stretching forth the hand; to extend some part of the body, or something held, so as to touch, strike, grasp, etc.

regal

Adjective : Of, pertaining to, or suitable for royalty.

Adjective : Befitting a monarch.

Adjective : (strictly) Befitting a king or emperor.

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; to cancel.

reign

Noun : The period during which a monarch rules.

Noun : The exercise of sovereign power.

Verb : (intransitive) To exercise sovereign power, to rule as a monarch.

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Noun : Something old and outdated, possibly kept for sentimental reasons.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

rebut

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

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

rebel

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

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

Verb : (intransitive, politics) To forcefully subvert the law of the land in an attempt to replace it with another form of government.

repel

Verb : (transitive) To drive back (an assailant, advancing force etc.).

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

Verb : (transitive) To cause repulsion or dislike in; to disgust.

reave

Verb : (archaic) To plunder, pillage, rob, pirate, or remove.

Verb : (archaic) To deprive (a person) of something through theft or violence.

Verb : (archaic) To split, tear, break apart.

reply

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

Noun : A written or spoken response; part of a conversation.

Noun : Something given in reply.

reedy

Adjective : (of a sound or voice) High and thin in tone.

Adjective : (of a person) Tall and thin.

Adjective : Full of, or edged with, reeds.

relax

Verb : (intransitive) To rest and become relieved of stress.

Verb : (transitive) To relieve (someone or someone's mind) of stress; to enable to rest; to calm down.

Verb : (intransitive) To become less severe or tense.

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 : (intransitive) To mention (something); to direct attention (to something)

redux

Adjective : (attributive, postpositive) Of a topic, redone, restored, brought back, or revisited.

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

relay

Noun : (sports) A competition between teams where members of a team take turns completing parts of a course or performing a certain action.

Noun : (athletics) A track and field discipline where runners take turns in carrying a baton from start to finish. The most common events are 4×100 meter and 4×400 meter competitions.

Noun : (electronics) An electrical actuator that allows a relatively small electrical voltage or current to control a larger voltage or current.

ready

Adjective : Prepared for immediate action or use.

Adjective : Not slow or hesitating; quick in action or perception of any kind.

Adjective : Offering itself at once; at hand; opportune; convenient.

recur

Verb : Of an event, situation, etc.: to appear or happen again, especially repeatedly.

Verb : (medicine) Of a disease or symptom: to happen again, especially repeatedly or after a remission or an apparent recovery.

Verb : Of a memory, thought, etc.: to come to the mind again.

reeve

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

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

Noun : A female of the species Philomachus pugnax, a highly gregarious, medium-sized wading bird of Eurasia; the male is a ruff.

retro

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

Noun : (uncountable) Past fashions or trends.

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

retch

Verb : (transitive, intransitive) To make or experience an unsuccessful effort to vomit; to strain or spasm, as if to vomit; to gag or nearly vomit.

Verb : (transitive, intransitive, loosely) To vomit; to make or experience a successful effort to vomit.

Noun : An unsuccessful effort to vomit.

react

Verb : (intransitive) To act in response.

Verb : (Internet, intransitive) To post a reaction (icon or emoji indicating how one feels about a posted message).

Noun : (Internet) An emoji used to express a reaction to a post on social media.

reify

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

revie

Verb : (obsolete) To vie with, or rival, in return.

Verb : (obsolete) To exceed an adversary's wager in a card game.

Verb : (obsolete) To make a retort; to bandy words.

recit

Noun : (music) A recitative.

Noun : A narration.

Noun : A short story.

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 : (transitive) To begin again; to recommence.

rebus

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

Noun : (crosswording) A type of crossword puzzle in which some squares contain entire words, or symbols representing words, instead of single letters.

Verb : To represent (a phrase or word) as a rebus.

recap

Noun : A recapitulation.

Verb : To recapitulate.

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

rev up

Verb : (by extension, transitive) To make (someone or something) more active.

Verb : (by extension, intransitive) To become more active.

Verb : (idiomatic) To increase the speed of an engine, especially that of a stationary motor car.

resto

Noun : (informal) A restaurant.

Noun : (informal) A restoration (of an old car or building, etc.).

Noun : A surname.

reule

Noun : Obsolete form of rule. [A regulation, law, guideline.]

Verb : Obsolete form of rule. [(transitive, stative) To regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over.]

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.

refit

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

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

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

reuse

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

Verb : To use again, or in another place.

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

rebar

Noun : (countable) A steel reinforcing bar in a reinforced concrete structure.

Noun : (uncountable) A grid-shaped system of such bars.

Verb : (transitive) To reinforce with bars of this kind.

re-up

Verb : (informal) To renew (e.g. a library book, a lease, a contract).

Verb : (intransitive) To sign up again.

Verb : (US) To renegotiate a contract.

resin

Noun : A viscous water-insoluble hydrocarbon exudate of certain plants, or such a substance as a component of a plant exudate; used in lacquers, varnishes and many other applications.

Noun : Any synthetic compound of similar properties.

Verb : (transitive) To apply resin to.

reset

Verb : To set back to the initial state.

Verb : To set to zero.

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

revue

Noun : Any entertainment featuring skits, dances, and songs.

Noun : A form of theatrical entertainment in which recent events, popular fads, etc., are parodied.

rests

Noun : (uncountable, of a person or animal) Relief from work or activity by sleeping; sleep.

Noun : (countable) Any relief from exertion; a state of quiet and relaxation.

Noun : (uncountable) Peace; freedom from worry, anxiety, annoyances; tranquility.

refel

Verb : (obsolete, transitive) To refute, disprove (an argument); to confute (someone).

renay

Verb : (obsolete, transitive) To renounce (one’s faith or god), to apostasize from.

Verb : (obsolete, transitive) To take back, to recant (something one says or believes).

Verb : (obsolete, transitive) To reject, to deny the truth of (a statement).

resty

Adjective : Disposed to rest; inactive, lazy.

Adjective : Restive, resistant to control.

redif

Noun : A reserve force in the Turkish army, or a soldier of the reserve.

recal

Noun : Obsolete spelling of recall. [The action or fact of calling someone or something back.]

Verb : Obsolete spelling of recall. [(transitive) To withdraw, retract (one's words etc.); to revoke (an order).]

Noun : Misspelling of recall. [The action or fact of calling someone or something back.]

repay

Verb : Synonym of pay back in all senses.

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

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

rehab

Noun : (informal) Rehabilitation, especially to treat the use of recreational drugs.

Noun : (informal) An institution for rehabilitation.

Verb : (informal, transitive) To rehabilitate.

rerun

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

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

Verb : (transitive) To run again; to repeat.

reiki

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

remex

Noun : The flight feather of a bird.

Noun : A quill.

reeky

Adjective : Emitting a reek; smelly.

Adjective : Soiled with smoke or steam; smoky; foul.

reals

Adjective : True, genuine, not merely nominal or apparent.

Adjective : Genuine, not artificial, counterfeit, or fake.

Adjective : Genuine, unfeigned, sincere.

rekey

Verb : To modify (a lock or its cylinder) to change which keys will open it.

Verb : (computing) To enter information into a device, such as a keyboard or keypad, after it has been done at least once before.

Verb : (social sciences) To change the key or tenor of; to reframe.

regen

Noun : (countable) A regenerative radio receiver.

Noun : A kind of yo-yo trick that adds spin without having to return the yo-yo to the thrower's hand.

Noun : (informal) Clipping of regeneration. [Rebuilding or restructuring; large scale repair or renewal; revitalisation.]

repub

Noun : (US politics, informal) Clipping of Republican. [(US politics) A member or supporter of the Republican Party, the more right-wing of the two main political parties in the United States.]

Noun : (informal) Clipping of Republic, used in the full names of countries. [A small city in Republic County, Kansas, United States.]

Noun : (publishing, informal) Clipping of republish.

reism

Noun : (philosophy) A form of concretism stating that (i) every object is a body and (ii) no object is a state or relation, or property.

repug

Adjective : (US, slang) Alternative form of repugnant. [Offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion.]

reins

Noun : The lower part of the back.

Noun : The loins.

Noun : (archaic) The kidneys.

reich

Noun : (in particular) The Third Reich; Nazi Germany.

Noun : A German empire, kingdom or nation; its territory or government.

Noun : (chiefly derogatory) Any empire, especially one that is imperialist, tyrannical, and/or racist.

redan

Noun : A defensive fortification work in the shape of a V.

Noun : A suburb of the City of Ballarat, central western Victoria, Australia.

rejig

Verb : (transitive) To rearrange or tweak (something), especially in order to improve it or make it suitable for some purpose.

Noun : (chiefly British) A rearrangement, a reorganization.

Verb : (transitive, dated) To provide (a place, etc.) with new equipment or machinery; to reequip, to refit.

reams

Noun : A bundle, package, or quantity of paper, nowadays usually containing 500 sheets.

Verb : (transitive) To enlarge (a hole), especially using a reamer; to bore (a hole) wider.

Verb : (transitive) To remove (material) by reaming.

retem

Noun : A shrub with white flowers, possibly Retama raetam; the juniper of the (King James Version) Old Testament.

reaps

Verb : (transitive) To obtain or receive as a reward, in a good or a bad sense.

Verb : (transitive) To gather (e.g. a harvest) by cutting.

Verb : (transitive) To cut (for example a grain) with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine

redub

Verb : (transitive) To dub (video material) again; to provide with a new soundtrack.

Verb : (transitive) To give another name or title to; to dub again.

Noun : A video re-edited in any way an editor wants.

reeks

Verb : (intransitive) To have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell.

Noun : A strong unpleasant smell.

Verb : (intransitive, figuratively) To be evidently associated with something unpleasant.

refix

Verb : To fix again.

regle

Verb : (obsolete) Alternative spelling of reigle (“to rule/govern”). [(obsolete) To regulate; to govern.]

rello

Noun : Alternative form of relo. [(Australia, colloquial, informal) A relative.]

recut

Verb : to cut again.

renga

Noun : A form of Japanese verse in which short poems are connected together, the origin of haikai and haiku.

reech

Noun : (dialectal) Smoke.

Verb : (dialectal) Alternative form of reek. [(intransitive) To have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell.]

Verb : Obsolete form of reach. [(intransitive) To extend, stretch, or thrust out (for example a limb or object held in the hand).]

remis

Noun : (archaic, chess) A draw.

resee

Verb : (transitive) To see again or anew.

Noun : An occasion of seeing again or anew.

resis

Adjective : (real estate, property law) Clipping of residential. [Of or pertaining to a place of personal residence or to a location for such places.]

Noun : (real estate, property law) Clipping of residential real estate.

reste

Noun : "Reste" (Stay) is a song performed by Congolese-French singer and rapper Gims with the participation of British singer Sting, released on 23 August 2019.

reard

Noun : (dialectal, obsolete) Fame, renown.

Noun : (dialectal, obsolete) A voice; a sound.

resus

Noun : (colloquial, medicine) Clipping of resuscitation. [The act of resuscitating.]

reing

Noun : A surname.

rebis

Noun : An androgyne or hermaphrodite.

Noun : (alchemy, fiction) The end product of the alchemical magnum opus, a reunion of opposing qualities such as spirit and matter or male and female, represented by an androgynous being.

rethe

Adjective : (Now chiefly dialectal) (of persons) Fierce; cruel; savage; stern; zealous; ardent; keen.

Adjective : (Now chiefly dialectal) (of things) Terrible; dreadful; severe.

Verb : (Now chiefly dialectal) Furiously; violently; wildly.

renal

Adjective : (relational, anatomy) Pertaining to the kidneys.

redox

Adjective : (chemistry) Of or relating to any reaction in which oxidation and reduction occur simultaneously.

Noun : (rare) (chemistry) A reaction in which an oxidation and a reduction occur simultaneously; a reaction in which electrons are transferred.

Verb : (transitive) To subject to a redox reaction.

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.

recce

Noun : (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, military slang) Reconnaissance.

Verb : (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, military slang) Reconnoitre.

renin

Noun : (biochemistry) A circulating enzyme released by mammalian kidneys that converts angiotensinogen to angiotensin I. Due to its activity which ultimately leads to the formation of angiotensin II and aldosterone, this hormone plays a role in maintaining blood pressure.

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.

retry

Verb : (ambitransitive) To try or attempt again.

Noun : Another attempt.

Verb : (transitive, law) To try judicially a second time.

remix

Noun : (music) A piece of music formed by combining existing pieces of music together, possibly including various other cosmetic changes

Noun : (music) A rearrangement of an older piece of music, possibly including various cosmetic changes.

Verb : (music, transitive) To rearrange or radically alter (a particular piece of music).

rente

Noun : In France, interest payable by government on indebtedness; the bonds, shares, stocks, etc. that represent government indebtedness.

Noun : Obsolete spelling of rent. [A payment made by a tenant at intervals in order to lease a property.]

reata

Noun : (Texas) A lariat or lasso.

reefy

Adjective : containing reefs.

rents

Noun : Alternative spelling of 'rents.

retie

Verb : To tie again; to tie something that has already been tied or was tied before.

recta

Noun : (anatomy) The terminal part of the large intestine through which feces pass after exiting the colon, but before leaving the body through the anus or cloaca.

reefs

Noun : a novel by Kevin O'Donnell Jr. published in 1981.

rebbe

Noun : (Judaism) The spiritual leader of a Hasidic Jewish community.

regan

Noun : A female given name transferred from the surname or from the name of the evil daughter of King Lear. William Shakespeare may have got the name from the ultimately same Irish source.

Noun : A male given name transferred from the surname.

Noun : A surname from Irish from Irish Ó Riagáin, variant of Reagan.

reais

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