5-letter words containing se
- lases — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lase.
- lease — a system for keeping the warp in position and under control by alternately crossing the warp yarn over and under the lease rods.
- leese — (obsolete) To lose.
- lefse — a round Norwegian flatbread resembling a tortilla, made with mashed potatoes and flour.
- lense — Misspelling of lens.
- lesse — Archaic form of less.
- liase — Misspelling of liaise.
- lisse — a fine, filmy, lightly crinkled gauze fabric used in strips for making ruching or for finishing garments.
- loose — free or released from fastening or attachment: a loose end.
- losed — (obsolete) Simple past tense and past participle of lose.
- losel — a worthless person; scoundrel.
- loser — a person, team, nation, etc., that loses: The visiting team was the loser in the series.
- loses — to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery: I'm sure I've merely misplaced my hat, not lost it.
- losey — Joseph. 1909–84, US film director, in Britain from 1952. His films include The Servant (1963), The Go-Between (1971), and Don Giovanni (1979)
- louse — any small, wingless insect of the order Anoplura (sucking louse) parasitic on humans and other mammals and having mouthparts adapted for sucking, as Pediculus humanus (body louse or head louse) and Phthirius pubis (crab louse or pubic louse)
- lowse — loose
- luser — (jargon, abuse) /loo'zr/ A user; especially one who is also a loser. (luser and loser are pronounced identically.) This word was coined around 1975 at MIT. Under ITS, when you first walked up to a terminal at MIT and typed Control-Z to get the computer's attention, it printed out some status information, including how many people were already using the computer; it might print "14 users", for example. Someone thought it would be a great joke to patch the system to print "14 losers" instead. There ensued a great controversy, as some of the users didn't particularly want to be called losers to their faces every time they used the computer. For a while several hackers struggled covertly, each changing the message behind the back of the others; any time you logged into the computer it was even money whether it would say "users" or "losers". Finally, someone tried the compromise "lusers", and it stuck. Later one of the ITS machines supported "luser" as a request-for-help command. ITS died the death in mid-1990, except as a museum piece; the usage lives on, however, and the term "luser" is often seen in program comments. See: also LART. Compare: tourist, weenie.
- lyase — any of various enzymes, as decarboxylase, that catalyze reactions involving the formation of or addition to a double bond.
- lysed — to cause dissolution or destruction of cells by lysins.
- lyses — a river in W Europe, in N France and W Belgium, flowing NE into the Scheldt River at Ghent. 120 miles (195 km) long.
- maise — a measure of herring
- manse — the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- marse — (used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- maser — a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- masse — a stroke made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held almost or quite perpendicular to the table.
- mease — (UK, dialect, dated) five hundred.
- meese — (chiefly, humorous) Plural form of moose.
- mense — propriety; discretion.
- merse — low level ground by a river or shore, often alluvial and fertile
- mesel — (obsolete) Having leprosy; leprous. (14th-17th c.).
- meuse — Dutch Maas. a river in W Europe, flowing from NE France through E Belgium and S Netherlands into the North Sea. 575 miles (925 km) long.
- miser — a comedy (1668) by Molière.
- mises — a settlement or agreement.
- moose — a large, long-headed mammal, Alces alces, of the deer family, having circumpolar distribution in the Northern Hemisphere, the male of which has enormous palmate antlers.
- morse — Jedidiah [jed-i-dahy-uh] /ˌdʒɛd ɪˈdaɪ ə/ (Show IPA), 1761–1826, U.S. geographer and Congregational clergyman (father of Samuel F. B. Morse).
- mosel — a river in W Europe, rising in NE France and flowing northwest, forming part of the border between Luxembourg and Germany, then northeast to the Rhine: many vineyards along its lower course. Length: 547 km (340 miles)
- moser — Johann Jakob [yoh-hahn yah-kawp] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1701–85, German jurist and publicist.
- moses — Anna Mary Robertson ("Grandma Moses") 1860–1961, U.S. painter.
- mosey — to wander or shuffle about leisurely; stroll; saunter (often followed by along, about, etc.).
- mouse — A small rodent that typically has a pointed snout, relatively large ears and eyes, and a long tail.
- mses. — a title of respect prefixed to a woman's name or position: unlike Miss or Mrs., it does not depend upon or indicate her marital status.
- mulse — a drink containing honey mixed with wine or water
- murse — (US slang) a man's purse.
- mused — to think or meditate in silence, as on some subject.
- muser — to think or meditate in silence, as on some subject.
- muses — to think or meditate in silence, as on some subject.
- neese — Alternative form of neeze.
- neuse — a river in E central North Carolina, flowing SE to Pamlico Sound. 275 miles (442 km) long.
- nisei — a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- noise — sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind: deafening noises.