8-letter words that end in se
- encrease — Obsolete spelling of increase.
- energise — Alternative form of energize.
- enhearse — to put into a hearse, to bury
- equalise — (UK) Alternative form of equalize.
- esquisse — (art) The first sketch of a picture or model of a statue.
- esterase — (enzyme) Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of an ester.
- etherise — Alternative spelling of etherize.
- ethicise — Alt form ethicize.
- eulogise — To praise, celebrate or pay homage to someone, especially in an eloquent formal eulogy.
- exercise — training, homework
- exorcise — Drive out or attempt to drive out (an evil spirit ) from a person or place.
- extrorse — Turned outward.
- faeroese — a native or inhabitant of the Faeroe Islands.
- fair-use — reasonable and limited use of copyrighted material so as not to infringe upon copyright: The artist's biographer claimed fair use of quotes from unpublished personal letters.
- fan base — the fans of a celebrity, team, media franchise, etc., when considered collectively: The fan base was crushed when the team moved to a different city. The studio marketed the sequels heavily to the franchise’s established fan base.
- faradise — /far'*-di:z/ [US Geological Survey] To start any hyper-addictive process or trend, or to continue adding current to such a trend. Telling one user about a new octo-tetris game you compiled would be a faradising act - in two weeks you might find your entire department playing the faradic game.
- farceuse — a woman skilled in farce.
- farinose — yielding farina.
- feblesse — feebleness, poor health
- feminise — Alternative spelling of feminize.
- fesswise — (of a charge on a coat of arms) oriented horizontally
- finalise — to put into final form; complete all the details of.
- firebase — an artillery base, especially one set up quickly to support advancing troops or to forestall enemy advances.
- firehose — Alternative spelling of fire hose.
- flatwise — with the flat side, rather than the edge, foremost or in contact.
- floccose — Botany. consisting of or bearing woolly tufts or long soft hairs.
- fluidise — Alternative form of fluidize.
- forclose — Alternative form of foreclose.
- fougasse — a type of bread made with olive oil
- freebase — to purify (cocaine) by dissolving in ether, sodium hydroxide, etc., and filtering off the precipitate.
- frondose — bearing fronds.
- fructose — Chemistry, Pharmacology. a yellowish to white, crystalline, water-soluble, levorotatory ketose sugar, C 6 H 12 O 6 , sweeter than sucrose, occurring in invert sugar, honey, and a great many fruits: used in foodstuffs and in medicine chiefly in solution as an intravenous nutrient.
- fuculose — (carbohydrate) A deoxysugar related to tagatose.
- fumarase — an enzyme found in liver and muscle which acts as a catalyst in the inter-conversion of fumarate and malate
- funhouse — (in an amusement park) a building equipped with trick mirrors, shifting floors, and other devices designed to scare or amuse people as they walk through.
- furanose — (chemistry) any cyclic hemiacetal form of a monosaccharide having a five-membered ring (the tetrahydrofuran skeleton).
- gabonese — of or relating to Gabon or its inhabitants.
- gashouse — gasworks.
- gearcase — a protective casing for the gear mechanism of a vehicle or piece of machinery
- get wise — having the power of discerning and judging properly as to what is true or right; possessing discernment, judgment, or discretion.
- ginhouse — a building in which cotton is ginned
- goddesse — Archaic spelling of goddess.
- guianese — of or relating to the region of Guiana, its inhabitants, or their language.
- gunhouse — an armoured rotatable enclosure for guns on a warship
- guyanese — an independent republic on the NE coast of South America: a former British protectorate; gained independence 1966; member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 82,978 sq. mi. (214,913 sq. km). Capital: Georgetown.
- gynobase — an elevation of the receptacle of a flower, bearing the gynoecium.
- hardcase — a container that has a rigid structure
- hardnose — a person who is tough and uncompromising
- hawknose — a nose curved like the beak of a hawk.
- headcase — (informal) A mentally unbalanced, unpredictable person, especially one who displays aggressive behavior.