6-letter words containing e, n, t, o
- rotten — decomposing or decaying; putrid; tainted, foul, or bad-smelling.
- sefton — a unitary authority in NW England, in Merseyside. Pop: 281 600 (2003 est). Area: 150 sq km (58 sq miles)
- seston — any particulate matter suspended in bodies of water, esp plankton or other organic matter
- set on — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
- sexton — Anne (Harvey) 1928–74, U.S. poet.
- soften — to make soft or softer.
- solent — The, a channel between the Isle of Wight and the mainland of S England. 2–5 miles (3.2–8 km) wide.
- sonnet — Prosody. a poem, properly expressive of a single, complete thought, idea, or sentiment, of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter, with rhymes arranged according to one of certain definite schemes, being in the strict or Italian form divided into a major group of 8 lines (the octave) followed by a minor group of 6 lines (the sestet), and in a common English form into 3 quatrains followed by a couplet.
- steno- — indicating narrowness or contraction
- sterno — inflammable hydrocarbon jelly in a small can, used for cooking
- stheno — one of the three Gorgons
- stolen — past participle of steal.
- stone- — very; completely
- stoned — made of or pertaining to stone.
- stonen — of or comprising stone
- stoner — Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- stones — the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- stoney — full of or abounding in stones or rock: a stony beach.
- t-note — Treasury note.
- t-zone — the T-shaped area of a person's face that includes the forehead, nose, and chin
- taejon — a city in W South Korea.
- techno — a style of disco music characterized by very fast synthesizer rhythms, heavy use of samples, and a lack of melody.
- teflon — characterized by imperviousness to blame or criticism: a Teflon politician.
- tejano — (often lowercase) a style of Mexican-American popular music that features the accordion and blends the polka with various forms of traditional Mexican music, now often including synthesizers and rock music.
- telson — the last segment, or an appendage of the last segment, of certain arthropods, as the middle flipper of a lobster's tail.
- tendon — Anatomy. a cord or band of dense, tough, inelastic, white, fibrous tissue, serving to connect a muscle with a bone or part; sinew.
- tenson — a Provençal poem taking the form of a dialogue or debate between two rival troubadours.
- tensor — Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- tenuto — Music. (of a note, chord, or rest) held to the full time value.
- teopan — a Mexican temple
- teston — a former silver coin of France, equal at various times to between 10 and 14½ sols, bearing on the obverse a bust of the reigning king.
- teuton — a member of a Germanic people or tribe first mentioned in the 4th century b.c. and supposed to have dwelt in Jutland.
- thelon — a river in the SE Northwest Territories, in central Canada, flowing NE into Hudson Bay. About 550 miles (885 km) long.
- theron — Charlize (ˈʃɑːlɪːz) born 1975, South African film actress; her films include The Cider House Rules (1999) and Monster (2003), which earned her an Academy Award
- throne — the chair or seat occupied by a sovereign, bishop, or other exalted personage on ceremonial occasions, usually raised on a dais and covered with a canopy.
- thyone — Semele, as named by her son Dionysus when he took her from the underworld to Olympus.
- tie-on — fastened by tying on
- to end — that surpasses or exceeds
- toe-in — the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- toeing — one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- toneme — a phoneme consisting of a contrastive feature of tone in a tone language: Swedish has two tonemes.
- tonger — tongs.
- tongue — Anatomy. the usually movable organ in the floor of the mouth in humans and most vertebrates, functioning in eating, in tasting, and, in humans, in speaking.
- tonier — high-toned; stylish: a tony nightclub.
- tonite — an explosive used in quarrying
- tonker — someone who tonks
- tonlet — a skirt of plates.
- tonner — something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination): The sailboat was a twelve-tonner.
- toonie — Canadian Informal. a two-dollar coin.
- torten — a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.