7-letter words containing e
- allurer — One who is alluring.
- allures — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of allure.
- almaden — a town in S Spain: rich cinnabar mines, worked since Roman times. Pop: 6659 (2003 est)
- almeida — Francisco de [frahn-seesh-koo duh] /frɑ̃ˈsiʃ kʊ də/ (Show IPA), 1450?–1510, Portuguese military leader: first Portuguese viceroy in India.
- almemar — (in Ashkenazic usage) the raised platform in a synagogue on which the reading desk stands
- almeria — a port in S Spain. Pop: 176 727 (2003 est)
- almique — a West African tree, Manilkara albescens, of the sapodilla family.
- almoner — In Britain, an almoner is a social worker who works in a hospital.
- almuces — Plural form of almuce.
- alnager — an inspector of the quality and measurement of woollen cloth
- alonely — in a solitary, or lonely, manner
- alotted — Alternative form of allotted Simple past tense and past participle of allot.
- alpheus — a river god, lover of the nymph Arethusa. She changed into a spring to evade him, but he changed into a river and mingled with her
- alpines — Plural form of alpine.
- already — You use already to show that something has happened, or that something had happened before the moment you are referring to. Speakers of British English use already with a verb in a perfect tense, putting it after 'have', 'has', or 'had', or at the end of a clause. Some speakers of American English use already with the simple past tense of the verb instead of a perfect tense.
- alsoone — as soon
- alt key — either of two keys on a PC keyboard that is held down while pressing another key, as to perform a specific operation or type a special character.
- altered — to make different in some particular, as size, style, course, or the like; modify: to alter a coat; to alter a will; to alter course.
- alterer — someone or something that alters
- alterne — a neighbouring but different plant group
- altesse — a white grape variety from Savoy, France
- altezza — highness
- altgeld — John Peter, 1847–1902, U.S. politician, born in Germany: governor of Illinois 1892–96: made controversial decision to pardon those convicted in Haymarket Riot.
- althaea — any Eurasian plant of the malvaceous genus Althaea, such as the hollyhock, having tall spikes of showy white, yellow, or red flowers
- altmode — alt
- altname — An alternative name.
- alumane — (inorganic compound) The compound aluminium hydride, AlH3.
- alumnae — a woman who is a graduate or former student of a specific school, college, or university.
- alunite — a white, grey, or reddish mineral consisting of hydrated aluminium sulphate. It occurs in volcanic igneous rocks and is a source of potassium and aluminium compounds. Formula: KAl3(SO4)2(OH)6
- alvarez — Luis Walter. 1911–88, US physicist. He made (with Felix Bloch) the first measurement of the neutron's magnetic moment (1939). Nobel prize for physics 1968
- alveary — a beehive
- alveola — a small cavity, cell, or pit on the surface of an organ.
- alveole — alveolus
- alveoli — a little cavity, pit, or cell, as a cell of a honeycomb.
- amabile — sweet or lovely
- amanite — a member of the Amana Church Society.
- amarone — a strong dry red Italian wine
- amassed — to gather for oneself; collect as one's own: to amass a huge amount of money.
- amasser — One who amasses.
- amasses — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of amass.
- amateur — An amateur is someone who does something as a hobby and not as a job.
- amative — of or inclined to love, esp. sexual love
- amatuer — Misspelling of amateur.
- amature — Misspelling of amateur.
- ambages — winding, roundabout paths or ways.
- ambered — fixed in amber
- ambient — The ambient temperature is the temperature of the air above the ground in a particular place.
- amboise — a town in NW central France, on the River Loire: famous castle, a former royal residence. Pop: 11 457 (1999)
- ambries — Plural form of ambry.
- ambrose — Saint. ?340–397 ad, bishop of Milan; built up the secular power of the early Christian Church; also wrote music and Latin hymns. Feast day: Dec 7 or April 4