6-letter words containing i, s, e, n
- sendai — a city on NE Honshu, in central Japan.
- sendit — Systems Engineering for Network Debugging, Integration and Test. A two-year European Commission funded project to produce software tools for distributed applications running on networks of microcontrollers.
- senile — showing a decline or deterioration of physical strength or mental functioning, especially short-term memory and alertness, as a result of old age or disease.
- senior — older or elder (designating the older of two men bearing the same name, as a father whose son is named after him, often written as Sr. or sr. following the name): I'd like to speak with the senior Mr. Hansen, please. I'm privileged to introduce Mr. Edward Andrew Hansen, Sr. Compare junior (def 1).
- seniti — a bronze or brass coin and monetary unit of Tonga, the 100th part of a pa'anga.
- sennit — a flat, braided cordage, formed by plaiting strands of rope yarn or other fiber, used as small stuff aboard ships.
- sensei — a karate or judo instructor.
- sequin — a small shining disk or spangle used for ornamentation, as on women's clothing and accessories or on theatrical costumes.
- serein — fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- serine — a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- serkin — Rudolf [roo-dolf;; German roo-dawlf] /ˈru dɒlf;; German ˈruˌdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1903–91, U.S. pianist, born in Bohemia.
- set in — fixed or prescribed beforehand: a set time; set rules.
- set-in — made separately and placed within another unit.
- sewing — the amount of additional water necessary to float a grounded vessel.
- sexing — either the male or female division of a species, especially as differentiated with reference to the reproductive functions.
- shensi — Older Spelling. Shaanxi.
- shiner — a person or thing that shines.
- shrine — a building or other shelter, often of a stately or sumptuous character, enclosing the remains or relics of a saint or other holy person and forming an object of religious veneration and pilgrimage.
- sicken — disgust
- sidney — Sir Philip, 1554–86, English poet, writer, statesman, and soldier.
- siegen — a city in North Rhine–Westphalia in W Germany, on the Sieg River.
- sienna — a ferruginous earth used as a yellowish-brown pigment (raw sienna) or, after roasting in a furnace, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt sienna)
- signed — a token; indication.
- signee — a person who signs a document, register, etc.; signer; signatory: a signee of the Declaration of Independence.
- signer — a person who signs.
- signet — a small seal, as on a finger ring.
- silane — Also called silicon tetrahydride. a gas with an unpleasant odor, SiH 4 , soluble in water: used as a doping agent for semiconductors in the production of solid-state devices.
- silene — any plant of the large perennial genus Silene, with mostly red or pink flowers; many, esp S. or Agrostemma coeli-rosa, are grown as garden plants: family Carophyllaceae
- sileni — a forest spirit, sometimes referred to as the oldest of the satyrs and the foster father, teacher, and companion of Dionysus: often represented as a bearded old man.
- silent — making no sound; quiet; still: a silent motor.
- silken — made of silk.
- silone — Ignazio [ee-nyah-tsyaw] /iˈnyɑ tsyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Secondo Tranquilli) 1900–78, Italian author.
- simeon — a son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 29:33.
- simnel — in England,
- simone — (language) A simulation language by A. Hoare et al. based on Pascal.
- sinewy — having strong sinews: a sinewy back.
- singed — to burn superficially or slightly; scorch.
- singer — Isaac Bashevis [bah-shev-is] /bɑˈʃɛv ɪs/ (Show IPA), 1904–91, U.S. novelist and short-story writer (in Yiddish), born in Poland: Nobel prize 1978.
- single — only one in number; one only; unique; sole: a single example.
- sinker — a person or thing that sinks.
- sinner — a person who sins; transgressor.
- sinnet — flat, braided rope
- sinope — a natural satellite of the planet Jupiter.
- sinter — siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- sirena — a female given name.
- sirens — Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- sitten — (in prescriptions) may it be.
- sliven — a city in E central Bulgaria.
- snider — derogatory in a nasty, insinuating manner: snide remarks about his boss.
- sniped — any of several long-billed game birds of the genera Gallinago (Capella) and Limnocryptes, inhabiting marshy areas, as G. gallinago (common snipe) of Eurasia and North America, having barred and striped white, brown, and black plumage.