5-letter words containing es
- nesta — National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts
- nests — Plural form of nest.
- nesty — a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- neves — granular snow accumulated on high mountains and subsequently compacted into glacial ice.
- newes — Obsolete spelling of news.
- nices — a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- niles — a river in E Africa, the longest in the world, flowing N from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean. 3473 miles (5592 km) long; from the headwaters of the Kagera River, 4000 miles (6440 km) long.
- nimes — a department in S France. 2271 sq. mi. (5882 sq. km). Capital: Nîmes.
- nines — a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- nites — Plural form of nite.
- nixes — nothing.
- nodes — Plural form of node.
- nomes — Plural form of nome.
- nones — nones1 .
- noses — Plural form of nose.
- notes — Lotus Notes
- noyes — Alfred, 1880–1958, English poet.
- nudes — Plural form of nude.
- nukes — a nuclear or thermonuclear weapon.
- oases — a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- oates — Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- obese — very fat or overweight; corpulent.
- obies — Plural form of oby.
- oboes — Plural form of oboe.
- oesel — German name of Saaremaa.
- ogees — Plural form of ogee.
- ogles — to look at amorously, flirtatiously, or impertinently.
- ogres — Plural form of ogre.
- olpes — Plural form of olpe.
- onest — being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather than two or more; a single: one woman; one nation; one piece of cake.
- oozes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ooze.
- pales — light-colored or lacking in color: a pale complexion; his pale face; a pale child. lacking the usual intensity of color due to fear, illness, stress, etc.: She looked pale and unwell when we visited her in the nursing home.
- pares — to cut off the outer coating, layer, or part of.
- pases — (in bullfighting) a maneuver by a bullfighter with the capa or muleta to gain the attention of the bull and to guide the course of its attack.
- paxes — the Roman goddess of peace.
- pedes — a foot or footlike part.
- penes — the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- peres — Shimon [shi-mohn] /ʃɪˈmoʊn/ (Show IPA), born 1923, Israeli political leader, born in Poland: prime minister 1984–86, 1995–96.
- pesah — Also called Pesach, Pesah. a Jewish festival that commemorates the exodus of the Jews from Egypt and is marked chiefly by the Seder ritual and the eating of matzoth. It begins on the 14th day of Nisan and is celebrated for eight days by Orthodox and Conservative Jews outside of Israel and for seven days by Reform Jews and Jews in Israel.
- pesky — annoyingly troublesome; pesty: bothered by a pesky fly.
- pesto — a sauce typically made with basil, pine nuts, olive oil, and grated Parmesan blended together and served hot or cold over pasta, fish, or meat.
- pesty — being a nuisance or pest; annoyingly troublesome.
- piles — a hemorrhoid.
- pines — Archaic. painful longing.
- pipes — a large cask, of varying capacity, especially for wine or oil.
- pixes — Ecclesiastical. the box or vessel in which the reserved Eucharist or Host is kept. a watch-shaped container for carrying the Eucharist to the sick.
- plies — a movement in which the knees are bent while the back is held straight.
- poesy — the work or the art of poetic composition.
- pomes — the characteristic fruit of the apple family, as an apple, pear, or quince, in which the edible flesh arises from the greatly swollen receptacle and not from the carpels.
- pones — the player on the dealer's right. Compare eldest hand.