5-letter words containing ce
- nices — a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- niece — a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
- noice — (dialect, nonstandard) nice.
- nonce — the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).
- nzcer — New Zealand Council for Educational Research
- ocean — the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- ocelt — Old Celtic
- oncer — at one time in the past; formerly: I was a farmer once; a once powerful nation.
- oncet — (Southern US, South Midland US, uncommon) Once.
- ounce — snow leopard.
- paced — having a specified or indicated pace (usually used in combination): fast-paced.
- pacer — a person or thing that paces.
- pacey — fast, full of action
- peace — the normal, nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world.
- pence — a plural of penny; used in referring to a sum of money rather than to the coins themselves (often used in combination): sixpence; The fare was 15 pence.
- piece — a separate or limited portion or quantity of something: a piece of land; a piece of chocolate.
- place — a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- ploce — the repetition of a word or phrase to gain special emphasis or to indicate an extension of meaning, as in Ex. 3:14: “I am that I am.”.
- ponce — a seaport in S Puerto Rico.
- price — Bruce, 1845–1903, U.S. architect.
- pucer — of a dark or brownish purple.
- punce — a kick
- quice — Alternative form of queest.
- raced — a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- racer — a person, animal, or thing that races or takes part in a race, as a racehorse, bicycle, yacht, etc.
- races — Cape, a cape at the SE extremity of Newfoundland.
- rance — a type of red marble, often with white or blue graining, that comes from Belgium
- recce — (especially in British military use) reconnaissance: a pilot who spent three months on recce.
- reice — the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- riced — the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- ricer — an implement for ricing potatoes, squash, etc., by pressing them through small holes.
- ricey — pertaining to, resembling, or containing rice.
- royce — Josiah, 1855–1916, U.S. philosopher and educator.
- saice — (in India) a groom; stable attendant.
- sauce — any preparation, usually liquid or semiliquid, eaten as a gravy or as a relish accompanying food.
- sceat — a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- scelp — to slap, smack, or strike (someone), especially on the buttocks; spank.
- scena — an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- scend — to heave in a swell.
- scene — the place where some action or event occurs: He returned to the scene of the murder.
- scent — a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable: the scent of roses.
- since — from then till now (often preceded by ever): He was elected in 1978 and has been president ever since.
- slice — a thin, flat piece cut from something: a slice of bread.
- sonce — good luck or prosperity
- space — the unlimited or incalculably great three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur.
- spice — any of a class of pungent or aromatic substances of vegetable origin, as pepper, cinnamon, or cloves, used as seasoning, preservatives, etc.
- sycee — fine uncoined silver in lumps of various sizes usually bearing a banker's or assayer's stamp or mark, formerly used in China as a medium of exchange.
- taces — tasset.
- tacet — (on a musical score) a direction indicating that a particular instrument or singer does not take part in a movement or part of a movement
- terce — tierce (def 3).