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5-Letter Words That Start With: RIS

There are 9 5-letter words, 0 5-letter phrases and 0 5-letter abbr's that start with RIS.

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risky5
12 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• involving risk or danger

• not financially safe or secure

risks5
9 nounn
noun

• a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune

• a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury

• the probability of becoming infected given that exposure to an infectious agent has occurred

• the probability of being exposed to an infectious agent

verb

• expose to a chance of loss or damage

• take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome

rishi5
8 nounn
noun

• A Vedic poet and seer who composed Rigvedic hymns, who alone or with others invokes the deities with poetry of a sacred character.

• (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.

risen5
5 verb, adjectivev, adj
adjective satellite

• (of e.g. celestial bodies) above the horizon

riser5
5 verb, nounv, n
noun

• a person who rises (especially from bed)

• a vertical pipe in a building

• structural member consisting of the vertical part of a stair or step

rises5
5 verbv
noun

• a growth in strength or number or importance

• the act of changing location in an upward direction

• an upward slope or grade (as in a road)

• a movement upward; rise above the ground

• the amount a salary is increased

• the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises

• a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground

• (theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost

• an increase in cost

• increase in price or value

verb

• move upward

• increase in value or to a higher point

• rise to one's feet

• rise up

• come to the surface

• come into existence; take on form or shape

• move to a better position in life or to a better job

• go up or advance

• become more extreme

• get up and out of bed

• rise in rank or status

• become heartened or elated

• exert oneself to meet a challenge

• take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance

• increase in volume

• come up, of celestial bodies

• return from the dead

risus5
5 nounn
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