5-Letter Words Containing: R,I,F,T

• a long narrow estuary (especially in Scotland)

• English linguist who contributed to linguistic semantics and to prosodic phonology and who was noted for his insistence on studying both sound and meaning in context (1890-1960)

• Peace; security.

• Sanctuary, asylum.

• A forest or wood; woodland generally.

• Land with mostly undergrowth and few trees; also, land in between forests or woods; pastureland which is not in use.

• Brushwood or undergrowth, sometimes in the form of a hedge.

• A hedge, especially one made from brushwood which has been wattled; also, a movable frame made from wattled branches, a hurdle.

• A kind of weir made from wattled branches for catching fish.

• An arm or inlet of the sea; a river estuary.

• To protect; guard.

• To enclose; fence in, as a forest or park.

• a force that moves something along

• the gradual departure from an intended course due to external influences (as a ship or plane)

• a process of linguistic change over a period of time

• a large mass of material that is heaped up by the wind or by water currents

• a general tendency to change (as of opinion)

• the pervading meaning or tenor

• a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine

• be in motion due to some air or water current

• wander from a direct course or at random

• move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment

• vary or move from a fixed point or course

• live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely

• move in an unhurried fashion

• cause to be carried by a current

• drive slowly and far afield for grazing

• be subject to fluctuation

• be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current

• A confidence game or swindle.

• To obtain illegally, as by con game.

• To obtain money illegally.

• To obtain money immorally or through deceitful means.

• preceding all others in time or space or degree

• highest in pitch or chief among parts or voices or instruments or orchestra sections

• the first or highest in an ordering or series

• the first element in a countable series

• the time at which something is supposed to begin

• the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed at first of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate)

• an honours degree of the highest class

• the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving

• before anything else

• the initial time

• before another in time, space, or importance

• prominently forward

• serving to begin

• ranking above all others

• serving to set in motion

• the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant

• an amount of a product

• the consequence of some effort or action

• cause to bear fruit

• bear fruit

• a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men

• playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest

• talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions

• behave carelessly or indifferently

• A fused mixture of materials used to make glass.

• A similar material used in the manufacture of ceramic beads and small ornaments. (eastern Mediterranean; Bronze and Iron Age)

• A frit fly.

• To add frit to a glass or ceramic mixture

• To prepare by heat (the materials for making glass); to fuse partially.

• outfitting a ship again (by repairing or replacing parts)

• fit out again