7-letter words containing s, e
- asperge — an implement used for scattering holy water
- asperse — to spread false rumours about; defame
- aspired — to long, aim, or seek ambitiously; be eagerly desirous, especially for something great or of high value (usually followed by to, after, or an infinitive): to aspire after literary immortality; to aspire to be a doctor.
- aspirer — One who aspires to something.
- aspires — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aspire.
- aspread — in an extended or stretched out manner
- assaile — Obsolete spelling of assail.
- assange — Julian (Paul). born 1971, Australian editor of WikiLeaks, a website that published (2010) thousands of leaked US diplomatic and military documents
- assayed — Simple past tense and past participle of assay.
- assayer — to examine or analyze: to assay a situation; to assay an event.
- assegai — a southern African cornaceous tree, Curtisia faginea, the wood of which is used for making spears
- assents — Plural form of assent.
- asserts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of assert.
- asshole — If one person calls another person an asshole, they think that person is extremely stupid or has behaved in a stupid way.
- assiege — a besiegement
- assizer — an official in charge of rules regarding weights and measures and setting prices for certain consumables
- assizes — (formerly in England and Wales) the sessions, usually held four times a year, of the principal court in each county, exercising civil and criminal jurisdiction, attended by itinerant judges: replaced in 1971 by crown courts
- asslike — having a similarity to an ass
- assuage — If you assuage an unpleasant feeling that someone has, you make them feel it less strongly.
- assumed — false; fictitious
- assumer — One who assumes.
- assumes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of assume.
- assured — Someone who is assured is very confident and relaxed.
- assurer — a person or thing that gives assurance
- assures — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of assure.
- asswage — Obsolete spelling of assuage.
- asswipe — (vulgar) An annoying, contemptible, or worthless person.
- astable — not stable
- astaire — Fred, real name Frederick Austerlitz. 1899–1987, US dancer, singer, and actor, whose films include Top Hat (1935), Swing Time (1936), and The Band Wagon (1953)
- astarte — a fertility goddess worshipped by the Phoenicians: identified with Ashtoreth of the Hebrews and Ishtar of the Babylonians and Assyrians
- asteism — use of creative, courteous, and well-mannered sarcasm or ridicule
- asteria — a gemstone with a bright star-like effect in the middle
- asterid — a clade or variety of flowering plant
- asterix — the main character in a series of French comics set in Gaul in 50 BC
- astheny — Dated form of asthenia.
- asthore — my treasure: a term of endearment
- astilbe — any perennial saxifragaceous plant of the genus Astilbe of E Asia and North America: cultivated for their ornamental spikes or panicles of pink or white flowers
- astraea — a goddess of justice, later also of innocence and purity: she is the last deity to leave the earth after the Golden Age
- astride — If you sit or stand astride something, you sit or stand with one leg on each side of it.
- astuter — Comparative form of astute.
- asudden — in an abrupt manner
- asunder — If something tears or is torn asunder, it is violently separated into two or more parts or pieces.
- asylees — Plural form of asylee.
- at best — You use at best to indicate that even if you describe something as favourably as possible or if it performs as well as it possibly can, it is still not very good.
- at ease — If you are at ease, you are feeling confident and relaxed, and are able to talk to people without feeling nervous or anxious. If you put someone at their ease, you make them feel at ease.
- at rest — not moving; still
- at-desk — carried out at a person's desk at his or her place of work
- atheism — Atheism is the belief that there is no God. Compare agnosticism.
- atheist — An atheist is a person who believes that there is no God. Compare agnostic.
- atheous — having no concern or regard for the matters surrounding the actuality of a God