5-letter words containing e, d
- unwed — to marry (another person) in a formal ceremony.
- upend — to set on end, as a barrel or ship.
- upped — to, toward, or in a more elevated position: to climb up to the top of a ladder.
- uredo — a skin irritation; hives; urticaria.
- urged — to push or force along; impel with force or vigor: to urge the cause along.
- vaned — weather vane.
- vcode — 1. The intermediate language used in the compilation of NESL. 2. The intermediate language used in the compilation of [email protected].
- vedda — a Sri Lankan aborigine.
- vedic — of or relating to the Veda or Vedas.
- veldt — the open country, bearing grass, bushes, or shrubs, or thinly forested, characteristic of parts of southern Africa.
- venda — a self-governing Bantu territory of South Africa in the NE part: granted independence in 1979 by South Africa, but not recognized by any other country as an independent state. 2510 sq. mi. (6500 sq. km). Capital: Thohoyandou.
- verde — Cape, a cape in Senegal, near Dakar: the westernmost point of Africa.
- verdi — Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1813–1901, Italian composer.
- vexed — irritated; annoyed: vexed at the slow salesclerks.
- viced — to hold, press, or squeeze with or as with a vise.
- vided — see (used especially to refer a reader to parts of a text).
- video — a program, movie, or other visual media product featuring moving images, with or without audio, that is recorded and saved digitally or on videocassette: Let's stay at home and watch a video. She used her phone to record a video of her baby's first steps. I spent all morning watching videos of cats online.
- vides — see (used especially to refer a reader to parts of a text).
- vined — covered or decorated with vines or representations of vines: a vined brick wall; vined wallpaper.
- vised — any of various devices, usually having two jaws that may be brought together or separated by means of a screw, lever, or the like, used to hold an object firmly while work is being done on it.
- vo-ed — (of) vocational education
- vowed — a solemn promise, pledge, or personal commitment: marriage vows; a vow of secrecy.
- waded — to walk in water, when partially immersed: He wasn't swimming, he was wading.
- wader — a person or thing that wades.
- wades — Plural form of wade.
- wadge — (Ulster) thick slice of bread.
- waged — Often, wages. money that is paid or received for work or services, as by the hour, day, or week. Compare living wage, minimum wage.
- waked — to become roused from sleep; awake; awaken; waken (often followed by up).
- waled — something that is selected as the best; choice.
- wande — Obsolete form of wand.
- waned — to decrease in strength, intensity, etc.: Daylight waned, and night came on. Her enthusiasm for the cause is waning.
- wared — Simple past tense and past participle of ware.
- waved — having a form, outline, or appearance resembling waves; undulating.
- waxed — Also called beeswax. a solid, yellowish, nonglycerine substance allied to fats and oils, secreted by bees, plastic when warm and melting at about 145°F, variously employed in making candles, models, casts, ointments, etc., and used by bees in constructing their honeycomb.
- weald — The, a region in SE England, in Kent, Surrey, and Essex counties: once a forest area; now an agricultural region.
- wedel — to engage in wedeln.
- wedge — a piece of hard material with two principal faces meeting in a sharply acute angle, for raising, holding, or splitting objects by applying a pounding or driving force, as from a hammer. Compare machine (def 3b).
- wedgy — resembling a wedge; wedgelike.
- weds. — Wednesday
- weeds — a valueless plant growing wild, especially one that grows on cultivated ground to the exclusion or injury of the desired crop.
- weedy — full of or abounding in weeds.
- weird — involving or suggesting the supernatural; unearthly or uncanny: a weird sound; weird lights.
- welds — Plural form of weld.
- wends — to pursue or direct (one's way).
- wendy — a female given name, form of Gwendolyn.
- widen — Make or become wider.
- wider — having considerable or great extent from side to side; broad: a wide boulevard.
- wides — Plural form of wide.
- wield — to exercise (power, authority, influence, etc.), as in ruling or dominating.
- wierd — Misspelling of weird.