5-letter words containing s, e
- 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.
- riser — a person who rises, especially from bed: to be an early riser.
- rnase — ribonuclease.
- roose — to flatter or praise
- roset — resin; rosin.
- rosie — a female given name, form of Rose.
- rosse — William Parsons, Third Earl of, William Parsons.
- roues — a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- rouse — to bring out of a state of sleep, unconsciousness, inactivity, fancied security, apathy, depression, etc.: He was roused to action by courageous words.
- rules — a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.: the rules of chess.
- 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).
- saber — a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- sable — an Old World weasellike mammal, Mustela zibellina, of cold regions in Eurasia and the North Pacific islands, valued for its dark brown fur.
- sabre — to strike, wound, or kill with a saber.
- sadhe — the 18th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- sadie — a female given name, form of Sara or Sarah.
- safer — secure from liability to harm, injury, danger, or risk: a safe place.
- sager — a profoundly wise person; a person famed for wisdom.
- sahel — the arid area on the S flank of the Sahara desert that stretches across six countries from Senegal to Chad.
- saice — (in India) a groom; stable attendant.
- saite — a native or citizen of Saïs.
- sakel — Manfred (Joshua) 1906–57, U.S. psychiatrist, born in Austria.
- saker — a light field gun that is smaller than a demiculverin and fires a shot weighing 6 pounds (4.5 kg) or less.
- sakes — a Japanese fermented, mildly alcoholic beverage made from rice.
- salem — a state in the NW United States, on the Pacific coast. 96,981 sq. mi. (251,180 sq. km). Capital: Salem. Abbreviation: Oreg., Ore., OR (for use with zip code).
- salep — a starchy, demulcent drug or foodstuff consisting of the dried tubers of certain orchids.
- sales — the act of selling.
- salle — a hall
- salse — a volcano expelling mud
- salue — a salute
- salve — a medicinal ointment for healing or relieving wounds and sores.
- samel — (of brick) not sufficiently fired
- samey — If you describe a set of things as samey, you mean that they are all very similar, and it would be more interesting if they were different from each other.
- sande — Earl, 1898–1968, U.S. jockey and racehorse trainer.
- saner — free from mental derangement; having a sound, healthy mind: a sane person.
- saone — a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- saree — sari.
- sarge — sergeant.
- sarre — French name of Saar.
- saser — a device for amplifying ultrasound, working on a similar principle to a laser
- sasse — a lock on a river made to increase its navigability
- sated — to satisfy (any appetite or desire) fully.
- satem — belonging to or consisting of those branches of the Indo-European family in which alveolar or palatal fricatives, as the sounds (s) or (sh), developed in ancient times from Proto-Indo-European palatal stops: the satem branches are Indo-Iranian, Armenian, Slavic, Baltic, and Albanian.
- sates — to satisfy (any appetite or desire) fully.
- satie — Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- sauce — any preparation, usually liquid or semiliquid, eaten as a gravy or as a relish accompanying food.
- saute — cooked or browned in a pan containing a small quantity of butter, oil, or other fat.
- saved — to rescue from danger or possible harm, injury, or loss: to save someone from drowning.
- saver — to rescue from danger or possible harm, injury, or loss: to save someone from drowning.
- sawed — a tool or device for cutting, typically a thin blade of metal with a series of sharp teeth.