5-letter words containing e, c
- cetyl — the univalent hexadecyl radical found in some waxes
- ceuta — an enclave in Morocco on the Strait of Gibraltar, consisting of a port and military station: held by Spain since 1580. Pop: 74 931 (2003 est)
- cezve — a small metal pot, usually of copper, with a long metal handle, used for preparing Turkish, Arabic, or Greek style coffee
- ch'en — a dynasty that ruled in China a.d. 557–89.
- chace — (obsolete) chase; pursue.
- chafe — If your skin chafes or is chafed by something, it becomes sore as a result of something rubbing against it.
- chape — a metal tip or trimming for a scabbard
- chare — a chore, esp. a household chore
- chase — If you chase someone, or chase after them, you run after them or follow them quickly in order to catch or reach them.
- chate — (Scotland) To cheat.
- chave — I have
- cheap — Goods or services that are cheap cost less money than usual or than you expected.
- chear — (obsolete) cheer.
- cheat — When someone cheats, they do not obey a set of rules which they should be obeying, for example in a game or exam.
- check — Check is also a noun.
- chedi — A Thai Buddhist monument similar to a stupa.
- cheek — Your cheeks are the sides of your face below your eyes.
- cheem — (Singapore,informal) Deep; profound; complex.
- cheep — the short weak high-pitched cry of a young bird; chirp
- cheer — When people cheer, they shout loudly to show their approval or to encourage someone who is doing something such as taking part in a game.
- cheez — (Indian Classical music) composition.
- chefs — Plural form of chef.
- cheju — a volcanic island in the N East China Sea, southwest of Korea: constitutes a province (Cheju-do) of South Korea. Capital: Cheju. Pop: 302 000 (2005 est). Area: 1792 sq km (692 sq miles)
- cheka — the secret police set up in 1917 by the Bolshevik government: reorganized in the Soviet Union in Dec 1922 as the GPU
- cheks — Plural form of chek.
- chela — a large pincer-like claw of such arthropods as the crab and scorpion
- chelp — (esp of women or children) to chatter or speak out of turn
- chem. — chemical
- chemo — Chemo is the same as chemotherapy.
- chemy — (obsolete) alchemy, chemistry (prior to their being properly distinguished).
- cheng — Alternative form of sheng (Chinese wind instrument).
- chere — dear; beloved: used in referring to or addressing a woman or girl.
- cheri — a female given name.
- chert — a microcrystalline form of silica usually occurring as bands or layers of pebbles in sedimentary rock. Formula: SiO2. Varieties include flint, lyddite (Lydian stone)
- ches. — Cheshire
- chess — Chess is a game for two people, played on a chessboard. Each player has 16 pieces, including a king. Your aim is to move your pieces so that your opponent's king cannot escape being taken.
- chest — Your chest is the top part of the front of your body where your ribs, lungs, and heart are.
- cheth — het
- chevy — chivy
- chewa — a member of a Negroid people of Malawi, E Zambia, and N Zimbabwe, related to the Bemba
- chews — Plural form of chew.
- chewy — If food is chewy, it needs to be chewed a lot before it becomes soft enough to swallow.
- chide — If you chide someone, you speak to them angrily because they have done something wicked or foolish.
- chief — The chief of an organization is the person who is in charge of it.
- chiel — a young man; lad
- chile — a republic in South America, on the Pacific, with a total length of about 4090 km (2650 miles) and an average width of only 177 km (110 miles): gained independence from Spain in 1818; the government of President Allende (elected 1970) attempted the implementation of Marxist policies within a democratic system until overthrown by a military coup (1973); democracy restored 1988. Chile consists chiefly of the Andes in the east, the Atacama Desert in the north, a central fertile region, and a huge S region of almost uninhabitable mountains, glaciers, fjords, and islands; an important producer of copper, iron ore, nitrates, etc. Language: Spanish. Religion: Roman Catholic majority. Currency: peso. Capital: Santiago. Pop: 17 216 945 (2013 est). Area: 756 945 sq km (292 256 sq miles)
- chime — When a bell or a clock chimes, it makes ringing sounds.
- chine — the backbone
- chive — a small Eurasian purple-flowered alliaceous plant, Allium schoenoprasum, whose long slender hollow leaves are used in cooking to flavour soups, stews, etc
- chloe — a feminine name