6-letter words containing e
- alexin — complement (def 10).
- alexis — a masculine and feminine name
- alfred — an old-fashioned male forename
- alfven — Hannes Olaf Gösta (ˈhannɛs ˈuːlaf ˈjøsta). 1908–95, Swedish physicist, noted for his research on magnetohydrodynamics; shared the Nobel prize for physics in 1970
- algate — by any means; anyway
- algren — Nelson. 1909–81, US novelist. His novels, mostly set in Chicago, include Never Come Morning (1942) and The Man with the Golden Arm (1949)
- alible — nourishing; nutritious
- aliens — Plural form of alien.
- alieve — (philosophy, psychology) To subconsciously feel as if something is true, even if one does not believe it; to hold an alief.
- alined — to arrange in a straight line; adjust according to a line.
- alines — (especially in women's clothing) a cut of garment consisting basically of two A -shaped panels for the front and back, designed to give increasing fullness toward the hemline.
- aliped — (of bats and similar animals) having the digits connected by a winglike membrane
- aliter — Otherwise.
- alkane — any saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with the general formula CnH2n+2
- alkene — any unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with the general formula CnH2n
- alkies — Plural form of alkie.
- alkine — any member of the alkyne series.
- alkyne — any unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with a carbon–carbon triple bond
- allege — If you allege that something bad is true, you say it but do not prove it.
- allele — any of two or more variants of a gene that have the same relative position on homologous chromosomes and are responsible for alternative characteristics, such as smooth or wrinkled seeds in peas
- allene — (organic chemistry) Any of a class of hydrocarbons having two double bonds from one carbon atom to two others - R2C=C=CR2; especially the parent compound CH2=C=CH2 (propadiene).
- alleys — Plural form of alley.
- allice — A fish, the allis shad (Alosa alosa). (from 17th c.).
- allide — (nautical) To impact a stationary object.
- allied — Allied forces or troops are armies from different countries who are fighting on the same side in a war.
- allier — a department of central France, in Auvergne region. Capital: Moulins. Pop: 342 307 (2003 est). Area: 7382 sq km (2879 sq miles)
- allies — (in World War I) the powers of the Triple Entente (France, Russia, and Britain) together with the nations allied with them
- allude — If you allude to something, you mention it in an indirect way.
- allure — to entice or tempt (someone) to a person or place or to a course of action; attract
- almelo — a city in the E Netherlands, in Overijssel province. Pop: 72 000 (2003 est)
- almery — a cupboard built into a church wall used for storing sacred oils, church vessels, and other similar items
- almuce — a fur-lined hood or cape formerly worn by members of certain religious orders, more recently by canons of France
- alnage — the inspection and measurement of woollen cloth in ells
- aloeus — a son of Poseidon, husband of Iphimedia, and foster father of Otus and Ephialtes.
- alpeen — a cudgel
- alpena — a city in NE Michigan, on Lake Huron.
- alpine — Alpine means existing in or relating to mountains, especially the ones in Switzerland.
- alsace — a region and former province of NE France, between the Vosges mountains and the Rhine: famous for its wines. Area: 8280 sq km (3196 sq miles)
- alsike — a clover, Trifolium hybridum, native to Europe and Asia but widely cultivated as a forage crop. It has trifoliate leaves and pink or whitish flowers
- altern — alternate
- alters — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of alter.
- alteza — highness
- althea — a feminine name
- alties — Plural form of altie.
- aludel — a pear-shaped vessel, open at both ends, formerly used with similar vessels for collecting condensates, esp of subliming mercury
- alulae — Plural form of alula.
- alveus — The channel of a river.
- alvine — of or relating to the intestines or belly
- alwite — white (def 11).
- amalek — a grandson of Esau: Gen. 36:9-12