5-Letter Words with E: page 2

All 3,084 five-letter words with E: page 2 of 8

C

• caper9n. A playful leap or jump.
• caple9n. A horse.
• caree7n. One who is cared for; one who receives care.
• carer7n. Someone who regularly looks after another person, either as a job or...
• caret7n. A mark ⟨ ‸ ⟩ used by writers and proofreaders to indicate that...
• carex14n. Any member of the genus Carex of sedges.
• carle7n. Peasant; fellow.
• carse7n. Low, fertile land; a river valley.
• carte7n. A bill of fare; a menu.
• carve10v. To cut meat in order to serve it.
• cased8adj. Having a case or covering; encased or clad.
• casse7n. A fault in wine, caused by an enzyme, making it turn from red to brown...
• caste7n. Any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian...
• cater7v. To provide, particularly.
• cates7n. Provisions; food; viands; especially, luxurious food; delicacies...
• cause7n. The source of, or reason for, an event or action; that which produces...
• cavea10n. The seating section of a Greek or Roman theatre or amphitheatre.
• caver10n. A person who explores caves.
• cavey13adj. Resembling or characteristic of a cave.
• cease7v. To stop.
• cecil9n. A fried ball of minced meat, breadcrumbs, onions, etc.
• cedar8n. A coniferous tree of the genus Cedrus in the family Pinaceae.
• ceder8n. One who cedes something.
• ceiba9n. Any tree of the genus Ceiba, the best-known of which is Ceiba pentandra.
• ceili7n. A social event with traditional Irish or Scottish music and dancing.
• celeb9n. A celebrity; a famous person, a one who is celebrated.
• cella7n. The central, enclosed part of an ancient temple, as distinguished from...
• cello7n. A large unfretted stringed instrument of the violin family with four...
• celly10n. A cellmate.
• cense7v. To perfume with incense.
• cento7n. A hotchpotch, a mixture; especially a piece made up of quotations from...
• ceria7n. The compound cerium(IV) oxide.
• ceric9adj. Containing cerium with valence four.
• certi7adj. Fashionable, cool.
• cesta7n. A hook-shaped basket used to catch and throw the ball in jai alai.
• cetin7n. The white, waxy constituent of spermaceti.
• cetyl10n. The univalent hexadecyl radical C₁₆H₃₃- present in many waxes.
• chafe13n. Heat excited by friction.
• chape12n. The lower metallic cap at the end of a sword's scabbard.
• chare10n. A narrow lane or passage between houses in a town.
• chase10n. The act of one who chases another; a pursuit.
• cheap12adj. Low or reduced in price.
• cheat10v. To violate rules in order to gain, or attempt to gain, advantage from a...
• check16n. An inspection or examination.
• chedi11n. A Thai Buddhist monument similar to a stupa.
• cheek14n. The soft skin on each side of the face, below the eyes; the outer...
• cheel10n. A girl.
• cheep12v. Of a small bird, to make short, high-pitched sounds.
• cheer10n. A cheerful attitude; happiness; a good, happy, or positive mood.
• cheez19n. Composition.
• chela10n. A pincer-like claw of a crustacean or arachnid.
• chemo12v. To treat with chemotherapy.
• chert10n. Massive, usually dull-colored and opaque, quartzite, hornstone, impure...
• chess10n. A board game for two players, each beginning with sixteen chess pieces...
• chest10n. A box, now usually a large strong box with a secure convex lid.
• chevy16n. A hunt or pursuit; a chase.
• chewy16adj. Having a pliable or springy texture when chewed.
• chide11v. To admonish in blame; to reproach angrily.
• chief13n. The leader or head of a tribe, organisation, business unit, or other...
• chime12n. A musical instrument producing a sound when struck, similar to a bell...
• chine10n. The top of a ridge.
• chive13n. A perennial plant, Allium schoenoprasum, related to the onion.
• choke14v. To be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe (for...
• chole10n. Chickpeas, or a curry consisting mainly of chickpeas.
• chone10n. An inhalant or exhalant canal in a sponge; a pore sieve.
• chope12v. To reserve (a place), such as a seat in a fast food restaurant...
• chore10n. A task, especially a regularly needed task for the upkeep of a home or...
• chose10n. A thing; personal property.
• chute10n. A framework, trough, or tube, upon or through which objects are made to...
• chyle13n. A digestive fluid containing fatty droplets, found in the small...
• chyme15n. The thick semifluid mass of partly digested food that is passed from...
• cider8n. An alcoholic, often sparkling (carbonated) beverage made from fermented...
• cimex16n. Any member of the genus Cimex, especially the bedbug.
• cited8adj. That has a citation.
• civet10n. Any of the small carnivorous catlike mammals encompassing certain...
• clade8n. A group of animals or other organisms derived from a common ancestor...
• claes7n. Clothes.
• clave10n. A characteristic pattern of beats, especially the 3-2 son clave.
• clean7adj. Free of dirt, filth, or impurities (extraneous matter); not dirty...
• clear7adj. Transparent in colour.
• cleat7n. A strip of wood or iron fastened on transversely to something in order...
• cleek11n. A large hook.
• cleft10n. An opening, fissure, or V-shaped indentation made by or as if by...
• clerk11n. One who occupationally provides assistance by working with records...
• cleve10n. A room; chamber.
• clime9n. A particular region defined by its weather or climate.
• cline7n. A gradation in a character or phenotype within a species, deme, or...
• clive10v. To climb; ascend.
• clone7n. A living organism (originally a plant) produced asexually from a single...
• close7v. To move a thing, or part of a thing, nearer to another so that the gap...
• clove10n. A very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove...
• cloze16n. A form of written examination in which candidates are required to...
• cluse7n. A defile or narrow gorge, especially one that cuts transversely through...
• coble9n. A small flat-bottomed fishing boat suitable for launching from a beach...
• codec10n. A device or program capable of performing transformations on a data...
• coded9adj. Encoded; written in code or cipher.
• coder8n. A device that generates a code, often as a series of pulses.
• codex15n. An early manuscript book, especially one bound in the modern manner, by...
• cogen8n. Cogeneration; a combination heating plant and power generator.
• cohen10n. A Jewish priest: direct male descendant of the Biblical high priest...
• coked12adj. Intoxicated with cocaine.
• coker11n. The industrial plant in which coke is manufactured.
• cokes11n. A simpleton; a dupe.
• cokey14adj. Cocaine-addicted.
• colet7n. A lower servant in a church.
• coley10n. Coalfish, Pollachius virens.
• combe11n. A valley, often wooded and often with no river.
• comer9n. One in a race who is catching up to others and shows promise of winning.
• comes9n. The answer to the theme, or dux, in a fugue.
• comet9n. A small Solar System body consisting mainly of volatile ice, dust and...
• comte9n. A French count.
• conde8n. The duty of directing a ship, usually used with the verb to have or to...
• coned8adj. Segregated or delineated by traffic cones (of an area).
• coner7n. A marijuana cigarette tapered to a conical shape.
• coney10n. The Jamaican coney (Geocapromys brownii), a hutia endemic to Jamaica.
• conte7n. An Italian count.
• cooee7n. A long, loud call used to attract attention when at a distance, mainly...
• coped10adj. Clad in a cope.
• copei9n. The copaiba tree.
• copen9v. To cowrite.
• coper9n. One who copes.
• coppe11n. A spider.
• copse9n. A coppice: an area of woodland managed by coppicing (periodic cutting...
• coque16n. A small loop or bow of ribbon used in making hats, boas, etc.
• cored8adj. Having a core.
• corer7n. A utensil for removing the core from apples and similar fruit or...
• corse7n. A (living) body.
• coset7n. The set that results from applying a group's binary operation with a...
• coupe9n. A shallow glass or glass dish, usually with a stem, in which sparkling...
• coven10n. A nunnery, a convent.
• cover10n. A lid.
• covet10v. To wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of, often enviously.
• covey13n. A brood or family of partridges (family Phasianidae), which includes...
• cowed11adj. Frightened into submission.
• cower10v. To crouch or cringe, or to avoid or shy away from something, in fear.
• cowie10n. A pill, especially of the drug ecstasy.
• coxed15adj. Having a cox.
• coxie14n. A coxswain.
• cozen16v. To become cozy; (by extension) to become acquainted, comfortable, or...
• crake11n. Any of several birds of the family Rallidae that have short bills.
• crame9n. A merchant's booth; a shop or tent where goods are sold; a stall.
• crane7n. Any bird of the family Gruidae, large birds with long legs and a long...
• crape9n. Mourning garments, especially an armband or hatband.
• crase7v. Early Modern spelling of craze (“break into pieces, crack”).
• crate7n. A large open box or basket, used especially to transport fragile goods.
• crave10v. To desire strongly, so as to satisfy an appetite; to long or yearn for.
• craze16n. A strong habitual desire or fancy.
• creak11n. The sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking.
• cream9n. The butterfat or milkfat part of milk which rises to the top; this part...
• creat7n. An usher to a riding master (riding instructor).
• credo8n. A statement of a belief or a summary statement of a whole belief...
• creed8n. That which is believed; accepted doctrine, especially religious...
• creek11n. A small inlet, often saltwater, leading to the sea or to the main...
• creel7n. A woven basket, especially a wicker basket.
• creen7v. To complain; to whine; to moan.
• creep9v. To move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground.
• crema9n. The light-colored, orangish head of foam on a cup of espresso.
• crepe9n. A flat round pancake-like pastry from Lower Brittany, made with wheat.
• creps9n. Crepitations.
• cress7n. A plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous. The leaves have a...
• crest7n. The summit of a hill or mountain ridge.
• crewe10n. A group of people, especially in Louisiana, who support a Mardi Gras...
• crier7n. One who cries.
• crile7n. A small person or creature; a dwarf or runt.
• crime9n. A specific act committed in violation of the law, especially criminal...
• crine7v. To wither, wilt, shrivel.
• crome9n. A garden or agricultural implement with three or four tines bent at...
• crone7n. An archetypal figure, a wise woman.
• crore7n. Ten million (10⁷): 10,000,000, that is, with Indian digit grouping...
• croze16n. A groove at the ends of the staves of a barrel into which the edge of...
• crude8adj. In a natural, untreated state.
• cruel7adj. Intentionally causing or reveling in pain and suffering; merciless...
• cruet7n. A small bottle or container used to hold a condiment, such as oil...
• cruse7n. An oil lamp; a crusy.
• cubeb11n. A tailed pepper plant (Piper cubeba), an Indonesian plant cultivated...
• cubed10adj. Raised to the third power.
• cuber9n. Any device designed to cut things into cubes.
• cubes9n. Testicles.
• cubie9n. One of the smaller cubes making up a Rubik's cube.
• culet7n. A component of armor, consisting of overlapping plates designed to...
• culex14n. Any of various mosquitoes of the genus Culex, some of which carry...
• curer7n. A healer.
• curie7n. 3.7×10¹⁰ decays per second, as a unit of radioactivity. Symbol Ci.
• curse7n. A supernatural detriment or hindrance; a bane.
• curve10n. A bend, such as in a road.
• cutes7n. Cuteness.
• cutie7n. A cute person or animal.
• cyber12adj. Of, or having to do with, the Internet; alternative form of cyber-.
• cycle12n. An interval of space or time in which one set of events or phenomena is...

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• dabke12n. A folk dance of the Levant.
• daeva9n. A supernatural entity of disagreeable nature, usually considered as a...
• dalet6n. The fourth letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic...
• damme10interj. Expressing anger or vehemence.
• dance8n. A sequence of rhythmic steps or movements usually performed to music...
• dated7adj. Marked with a date.
• dater6n. One who dates.
• daube8n. A stew of braised meat, usually beef.
• dauer6n. A developmental stage of certain nematode larvae in which they exhibit...
• daven9v. To recite the Jewish liturgy; to pray.
• dayer9n. Something lasting a specified number of days.
• dazed16adj. In a state of shock or confusion.
• deads7n. The substances that enclose the ore on every side.
• deady10n. (A nickname for) gin, or a particular kind of gin.
• dealy9n. An object, especially a gadget, whose name the speaker currently cannot...
• deary9n. A dear; a darling.
• death9n. The cessation of life and all associated processes; the end of an...
• debar8v. To exclude or shut out; to bar.
• debby13adj. Like a debutante.
• deben8n. A measure of weight used during the Middle Kingdom of Ancient Egypt...
• debit8n. In bookkeeping, an entry in the left hand column of an account.
• debug9v. To search for and eliminate malfunctioning elements or errors in...
• debus8v. To alight or get off a bus.
• debut8n. A performer's first performance to the public, in sport, the arts or...
• debye11n. The CGS unit of electric dipole moment, defined as 1 D = 10⁻¹⁸...
• decad9n. A group of ten notes from which the consonant triads may be constructed.
• decaf11adj. That has caffeine removed.
• decal8n. A design or picture produced in order to be transferred to another...
• decan8n. One of a collection of 36 small constellations or zodiacal subdivisions...
• decap10v. To remove a cap.
• decay11n. Rot; any processes or result of organic matter being gradually...
• decel8n. Synonym of decelerationist.
• decet8n. A group of ten musicians; a piece of music written for such a group.
• decim10n. A decimeter.
• decor8n. The style of decoration of a room or building.
• decoy11n. A person or object meant to lure somebody into danger.
• decry11v. To denounce as harmful.
• deedy10adj. Industrious; active.
• deets6n. Details.
• defer9v. To delay or postpone.
• deffo12adj. Definite.
• defib11v. To defibrillate.
• defin9v. To remove the fins from.
• defog10v. To remove the moisture or fog from.
• degas7v. To remove the gas from.
• degen7n. Sword.
• deify12v. To make into a god.
• deign7v. To consider it appropriate or worthy to do or give (something), often...
• deism8n. A philosophical belief in the existence of a god (or goddess) knowable...
• deist6adj. Of or relating to deism and deists.
• deity9n. Synonym of divinity: the state, position, or fact of being a god.
• dekko14n. A look; a glance.
• delay9n. A period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying...
• delft9n. A delf; a mine, quarry, pit or ditch.
• delia6n. A garment worn by noblemen of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth...
• delly9adj. Having many dells.
• delta6n. The fourth letter of the modern Greek alphabet Δ, δ.
• delts6n. The deltoid muscles.
• delve9v. To dig into the ground, especially with a shovel.
• deman8v. To sack employees from.
• demat8v. To restore (hair, fur, etc.) from a matted state.
• demic10adj. Of or pertaining to a deme.
• demin8n. Demineralized water.
• demit8v. To let fall; to depress; to yield.
• demob10v. To demobilize; to release someone from military service.
• demon8n. An evil being resident in or working for Hell; a devil.
• demos8n. An ancient subdivision of Attica; (now also) a Greek municipality, an...
• demur8v. Chiefly followed by to, and sometimes by at or on: to object or be...
• denar6n. The currency of North Macedonia, divided into 100 deni.
• dench11adj. Excellent; impressive; awesome.
• denim8n. A textile often made of cotton with a distinct diagonal pattern.
• denpa8n. Works of fiction associated with alienation from reality, society, and...
• dense6adj. Having relatively high density.
• deoxy16adj. Describing any compound formally derived from another by replacement of...
• depot8n. A storage facility, in particular, a warehouse.
• depth11n. The vertical distance below a surface; the degree to which something is...
• deque15n. A linear data structure in which elements may be appended to or removed...
• deray9n. Impetuosity, prowess, vigour.
• derby11n. Any of several annual horse races.
• deric8adj. Relating to the ectoderm, as distinguished from enteric.
• derma8n. The inner layer of the skin.
• dermo8n. Perkinsosis.
• derny9n. A motorized bicycle for paced cycling events such as keirin.
• derpy11adj. Foolish, silly.
• derry9n. Dislike.
• desai6n. In west and south India, a native official in charge of a district...
• desal6n. Desalination.
• deshi9n. A member of a heya ("stable"); trained by its shisho.
• desma8n. An axial filament.
• desmo8adj. Desmodromic.
• despo8adj. Desperate.
• desto6n. A headsign; a destination sign: a moveable or electronic display...
• deter6v. To prevent something from happening.
• detox13n. Detoxification, especially of the body from alcohol or addictive drugs.
• deuce8n. A card with two pips, one of four in a standard deck of playing cards.
• devan9v. To unload (goods) from a container.
• devex16adj. Bending down, stooping or sloping.
• devic11adj. Relating to a deva.
• devil9n. An evil creature, the objectification of a hostile and destructive...
• devon9n. A type of processed meat sausage.
• dewan9n. A holder of any of various offices in various (usually Islamic)...
• dewar9n. A vacuum flask; a vessel which keeps its contents hotter or cooler than...
• dewey12n. A charge of DUI.
• dhole9n. An Asian wild dog, Cuon alpinus.
• diced9adj. Cut up into small pieces, especially cubes, typically about ¼″ to ½″...
• dicer8n. A gambler who plays dice.
• dicey11adj. Fraught with danger.
• didge8n. Didgeridoo.
• diene6n. An organic compound, especially a hydrocarbon, containing two double...
• diety9adj. Having the quality of a diet.
• digne7adj. Worthy; honourable; deserving; suitable.
• diker10n. One who digs or works on dykes; a ditcher.
• dimed9adj. (of an electric guitar or its amplifier) At volume setting 10 (the...
• dimer8n. A molecule consisting of two identical halves, formed by joining two...
• diner6n. Someone who dines.
• dinge7n. Dinginess.
• diode7n. An electronic device that allows current to flow in one direction only...
• dione6n. Diketone.
• dirge7n. A mournful poem or piece of music composed or performed as a memorial...
• diver9n. Someone who dives, especially as a sport.
• divey12adj. Having the character of a dive, a disreputable bar or nightclub.
• dixie13n. A large iron pot, used in the army.
• djent13n. A style of progressive heavy metal music characterized by rhythmic and...
• dodge8v. To avoid (something) by moving suddenly out of the way.
• dodie7n. A baby's pacifier or soother.
• dogie7n. A motherless calf in a range herd of cattle; a calf separated from its...
• dolce8n. A soft-toned organ stop.
• domed9adj. In the form of a dome.
• domme10n. A female dominant in a sadomasochistic relationship.
• donee6n. Someone who receives a gift from a donor.
• doner6n. Doner kebab.
• doney9n. Girl, sweetheart, darling, young woman, woman.
• doole6n. Sorrow; dole.
• doped9adj. Drugged.
• doper8n. A person employed to apply dope solution during aircraft manufacture.
• dopey11adj. Stupid, silly.
• dorea6n. A kind of cotton fabric from India.
• dorje13n. Synonym of vajra (“Buddhist ceremonial mace”).
• doser6n. One who administers a dose.
• doted7adj. Stupid; foolish.
• dotel6n. A dotard.
• douce8adj. Sweet; nice; pleasant.
• douse6v. To plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse.
• dovie9n. Synonym of dove (“term of endearment”).
• dowel9n. A pin, or block, of wood or metal, fitting into holes in the abutting...
• dower9n. The part of or interest in a deceased husband's property provided to...
• dowie9adj. Dull, dreary; melancholy.
• dowse9v. To use the dipping or divining rod, as in search of water, ore, etc.
• doyen9n. The senior, or eldest male member of a group.
• dozen15n. A set of twelve.
• dozer15n. One who dozes.
• drake10n. A male duck (bird).
• drape8n. A curtain; a drapery.
• dread7v. To fear greatly.
• dream8n. Imaginary events seen in the mind while sleeping.
• drear6adj. Dreary.
• dreck12n. Trash; rubbish; useless or worthless stuff.
• dregs7n. The sediment settled at the bottom of a liquid; the lees in a container...
• dress6v. To put clothes (or, formerly, armour) on (oneself or someone, a doll, a...
• dried7adj. Without water or moisture, said of something that has previously been...
• drive9v. To operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle).
• drome8n. The crab plover, Dromas ardeola, of North Africa.
• drone6n. A male hymenopteran (ant, bee, hornet, or wasp), whose sole primary...
• drove9n. The herd being driven in a cattle (or other animal) drive; thus, a...
• drupe8n. A kind of fruit, with a fleshy exterior, formed from the exocarp and...
• druse6n. A rock surface with a crust of tiny crystals.
• dryer9n. One who, or that which, dries; any device or facility employed to...
• duble8n. The official currency of Slowjamastan.
• dudes7n. Any group of people, regardless of gender.
• dukes10n. One's parents.
• dukey13n. A penny gaff.
• dulce8n. Sweetness.
• dulse6n. A seaweed of a reddish-brown color (Palmaria palmata) which is...
• dunce8n. An unintelligent person.
• duper8n. A person who dupes another.
• duple8adj. Having two beats, or a multiple of two beats, in each measure.
• duvet9n. A quilt or usually flat cloth bag with a filling (traditionally down)...
• dwell9n. A period of time in which a system or component remains in a given...
• dykes13n. Diagonal cutting pliers; diagonal pliers; diagonal cutters; wire...

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• eager6adj. Desirous; keen to do or obtain something.
• eagle6n. Any of several large carnivorous and carrion-eating birds in the family...
• eared6adj. Having ears (of a specified type).
• early8adj. At a time in advance of the usual or expected event.
• earth8n. Soil.
• eased6adj. Made easier, more relaxed, or less stressed.
• easel5n. An upright frame, typically on three legs, for displaying or supporting...
• easer5n. A person or thing that eases or relieves.
• eaten5adj. Having been consumed by eating.
• eater5n. A person or animal who eats.
• eaves8n. The underside of a roof that extends beyond the external walls of a...
• ebbed10adj. Having receded, or reduced in amount, intensity, or importance...
• ebene7n. A psychoactive material, variously described as obtained from plants of...
• ebony10n. A hard, dense, deep black wood from various subtropical and tropical...
• ecchi12adj. Of animation, erotic, lascivious, lewd, naughty, sexy, suggestive.
• edema8n. An excessive accumulation of serum in tissue spaces or a body cavity.
• edged8adj. That has a sharp planar surface.
• edger7n. A tool that is used to trim the edges of a lawn.
• edges7n. The fine hairs at the edge of someone's (usually a black woman's)...
• edict8n. A proclamation of law or other authoritative command.
• edify12v. To instruct or improve morally or intellectually.
• educe8v. To infer or deduce (a result, theory etc.) from existing data or...
• eerie5adj. Inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way; strange...
• efter8n. A thief who frequents theaters.
• eggar7n. Any moth of the family Lasiocampidae.
• egged8adj. Containing or bearing eggs.
• egger7n. One who gathers eggs.
• egoic8adj. Of or relating to the ego.
• egret6n. Any of various wading birds of the genera Egretta or Ardea that...
• egusi6n. Melon seeds that are ground to make soup in West Africa.
• eider6n. Any of the species of Somateria spp. and Polysticta stelleri or of the...
• eidos6n. Form; essence; type; species.

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