6-letter words containing es
- bekesy — Georg von (ˈɡeːɔrk fɔn). 1899–1972, US physicist, born in Hungary; noted for his work on the mechanism of hearing: Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1961
- belies — to show to be false; contradict: His trembling hands belied his calm voice.
- besant — Annie, née Wood. 1847–1933, British theosophist, writer, and political reformer in England and India
- beseem — to be suitable for; befit
- beshow — a sablefish.
- beside — Something that is beside something else is at the side of it or next to it.
- besigh — to sigh for or over
- besing — to sing about joyfully
- beslan — a town in the North Ossetian Republic in Russia: scene of a massacre in 2004 when Chechen extremists held a school hostage, leading to a siege in which 344 people were killed. Pop: 35 550 (2002)
- besmut — to blacken with smut
- besnow — to whiten
- besoin — need
- besort — the type of company that is befitting
- bespit — to cover with spittle
- bespot — to mark with spots or blemishes
- bessel — Friedrich Wilhelm (ˈfriːdrɪç ˈvɪlhɛlm). 1784–1846, German astronomer and mathematician. He made the first authenticated measurement of a star's distance (1841) and systematized a series of mathematical functions used in physics
- bessie — a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- bestar — to decorate with stars
- bested — of the highest quality, excellence, or standing: the best work; the best students.
- bestie — Your bestie is your best friend.
- bestir — to cause (oneself, or, rarely, another person) to become active; rouse
- bestow — To bestow something on someone means to give or present it to them.
- bestud — to set with studs
- bevies — a group of birds, as larks or quail, or animals, as roebuck, in close association.
- biases — a particular tendency, trend, inclination, feeling, or opinion, especially one that is preconceived or unreasoned: illegal bias against older job applicants; the magazine’s bias toward art rather than photography; our strong bias in favor of the idea.
- bilges — Nautical. either of the rounded areas that form the transition between the bottom and the sides on the exterior of a hull. Also, bilges. (in a hull with a double bottom) an enclosed area between frames at each side of the floors, where seepage collects. Also called bilge well. a well into which seepage drains to be pumped away. Also called bilge water. seepage accumulated in bilges.
- blazes — (intensifier)
- bluest — the pure color of a clear sky; the primary color between green and violet in the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 450 and 500 nm.
- bluesy — If you describe a song or the way it is performed as bluesy, you mean that it is performed in a way that is characteristic of the blues.
- bodies — the physical structure and material substance of an animal or plant, living or dead.
- bootes — a constellation in the N hemisphere lying near Ursa Major and containing the first magnitude star Arcturus
- borges — Jorge Luis (ˈxorxe lwis). 1899–1986, Argentinian poet, short-story writer, and literary scholar. The short stories collected in Ficciones (1944) he described as "games with infinity"
- bosses — a familiar name for a calf or cow.
- boules — Boules is a game in which a small ball is thrown and then the players try to throw other balls as close to the first ball as possible.
- bowles — Paul. 1910–99, US novelist, short-story writer, and composer, living in Tangiers. His novels include The Sheltering Sky (1949) and The Spider's House (1955)
- braces — a pair of straps worn over the shoulders by men for holding up the trousers
- brakes — any of several large or coarse ferns, especially the bracken, Pteridium aquilinum.
- braves — possessing or exhibiting courage or courageous endurance.
- brazes — to unite (metal objects) at high temperatures by applying any of various nonferrous solders.
- broses — a porridge made by stirring boiling liquid into oatmeal or other meal.
- bruges — a city in NW Belgium, capital of West Flanders province: centre of the medieval European wool and cloth trade. Pop: 117 025 (2004 est)
- bubkes — nothing
- buboes — an inflammatory swelling of a lymphatic gland, especially in the groin or armpit.
- buries — to put in the ground and cover with earth: The pirates buried the chest on the island.
- busses — bus
- buzzes — a man's very short haircut; crew cut.
- byrnes — James Francis, 1879–1972, U.S. statesman and jurist: secretary of state 1945–47.
- cables — Plural form of cable.
- caches — Plural form of cache.
- cadres — Military. the key group of officers and enlisted personnel necessary to establish and train a new military unit.