5-letter words containing s, e, n
- niles — a river in E Africa, the longest in the world, flowing N from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean. 3473 miles (5592 km) long; from the headwaters of the Kagera River, 4000 miles (6440 km) long.
- nimes — a department in S France. 2271 sq. mi. (5882 sq. km). Capital: Nîmes.
- nines — a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- nisei — a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- nites — Plural form of nite.
- nixes — nothing.
- nodes — Plural form of node.
- noels — Plural form of noel.
- noise — sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind: deafening noises.
- nomes — Plural form of nome.
- nones — nones1 .
- noose — a loop with a running knot, as in a snare, lasso, or hangman's halter, that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- norse — of or relating to ancient Scandinavia, its inhabitants, or their language.
- nosed — the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- noser — (rare) someone who noses, a nosy person.
- noses — Plural form of nose.
- nosey — unduly curious about the affairs of others; prying; meddlesome.
- notes — Lotus Notes
- nouse — (neologism) A form of computer mouse operated with the nose.
- noyes — Alfred, 1880–1958, English poet.
- nudes — Plural form of nude.
- nukes — a nuclear or thermonuclear weapon.
- nurse — a person formally educated and trained in the care of the sick or infirm. Compare nurse-midwife, nurse-practitioner, physician's assistant, practical nurse, registered nurse.
- omens — Plural form of omen.
- one's — possessive
- oners — Plural form of oner.
- onest — being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather than two or more; a single: one woman; one nation; one piece of cake.
- onsen — A hot spring in Japan, often with accompanying bathing facilities.
- onset — a beginning or start: the onset of winter.
- opens — Plural form of open.
- ouens — Plural form of ou.
- ovens — Plural form of oven.
- owens — Sir Richard, 1804–92, English zoologist and anatomist.
- owsen — ox.
- peans — any song of praise, joy, or triumph.
- pends — to remain undecided or unsettled.
- penes — the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- penis — the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- pents — penthouse (def 4).
- pines — Archaic. painful longing.
- pones — the player on the dealer's right. Compare eldest hand.
- posen — German name of Poznań.
- reins — Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- rents — an opening made by rending or tearing; slit; fissure.
- resin — a male given name.
- rinse — to wash lightly, as by pouring water into or over or by dipping in water: to rinse a cup.
- risen — to get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling posture; assume an upright position: She rose and walked over to greet me. With great effort he rose to his knees.
- rnase — ribonuclease.
- runes — 1. Anything that requires heavy wizardry or black art to parse: core dumps, JCL commands, APL or code in a language you haven't a clue how to read. Not quite as bad as line noise, but close. Compare casting the runes, Great Runes. 2. Special display characters (for example, the high-half graphics on an IBM PC).
- sande — Earl, 1898–1968, U.S. jockey and racehorse trainer.