5-letter words containing s, e, n
- ernes — Plural form of erne.
- ernst — Max (maks). 1891–1976, German painter, resident in France and the US, a prominent exponent of Dada and surrealism: developed the technique of collage
- escon — Enterprise Systems CONnectivity
- essen — An industrial city in the Ruhr valley, in northwestern Germany; pop. 627,000.
- evans — Sir Arthur (John). 1851–1941, British archaeologist, whose excavations of the palace of Knossos in Crete provided evidence for the existence of the Minoan civilization
- evens — Plural form of even.
- exons — Plural form of exon.
- fanes — a temple.
- feens — Satan; the devil.
- fends — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fend.
- fenks — the parts of the blubber of a whale which contain the oil
- ferns — a female given name.
- fines — Plural form of fine.
- geans — heart cherry.
- genes — a male given name, form of Eugene.
- gents — Flemish name of Ghent.
- genus — Biology. the usual major subdivision of a family or subfamily in the classification of organisms, usually consisting of more than one species.
- gines — Plural form of gine.
- glens — Plural form of glen.
- hanse — Hansa.
- hensa — Higher Education National Software Archive
- hents — to seize.
- hines — Earl ("Fatha") 1905–83, U.S. jazz pianist.
- hones — a whetstone of fine, compact texture for sharpening razors and other cutting tools.
- hosen — a flexible tube for conveying a liquid, as water, to a desired point: a garden hose; a fire hose.
- hsien — (in popular Chinese religion) one of a group of benevolent spirits promoting good in the world.
- ibsen — Henrik [hen-rik] /ˈhɛn rɪk/ (Show IPA), 1828–1906, Norwegian dramatist and poet.
- inews — (messaging, application) A Unix program for posting Usenet news articles, written by Rich $alz <[email protected]> for InterNetNews. inews reads an article (perhaps with headers) from a file or standard, adds some headers and possibly a signature, and, if the article passes some consistency checks (too much quoting, non-existent newsgroup) then inews sends the article to the local news server for distribution. If an unapproved posting is made to a moderated newsgroup, inews will try to send the article to the moderator (specified in a configuration file) by electronic mail. Version: 1.25, dated 1993/03/18.
- inset — something inserted; insert.
- insue — Archaic form of ensue.
- janes — Plural form of jane.
- jeans — born 1921, Grand Duke of Luxembourg 1964–2000.
- jones — Anson [an-suh n] /ˈæn sən/ (Show IPA), 1798–1858, president of the Republic of Texas.
- keens — Plural form of keen.
- kerns — Plural form of kern.
- kines — kinescope (defs 1, 2).
- knees — Anatomy. the joint of the leg that allows for movement between the femur and tibia and is protected by the patella; the central area of the leg between the thigh and the lower leg.
- knies — Karl Gustav Adolf [kahrl goo s-tahf ah-dawlf] /kɑrl ˈgʊs tɑf ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1821–98, German statistician and historical economist.
- lanes — Plural form of lane.
- leans — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lean.
- lends — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lend.
- lenes — pronounced with relatively weak muscular tension and breath pressure, resulting in weak sound effect: in stressed or unstressed position, (b, d, g, j, v, th̸, z, and zh) are lenis in English, as compared with (p, t, k, ch, f, th, s, and sh), which are fortis. Compare fortis (def 1).
- lenis — pronounced with relatively weak muscular tension and breath pressure, resulting in weak sound effect: in stressed or unstressed position, (b, d, g, j, v, th̸, z, and zh) are lenis in English, as compared with (p, t, k, ch, f, th, s, and sh), which are fortis. Compare fortis (def 1).
- lenos — (historical) A trough used in ancient winemaking.
- lense — Misspelling of lens.
- lents — (in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches.
- liens — Plural form of lien.
- lines — a thickness of glue, as between two veneers in a sheet of plywood.
- lunes — a line for securing a hawk.
- manes — the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.