5-letter words containing ei
- issei — a Japanese person who immigrated to the U.S. or Canada after 1907 and was not eligible until 1952 for citizenship.
- josei — A class of manga written for an older female audience.
- keirs — a large vat in which fibers, yarns, or fabrics are boiled, bleached, or dyed.
- keita — Modibo [maw-dee-baw] /mɔˈdi bɔ/ (Show IPA), 1915–77, African statesman: president of Mali 1960–68.
- keith — Sir Arthur, 1866–1955, Scottish anthropologist.
- kibei — a person of Japanese descent, born in the U.S. but educated in Japan.
- klein — Felix [fee-liks;; German fey-liks] /ˈfi lɪks;; German ˈfeɪ lɪks/ (Show IPA), 1849–1925, German mathematician.
- leics — Leicestershire
- leidy — Joseph, 1823–91, U.S. paleontologist, parasitologist, and anatomist.
- leigh — Vivien (Vivian Mary Hartley) 1913–67, English actress.
- leila — a female given name.
- leish — active or athletic
- leith — a seaport in SE Scotland, on the Firth of Forth: now part of Edinburgh.
- lweis — Plural form of lwei.
- meier — Richard, born 1934, U.S. architect.
- meigs — Fort. Fort Meigs.
- meiji — the designation of the period of the reign of Emperor Mutsuhito from 1868 to 1912.
- meiny — Archaic. a group or suite of attendants, followers, dependents, etc.
- meith — a landmark or boundary marker
- neibp — National Elevator Industry Benefit Plans
- neice — Misspelling of niece.
- neigh — to utter the cry of a horse; whinny.
- neill — A(lexander) S(utherland). 1883–1973, Scottish educationalist and writer, who put his progressive educational theories into practice at Summerhill school (founded 1921)
- neist — Alternative form of next.
- neiva — a city in W Colombia.
- nisei — a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- obeid — a city in the central Sudan: Egyptian army defeated by Mahdist forces 1883.
- oleic — pertaining to or derived from oleic acid.
- olein — Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 5 7 H 1 0 4 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- peipa — Pilot European Image Processing Archive
- peize — to weigh
- reice — the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- reich — Stephen Michael ("Steve") born 1936, U.S. composer.
- reify — to convert into or regard as a concrete thing: to reify a concept.
- reign — the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- reiki — a form of therapy in which the practitioner is believed to channel energy into the patient in order to encourage healing or restore wellbeing
- reims — a city in NE France: scene of the coronation of most French monarchs. Pop: 188 078 (2006)
- reink — a fluid or viscous substance used for writing or printing.
- reins — Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- reist — (of a horse) to stop or refuse to go; balk.
- reith — John (Charles Walsham), 1st Baron. 1889–1971, British public servant: first general manager (1922–27) and first director general (1927–38) of the BBC
- reive — to go on a plundering raid
- rhein — the Rhine.
- seine — a river in France, flowing NW through Paris to the English Channel. 480 miles (773 km) long.
- seise — to put into legal possession of (property, etc)
- seism — an earthquake.
- seity — selfhood, personal identity, or something unique to oneself
- seize — to take hold of suddenly or forcibly; grasp: to seize a weapon.
- sheik — Also, shaikh, sheikh. (in Islamic countries) the patriarch of a tribe or family; chief: a term of polite address.
- skeif — a wheel on which diamonds and other gems are ground or polished.