6-letter words containing ae
- mammae — Informal. mother1 .
- mccrae — John, 1872–1918, Canadian physician, soldier, and poet.
- mediae — a plural of medium.
- mensae — Irregular plural form of mensa.
- minyae — descended from Minyas.
- moraea — any of various plants belonging to the genera Moraea and Dietes, of the iris family, native to tropical Africa.
- naevus — (anatomy) A pigmented, raised or otherwise abnormal area on the skin. Naevi may be congenital or acquired. This term is reserved for benign skin lesions.
- nicaea — an ancient city in NW Asia Minor: Nicene Creed formulated here a.d.
- nuchae — nape.
- ocreae — a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- ozaena — the chronic inflammation of the nasal mucous membrane
- paedo- — indicating a child or children
- paella — a Spanish dish prepared by simmering together chicken, seafood, rice, vegetables, and saffron and other seasonings.
- parcae — an ancient Roman goddess of childbirth and destiny. Compare Parcae.
- peraea — a region in ancient Palestine, E of the Jordan and the Dead Sea.
- phaedo — a philosophical dialogue (4th century b.c.) by Plato, purporting to describe the death of Socrates, dealing with the immortality of the soul, and setting forth the theory of Ideas.
- phaeic — (of animals) having dusky coloration; less dark than melanic
- pherae — (in ancient geography) a town in SE Thessaly: the home of Admetus and Alcestis.
- philae — an island in the Nile, in Upper Egypt: the site of ancient temples; now submerged by the waters of Lake Nasser.
- pinnae — Botany. one of the primary divisions of a pinnate leaf.
- plicae — Zoology, Anatomy. a fold or folding.
- quaere — a query or question.
- raetia — Rhaetia
- raetic — an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- raphae — Anatomy. a seamlike union between two parts or halves of an organ or the like.
- reggae — a style of Jamaican popular music blending blues, calypso, and rock-'n'-roll, characterized by a strong syncopated rhythm and lyrics of social protest.
- rhagae — an ancient city of Media, on the site of present-day Tehran, Iran.
- saeter — an upland pasture or meadow
- spinae — a spine or spinelike projection.
- stelae — stele (defs 1–3).
- striae — a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement: striae of muscle fiber.
- sundae — ice cream served with syrup poured over it, and often other toppings, as whipped cream, chopped nuts, or fruit.
- tae bo — a form of exercise based on martial arts movements
- taejon — a city in W South Korea.
- taenia — Classical Antiquity. a headband or fillet.
- tibiae — Anatomy. the inner of the two bones of the leg, that extend from the knee to the ankle and articulate with the femur and the talus; shinbone.
- togaed — wearing a toga
- umbrae — shade; shadow.
- unciae — a bronze coin of ancient Rome, the 12th part of an as.
- uraeus — the sacred asp as represented upon the headdress of divinities and royal personages of ancient Egypt, usually directly over the forehead, as an emblem of supreme power.
- visaed — an endorsement issued by an authorized representative of a country and marked in a passport, permitting the passport holder to enter, travel through, or reside in that country for a specified amount of time, for the purpose of tourism, education, employment, etc.
- vitaes — curriculum vitae (def 1).
- vittae — Botany. a tube or receptacle for oil, occurring in the fruits of most plants of the parsley family.
- vulvae — the external female genitalia.