5-letter words that end in e
- basie — William, known as Count Basie. 1904–84, US jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer: associated particularly with the polished phrasing and style of big-band jazz
- basle — a canton of NW Switzerland, divided into the demicantons of Basle-Landschaft and Basle-Stadt. Pops.: 263 200 and 186 900 (2002 est). Areas: 427 sq km (165 sq miles) and 36 sq km (14 sq miles) respectively
- baste — If you baste meat, you pour hot fat and the juices from the meat itself over it while it is cooking.
- bathe — If you bathe in a sea, river, or lake, you swim, play, or wash yourself in it. Birds and animals can also bathe.
- baume — designating or of either of two hydrometer scales used to indicate specific gravity
- bayle — Pierre (pjɛr). 1647–1706, French philosopher and critic, noted for his Dictionnaire historique et critique (1697), which profoundly influenced Voltaire and the French Encyclopedists
- bayze — Obsolete form of baize.
- beale — Dorothea. 1831–1906, British schoolmistress, a champion of women's education and suffrage. As principal of Cheltenham Ladies' College (1858–1906) she introduced important reforms
- beave — (vulgar, slang) The pubic hair and/or vulva of a woman.
- beche — a grab for retrieving tools used in drilling a well.
- bedde — Obsolete spelling of bed.
- bedye — to dye
- beebe — (Charles) William1877-1962; U.S. naturalist, explorer, & writer
- beene — Obsolete spelling of been.
- beige — Something that is beige is pale brown in colour.
- belee — to position on the sheltered side
- belie — If one thing belies another, it hides the true situation and so creates a false idea or image of someone or something.
- belle — A belle is a beautiful woman, especially the most beautiful woman at a party or in a group.
- benne — sesame
- benue — a state of SE Nigeria. Capital: Makurdi. Pop: 4 219 244 (2006). Area: 34 059 sq km (13 150 sq miles)
- berle — Milton, 1908–2002, U.S. comedian.
- berme — Also, berme. Fortification. a horizontal surface between the exterior slope of a rampart and the moat.
- berne — a canton of Switzerland, between the French frontier and the Bernese Alps. Capital: Bern. Pop: 950 200 (2002 est). Area: 6884 sq km (2658 sq miles)
- besee — to see
- bethe — Hans Albrecht (hans ˈalbrɛçt). 1906–2005, US physicist, born in Germany; noted for his research on astrophysics and nuclear physics: Nobel prize for physics 1967
- bette — a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- bevue — a careless error
- beyle — Marie Henri [ma-ree ahn-ree] /maˈri ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA) real name of Stendhal.
- bhave — Vinoba [vee-noh-buh] /viˈnoʊ bə/ (Show IPA), 1895–1982, Indian religious leader and mystic.
- bible — The Bible is the holy book on which the Jewish and Christian religions are based.
- bikie — a member of a motorcycle gang
- bilge — The bilge or the bilges are the flat bottom part of a ship or boat.
- binge — If you go on a binge, you do too much of something, such as drinking alcohol, eating, or spending money.
- biome — a major ecological community, extending over a large area and usually characterized by a dominant vegetation
- birle — to pour (a drink) or ply with drink
- birne — boule1 (def 1).
- birse — a bristle
- bitte — you're welcome!
- bixie — /bik'see/ Variant emoticons used on Byte Information eXchange. The smiley bixie is <@[email protected]>, apparently intending to represent two cartoon eyes and a mouth. A few others have been reported.
- blade — The blade of a knife, axe, or saw is the edge, which is used for cutting.
- blake — Sir Peter. born 1932, British painter, a leading exponent of pop art in the 1960s: co-founder of the Brotherhood of Ruralists (1969)
- blame — If you blame a person or thing for something bad, you believe or say that they are responsible for it or that they caused it.
- blare — If something such as a siren or radio blares or if you blare it, it makes a loud, unpleasant noise.
- blase — If you describe someone as blasé, you mean that they are not easily impressed, excited, or worried by things, usually because they have seen or experienced them before.
- blate — exhibiting corpselike qualities, for example a pallid tone, insensibility, or lack of spirits
- blaze — When a fire blazes, it burns strongly and brightly.
- bleve — A BLEVE is an explosion caused by a liquid which is boiling and continuing to produce a flammable vapor.
- blite — any of a variety of plants in the family Chenopodiaceae, esp Amaranthus blitum
- bloke — A bloke is a man.
- blore — a strong blast of wind