5-letter words containing e, s, m
- mouse — A small rodent that typically has a pointed snout, relatively large ears and eyes, and a long tail.
- moves — to pass from one place or position to another.
- mses. — a title of respect prefixed to a woman's name or position: unlike Miss or Mrs., it does not depend upon or indicate her marital status.
- mules — a lounging slipper that covers the toes and instep or only the instep.
- mulse — a drink containing honey mixed with wine or water
- mures — a river in SE central Europe, flowing W from the Carpathian Mountains in central Romania to the Tisza River in S Hungary. 400 miles (645 km) long.
- murse — (US slang) a man's purse.
- mused — to think or meditate in silence, as on some subject.
- muser — to think or meditate in silence, as on some subject.
- muses — to think or meditate in silence, as on some subject.
- mutes — Plural form of mute.
- muxes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mux.
- myers — L(eopold) H(amilton). 1881–1944, British novelist, best known for his novel sequence The Near and the Far (1929–40)
- mynes — (in the Iliad) a king of Lyrnessus killed by Achilles in the Trojan War.
- names — a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- neems — Plural form of neem.
- nimes — a department in S France. 2271 sq. mi. (5882 sq. km). Capital: Nîmes.
- nomes — Plural form of nome.
- omens — Plural form of omen.
- omers — Plural form of omer.
- pomes — the characteristic fruit of the apple family, as an apple, pear, or quince, in which the edible flesh arises from the greatly swollen receptacle and not from the carpels.
- qeshm — the largest island in the Persian Gulf: part of Iran. Area: 1336 sq km (516 sq miles)
- reams — a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- reims — a city in NE France: scene of the coronation of most French monarchs. Pop: 188 078 (2006)
- remus — the founder of Rome, in 753 b.c., and its first king: a son of Mars and Rhea Silvia, he and his twin brother (Remus) were abandoned as babies, suckled by a she-wolf, and brought up by a shepherd; Remus was finally killed for mocking the fortifications of Rome, which Romulus had just founded.
- rimes — identity in sound of some part, especially the end, of words or lines of verse.
- salem — a state in the NW United States, on the Pacific coast. 96,981 sq. mi. (251,180 sq. km). Capital: Salem. Abbreviation: Oreg., Ore., OR (for use with zip code).
- samel — (of brick) not sufficiently fired
- samey — If you describe a set of things as samey, you mean that they are all very similar, and it would be more interesting if they were different from each other.
- satem — belonging to or consisting of those branches of the Indo-European family in which alveolar or palatal fricatives, as the sounds (s) or (sh), developed in ancient times from Proto-Indo-European palatal stops: the satem branches are Indo-Iranian, Armenian, Slavic, Baltic, and Albanian.
- seame — grease
- seams — the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- seamy — unpleasant or sordid; low; disagreeable: the seamy side of life.
- sebum — the fatty secretion of the sebaceous glands.
- secam — séquentiel couleur à mémoire: a colour-television broadcasting system used in France, the former Soviet Union, and some other countries
- sedum — any fleshy plant belonging to the genus Sedum, of the stonecrop family, usually having small, overlapping leaves and yellow, white, or pink flowers.
- seism — an earthquake.
- selma — a city in central Alabama, on the Alabama River.
- semen — the viscid, whitish fluid produced in the male reproductive organs, containing spermatozoa.
- semey — Semipalatinsk.
- semi- — Semi- combines with adjectives and nouns to form other adjectives and nouns that describe someone or something as being partly, but not completely, in a particular state.
- semie — the historical name for a student in the second year at a Scottish university
- semis — semitrailer (def 1).
- seram — an island in Indonesia, in the Moluccas, separated from New Guinea by the Ceram Sea: mountainous and densely forested. Area: 17 150 sq km (6622 sq miles)
- serum — the clear, pale-yellow liquid that separates from the clot in the coagulation of blood; blood serum.
- shame — the painful feeling arising from the consciousness of something dishonorable, improper, ridiculous, etc., done by oneself or another: She was overcome with shame.
- shema — a liturgical prayer, prominent in Jewish history and tradition, that is recited daily at the morning and evening services and expresses the Jewish people's ardent faith in and love of God.
- shmek — a faint smell
- skelm — a villain or crook
- slime — thin, glutinous mud.