6-letter words containing es
- caesar — Gaius Julius (ˈɡaɪəs ˈdʒuːlɪəs). 100–44 bc, Roman general, statesman, and historian. He formed the first triumvirate with Pompey and Crassus (60), conquered Gaul (58–50), invaded Britain (55–54), mastered Italy (49), and defeated Pompey (46). As dictator of the Roman Empire (49–44) he destroyed the power of the corrupt Roman nobility. He also introduced the Julian calendar and planned further reforms, but fear of his sovereign power led to his assassination (44) by conspirators led by Marcus Brutus and Cassius Longinus
- calces — calx
- calesa — a horse drawn buggy, once common in the Philippines but now mainly used as a tourist attraction
- calles — Plutarco Elías [ploo-tahr-kaw e-lee-ahs] /pluˈtɑr kɔ ɛˈli ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1877–1945, Mexican general and statesman: president of Mexico 1924–28.
- calves — calf1
- camest — (archaic) second-person singular simple past of come.
- camões — Luˈiz Vaz de (luˈiʃ vaʒ də ) ; lo̅oēshˈ vȧzh də) 1524?-80; Port. epic poet
- cannes — a port and resort in SE France: developed in the 19th century from a fishing village; annual film festival. Pop: 72 939 (2008)
- canoes — Plural form of canoe.
- caples — Plural form of caple.
- caress — If you caress someone, you stroke them gently and affectionately.
- caries — Caries is decay in teeth.
- cartes — Plural form of carte.
- carves — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of carve.
- cashes — money in the form of coins or banknotes, especially that issued by a government.
- castes — Plural form of caste.
- causes — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
- cavies — Plural form of cavy.
- ceases — to stop; discontinue: Not all medieval beliefs have ceased to exist.
- certes — with certainty; truly
- cesena — a city in N Italy, in Emilia-Romagna. Pop: 90 948 (2001)
- cesium — a soft, silver-white, ductile, metallic chemical element, one of the alkali metals and the most electropositive of all the elements: it ignites in air, reacts vigorously with water, and is used in photoelectric cells: symbol, Cs; at. no., 55: a radioactive isotope (cesium-137) with a half-life of 30.17 years is a fission product and is used in cancer research, radiation therapy, etc.
- cessed — British. a tax, assessment, or lien.
- cesser — the coming to an end of a term interest or annuity
- cesses — luck (usually used in the expression bad cess to): Bad cess to them!
- cessor — (legal) In English law, one who is dilatory, negligent, and delinquent in his duty or service, and who thereby incurred the danger of the law, and was liable to have the writ of cessavit brought against him.
- cestui — the person (who)
- cestus — the girdle of Aphrodite (Venus) decorated to cause amorousness
- cesura — caesura
- chafes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chafe.
- chases — Plural form of chase.
- cheese — Cheese is a solid food made from milk. It is usually white or yellow.
- cheesy — Cheesy food is food that tastes or smells of cheese.
- chesed — The Jewish attribute of grace, kindness or love; one of the sephiroth.
- chesil — small stones often found on beaches and worn by the action of the sea
- chesse — Obsolete spelling of chess.
- chests — Plural form of chest.
- chesty — If you have a chesty cough, you have a lot of mucus in your lungs.
- chides — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chide.
- chiles — Plural form of chile, an alternative form of 'chili'.
- chimes — Plural form of chime.
- chives — Chives are the long thin hollow green leaves of a herb with purple flowers. Chives are cut into small pieces and added to food to give it a flavour similar to onions.
- chokes — the act or sound of choking.
- chores — a small or odd job; routine task.
- choses — a thing; an article of personal property.
- chutes — Plural form of chute.
- citess — a townswoman
- cities — Plural form of city.
- civies — a variant spelling of civvies
- clades — Plural form of clade.