5-letter words containing s, e
- nepos — Cornelius, 99?–24? b.c, Roman biographer and historian.
- nerds — Plural form of nerd.
- nerts — crazy
- nesta — National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts
- nests — Plural form of nest.
- nesty — a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- neuse — a river in E central North Carolina, flowing SE to Pamlico Sound. 275 miles (442 km) long.
- neuss — a city W Germany, near Düsseldorf.
- neves — granular snow accumulated on high mountains and subsequently compacted into glacial ice.
- nevis — one of the Leeward Islands, in the E West Indies: part of St. Kitts-Nevis; formerly a British colony. 50 sq. mi. (130 sq. km). Compare St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla.
- nevus — any congenital anomaly of the skin, including moles and various types of birthmarks.
- newes — Obsolete spelling of news.
- newsy — full of news: a nice long newsy letter.
- newts — Plural form of newt.
- nexus — a means of connection; tie; link.
- nices — a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- 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.
- oases — a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- oates — Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- obese — very fat or overweight; corpulent.
- obeys — Comply with the command, direction, or request of (a person or a law); submit to the authority of.
- obies — Plural form of oby.
- oboes — Plural form of oboe.
- odets — Clifford, 1906–63, U.S. dramatist.
- oecus — (in an ancient Roman house) an apartment, especially a dining room, decorated with columns.
- oesel — German name of Saaremaa.
- ogees — Plural form of ogee.
- ogles — to look at amorously, flirtatiously, or impertinently.