7-letter words containing e
- aidless — without help; unassisted
- aileron — An aileron is a section on the back edge of the wing of an aircraft that can be raised or lowered in order to control the aircraft's movement.
- ailette — a shoulder component of a knight's armour, normally made of leather or parchment and displaying the bearer's coat of arms
- ailment — An ailment is an illness, especially one that is not very serious.
- aimless — A person or activity that is aimless has no clear purpose or plan.
- aineias — Greek form of Aeneas.
- ainsell — one's own self
- ainsley — Sir Ben, full name Charles Benedict Ainsley. born 1977, English competitive sailor: won gold medals for Britain at four consecutive Olympics (2000–2012)
- aintree — a suburb of Liverpool, in Merseyside: site of the racecourse over which the Grand National steeplechase has been run since 1839
- air bed — an inflatable mattress
- air tee — a large, T -shaped weather vane on or near an airfield.
- airable — Suitable for broadcast.
- airbase — A base for the operation of military aircraft.
- aircrew — The aircrew on a plane are the pilot and other people who are responsible for flying it and for looking after any passengers who are on it.
- airdate — the scheduled date for the broadcast of a television or radio programme
- airdrie — a town in W central Scotland, in North Lanarkshire, E of Glasgow: manufacturing and pharmaceutical industries. Pop: 36 326 (2001)
- airfare — The airfare to a place is the amount it costs to fly there.
- airhead — If you describe someone, especially a young woman, as an airhead, you are critical of them because you think they are not at all clever and are interested only in unimportant things.
- airhole — A hole provided for ventilation or breathing.
- airhose — a hose for conducting air under pressure, as one connected to an air pump, an air brake, or a scuba tank.
- airiest — Superlative form of airy.
- airlane — Alternative spelling of air lane.
- airless — If a place is airless, there is no fresh air in it.
- airlike — resembling air
- airline — An airline is a company which provides regular services carrying people or goods in aeroplanes.
- airpipe — an airhose connecting the mouthpiece of scuba diving equipment to its air supply.
- airshed — a region sharing a common flow of air, which may become uniformly polluted and stagnant
- airside — the part of an airport nearest the aircraft, the boundary of which is the security check, customs, passport control, etc
- airthed — a direction.
- airtime — the time allocated to a particular programme, item, topic, or type of material on radio or television
- airwave — a channel for broadcasting radio or television signals
- airwise — having skill in flying
- aitches — Plural form of aitch.
- ajarred — (rare, perhaps nonstandard) Simple past tense and past participle of ajar.
- ajutage — a tube or nozzle through which water is discharged
- akademi — (in India) a learned society
- akinete — (in certain algae) a nonmotile, asexual spore formed within a cell, the wall of which is fused to that of the parent cell.
- al fine — to the end
- al-oued — El Oued.
- alameda — a public walk or promenade lined with trees, often poplars
- alamein — a town on the N coast of Egypt, about 70 miles (113 km) W of Alexandria: decisive British victory October 1942.
- alamine — a straight-chain or branched-chain fatty amine of high molecular weight, or a mixture of such amines: these amines are used as corrosion inhibitors, emulsifiers, etc.
- alamode — a soft light silk used for shawls and dresses, esp in the 19th century
- alanine — a nonessential aliphatic amino acid that occurs in many proteins
- alarmed — If someone is alarmed, they feel afraid or anxious that something unpleasant or dangerous might happen.
- alarmer — One who alarms; one who sounds the alarm.
- alateen — a support organization of teenage children of alcoholic parents, usually operated in conjunction with Alcoholics Anonymous.
- alawite — a member of a Shiʿite sect inhabiting the coastal district of Latakia in northwest Syria.
- albedos — Plural form of albedo.
- albeniz — Isaac (isaˈak). 1860–1909, Spanish composer; noted for piano pieces inspired by folk music, such as the suite Iberia