5-Letter Words Containing ES

an estimate based on little or no information

an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of division; the product of two numbers is computed

a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29)

cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of

a particular situation

a dense crowd of people

original and of a kind not seen before

verbal abuse; a crude substitute for argument

(New Testament) disciple of Jesus; brother of John; author of the Epistle of James in the New Testament

a visitor to whom hospitality is extended

render holy by means of religious rites

the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen

(used in the plural) a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance

alternative names for the body of a human being

United States golfer (1902-1971)

(theater) the space over the stage (out of view of the audience) used to store scenery (drop curtains)

income (at invoice values) received for goods and services over some given period of time

United States computer entrepreneur whose software company made him the youngest multi-billionaire in the history of the United States (born in 1955)

a pair of people who live together

strips of potato fried in deep fat

weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat

dirty and disorderly

United States painter of colorful and primitive rural scenes (1860-1961)

a state of depression

the act of searching for something

a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing

a local tax on property (usually used in the plural)

make an effort or attempt

an acronym for emissions of light and very low frequency perturbations due to electromagnetic pulse sources; extremely bright extremely short (less than a msec) electrical flashes forming a huge ring (up to 400 km diameter) in the ionosphere

extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use

United States electrical engineer and inventor (born in Croatia but of Serbian descent) who discovered the principles of alternating currents and developed the first alternating-current induction motor and the Tesla coil and several forms of oscillators (1856-1943)

venous swelling external or internal to the anal sphincter

adjust again after an initial failure

one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; during Roman times the region was known as Cambria

gases ejected from an engine as waste products

(religion) the world of the dead

lie at the top of

a percussion instrument similar to a xylophone but having metal bars and rotating disks in the resonators that produce a vibrato sound

a game resembling handball; played on a court with a front wall and two side walls

solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels

the lower part of the abdomen just above the external genital organs

excessively fat

an itchy skin eruption characterized by weals with pale interiors and well-defined red margins; usually the result of an allergic response to insect bites or food or drugs

(sociology) the conventions that embody the fundamental values of a group

any of a class of solid or semisolid viscous substances obtained either as exudations from certain plants or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules

causing irritation or annoyance

type genus of the Vespidae: various hornets and yellow jackets

a sauce typically served with pasta; contains crushed basil leaves and garlic and pine nuts and Parmesan cheese in olive oil

easily irritated or annoyed

(Greek mythology) the god of the underworld in ancient mythology; brother of Zeus and husband of Persephone

the overhang at the lower edge of a roof

organic compound formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol with elimination of water

decorate or cover lavishly (as with gems)

an informal expression for a mildly depressed state

a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair

a Persian prophet who founded Manichaeism (216-276)

(Roman mythology) goddess of the hearth and its fire whose flame was tended by vestal virgins; counterpart of Greek Hestia

obtain by seizing forcibly or violently, also metaphorically

money given by a buyer to a seller to bind a contract

marked by spirited enjoyment

any of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent taste

a small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate