6-letter words containing s, a, t, e
- athens — the capital of Greece, in the southeast near the Saronic Gulf: became capital after independence in 1834; ancient city-state, most powerful in the 5th century bc; contains the hill citadel of the Acropolis. Pop: 3 238 000 (2005 est)
- atones — to make amends or reparation, as for an offense or a crime, or for an offender (usually followed by for): to atone for one's sins.
- atpase — adenosine triphosphatase; an enzyme that converts ATP to ADP
- atreus — a king of Mycenae, son of Pelops, father of Agamemnon and Menelaus, and member of the family known as the Atreids (ˈeɪtrɪɪdz )
- attest — To attest something or attest to something means to say, show, or prove that it is true.
- austen — Jane. 1775–1817, English novelist, noted particularly for the insight and delicate irony of her portrayal of middle-class families. Her completed novels are Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814), Emma (1816), Northanger Abbey (1818), and Persuasion (1818)
- auster — the south wind
- averts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of avert.
- avesta — a collection of sacred writings of Zoroastrianism, including the Songs of Zoroaster
- aztecs — a member of a Nahuatl-speaking state in central Mexico that was conquered by Cortés in 1521.
- badest — (archaic) Simple past form of bid (second person).
- barest — without covering or clothing; naked; nude: bare legs.
- basest — Music Obsolete. bass1 (defs 3, 4).
- basket — A basket is a stiff container that is used for carrying or storing objects. Baskets are made from thin strips of materials such as straw, plastic, or wire woven together.
- basnet — basinet.
- basset — a long low smooth-haired breed of hound with short strong legs and long ears
- basted — to beat with a stick; thrash; cudgel.
- baster — someone who bastes
- bastes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of baste.
- bastle — a fortified farmhouse built near to the Scottish–English border, particularly during the 16th and 17th centuries
- bathes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bathe.
- bayest — reddish brown.
- beasts — Plural form of beast.
- beasty — Alternative form of beastie.
- beauts — (often used ironically) something or someone beautiful, remarkable, or amazing.
- besant — Annie, née Wood. 1847–1933, British theosophist, writer, and political reformer in England and India
- bestar — to decorate with stars
- breast — A woman's breasts are the two soft, round parts on her chest that can produce milk to feed a baby.
- cadets — Plural form of cadet.
- camest — (archaic) second-person singular simple past of come.
- carets — Plural form of caret.
- cartes — Plural form of carte.
- casket — A casket is a small box in which you keep valuable things.
- casted — having or belonging to a caste
- casten — (archaic, poetic) Past participle of cast.
- caster — a person or thing that casts
- castes — Plural form of caste.
- castle — A castle is a large building with thick, high walls. Castles were built by important people, such as kings, in former times, especially for protection during wars and battles.
- caters — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cater.
- centas — a former monetary unit of Lithuania, worth one hundredth of a litas
- chaste — If you describe a person or their behaviour as chaste, you mean that they do not have sex with anyone, or they only have sex with their husband or wife.
- cheats — Plural form of cheat.
- cleats — Plural form of cleat.
- coates — Joseph Gordon. 1878–1943, New Zealand statesman; prime minister of New Zealand (1925–28)
- costae — a rib or riblike part.
- crates — Plural form of crate.
- cuesta — a long low ridge with a steep scarp slope and a gentle back slope, formed by the differential erosion of strata of differing hardness
- cytase — a cellulose-dissolving enzyme
- darest — (archaic) Archaic second-person singular form of dare.
- daters — Plural form of dater.