5-Letter Words Ending With R

1. recently past

2. belonging to the distant past

1. located farther aft

2. located farther aft

1. (often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed

2. a degree in a continuum of size or quantity

1. located below or beneath something else

2. lower in rank, power, or authority

1. supply the force or power for the functioning of

2. possession of controlling influence

1. binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent

2. the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean)

1. not at all; certainly not; not in any circumstances; not ever; at no time in the past or future

1. cover with paper

2. cover with wallpaper

1. fire iron consisting of a metal rod with a handle; used to stir a fire

2. any of various card games in which players bet that they hold the highest-ranking hand

1. give something useful or necessary to

2. present for acceptance or rejection

1. a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines; below lieutenant colonel and above captain

2. a university student who is studying a particular field as the principal subject

1. to come or go into

2. become a participant; be involved in

1. add color to

2. affect as in thought or feeling

1. provide with a covering or cause to be covered

2. form a cover over

1. a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention

2. inadvertent incorrectness

1. rid of obstructions

2. make a way or path by removing objects

1. coming at a subsequent time or stage

2. at or toward an end or late period or stage of development

1. a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)

1. move something or somebody to a lower position

2. set lower

1. a caretaker for an apartment house; represents the owner as janitor and rent collector

2. of the highest quality

1. the head of a religious order; in an abbey the prior is next below the abbot

2. earlier in time

1. (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business

2. a person who owns something

1. surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off

2. knock down with force

1. advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables)

2. used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son

1. a person who buys

1. a seat for one person, with a support for the back

2. the position of professor

1. travel or be transported in a vehicle

2. machine that converts other forms of energy into mechanical energy and so imparts motion

1. higher in place or position

2. superior in rank or accomplishment

1. a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages

2. productive work (especially physical work done for wages)

1. an acronym for light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation; an optical device that produces an intense monochromatic beam of coherent light

1. a young person of either sex

2. of the younger of two boys with the same family name

1. make reference to

2. be relevant to

1. single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance

2. a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another

1. come to pass

2. come to one's mind; suggest itself

1. measure with a meter

2. stamp with a meter indicating the postage

1. a white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative

2. an essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups they contain

1. appear very large or occupy a commanding position

2. a structure taller than its diameter; can stand alone or be attached to a larger building

1. relating to or derived from the sun or utilizing the energies of the sun

1. a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter

2. the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous

1. located inward

2. innermost or essential

1. a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction

2. the state of being honored

1. a person who makes things

2. a business engaged in manufacturing some product

1. a theatrical performer

2. a person who acts and gets things done

1. a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn

2. coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis

1. place in a grave or tomb

1. the head of a city government

1. measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects

1. someone who bakes commercially

2. someone who bakes bread or cake

1. a fierce or audacious person

2. large feline of forests in most of Asia having a tawny coat with black stripes; endangered

1. large and complicated reddish-brown glandular organ located in the upper right portion of the abdominal cavity; secretes bile and functions in metabolism of protein and carbohydrate and fat; synthesizes substances involved in the clotting of the blood; synthesizes vitamin A; detoxifies poisonous substances and breaks down worn-out erythrocytes

2. liver of an animal used as meat

1. decoration consisting of the layout and furnishings of a livable interior

1. an act of gracious kindness

2. an advantage to the benefit of someone or something

1. being on the outside or further from a center

2. located outside

1. a deep yellow color

2. a hard yellowish to brownish translucent fossil resin; used for jewelry

1. (comparative of `few' used with count nouns) quantifier meaning a smaller number of

1. a solution containing chemicals that can change the color of a photographic print

2. a black or colored powder used in a printer to develop a xerographic image

1. someone who saves something from danger or violence

2. someone who saves (especially money)

1. any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars

2. durable aromatic wood of any of numerous cedar trees; especially wood of the red cedar often used for cedar chests

1. a person who loves someone or is loved by someone

2. an ardent follower and admirer

1. a traveler who actively rides an animal (as a horse or camel)

2. a clause that is appended to a legislative bill

1. a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection

2. a state of nervous excitement

1. someone who leads a wandering unsettled life

2. an adult member of the Boy Scouts movement

1. a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance

2. the state of being angry

1. cause to change; make different; cause a transformation

2. become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence

1. located at or near or coming from the earth's poles

2. of or existing at or near a geographical pole or within the Arctic or Antarctic Circles

1. a timepiece that measures a time interval and signals its end

2. (sports) an official who keeps track of the time elapsed

1. an abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose

1. a person who is older than you are

2. any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical Northern Hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit

1. person who makes a gift of property

2. (medicine) someone who gives blood or tissue or an organ to be used in another person (the host)

1. the mansion of a lord or wealthy person

2. the landed estate of a lord (including the house on it)

1. turn sharply; change direction abruptly

2. cause to sheer

1. an electronic receiver that detects and demodulates and amplifies transmitted signals

2. someone who tunes a musical instrument

1. protective covering made of metal and used in combat

2. a military unit consisting of armored fighting vehicles

1. an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution

2. someone who travels by air

1. humorously sarcastic or mocking

2. not shedding tears

1. a party of people assembled to promote sociability and communal activity

2. club soda or fruit juice used to mix with alcohol

1. fine powdery foodstuff obtained by grinding and sifting the meal of a cereal grain

2. cover with flour

1. a chorus that sings as part of a religious ceremony

2. a family of similar musical instrument playing together

1. tree (as opposed to shrub)

2. any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts

1. a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water

2. misfortune resulting in lost effort or money

1. take (someone) to their seats, as in theaters or auditoriums

2. an official stationed at the entrance of a courtroom or legislative chamber

1. a citizen who has a legal right to vote

1. a unit of magnetic flux equal to 100,000,000 maxwells

1. be a tutor to someone; give individual instruction

2. act as a guardian to someone

1. (baseball) a hit that flies straight out from the batter

2. a protective covering that protects an inside surface

1. a base hit on which the batter scores a run

2. an ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs

1. a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)

2. having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy

1. a roll of tobacco for smoking

1. a visible suspension in the air of particles of some substance

2. the process of becoming a vapor

1. a cry or shout of approval

2. the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom

1. someone who drives racing cars at high speeds

2. a fast car that competes in races

1. of or relating to or associated with the moon

1. someone who fights with his fists for sport

2. a workman employed to pack things into containers

1. to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open

2. a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum

1. a person who rides a bicycle

1. shave with a razor

2. edge tool used in shaving

1. 100 dinars equal 1 rial in Iran

2. the basic unit of money in Yugoslavia

1. someone who plays the bagpipe

1. utter obscenities or profanities

2. to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true

1. pierce with a spear

2. thrust up like a spear

1. cut with shears

2. shear the wool from

1. a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints)

1. hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of

2. put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position

1. the table in Christian churches where communion is given

2. a raised structure on which gifts or sacrifices to a god are made

1. a person who rules or commands

2. measuring stick consisting of a strip of wood or metal or plastic with a straight edge that is used for drawing straight lines and measuring lengths

1. a contestant who loses the contest

2. a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently

1. gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth

2. tell or spread rumors

1. someone who works underwater

2. someone who dives (into water)

1. the adult male singing voice above baritone

2. the pitch range of the highest male voice

1. workman employed by a moving company

2. (parliamentary procedure) someone who makes a formal motion

1. laborer who works in a mine

1. a person eating a meal (especially in a restaurant)

2. a passenger car where food is served in transit

1. venomous Old World snakes characterized by hollow venom-conducting fangs in the upper jaw

1. direct the course; determine the direction of travelling

2. direct (oneself) somewhere

1. articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise

2. express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words)

1. give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance

2. supply food ready to eat; for parties and banquets

1. support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway

1. the rotating armature of a motor or generator

2. the revolving bar of a distributor

1. make oneself subject to; bring upon oneself; become liable to

2. receive a specified treatment (abstract)

1. an electronic device that generates a series of beeps when the person carrying it is being paged

1. a natural talent

2. distinctive and stylish elegance

1. try to prevent; show opposition to

2. turn away from by persuasion

1. the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies

2. any of a class of organic compounds that have two hydrocarbon groups linked by an oxygen atom

1. a piece of armor plate (with eye slits) fixed or hinged to a medieval helmet to protect the face

2. a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes

1. a beverage made from juice pressed from apples

1. someone who consumes food for nourishment

2. any green goods that are good to eat

1. dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises

2. lacking brightness or color; dull

1. the fur of an otter

2. freshwater carnivorous mammal having webbed and clawed feet and dark brown fur

1. organic compound formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol with elimination of water

1. garden tool for mowing grass on lawns

1. a small adhesive disk of paste; used to seal letters

2. a small thin crisp cake or cookie

1. be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action

2. to hang about in a place beyond the proper or usual time

1. either of two amphibious reptiles related to crocodiles but with shorter broader snouts

1. an informal use of the Latin word for mother; sometimes used by British schoolboys or used facetiously

1. a person who enjoys telling or playing jokes

2. a person who does something thoughtless or annoying

1. (comparative of `fine') greater in quality or excellence

1. a person who pays money for something

1. the act of gambling

2. the money risked on a gamble

1. a person who habitually pretends to be something he is not

2. a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor

1. a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship

1. a measuring instrument that sends out an acoustic pulse in water and measures distances in terms of the time for the echo of the pulse to return

1. a circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in necrosis of tissue

1. a convex shape that narrows toward a point

2. the property possessed by a shape that narrows toward a point (as a wedge or cone)

1. slanderous defamation

2. a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope

1. a worker who wipes

2. contact consisting of a conducting arm that rotates over a series of fixed contacts and comes to rest on an outlet

1. hold back to a later time

2. yield to another's wish or opinion

1. the qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle)

1. a person who designs and writes and tests computer programs

1. reason by deduction; establish by deduction

2. draw from specific cases for more general cases

1. cut or injure with a saber

2. kill with a saber

1. a camp defended by a circular formation of wagons

2. a general term for beer made with bottom fermenting yeast (usually by decoction mashing); originally it was brewed in March or April and matured until September

1. a large entrance or reception room or area

1. forceful exertion

2. active strength of body or mind

1. wood of any of various alder trees; resistant to underwater rot; used for bridges etc

2. north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and conelike fruit; bark is used in tanning and dyeing and the wood is rot-resistant

1. a person who rises (especially from bed)

2. a vertical pipe in a building

1. a decoy who lures customers into a gambling establishment (especially one with a fixed game)

2. a cowboy who uses a lasso to rope cattle or horses

1. someone who asks a question

1. a person who adds numbers

2. a machine that adds numbers

1. flesh of a medium-sized young chicken suitable for frying

2. A kitchen appliance for deep frying; its size depends on intended use.

1. someone who skis

1. someone who serves (or waits to be called to serve) on a jury

1. a small drum with one head of soft calfskin

1. a Roman Catholic priest who acts for another higher-ranking clergyman

2. (Episcopal Church) a clergyman in charge of a chapel

1. enclose in a bower

2. a framework that supports climbing plants

1. any of various chiefly fall-blooming herbs of the genus Aster with showy daisylike flowers

2. star-shaped structure formed in the cytoplasm of a cell having fibers like rays that surround the centrosome during mitosis

1. (poetry) painful grief

1. a party who files a notice with a law court

2. a clerk who is employed to maintain the files of an organization

1. someone who devotes himself completely

2. person who makes a gift of property

1. set or keep apart

2. cut off from a whole

1. humorously sarcastic or mocking

2. not shedding tears

1. a long flexible steel coil for dislodging stoppages in curved pipes

2. hand tool for boring holes

1. a foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure)

1. one (as a judge) who examines and settles a case

2. one who tries

1. of or pertaining to the grinding teeth in the back of a mammal's mouth

2. designating a solution containing one mole of solute per liter of solution

1. the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form

2. any property detected by the olfactory system

1. Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips

2. a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries

1. one who accepts an offer

2. one who takes a bet or wager

1. someone with a promising future

2. someone who arrives (or has arrived)

1. someone who intervenes with authorities for a person in trouble (usually using underhand or illegal methods for a fee)

2. a chemical compound that sets or fixes something (as a dye or a photographic image)

1. someone who travels by air

2. someone who operates an aircraft

1. costing nothing

2. not occupied or in use

1. something hard to endure

2. the quality of being valid and rigorous

1. a record in which commercial accounts are recorded

1. derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in

2. have flavor; taste of something

1. to smirk contemptuously

2. contempt expressed by mockery in looks or words

1. a hot fragment of wood or coal that is left from a fire and is glowing or smoldering

1. any of numerous plants of the genus Capparis

2. pickled flower buds used as a pungent relish in various dishes and sauces

1. a person who hates

1. a compound whose molecules are composed of two identical monomers

1. bevel the edges of, to make a miter joint

2. confer a miter on (a bishop)

1. the longest and thickest bone of the human skeleton; extends from the pelvis to the knee

1. a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms

1. examine minutely

2. clean with hard rubbing

1. a horse used to set the pace in racing

2. a horse trained to a special gait in which both feet on one side leave the ground together

1. a measuring system that detects and locates objects on the same principle as radar but uses light from a laser; a potential technology for detecting air turbulence that can affect aircraft

1. happen or occur again

2. return in thought or speech to something

1. a person who weeps

2. (formerly) an official who made public announcements

1. a street of small shops (especially in Orient)

2. a shop where a variety of goods are sold

1. person who does no work

1. an animal trainer who tames wild animals

1. of or relating to a hair

1. an extreme state of adversity; the lowest point of anything

2. the point below the observer that is directly opposite the zenith on the imaginary sphere against which celestial bodies appear to be projected

1. a drill for penetrating rock

2. any of various insects or larvae or mollusks that bore into wood

1. a soft mineral (calcium fluoride) that is fluorescent in ultraviolet light; chief source of fluorine

1. a person afflicted with leprosy

1. an earth pigment

2. a medium brown to dark-brown color

1. large-eyed arboreal prosimian having foxy faces and long furry tails

1. a participant in a rave dancing party

2. someone who rants and raves; speaks in a violent or loud manner

1. large powerful tractor; a large blade in front flattens areas of ground

1. (geology) a long winding ridge of post glacial gravel and other sediment; deposited by meltwater from glaciers or ice sheets

1. tangled mass of prickly plants

2. a thorny stem or twig

1. someone who plies a trade

1. a person who avoids the company or assistance of others

1. the concentration of a solution as determined by titration

1. a stringed instrument of India; has a long neck and movable frets; has 6 or 7 metal strings for playing and usually 13 resonating strings

1. accurately placed or thrown

2. devoted (sometimes fanatically) to a cause or concept or truth

1. a fleshy underground stem or root serving for reproductive and food storage

1. someone who rows a boat

1. edible red seaweeds

2. seaweed with edible translucent crinkly green fronds

1. an informal use of the Latin word for father; sometimes used by British schoolboys or used facetiously

1. someone who races the luge

1. a stingy hoarder of money and possessions (often living miserably)

1. pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness

2. be unsure or weak

1. (used only in combinations) the length of something in miles

2. a runner in a one-mile race

1. someone who rouses others from sleep

2. a person who awakes

1. express through a scornful smile

2. smile contemptuously

1. a person afflicted with leprosy

2. a pariah who is avoided by others

1. an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland

1. furnish with an endowment

2. money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage

1. an acronym for microwave amplification by stimulated emission of radiation; an amplifier that works on the same principle as a laser and emits coherent microwave radiation

1. an interest followed with exaggerated zeal

2. a sudden outburst (as of protest)

1. any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food

1. mammary gland of bovids (cows and sheep and goats)

1. a person who puts finishing edges on a garment

2. garden tool for cutting grass around the edges of a yard

1. find repugnant

1. moth having nonfunctional mouthparts as adults; larvae feed on tree foliage and spin egg-shaped cocoons

1. a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause)

2. intense feeling of love

1. attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness

2. obviously contrived to charm

1. a worker who oils engines or machinery

2. a well that yields or has yielded oil

1. a person responsible for hiring workers

1. a United States bill worth 5 dollars

1. relating to or near the ulna

1. someone who sows

1. man with strong sexual desires

2. one of a class of woodland deities; attendant on Bacchus; identified with Roman fauns

1. the trail left by a person or an animal; what the hunter follows in pursuing game

1. duck of the Northern Hemisphere much valued for the fine soft down of the females

1. someone who bites

1. a prisoner serving a term of life imprisonment

1. someone who forces another to have sexual intercourse

1. indicate, as with a sign or an omen

2. predict from an omen

1. offspring of a male lion and a female tiger

1. a person who gives a name or names

1. a large hardwood drinking bowl