7-letter words containing se
- amylose — the minor component (about 20 per cent) of starch, consisting of long unbranched chains of glucose units. It is soluble in water and gives an intense blue colour with iodine
- analyse — If you analyse something, you consider it carefully or use statistical methods in order to fully understand it.
- anatase — a rare blue or black mineral that consists of titanium oxide in tetragonal crystalline form and occurs in veins in igneous rocks. Formula: TiO2
- animose — Resolute and full of vigor; vehement.
- aniseed — Aniseed is a substance made from the seeds of the anise plant. It is used as a flavouring in sweets, drinks, and medicine.
- anodise — to coat (a metal, especially magnesium or aluminum) with a protective film by chemical or electrolytic means.
- antisex — opposed to human sexual activity
- anywise — in any way or manner; at all
- appease — If you try to appease someone, you try to stop them from being angry by giving them what they want.
- apposed — Simple past tense and past participle of appose.
- apposer — a person who asks questions
- apposes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of appose.
- apprise — When you are apprised of something, someone tells you about it.
- appulse — a very close approach of two celestial bodies so that they are in conjunction but no eclipse or occultation occurs
- apyrase — any of various enzymes that catalyse the hydrolysis of adenosine triphosphate, yielding a phosphate and energy
- araised — Simple past tense and past participle of araise.
- archsee — archbishopric.
- arcsech — (mathematics) The inverse hyberbolic secant function.
- arcsecs — Plural form of arcsec.
- arenose — sandy
- ariseth — (archaic) Third-person singular present simple form of 'arise'.
- armseye — the armhole opening in a garment.
- aroused — in a state of sexual arousal
- arouser — Someone or something that arouses.
- arouses — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of arouse.
- arrased — having an arras
- arrases — Plural form of arras Tapestries.
- arrises — a sharp ridge, as between adjoining channels of a Doric column.
- arsenal — An arsenal is a large collection of weapons and military equipment held by a country, group, or person.
- arsenic — Arsenic is a very strong poison which can kill people.
- arseno- — having arsenic as a constituent
- asenath — the wife of Joseph and the mother of Manasseh and Ephraim. Gen. 41:45; 46:20.
- asepses — absence of the microorganisms that produce sepsis or septic disease.
- asepsis — the state of being free from living pathogenic organisms
- aseptic — free from living pathogenic organisms; sterile
- asexual — Something that is asexual involves no sexual activity.
- asperse — to spread false rumours about; defame
- assegai — a southern African cornaceous tree, Curtisia faginea, the wood of which is used for making spears
- assents — Plural form of assent.
- asserts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of assert.
- at ease — If you are at ease, you are feeling confident and relaxed, and are able to talk to people without feeling nervous or anxious. If you put someone at their ease, you make them feel at ease.
- atlases — Plural form of atlas.
- atomise — to reduce to atoms.
- auslese — a white wine, usually sweet, produced in Germany from individually selected bunches of very ripe grapes
- avulsed — Simple past tense and past participle of avulse.
- azotise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of azotize.
- backset — a setback; a reversal
- backsey — a sirloin
- bagasse — the pulp remaining after the extraction of juice from sugar cane or similar plants: used as fuel and for making paper, etc
- baptise — to immerse in water or sprinkle or pour water on in the Christian rite of baptism: They baptized the new baby.