3-letter words containing e, s
- nse — Network Software Environment: a proprietary CASE framework from Sun Microsystems.
- oes — the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- pes — a foot or footlike part.
- res — an object or thing; matter.
- sbe — Microsoft Office Small Business Edition
- sce — Scottish Certificate of Education: either of two public examinations in specific subjects taken as school-leaving qualifications or as qualifying examinations for entry into a university, college, etc
- sde — Software Development Environment: equivalent to SEE.
- sea — Self Extracting Archive
- sec — Single Edge Contact Cartridge
- sed — smoke-emitting diode
- see — to perceive with the eyes; look at.
- seg — a metal stud on the sole of a shoe
- sei — sei whale.
- sel — 1. Self-Extensible Language. 2. Subset-Equational Language.
- sem — Shem.
- sen — a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- seo — search engine optimization
- sep — Simplified Employee Pension: a tax-deferred pension plan for companies with 25 or fewer employees or for self-employed persons, in which an IRA is funded by employer and employee contributions.
- ser — a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- ses — the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- set — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
- sew — to ground (a vessel) at low tide (sometimes fol by up).
- sex — either the male or female division of a species, especially as differentiated with reference to the reproductive functions.
- sey — a part of a beef carcass
- sez — says (used to convey informality or a speaker’s lack of education): Hey, who sez I wanna go?
- she — a female person or animal.
- sme — Suriname (international car registration)
- soe — Standard Operating Environment
- spe — Software Practice and Experience
- sqe — Signal Quality Error
- sse — Streaming SIMD Extensions
- ste — Saint (female)
- sue — to institute a process in law against; bring a civil action against: to sue someone for damages.
- sye — to strain
- tes — (in philosophical Taoism) the virtue or power inherent in a person or thing existing in harmony with the Tao.
- tse — transmissible spongiform encephalopathy: any of a group of degenerative brain diseases, including BSE in cattle, that can be transmitted from one individual or species to another
- use — to employ for some purpose; put into service; make use of: to use a knife.
- vse — Virtual Storage Extended
- wes — a male given name, form of Wesley.
- yes — (used to express affirmation or assent or to mark the addition of something emphasizing and amplifying a previous statement): Do you want that? Yes, I do.