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

Adjective : Appropriate, perfectly suitable; fit for purpose.

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.

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.

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. [Suggestive of sexual impropriety; bordering on the 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.

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

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 : (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.

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 : (intransitive) To approach or come to perfection.

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

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

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

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

Noun : (obsolete) A wrinkle; a rimple.

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.

Verb : (transitive) To swish (a liquid) around the inside of something.

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.

rimer

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

Noun : (obsolete) A rhymer; a versifier.

Noun : A surname.

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.

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 municipality in Papineau Regional County Municipality, Outaouais region, Quebec, Canada.

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

ridic

Adjective : (informal) ridiculous

ringe

Noun : A whisk made of heather.

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.

risen

Adjective : Having risen.

Noun : A surname from German.

rioja

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

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

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

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.

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 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).

rites

Noun : A religious custom.

Noun : (by extension) A prescribed behavior.

Adjective : Informal spelling of right. [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: →]

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.

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 : A province of Lazio, Italy.

Noun : The capital city of the province of Rieti, 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

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

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

riese

rison

Noun : A surname.

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

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

ricey

Adjective : Containing rice.

Adjective : Resembling or characteristic of 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, doing nothing in particular.

ritaa

ricin

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

rig up

Verb : erect or construct, especially as a temporary measur

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.

Noun : (figurative) A wide and unconstrained variety.

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

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 : 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.

riles

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

Verb : (in particular) To make angry.

rials

Noun : A surname.

rimes

Noun : A surname.

rizal

Noun : A barangay of Dagami, Leyte, Philippines.

Noun : A barangay of Lopez, Quezon, Philippines.

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

rindy

Adjective : Having a rind or skin.

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.

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 : (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.

ricci

ricky

Noun : A diminutive of the male given name Richard.

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