6-letter words that end in ce
- greece — Ancient Greek Hellas. Modern Greek Ellas. a republic in S Europe at the S end of the Balkan Peninsula. 50,147 sq. mi. (129,880 sq. km). Capital: Athens.
- horace — (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) 65–8 b.c, Roman poet and satirist.
- indice — (obsolete) index.
- induce — to lead or move by persuasion or influence, as to some action or state of mind: to induce a person to buy a raffle ticket.
- inlace — enlace.
- intice — Archaic spelling of entice.
- janice — a female given name, form of Jane.
- jaunce — to prance
- jounce — a jouncing movement.
- kielce — a city in S Poland.
- kosice — a city in SE Slovakia.
- launce — sand lance.
- lidice — a village in the W Czech Republic: suffered a ruthless reprisal by the Nazis in 1942 for the assassination of a high Nazi official.
- malice — desire to inflict injury, harm, or suffering on another, either because of a hostile impulse or out of deep-seated meanness: the malice and spite of a lifelong enemy.
- manace — Obsolete form of menace.
- menace — something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat: Air pollution is a menace to health.
- morice — (obsolete) A morris dance.
- niepce — Joseph Nicéphore [zhaw-zef nee-sey-fawr] /ʒɔ zɛf ni seɪˈfɔr/ (Show IPA), 1765–1833, French inventor.
- norice — Obsolete form of nurse.
- notice — an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning: a day's notice.
- novice — a person who is new to the circumstances, work, etc., in which he or she is placed; beginner; tyro: a novice in politics.
- nuance — a subtle difference or distinction in expression, meaning, response, etc.
- o face — the facial contortions typically displayed by a person during sexual climax
- office — Microsoft Office
- on ice — the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- palace — the official residence of a king, queen, bishop, or other sovereign or exalted personage.
- paunce — Obsolete form of pansy.
- peerce — Jan (Jacob Pincus Perelmuth) 1904–84, U.S. opera singer.
- peirce — Benjamin, 1809–80, U.S. mathematician.
- pierce — to penetrate into or run through (something), as a sharp, pointed dagger, object, or instrument does.
- plaice — a European flatfish, Pleuronectes platessa, used for food.
- police — Also called police force. an organized civil force for maintaining order, preventing and detecting crime, and enforcing the laws.
- pomace — the pulpy residue from apples or similar fruit after crushing and pressing, as in cider making.
- poonce — a male homosexual
- pounce — to swoop down suddenly and grasp, as a bird does in seizing its prey.
- prance — to spring from the hind legs; to move by springing, as a horse.
- prince — a treatise on statecraft (1513) by Niccolò Machiavelli.
- pumice — Also called pumice stone. a porous or spongy form of volcanic glass, used as an abrasive.
- purace — an active volcano in SW Colombia. 15,603 feet (4756 meters).
- quince — either of two small trees, Cydonia oblonga or C. sinensis, of the rose family, bearing hard, fragrant, yellowish fruit used chiefly for making jelly or preserves.
- reduce — to bring down to a smaller extent, size, amount, number, etc.: to reduce one's weight by 10 pounds.
- reface — to renew, restore, or repair the face or surface of (buildings, stone, etc.).
- relace — a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- rosace — rosette (def 3).
- rounce — the handle that is turned to move paper and plates on a printing press
- scarce — insufficient to satisfy the need or demand; not abundant: Meat and butter were scarce during the war.
- sconce — the head or skull.
- seance — a meeting in which a spiritualist attempts to communicate with the spirits of the dead.
- searce — to sift
- seduce — to lead astray, as from duty, rectitude, or the like; corrupt.