7-letter words containing ae
- aurorae — the ancient Roman goddess of the dawn. Compare Eos.
- axillae — Anatomy. the armpit.
- bacchae — the priestesses or female devotees of Bacchus
- braemar — a village in NE Scotland, in Aberdeenshire; Balmoral Castle is nearby: site of the Royal Braemar Gathering, an annual Highland Games meeting
- caedmon — fl. a.d. c670, Anglo-Saxon religious poet.
- caelian — the southeasternmost of the Seven Hills of Rome
- caesars — Plural form of caesar.
- caesium — a ductile silvery-white element of the alkali metal group that is the most electropositive metal. It occurs in pollucite and lepidolite and is used in photocells. The radioisotope caesium-137, with a half-life of 30.2 years, is used in radiotherapy. Symbol: Cs; atomic no: 55; atomic wt: 132.90543; valency: 1; relative density: 1.873; melting pt: 28.39±0.01°C; boiling pt: 671°C
- caesura — (in modern prosody) a pause, esp for sense, usually near the middle of a verse line
- caetano — Marcello (marˈselu). 1906–80, prime minister of Portugal from 1968 until he was replaced by an army coup in 1974
- camenae — a group of nymphs originally associated with a sacred spring in Rome, later identified with the Greek Muses
- cardiae — Plural form of cardia.
- catenae — Plural form of catena.
- celaeno — one of the Pleiades
- cenaeum — (in ancient geography) a NW promontory of Euboea.
- chaebol — a large, usually family-owned, business group in South Korea
- chaetae — a bristle or seta, especially of a chaetopod.
- chaetal — of or relating to chaeta
- chaeto- — hair or bristles
- cloacae — Zoology. the common cavity into which the intestinal, urinary, and generative canals open in birds, reptiles, amphibians, many fishes, and certain mammals. a similar cavity in invertebrates.
- coaeval — a contemporary
- conchae — Anatomy. a shell-like structure, especially the external ear. any turbinate bone, especially in the nose.
- congaed — Simple past tense and past participle of conga.
- copulae — Plural form of copula.
- cristae — a crest or ridge.
- cumaean — of Cumae
- daedala — either of two festivals held in ancient Boeotia in honor of the reconciliation of Hera with Zeus, one (Little Daedala) being held every 6 years, the other (Great Daedala) every 59 years.
- daemons — Plural form of daemon.
- dionaea — the Venus's-flytrap.
- etaerio — (botany) An aggregate fruit of achenes, drupes, or follicles.
- exuviae — An animal's cast or sloughed skin, especially that of an insect larva.
- faculae — Plural form of facula.
- faeries — Plural form of faerie.
- faeroes — a group of 21 basalt islands in the North Atlantic between Iceland and the Shetland Islands: a self-governing community within the kingdom of Denmark; fishing. Capital: Thorshavn. Pop: 49 709 (2013 est). Area: 1400 sq km (540 sq miles)
- fasciae — a band or fillet, as for binding the hair.
- feculae — Plural form of fecula.
- fibulae — Anatomy. the outer and thinner of the two bones of the human leg, extending from the knee to the ankle.
- fraenum — frenum.
- gaekwar — the title of the ruler of the former native state of Baroda in India
- giaever — Ivar [ee-vahr] /ˈi vɑr/ (Show IPA), born 1929, U.S. physicist, born in Norway: Nobel Prize 1973.
- glossae — Plural form of glossa.
- graeco- — Greek
- habutae — a thin, soft, durable Japanese silk, used in the manufacture of garments.
- haeckel — Ernst Heinrich [ernst hahyn-rikh] /ɛrnst ˈhaɪn rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1834–1919, German biologist and philosopher of evolution.
- haedine — (rare, humorous) Resembling in form or exhibiting the behaviour typical of a kid (i.e., a juvenile goat); compare 'caprine', 'hircine'.
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- haemony — a plant with paranormal qualities referred to by Milton
- hennaed — Dyed with henna.
- hetaera — a highly cultured courtesan or concubine, especially in ancient Greece.
- hollaed — Simple past tense and past participle of holla.