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6-letter words that end in e

  • ahmose — 1580–1557 b.c, founder of the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt.
  • ahorse — on horseback
  • akeake — a small hardwood New Zealand tree, Dodonea viscosa, with silver leaves and reddish bark
  • aktobe — an industrial city in W Kazakhstan. Pop: 291 000 (2005 est)
  • albite — a colourless, milky-white, yellow, pink, green, or black mineral of the feldspar group and plagioclase series, found in igneous sedimentary and metamorphic rocks. It is used in the manufacture of glass and ceramics. Composition: sodium aluminium silicate. Formula: NaALSi3O8. Crystal structure: triclinic
  • alcade — a mayor having judicial powers.
  • alcove — An alcove is a small area of a room which is formed by one part of a wall being built further back than the rest of the wall.
  • aldine — relating to Aldus Manutius (1450–1515), Italian printer, or to his editions of the classics
  • aldose — a sugar that contains the aldehyde group or is a hemiacetal
  • alegge — to alleviate or lighten (a grief or burden)
  • alerce — the wood of the sandarac tree
  • alette — (in classical architecture) a part of a pier, flanking a pilaster or engaged column and supporting either impost of an arch.
  • algate — by any means; anyway
  • alible — nourishing; nutritious
  • alieve — (philosophy, psychology) To subconsciously feel as if something is true, even if one does not believe it; to hold an alief.
  • alkane — any saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with the general formula CnH2n+2
  • alkene — any unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with the general formula CnH2n
  • alkine — any member of the alkyne series.
  • alkyne — any unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with a carbon–carbon triple bond
  • allege — If you allege that something bad is true, you say it but do not prove it.
  • allele — any of two or more variants of a gene that have the same relative position on homologous chromosomes and are responsible for alternative characteristics, such as smooth or wrinkled seeds in peas
  • allene — (organic chemistry) Any of a class of hydrocarbons having two double bonds from one carbon atom to two others - R2C=C=CR2; especially the parent compound CH2=C=CH2 (propadiene).
  • allice — A fish, the allis shad (Alosa alosa). (from 17th c.).
  • allide — (nautical) To impact a stationary object.
  • allude — If you allude to something, you mention it in an indirect way.
  • allure — to entice or tempt (someone) to a person or place or to a course of action; attract
  • almuce — a fur-lined hood or cape formerly worn by members of certain religious orders, more recently by canons of France
  • alnage — the inspection and measurement of woollen cloth in ells
  • alpine — Alpine means existing in or relating to mountains, especially the ones in Switzerland.
  • alsace — a region and former province of NE France, between the Vosges mountains and the Rhine: famous for its wines. Area: 8280 sq km (3196 sq miles)
  • alsike — a clover, Trifolium hybridum, native to Europe and Asia but widely cultivated as a forage crop. It has trifoliate leaves and pink or whitish flowers
  • alulae — Plural form of alula.
  • alvine — of or relating to the intestines or belly
  • alwite — white (def 11).
  • ambage — ambiguity
  • amebae — any of numerous freshwater, marine, or parasitic one-celled protozoa of the order Amoebida, characterized by a granular nucleus surrounded by a jellylike mass of cytoplasm that forms temporary extensions, or pseudopodia, by which the organism moves, engulfs food particles, and forms food vacuoles.
  • amende — A monetary punishment, a fine.
  • amerce — to punish by a fine
  • amitie — Eye dialect of amity.
  • ammine — a compound that has molecules containing one or more ammonia molecules bound to another molecule, group, or atom by coordinate bonds
  • amonge — Archaic spelling of among.
  • amorce — a percussion cap for a toy pistol
  • ampere — An ampere is a unit which is used for measuring electric current. The abbreviation amp is also used.
  • ampule — An ampule is a small container, usually made of glass, that contains a drug that will be injected into someone. The abbreviation amp is also used.
  • ananke — a small outer satellite of Jupiter
  • ancile — a shield that was said to have fallen from heaven, on whose preservation the fortune of Rome was thought to depend
  • ancome — an inflammation or boil
  • ancone — an altarpiece, usually consisting of a painted panel or panels, reliefs, or statues set in an elaborate frame.
  • anlace — a medieval short dagger with a broad tapering blade
  • anlage — the basis of a later development; foundation
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