7-letter words containing e
- antibes — a port and resort in SE France, on the Mediterranean: an important Roman town. Pop: 76 925 (2006)
- anticke — antic
- antient — Obsolete spelling of ancient.
- antigen — An antigen is a substance that helps the production of antibodies.
- antique — An antique is an old object such as a piece of china or furniture which is valuable because of its beauty or rarity.
- antired — the opposite of red as applied to an antiquark
- antisex — opposed to human sexual activity
- antlers — Plural form of antler.
- antlike — of or like an ant or ants
- antoine — André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1943, French theatrical director, manager, and critic.
- antwerp — a province of N Belgium. Pop: 1 668 812 (2004 est). Area: 2859 sq km (1104 sq miles)
- antwren — any of several small antbirds, especially of the genus Myrmotherula.
- anxiety — Anxiety is a feeling of nervousness or worry.
- any key — (humour, hardware) The key that particularly confused users look for on their computer keyboards when instructed to "Press any key to continue". "But my keyboard doesn't have a key labelled 'any'!".
- any one — any single
- anymore — If something does not happen or is not true anymore, it has stopped happening or is no longer true.
- anytime — You use anytime to mean a point in time which is not fixed or set.
- anywhen — at any time
- anywise — in any way or manner; at all
- apaches — a Parisian gangster, rowdy, or ruffian.
- apagoge — an indirect argument which serves to prove something by showing the contrary to be absurd or impossible
- apanage — appanage
- apapane — a small, deep crimson Hawaiian honeycreeper, Himatione sanguinea, having black wings, tail, and bill.
- aparejo — a kind of packsaddle made of stuffed leather cushions
- apatite — a pale green to purple mineral, found in igneous rocks and metamorphosed limestones. It is used in the manufacture of phosphorus, phosphates, and fertilizers. Composition: calcium fluorophosphate or calcium chlorophosphate. General formula: Ca5(PO4,CO3)3(F,OH,Cl). Crystal structure: hexagonal
- ape-man — any of several extinct primates, as a pithecanthropine, with structural characteristics intermediate between ape and man
- apehood — the state of being an ape
- apelike — any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- apelles — 4th century bc, Greek painter of mythological subjects, none of whose work survives, his fame resting on the testimony of Pliny and other writers
- apepsia — a medical condition characterized by ineffective digestion or indigestion
- apercus — a hasty glance; a glimpse.
- apeshit — (slang) Out of control due to anger or excitement.
- aphelia — The point in the orbit of a celestial body at which it is farthest from the body it orbits.
- aphemia — a type of aphasia characterized by the inability to express ideas in spoken words.
- aphesis — the gradual disappearance of an unstressed vowel at the beginning of a word, as in squire from esquire
- aphetic — pertaining to or due to aphesis.
- aphthae — Plural form of aphtha.
- apiezon — designating any of a number of hydrocarbon oils, greases, or waxes, characterized by a low vapour pressure and used in vacuum equipment
- aplenty — If you have something aplenty, you have a lot of it.
- apnoeas — Plural form of apnoea.
- apnoeic — of or relating to apnoea
- apocope — omission of the final sound or sounds of a word
- apodema — apodeme.
- apodeme — a ridgelike ingrowth of the exoskeleton of an arthropod that supports the internal organs and provides the attachment points for the muscles.
- apogean — Connected with the apogee.
- apogees — Plural form of apogee.
- apogeic — of or relating to an apogee
- apojove — (astronomy) the spot that is the farthest away from the planet Jupiter in the orbit of each of its own satellites; apoapsis around Jupiter.
- apolune — the point in a lunar orbit when a spacecraft is at its greatest distance from the moon
- apoplex — to afflict with apoplexy