5-letter words containing i, e, s
- serai — (in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- seric — made of silk; silken
- serif — a smaller line used to finish off a main stroke of a letter, as at the top and bottom of M.
- serin — a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- seti- — bristle
- sevin — an insecticide, C12H11NO2, derived from a carbamate, that is highly toxic when first applied but that breaks down quickly and becomes harmless
- sexi- — sex-
- sheik — Also, shaikh, sheikh. (in Islamic countries) the patriarch of a tribe or family; chief: a term of polite address.
- shied — simple past tense and past participle of shy2 .
- shiel — a pasture or grazing ground.
- shier — bashful; retiring.
- shies — bashful; retiring.
- shine — to give forth or glow with light; shed or cast light.
- shire — a river in SE Africa, flowing S from Lake Malawi to the Zambezi River. 370 miles (596 km) long.
- shite — If someone describes something as shite, they do not like it or think that it is very poor quality.
- shive — a splinter or fragment of the husk of flax, hemp, etc.
- sided — being at or on one side: the side aisles of a theater.
- sider — one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- sidhe — a mound or hill in which fairies live.
- sidle — to move sideways or obliquely.
- siege — the act or process of surrounding and attacking a fortified place in such a way as to isolate it from help and supplies, for the purpose of lessening the resistance of the defenders and thereby making capture possible.
- sield — provided with a ceiling
- siena — a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- siepi — Cesare [che-zah-re] /ˈtʃɛ zɑ rɛ/ (Show IPA), 1923–2010, Italian basso.
- sieur — sir
- sieve — an instrument with a meshed or perforated bottom, used for separating coarse from fine parts of loose matter, for straining liquids, etc., especially one with a circular frame and fine meshes or perforations.
- siker — safe from danger; secure.
- silen — a god of woodland
- siler — a utensil for straining milk
- silex — flint; silica.
- since — from then till now (often preceded by ever): He was elected in 1978 and has been president ever since.
- sinew — a tendon.
- singe — to burn superficially or slightly; scorch.
- siped — (of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- siper — (of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- siple — Mount, a mountain in Antarctica, on the E coast of Marie Byrd Land. 15,000 feet (4570 meters).
- sired — the male parent of a quadruped.
- siree — (used as an intensive with no or yes): Will I go there again? No, sirree!
- siren — Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- siret — a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- sises — sister.
- sited — the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment: the site of our summer cabin.
- sites — the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment: the site of our summer cabin.
- sithe — to sigh
- sixer — a cardinal number, five plus one.
- sixte — the sixth of eight defensive positions.
- sized — having size as specified (often used in combination): middle-sized.
- sizer — (at Cambridge University and at Trinity College, Dublin) an undergraduate who receives maintenance aid from the college.
- skeif — a wheel on which diamonds and other gems are ground or polished.
- skein — a length of yarn or thread wound on a reel or swift preparatory for use in manufacturing.