7-letter words containing ae
- phaeton — any of various light, four-wheeled carriages, with or without a top, having one or two seats facing forward, used in the 19th century.
- phocaea — an ancient seaport in Asia Minor: northernmost of the Ionian cities; later an important maritime state.
- piraeus — a seaport in SE Greece: the port of Athens.
- plantae — the taxonomic kingdom comprising all plants.
- plataea — an ancient city in Greece, in Boeotia: Greeks defeated Persians here 479 b.c.
- pleurae — Anatomy, Zoology. a delicate serous membrane investing each lung in mammals and folded back as a lining of the corresponding side of the thorax.
- praeses — a Roman governor, esp a provincial governor, from the 2nd century AD
- praetor — (in the ancient Roman republic) one of a number of elected magistrates charged chiefly with the administration of civil justice and ranking next below a consul.
- pyaemia — a diseased state in which pyogenic bacteria are circulating in the blood, characterized by the development of abscesses in various organs.
- quaeres — Plural form of quaere.
- raeburn — Sir Henry, 1756–1823, Scottish painter.
- raphael — (Raffaello Santi or Sanzio) 1483–1520, Italian painter.
- regulae — (in a Doric entablature) a fillet, continuing a triglyph beneath the taenia, from which guttae are suspended.
- retinae — the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- rhaetia — an ancient Roman province in central Europe, comprising what is now E Switzerland and a part of the Tyrol: later extended to the Danube.
- rhaetic — of or relating to a series of rocks formed in the late Triassic period
- sabaean — of or relating to Saba.
- schaerf — Adolf [ah-dawlf] /ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1890–1965, Austrian statesman: president 1957–65.
- scoriae — Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
- spaeman — a man who foretells the future
- spiraea — any of various plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Spiraea, of the rose family, having clusters of small, white or pink flowers, certain species of which are cultivated as ornamentals.
- spuriae — the feathers on the bastard wing of a bird
- squamae — a scale or scalelike part, as of epidermis or bone.
- taphiae — (in ancient geography) a group of islands in the Ionian Sea.
- thermae — hot springs; hot baths.
- torfaen — a county borough of SE Wales, created in 1996 from part of Gwent. Administrative centre: Pontypool. Pop: 90 700 (2003 est). Area: 290 sq km (112 sq miles)
- uraemia — a condition resulting from the retention in the blood of constituents normally excreted in the urine.
- vaginae — Anatomy, Zoology. the passage leading from the uterus to the vulva in certain female mammals. Compare oviduct. a sheathlike part or organ.
- vistaed — possessing or forming a vista or vistas.
- waeness — sorrow
- waesome — sorrowful
- waesuck — alas