5-letter words containing s, e
- serai — (in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- seral — of or relating to a sere.
- seram — an island in Indonesia, in the Moluccas, separated from New Guinea by the Ceram Sea: mountainous and densely forested. Area: 17 150 sq km (6622 sq miles)
- serge — a male given name.
- sergt — Sergeant
- seric — made of silk; silken
- serif — a smaller line used to finish off a main stroke of a letter, as at the top and bottom of M.
- serin — a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- sero- — indicating a serum
- seron — a bale or parcel wrapped in animal hide, usually containing exotic substances
- serov — a city in the W Russian Federation in Asia, E of the Ural Mountains.
- serow — a goat antelope of the genus Capricornis, of eastern Asia, related to the goral: the Sumatran serow is endangered.
- serps — search-engine results page: a web page that is generated by a search engine to display the results of a query or search.
- serra — a sawlike part or organ
- serry — to (cause to) close together in a serried formation
- serum — the clear, pale-yellow liquid that separates from the clot in the coagulation of blood; blood serum.
- serve — to act as a servant.
- servo — acting as part of a servomechanism: servo amplifier.
- sesey — an exclamation found in Shakespeare, of uncertain meaning; perhaps from French cessez, meaning 'cease!'; perhaps the same as sessa
- sessa — an exclamation found in Shakespeare, of unknown meaning; suggestions include 'be gone', 'come', or a woman's name
- setae — a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- setal — a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- seti- — bristle
- setl2 — SETL with more conventional Ada-like syntax, lexical scope, full block structure, first-class functions and a package and library system. Ported to OS/2, MS-DOS (3.1 up), Extended MS-DOS (80286 and higher processors with extended memory), Macintosh (with the MPW environment), Sun-3 (SunOS 4), Sun-4 (SunOS 4), IBM RS/6000 (AIX 3.1), DEC RISC product line (Ultrix 4.0), DEC Vaxen (Mt. Xinu Unix or VMS).
- seton — Saint Elizabeth Ann (Bayley) ("Mother Seton") 1774–1821, U.S. educator, social-welfare reformer, and religious leader: first native-born American to be canonized (1975).
- setto — a usually brief, sharp fight or argument.
- setup — Surveying. station (def 14a). a surveying instrument precisely positioned for observations from a station. a gap between the end of a chain or tape being used for a measurement and the point toward which it is laid.
- seuss — Dr, Geisel, Theodor Seuss.
- seven — a cardinal number, 6 plus 1.
- sever — to separate (a part) from the whole, as by cutting or the like.
- sevin — an insecticide, C12H11NO2, derived from a carbamate, that is highly toxic when first applied but that breaks down quickly and becomes harmless
- sew's — to ground (a vessel) at low tide (sometimes fol by up).
- sewan — wampum (def 1).
- sewar — a dagger from Sumatra
- sewed — to ground (a vessel) at low tide (sometimes fol by up).
- sewel — a type of scarecrow made from feathers and used to prevent deer from entering an area
- sewer — a former household officer or head servant in charge of the service of the table.
- sexed — being of a particular sex or having sexual characteristics.
- sexer — a person trained to determine the sex of an animal, usually chickens
- sexes — either the male or female division of a species, especially as differentiated with reference to the reproductive functions.
- sexi- — sex-
- seyen — a scion
- shade — the comparative darkness caused by the interception or screening of rays of light from an object, place, or area.
- shaef — Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces
- shake — to move or sway with short, quick, irregular vibratory movements.
- shale — a rock of fissile or laminated structure formed by the consolidation of clay or argillaceous material.
- shame — the painful feeling arising from the consciousness of something dishonorable, improper, ridiculous, etc., done by oneself or another: She was overcome with shame.
- shane — a male given name.
- shape — Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers, Europe.
- share — a plowshare.