6-letter words containing e
- accrue — If money or interest accrues or if you accrue it, it gradually increases in amount over a period of time.
- accuse — If you accuse someone of doing something wrong or dishonest, you say or tell them that you believe that they did it.
- ace it — a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot: He dealt me four aces in the first hand.
- acedia — spiritual sloth or apathy
- acerra — (in Ancient Rome) A small box for holding incense.
- acetal — 1,1-diethoxyethane; a colourless volatile liquid used as a solvent and in perfumes. Formula: CH3CH(OC2H5)2
- acetic — of, containing, producing, or derived from acetic acid or vinegar
- acetin — any of three types of liquid acetate, formed from glycerol and acetic acid, chiefly used in explosives and solvents
- aceto- — containing an acetyl group or derived from acetic acid
- acetum — a solution that has dilute acetic acid as solvent
- acetyl — of, consisting of, or containing the monovalent group CH3CO-
- achaea — a department of Greece, in the N Peloponnese. Capital: Patras. Pop: 318 928 (2001). Area: 3209 sq km (1239 sq miles)
- achage — pain, a state of aching
- achebe — Chinua. 1930–2013, Nigerian novelist. His works include Things Fall Apart (1958), A Man of the People (1966), and Anthills of the Savannah (1987)
- achene — a dry one-seeded indehiscent fruit with the seed distinct from the fruit wall. It may be smooth, as in the buttercup, or feathery, as in clematis
- achest — Archaic second-person singular form of ache.
- acmite — a silicate mineral with chemical formula NaFeSi2O6, consisting of pyramid-shaped crystals; aegirite
- acnode — a point whose coordinates satisfy the equation of a curve although it does not lie on the curve; an isolated point. The origin is an acnode of the curve y2 + x2 = x3
- active — Someone who is active moves around a lot or does a lot of things.
- acture — action
- acuate — to sharpen
- aculei — Also, acus. the modified ovipositor or sting of certain hymenopterous insects.
- acumen — keenness and quickness in understanding and dealing with a situation; shrewdness
- acuter — Comparative form of acute.
- acutes — sharp or severe in effect; intense: acute sorrow; an acute pain.
- ad rem — to the point; without digression
- ad seg — administrative segregation.
- adages — a traditional saying expressing a common experience or observation; proverb.
- adance — Dancing.
- addeem — to declare or determine, esp judicially
- addend — any of a set of numbers that is to be added
- adders — Plural form of adder.
- addeth — Archaic third-person singular form of add.
- addled — If you describe someone as addled, you mean that they are confused or unable to think properly.
- addles — mentally confused; muddled.
- adduce — If you adduce something such as a fact or reason, you mention it in order to support an argument.
- adeno- — gland or glandular
- adenyl — a derivative of adenine
- adepts — Plural form of adept.
- adhere — If you adhere to an opinion or belief, you support or hold it.
- adient — tending to move toward a stimulus.
- adieus — the act of leaving or departing; farewell.
- adieux — the act of leaving or departing; farewell.
- adighe — Adygei.
- adject — (obsolete) To annex.
- adjure — to command, often by exacting an oath; charge
- admete — a daughter of Eurystheus for whom Hercules took the golden girdle of Ares from Hippolyte.
- admier — Eye dialect of admire.
- admire — If you admire someone or something, you like and respect them very much.
- adnate — growing closely attached to an adjacent part or organ