5 Letter Words Ending in R

ardor

Noun : Great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion.

Noun : Spirit; enthusiasm; passion.

Noun : Intense heat.

sneer

Verb : (intransitive) To raise a corner of the upper lip slightly, especially in scorn.

Verb : (transitive) To utter with a grimace or contemptuous expression; to say sneeringly.

Noun : A facial expression where one slightly raises one corner of the upper lip, generally indicating scorn.

power

Noun : The ability to do or undergo something.

Noun : (social) The ability to coerce, influence, or control.

Noun : (countable) The ability to affect or influence.

eager

Adjective : Desirous; keen to do or obtain something.

Adjective : (computing theory) Not employing lazy evaluation; calculating results immediately, rather than deferring calculation until they are required.

Adjective : (dated) Brittle; inflexible; not ductile.

ether

Noun : (uncountable, literary or poetic) The substance formerly supposed to fill the upper regions of the atmosphere above the clouds, in particular as a medium breathed by deities.

Noun : (by extension) The medium breathed by human beings; the air.

Noun : (by extension) The sky, the heavens; the void, nothingness.

clear

Adjective : Transparent in colour.

Adjective : Bright; luminous; not dark or obscured.

Adjective : Free of obstacles.

order

Noun : (countable) Arrangement, disposition, or sequence.

Noun : (countable) A position in an arrangement, disposition, or sequence.

Noun : (uncountable) The state of being well arranged.

furor

Noun : A general uproar or commotion.

Noun : Violent anger or frenzy.

Noun : A state of intense excitement.

vigor

Noun : (American spelling) Alternative form of vigour [Active strength or force of body or mind; capacity for exertion, physically, intellectually, or morally; energy.]

infer

Verb : (transitive) To introduce (something) as a reasoned conclusion; to conclude by reasoning or deduction, as from premises or evidence.

Verb : (transitive, often proscribed) To lead to (something) as a consequence; to imply.

Verb : (obsolete) To cause, inflict (something) upon or to someone.

waver

Verb : (intransitive)

Verb : To swing or wave, especially in the air, wind, etc.; to flutter.

Verb : (dated) To move without purpose or a specified destination; to roam, to wander.

honor

Noun : (uncountable) Recognition of importance or value; respect; veneration (of someone, usually for being morally upright or successful).

Noun : (uncountable) The state of being morally upright, honest, noble, virtuous, and magnanimous; excellence of character; the perception of such a state; favourable reputation; dignity.

Noun : (countable) A token of praise or respect; something that represents praiseworthiness or respect, such as a prize or award given by the state to a citizen.

sober

Adjective : Not drunk; not intoxicated.

Adjective : Not under the influence of any recreational drug.

Adjective : Not given to excessive drinking of alcohol.

ichor

Noun : (Greek mythology) The liquid said to flow in place of blood in the veins of the gods.

Noun : (by extension)

Noun : (chiefly poetic) The blood of human beings or animals; also (obsolete) the clear, fluid portion of blood; blood plasma, plasma.

sudor

Noun : (physiology) Sweat; the salty fluid excreted by the sweat glands.

esper

Noun : A person who practices the development of psychic ability.

Noun : (chiefly science fiction) A person who has extrasensory perception.

Noun : A surname.

alter

Verb : (transitive) To change the form or structure of.

Verb : (intransitive) To become different.

Verb : (transitive) To tailor clothes to make them fit.

savor

Noun : Alternative spelling of savour [(countable) An aroma or smell.]

Verb : Alternative spelling of savour [(transitive)]

nadir

Noun : The point of the celestial sphere, directly opposite the zenith; inferior pole of the horizon; point of the celestial sphere directly under the place of observation.

Noun : (figuratively) The lowest point; time of greatest depression.

Noun : (astronomy) The axis of a projected conical shadow; the direction of the force of gravity at a location; down.

altar

Noun : A table or similar flat-topped structure used for religious rites.

Noun : (informal) A raised area around an altar in a church; the sanctuary.

Noun : (figurative) Any (real or notional) place where something is worshipped or sacrificed to.

favor

Noun : A kind or helpful deed; an instance of voluntarily assisting (someone).

Noun : Goodwill; benevolent regard.

Noun : A small gift; a party favor.

sheer

Adjective : (textiles) Very thin or transparent.

Adjective : (obsolete) Pure in composition; unmixed; unadulterated.

Adjective : (by extension) Downright; complete; pure.

usher

Noun : A person, in a church, cinema etc., who escorts people to their seats.

Noun : A male escort at a wedding.

Noun : A doorkeeper in a courtroom.

queer

Adjective : (dated outside UK, Ireland, Scotland) Weird, odd, or different; whimsical.

Adjective : (British, informal, dated) Slightly unwell (mainly in "to feel queer").

Adjective : (British, slang) Drunk.

abhor

Verb : (transitive) To regard (someone or something) as horrifying or detestable; to feel great repugnance toward.

Verb : (transitive, obsolete, impersonal) To fill with horror or disgust.

Verb : (transitive) To turn aside or avoid; to keep away from; to reject.

foyer

Noun : A lobby, corridor, or waiting room, used in a hotel, theater, etc.

Noun : The crucible or basin in a furnace which receives the molten metal.

Noun : (UK) A hostel offering accommodation and work opportunities to homeless young people.

augur

Noun : A diviner who foretells events by the behaviour of birds or other animals, or by signs derived from celestial phenomena, or unusual occurrences.

Noun : (Ancient Rome) An official who interpreted omens before the start of public events.

Verb : To foretell events; to exhibit signs of future events; to indicate a favorable or an unfavorable outcome.

umber

Noun : A brown clay, somewhat darker than ochre, which contains iron and manganese oxides.

Noun : A grayling.

Noun : A dusky brown African wading bird (Scopus umbretta) allied to the shoebill and herons; a hamerkop.

cover

Noun : A lid.

Noun : (uncountable) Area or situation which screens a person or thing from view.

Noun : The front and back of a book, magazine, CD package, etc.

utter

Adjective : To the furthest or most extreme extent; absolute, complete, total, unconditional.

Adjective : (rare) Of a substance: pure, unmixed.

Adjective : (originally Scotland) Of decisions, replies, etc.: made in an unconditional or unqualified manner; decisive, definite.

caper

Noun : A playful leap or jump.

Noun : A jump while dancing.

Noun : A prank or practical joke.

amber

Noun : (obsolete) Ambergris, the waxy product of the sperm whale.

Noun : Formerly thought to be the product of a plant.

Noun : A hard, generally yellow to brown translucent or transparent fossil resin from extinct coniferous trees of the pine genus, used for jewellery, decoration and later dissolved as a binder in varnishes. One variety, blue amber, appears blue rather than yellow under direct sunlight.

anger

Noun : A strong and unpleasant feeling of displeasure, hostility, or antagonism towards someone or something, usually combined with an urge to yell, say curse words, and/or physically harm or cause damage or destruction to things or attack or assault living beings, often stemming from perceived provocation, hurt, threat, insults, or unfair or unjust treatment, or a situation not going the way one had desired or planned.

Noun : (obsolete) Pain or stinging.

Verb : (transitive) To cause such a feeling of antagonism in.

defer

Verb : (transitive) To delay or postpone.

Verb : (especially more common, historically) to postpone induction into military service.

Verb : (American football) After winning the opening coin toss, to postpone until the start of the second half a team's choice of whether to kick off or receive (and to allow the opposing team to make this choice at the start of the first half).

vapor

Noun : Cloudy diffused matter such as mist, steam or fumes suspended in the air.

Noun : The gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid.

Noun : Something insubstantial, fleeting, or transitory; unreal fancy; vain imagination; idle talk; boasting.

scour

Verb : (transitive) To clean, polish, or wash (something) by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously, frequently with an abrasive or cleaning agent.

Verb : (transitive) To remove debris and dirt (from something) by purging; to sweep along or off by a current of water.

Verb : (transitive, veterinary medicine) To clear the digestive tract (of an animal) by administering medication that induces defecation or vomiting; to purge.

incur

Verb : (transitive) To bring upon oneself or expose oneself to, especially something inconvenient, harmful, or onerous; to become liable or subject to.

Verb : (chiefly law, accounting) To render (somebody, or oneself) liable or subject to.

Verb : (obsolete, transitive) To enter or pass into.

bower

Noun : A bedroom or private apartments, especially for a woman in a medieval castle.

Noun : (literary) A dwelling; a picturesque country cottage, especially one that is used as a retreat.

Noun : A shady, leafy shelter or recess in a garden or woods.

hover

Verb : (transitive)

Verb : To keep (something, such as an aircraft) in a stationary state in the air.

Verb : Of a bird: to shelter (chicks) under its body and wings; (by extension) of a thing: to cover or surround (something).

stour

Adjective : (now rare outside dialects) Tall; large; stout.

Adjective : (now rare outside dialects) Strong; powerful; hardy; robust; sturdy.

Adjective : (now rare outside dialects) Bold; audacious.

prior

Adjective : Coming before in order or time; earlier, former, previous.

Adjective : More important or significant.

Adjective : (Bayesian statistics) Chiefly in prior probability: of the probability of an event: determined without knowledge of the occurrence of other events that bear on it, before additional data is collected.

actor

Noun : (obsolete, law) Someone who institutes a legal suit; a plaintiff or complainant.

Noun : (obsolete) Someone acting on behalf of someone else; a guardian.

Noun : Someone or something that takes part in some action; a doer, an agent.

tenor

Noun : (music) A musical range or section higher than bass and lower than alto.

Noun : A person, instrument, or group that performs in the tenor (higher than bass and lower than alto) range.

Noun : (archaic, music) A musical part or section that holds or performs the main melody, as opposed to the contratenor bassus and contratenor altus, who perform countermelodies.

major

Adjective : (attributive):

Adjective : Greater in dignity, rank, importance, significance, or interest.

Adjective : Greater in number, quantity, or extent.

steer

Verb : (intransitive) To guide the course of a vessel, vehicle, aircraft etc. (by means of a device such as a rudder, paddle, or steering wheel).

Verb : (transitive) To guide the course of a vessel, vehicle, aircraft etc. (by means of a device such as a rudder, paddle, or steering wheel).

Verb : (intransitive) To be directed and governed; to take a direction, or course; to obey the helm.

arbor

Noun : A shady sitting place or pergola usually in a park or garden, surrounded by climbing shrubs, vines or other vegetation.

Noun : A grove of trees.

Noun : An axis or shaft supporting a rotating part on a lathe.

demur

Verb : (intransitive)

Verb : Chiefly followed by to, and sometimes by at or on: to object or be reluctant; to balk, to take exception.

Verb : (law) To submit a demurrer (“motion by a party to a legal action for the immediate or summary judgment of the court on the question of whether, assuming the truth of the matter alleged by the opposite party, it is sufficient in law to sustain the action or defence, and hence whether the party bringing the motion is required to answer or proceed further”).

aster

Noun : Any of several plants of the genus Aster; one of its flowers.

Noun : (biology) A star-shaped structure formed during the mitosis of a cell.

Noun : (obsolete) A star.

vicar

Noun : In the Church of England, the priest of a parish, receiving a salary or stipend but not tithes.

Noun : In the Roman Catholic and some other churches, a cleric acting as local representative of a higher ranking member of the clergy.

Noun : A person acting on behalf of, or representing, another person.

cheer

Noun : (uncountable) A cheerful attitude; happiness; a good, happy, or positive mood.

Noun : (now uncountable) That which promotes good spirits or cheerfulness, especially food and entertainment prepared for a festive occasion.

Noun : (countable) A cry expressing joy, approval or support, such as "hurrah".

fleer

Verb : (archaic) To make a wry face in contempt, or to grin in scorn

Verb : (archaic) To grin with an air of civility; to leer.

Noun : (archaic) Mockery; derision.

blear

Adjective : (of eyes or vision) Dim; unclear from water or rheum.

Adjective : Causing or caused by dimness of sight.

Verb : (intransitive) To be blear; to have blear eyes; to look or gaze with blear eyes.

minor

Adjective : Lesser, smaller in importance, size, degree, seriousness, or significance compared to another option, particularly:

Adjective : (law) Underage, not having reached legal majority.

Adjective : (medicine, sometimes figurative) Not serious, not involving risk of death, permanent injury, dangerous surgery, or extended hospitalization.

lower

Adjective : Bottom; more towards the bottom than the middle of an object.

Adjective : Situated on lower ground, nearer a coast, or more southerly.

Adjective : (geology, of strata or geological time periods) Older.

flair

Noun : A natural or innate talent or aptitude.

Noun : Distinctive style or elegance.

Noun : (obsolete) Smell; odor.

asper

Adjective : (obsolete) Rough or harsh; severe, stern, serious.

Noun : (phonetics, obsolete) Rough breathing; a mark (#) indicating that part of a word is aspirated, or pronounced with h before it.

Noun : (historical) Any one of several small coins, circulated around the eastern Mediterranean area from the 12th to 17th centuries.

polar

Adjective : Of or having a pole or polarity, as:

Adjective : (geography) Of, relating to, measured from, or referred to a geographic pole (the North Pole or South Pole); within the Arctic or Antarctic circles.

Adjective : (space sciences) Of an orbit that passes over, or near, one of these poles.

amour

Noun : Courtship; flirtation.

Noun : A love affair.

Noun : A lover.

drear

Adjective : (poetic, literary) Dreary.

Noun : (obsolete) Gloom; sadness.

ephor

Noun : (historical) One of the five annually-elected senior magistrates in various Dorian states, especially in ancient Sparta, where they oversaw the actions of Spartan kings.

Noun : (in modern Greece) A superintendent or curator.

shear

Verb : (intransitive, transitive) To remove the fleece from (a sheep, llama, etc.) by clipping.

Verb : To cut the hair of (a person).

Verb : To cut, originally with a sword or other bladed weapon, now usually with shears, or as if using shears.

tower

Noun : A very tall iron-framed structure, usually painted red and white, on which microwave, radio, satellite, or other communication antennas are installed; mast.

Noun : A similarly framed structure with a platform or enclosed area on top, used as a lookout for spotting fires, plane crashes, fugitives, etc.

Noun : A water tower.

auger

Noun : A carpenter's tool for boring holes longer than those bored by a gimlet.

Noun : A snake or plumber's snake (plumbing tool).

Noun : A tool used to bore holes in the ground, e.g. for fence posts

deter

Verb : (transitive) To prevent something from happening.

Verb : (transitive) To persuade someone not to do something; to discourage.

Verb : (transitive) To distract someone from something.

dolor

Noun : (American spelling) Alternative spelling of dolour [(chiefly uncountable, literary) Anguish, grief, misery, or sorrow.]

whirr

Verb : To move or vibrate (something) with a buzzing sound.

Verb : (intransitive) To make a sibilant buzzing or droning sound.

Verb : (transitive) To cause (something) to make such a sound.

astar

Adjective : Covered with bright or sparkling objects.

Adjective : Shining as if with sparks or small points of light.

error

Noun : (uncountable) The state, quality, or condition of being wrong.

Noun : (countable) A mistake; an accidental wrong action or a false statement not made deliberately.

Noun : (countable, uncountable) Sin; transgression.

adder

Noun : (obsolete) Any snake.

Noun : A name loosely applied to various snakes more or less resembling a viper.

Noun : (chiefly British) A small venomous serpent of the genus Vipera

fetor

Noun : An unpleasant smell.

taper

Noun : A slender wax candle.

Noun : (by extension) A small light.

Noun : A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness and/or cross section in an elongated object.

satyr

Noun : (Greek mythology) A sylvan deity or demigod, male companion of Pan or Dionysus, represented as part man and part goat, and characterized by riotous merriment and lasciviousness, sometimes pictured with a perpetual erection.

Noun : (Roman mythology) Synonym of faun

Noun : (by extension) A lecherous man.

smear

Verb : (transitive) To spread (a substance, especially one that colours or is dirty) across a surface by rubbing.

Verb : (transitive) To cover (a surface with a layer of some substance) by rubbing.

Verb : (transitive) To make something dirty.

other

Adjective : See other (determiner) below.

Adjective : Second.

Adjective : Alien.

visor

Noun : A part of a helmet, arranged so as to lift or open, and so show the face. The openings for seeing and breathing are generally in it.

Noun : A mask for the face.

Noun : The fore piece of a cap, projecting over, and protecting the eyes.

occur

Verb : (intransitive) To happen or take place.

Verb : (intransitive) To present or offer itself.

Verb : (impersonal) To come or be presented to the mind; to suggest itself.

cower

Verb : (intransitive) To crouch or cringe, or to avoid or shy away from something, in fear.

Verb : (intransitive, archaic) To crouch in general.

Verb : (transitive) To cause to cower; to frighten into submission.

water

Noun : A barangay of Baco, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines.

Noun : (uncountable) A substance (of molecular formula H₂O) found at room temperature and pressure as a clear liquid; it is present naturally as rain, and found in rivers, lakes and seas; its solid form is ice and its gaseous form is steam.

Noun : (uncountable, in particular) The liquid form of this substance: liquid H₂O.

spear

Noun : A long stick with a sharp tip used as a weapon for throwing or thrusting, or anything used to make a thrusting motion.

Noun : (now chiefly historical) A soldier armed with such a weapon; a spearman.

Noun : A lance with barbed prongs, used by fishermen to retrieve fish.

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 : (transitive) To place in or under by a mental or rational process; to assign to, as a class, a cause, source, a motive, reason, or ground of explanation.

aiger

Noun : Alternative form of eagre; a tidal bore. [a tidal bore]

Noun : Alternative form of ague [(obsolete) An acute fever.]

Adjective : (archaic) Pronunciation spelling of eager. [Desirous; keen to do or obtain something.]

maker

Noun : Someone who makes; a person or thing that makes or produces something.

Noun : (usually capitalized and preceded by the) God, the Creator.

Noun : (now rare) A poet.

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.]

manor

Noun : A landed estate.

Noun : The main house of such an estate or a similar residence; a mansion.

Noun : A district over which a feudal lord could exercise certain rights and privileges in medieval western Europe.

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.

miser

Noun : (derogatory) A person who hoards money rather than spending it; one who is cheap or extremely parsimonious.

Noun : (obsolete) A person who is wretched or despicable; a wretch.

Noun : A kind of earth auger, typically large-bored and often hand-operated.

lover

Noun : One who loves and cares for another person in a romantic way; a sweetheart, love, soulmate, boyfriend, girlfriend, or spouse.

Noun : A sexual partner, especially one with whom someone is having an affair.

Noun : A person who loves something.

meter

Noun : A device that measures things.

Noun : A parking meter or similar device for collecting payment.

Noun : (dated) One who metes or measures.

offer

Noun : A proposal that has been made.

Noun : Something put forth, bid, proffered or tendered.

Noun : (law) An invitation to enter into a binding contract communicated to another party which contains terms sufficiently definite to create an enforceable contract if the other party accepts the invitation.

enter

Verb : (intransitive) To go or come into an enclosed or partially enclosed space.

Verb : (transitive) To cause to go (into), or to be received (into); to put in; to insert; to cause to be admitted.

Verb : (figuratively) To go or come into (a state or profession).

elder

Noun : A leader or senior member of a tribe or community, often of considerable age, respected as an authority figure, especially in a counselling, consultative, or ceremonial role.

Noun : (now chiefly US) An old person.

Noun : (relational, chiefly in the plural, chiefly with possessive determiners) One who is older than another.

after

Verb : Behind; later in time; following.

Adjective : (dated) Later; second (of two); next, following, subsequent

Adjective : (nautical or aeronautical, where the frame of reference is within the craft) At or towards the stern of a ship or the rear of an aircraft.

rover

Noun : (archery, usually in the plural) A randomly selected target.

Noun : One who roves, a wanderer, a nomad.

Noun : A vagabond, a tramp, an unsteady, restless person, one who by habit doesn't settle down or marry.

poser

Noun : (British) A particularly difficult question or puzzle.

Noun : Someone who asks a question or sets a problem.

Noun : Someone who, or something which, poses; a person who sets their body in a fixed position, such as for photography or painting.

leger

Adjective : (obsolete) Light; slender, slim; trivial.

Adjective : Lying or remaining in a place; hence, resident.

Noun : An ambassador or minister resident at a court or seat of government; a leiger or lieger.

sleer

Verb : (obsolete) To mock or jeer.

homer

Noun : (historical units of measure) A former Hebrew unit of dry volume, about equal to 230 L or 6+¹⁄₂ US bushels.

Noun : (historical units of measure) Synonym of cor: approximately the same volume as a liquid measure.

Noun : (US, baseball) A home run.

peter

Noun : (World War II era, joint US/RAF) radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter P.

Noun : A male given name from Ancient Greek.

Noun : The leading Apostle in the New Testament: Saint Peter.

lever

Noun : (mechanics) A rigid piece which is capable of turning about one point, or axis (fulcrum), and in which are two or more other points where forces are applied; — used for transmitting and modifying force and motion.

Noun : Specifically, a bar of metal, wood or other rigid substance, used to exert a pressure, or sustain a weight, at one point of its length, by receiving a force or power at a second, and turning at a third on a fixed point called a fulcrum. It is usually named as the first of the six mechanical powers, and is of three kinds, according as either the fulcrum F, the weight W, or the power P, respectively, is situated between the other two, as in the figures.

Noun : A small such piece to trigger or control a mechanical device (like a switch or a button).

valor

Noun : (American spelling) Alternative form of valour [Individually sustained verve or passion.]

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