10-letter words ending with SE
Dive into the specific realm of 10-letter words that conclude with the letter SE. This focused section reveals the fascinating ways in which words of this particular length, ending with SE, contribute to the richness of the English language. Whether it's for expanding your vocabulary, solving puzzles, or simply for the love of words, discover how these terms uniquely blend length and ending sound.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| compromise | 18 | a middle way between two extremes | - |
| enterprise | 12 | readiness to embark on bold new ventures | - |
| greenhouse | 14 | a building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions | - |
| courthouse | 15 | a building that houses judicial courts | - |
| lighthouse | 17 | a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships | - |
| apocalypse | 19 | the last book of the New Testament; contains visionary descriptions of heaven and of conflicts between good and evil and of the end of the world; attributed to Saint John the Apostle | - |
| mayonnaise | 15 | egg yolks and oil and vinegar | - |
| whorehouse | 19 | a building where prostitutes are available | - |
| striptease | 12 | a performer who provides erotic entertainment by undressing to music | - |
| guesthouse | 14 | a house separate from the main house; for housing guests | - |
| powerhouse | 18 | a highly energetic and indefatigable person | - |
| steakhouse | 17 | a restaurant that specializes in steaks | - |
| storehouse | 13 | a depository for goods | storehouses were built close to the docks |
| pillowcase | 17 | bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow | the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase |
| specialise | 14 | evolve so as to lead to a new species or develop in a way most suited to the environment | - |
| sympathise | 20 | to feel or express sympathy or compassion | - |
| circumcise | 18 | cut the foreskin off male babies or teenage boys | During the bris, the baby boy is circumcised |
| recompense | 16 | the act of compensating for service or loss or injury | - |
| lachrymose | 20 | showing sorrow | - |
| neutralise | 10 | make chemically neutral | - |
| roundhouse | 14 | a hook delivered with an exaggerated swing | - |
| hypotenuse | 18 | the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle | - |
| racecourse | 14 | a course over which races are run | - |
| chartreuse | 15 | a shade of green tinged with yellow | - |
| blockhouse | 21 | a stronghold that is reinforced for protection from enemy fire; with apertures for defensive fire | - |
| jeopardise | 20 | pose a threat to; present a danger to | - |
| smokehouse | 19 | a small house where smoke is used to cure meat or fish | - |
| transverse | 13 | extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to the long axis | from the transverse hall the stairway ascends gracefully |
| guardhouse | 15 | a military facility that serves as the headquarters for military police and in which military prisoners can be detained | - |
| wheelhouse | 19 | an enclosed compartment from which a vessel can be navigated | - |
| paraphrase | 17 | express the same message in different words | - |
| bottlenose | 12 | any of several dolphins with rounded forehead and well-developed beak; chiefly of northern Atlantic and Mediterranean | - |
| lengthwise | 17 | in the direction of the length | He cut the paper lengthwise |
| headcheese | 19 | sausage or jellied loaf made of chopped parts of the head meat and sometimes feet and tongue of a calf or pig | - |
| bourgeoise | 13 | - | - |
| antagonise | 11 | provoke the hostility of | - |
| pressurise | 12 | increase the pressure in or of | - |
| streetwise | 13 | having the shrewd resourcefulness needed to survive in an urban environment | - |
| legitimise | 13 | make legal | - |
| prioritise | 12 | assign a priority to | - |
| synthesise | 16 | combine so as to form a more complex, product | - |
| monopolise | 14 | have and control fully and exclusively | - |
| fraternise | 13 | be on friendly terms with someone, as if with a brother, especially with an enemy | - |
| reorganise | 11 | organize anew | - |
| statehouse | 13 | a government building in which a state legislature meets | - |
| categorise | 13 | place into or assign to a category | - |
| hobbyhorse | 23 | a child's plaything consisting of an imitation horse mounted on rockers; the child straddles it and pretends to ride | - |
| immobilise | 16 | to hold fast or prevent from moving | - |
| glasshouse | 14 | a building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions | - |
| scrutinise | 12 | examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification | - |
| roughhouse | 17 | engage in rough or disorderly play | - |
| overpraise | 15 | praise excessively | - |
| overexpose | 22 | expose excessively | As a child, I was overexposed to French movies |
| capitalise | 14 | supply with capital, as of a business by using a combination of capital used by investors and debt capital provided by lenders | - |
| trivialise | 13 | make trivial or insignificant | - |
| traumatise | 12 | inflict a trauma upon | - |
| popularise | 14 | cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use | - |
| presuppose | 16 | take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand | I presuppose that you have done your work |
| predispose | 15 | make susceptible | This illness predisposes you to gain weight |
| metabolise | 14 | produce by metabolism | - |
| heparinise | 15 | - | - |
| biodefense | 16 | procedures involved in taking defensive measures against attacks using biological agents | - |
| floathouse | 16 | - | - |
| sangiovese | 14 | - | - |
| spatialise | 12 | - | - |
| biodiverse | 16 | - | - |
| grapelouse | 13 | - | - |
| dethronise | 14 | - | - |
| caespitose | 14 | (of plants) growing in small dense clumps or tufts | - |
| catabolise | 14 | subject to catabolism | - |
| catalogise | 13 | - | - |
| caramelise | 14 | be converted into caramel | - |
| channelise | 15 | cause to form a channel | - |
| chauffeuse | 21 | a woman chauffeur | - |
| chaptalise | 17 | - | - |
| charthouse | 18 | - | - |
| cellobiose | 14 | - | - |
| centipoise | 14 | - | - |
| centralise | 12 | make central | - |
| chloridise | 16 | - | - |
| chlorinise | 15 | - | - |
| chloralose | 15 | - | - |
| cinematise | 14 | make a film of or adopt so as to make into a film | - |
| cinchonise | 17 | - | - |
| chersonese | 15 | - | - |
| citizenise | 21 | - | - |
| circumfuse | 19 | spread something around something | - |
| circumpose | 18 | - | - |
| classicise | 14 | make classic or classical | - |
| colloquise | 21 | - | - |
| concretise | 14 | become specific | - |
| concertise | 14 | give concerts; perform in concerts | - |
| cornerwise | 15 | - | - |
| cordialise | 13 | - | - |
| creepmouse | 16 | - | - |
| cuckoldise | 19 | - | - |
| crystalise | 15 | make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear | - |
| decimalise | 15 | change to the decimal system | - |
| decivilise | 16 | - | - |
| decolonise | 13 | grant independence to (a former colony) | - |
| decolorise | 13 | remove color from | - |
| dampcourse | 17 | - | - |
| demoralise | 13 | corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality | - |
| demonetise | 13 | deprive of value for payment | - |
| denaturise | 11 | - | - |
| demobilise | 15 | release from military service or remove from the active list of military service | - |
| depolarise | 13 | eliminate the polarization of | - |
| defeminise | 16 | remove the ovaries of (female mammals such as cats) | - |
| definitise | 14 | - | - |
| delocalise | 13 | - | - |
| dehumanise | 16 | deprive of human qualities | - |
| bowdlerise | 16 | edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate | - |
| bonnilasse | 12 | - | - |
| bolshevise | 18 | make Communist or bring in accord with Communist principles | - |
| burglarise | 13 | commit a burglary; enter and rob a dwelling | - |
| burnettise | 12 | - | - |
| bridlewise | 16 | - | - |
| autotomise | 12 | cause a body part to undergo autotomy | - |
| automatise | 12 | turn into an automaton | - |
| axiomatise | 19 | - | - |
| bastardise | 13 | change something so that its value declines; for example, art forms | - |
| apostolise | 12 | - | - |
| apostatise | 12 | abandon one's beliefs or allegiances | - |
| anthemwise | 18 | - | - |
| asepticise | 14 | - | - |
| beltcourse | 14 | - | - |
| bestialise | 12 | make brutal and depraved; give animal-like qualities to | - |
| bawdyhouse | 22 | a building where prostitutes are available | - |
| bituminise | 14 | treat with bitumen | - |
| bipolarise | 14 | - | - |
| alkalinise | 14 | become alkaline | - |
| allegorise | 11 | make into an allegory | - |
| aggrandise | 13 | add details to | - |
| albumenise | 14 | - | - |
| albuminise | 14 | - | - |
| alcoholise | 15 | make alcoholic, as by fermenting | - |
| aldohexose | 21 | a monosaccharide sugar having six carbon atoms and an aldehyde group | - |
| andropause | 13 | - | - |
| anastomose | 12 | cause to join or open into each other by anastomosis | anastomose blood vessels |
| anabaptise | 14 | - | - |
| absolutise | 12 | - | - |
| adulterise | 11 | - | - |
| aerosolise | 10 | disperse as an aerosol | - |
| aerobicise | 14 | - | - |
| hansardise | 14 | - | - |
| grindhouse | 15 | - | - |
| heliopause | 15 | the boundary marking the edge of the sun's influence; the boundary (roughly 100 AU from the sun) between the interplanetary medium and the interstellar medium; where the solar wind from the sun and the radiation from other stars meet | - |
| heartsease | 13 | common Old World viola with creamy often violet-tinged flowers | - |
| heathenise | 16 | - | - |
| harquebuse | 24 | - | - |
| holophrase | 18 | - | - |
| hexokinase | 24 | - | - |
| homologise | 16 | make homologous | - |
| homogenise | 16 | become homogeneous or similar, as by mixing | - |
| idolatrise | 11 | - | - |
| illegalise | 11 | declare illegal; outlaw | - |
| ideologise | 12 | - | - |
| immiserise | 14 | - | - |
| hypertense | 18 | - | - |
| hypnoidise | 19 | - | - |
| indigenise | 12 | - | - |
| imparadise | 15 | - | - |
| initialise | 10 | assign an initial value to a computer program | - |
| infamonise | 15 | - | - |
| interphase | 15 | - | - |
| insulinase | 10 | - | - |
| italianise | 10 | - | - |
| journalese | 17 | the style in which newspapers are written | - |
| journalise | 17 | - | - |
| keratinise | 14 | convert into keratin | - |
| lateralise | 10 | - | - |
| lanuginose | 11 | - | - |
| laminarise | 12 | - | - |
| literalise | 10 | make literal | - |
| lobotomise | 14 | - | - |
| lithophyse | 21 | - | - |
| lexicalise | 19 | make or coin into a word or accept a new word into the lexicon of a language | - |
| lethargise | 14 | - | - |
| liberalise | 12 | become more liberal | - |
| glamourise | 13 | make glamorous and attractive | - |
| gluttonise | 11 | eat a lot and without restraint | - |
| genteelise | 11 | - | - |
| gentilesse | 11 | - | - |
| gelatinise | 11 | convert into gelatinous form or jelly | - |
| generalise | 11 | speak or write in generalities | - |
| geometrise | 13 | - | - |
| graphitise | 16 | - | - |
| grangerise | 12 | - | - |
| greisenise | 11 | - | - |
| grecianise | 13 | - | - |
| goliathise | 14 | - | - |
| gospellise | 13 | - | - |
| gormandise | 14 | overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself | - |
| trichinise | 15 | - | - |
| trichinose | 15 | - | - |
| tricoteuse | 12 | - | - |
| telomerase | 12 | an enzyme in eukaryotic cells that can add telomeres to the ends of chromosomes after they divide | - |
| telecourse | 12 | - | - |
| technicise | 17 | - | - |
| thwartwise | 19 | extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to the long axis | - |
| thermalise | 15 | - | - |
| thiaminase | 15 | - | - |
| theologise | 14 | make theoretical speculations about theology or discuss theological subjects | - |
| unhumanise | 15 | - | - |
| unparadise | 13 | - | - |
| utopianise | 12 | - | - |
| vesiculose | 15 | - | - |
| vicomtesse | 17 | - | - |
| ventricose | 15 | having a swelling on one side | the ventricose gullet of an insect |
| warrantise | 13 | - | - |
| vitaminise | 15 | add vitamins as a supplement | - |
| vitriolise | 13 | - | - |
| virtualise | 13 | - | - |
| volatilise | 13 | make volatile; cause to pass off in a vapor | - |
| weatherise | 16 | - | - |
| weeldlesse | 14 | - | - |
| westernise | 13 | make western in character | - |
| wheelhorse | 19 | - | - |
| tyrosinase | 13 | - | - |
| ultradense | 11 | - | - |
| tropopause | 14 | the region of discontinuity between the troposphere and the stratosphere | - |
| underprise | 13 | - | - |
| undersense | 11 | - | - |
| underlease | 11 | - | - |
| uncanonise | 12 | - | - |
| woodgrouse | 15 | - | - |
| photophase | 20 | - | - |
| peroxidase | 20 | any of a group of enzymes (occurring especially in plant cells) that catalyze the oxidation of a compound by a peroxide | - |
| peroxidise | 20 | - | - |
| petroleuse | 12 | - | - |
| plasticise | 14 | make plastic, as by the addition of a plasticizer | - |
| plasmolyse | 17 | - | - |
| plagiarise | 13 | take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property | - |
| pilothouse | 15 | an enclosed compartment from which a vessel can be navigated | - |
| pilgrimise | 15 | - | - |
| polemicise | 16 | engage in a controversy | - |
| politicise | 14 | give a political character to | - |
| polymerise | 17 | undergo polymerization | - |
| polymerase | 17 | an enzyme that catalyzes the formation of new DNA and RNA from an existing strand of DNA or RNA | - |
| polygamise | 18 | - | - |
| ploughwise | 19 | - | - |
| pragmatise | 15 | - | - |
| prerelease | 12 | - | - |
| presurmise | 14 | - | - |
| predecease | 15 | die before; die earlier than | She predeceased her husband |
| precognise | 15 | - | - |
| precompose | 18 | - | - |
| prologuise | 13 | - | - |
| profitwise | 18 | - | - |
| proctorise | 14 | - | - |
| puritanise | 12 | - | - |
| proteolyse | 15 | - | - |
| proteinase | 12 | any enzyme that catalyzes the splitting of proteins into smaller peptide fractions and amino acids by a process known as proteolysis | - |
| psalmodise | 15 | - | - |
| raconteuse | 12 | - | - |
| radiculose | 13 | - | - |
| radicalise | 13 | - | - |
| recanalise | 12 | - | - |
| recolonise | 12 | - | - |
| randomwise | 16 | - | - |
| reappraise | 14 | appraise anew | Homes in our town are reappraised every five years and taxes are increased accordingly |
| reenergise | 11 | - | - |
| regularise | 11 | make regular or more regular | - |
| recondense | 13 | - | - |
| redisburse | 13 | - | - |
| remonetise | 12 | - | - |
| remoralise | 12 | - | - |
| remobilise | 14 | - | - |
| repolarise | 12 | - | - |
| rehumanise | 15 | - | - |
| reincrease | 12 | - | - |
| religieuse | 11 | - | - |
| rejuvenise | 20 | - | - |
| relativise | 13 | consider or treat as relative | - |
| repurchase | 17 | buy what had previously been sold, lost, or given away | - |
| pasteurise | 12 | heat food in order to kill harmful microorganisms | - |
| partialise | 12 | - | - |
| patrialise | 12 | - | - |
| paralogise | 13 | - | - |
| parasitise | 12 | - | - |
| parcelwise | 17 | - | - |
| periphrase | 17 | - | - |
| penelopise | 14 | - | - |
| schematise | 17 | give conventional form to | some art forms schematise designs into geometrical patterns |
| scandalise | 13 | strike with disgust or revulsion | - |
| sarmentose | 12 | - | - |
| sandgrouse | 12 | pigeon-like bird of arid regions of the Old World having long pointed wings and tail and precocial downy young | - |
| secularise | 12 | make secular and draw away from a religious orientation | - |
| sectionise | 12 | - | - |
| securitise | 12 | - | - |
| seemelesse | 12 | - | - |
| sclerotise | 12 | - | - |
| scrollwise | 15 | - | - |
| sherardise | 14 | - | - |
| sensualise | 10 | debase through carnal gratification | - |
| serpentise | 12 | - | - |
| siliculose | 12 | - | - |
| shovelnose | 16 | - | - |
| shrewmouse | 18 | small mouselike mammal with a long snout; related to moles | - |
| slenderise | 11 | make slender or appear to be slender | - |
| spaniolise | 12 | - | - |
| solubilise | 12 | - | - |
| springhase | 16 | - | - |
| squamulose | 21 | covered with tiny scales | - |
| squarewise | 22 | - | - |
| stockhorse | 19 | - | - |
| stillhouse | 13 | - | - |
| stigmatise | 13 | mark with a stigma or stigmata | - |
| stigmatose | 13 | - | - |
| stolenwise | 13 | - | - |
| stonehorse | 13 | - | - |
| strategise | 11 | - | - |
| sulphatase | 15 | - | - |
| sulphurise | 15 | - | - |
| sugarhouse | 14 | - | - |
| sublicense | 14 | - | - |
| subglobose | 15 | - | - |
| superdense | 13 | - | - |
| supernurse | 12 | - | - |
| tabularise | 12 | arrange or enter in tabular form | - |
| synonymise | 18 | - | - |
| synthetase | 16 | - | - |
| synthetise | 16 | - | - |
| tandemwise | 16 | - | - |
| syncretise | 15 | become fused | - |
| symmetrise | 17 | make symmetric | - |
| revitalise | 13 | give new life or vigor to | - |
| retroverse | 13 | - | - |
| revalorise | 13 | - | - |
| rheumatise | 15 | - | - |
| rhapsodise | 16 | say (something) with great enthusiasm | - |
| saccharase | 17 | an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of sucrose into glucose and fructose | - |
| saccharise | 17 | - | - |
| saccharose | 17 | a complex carbohydrate found in many plants and used as a sweetening agent | - |
| rontgenise | 11 | - | - |
| rubiginose | 13 | - | - |
| medicalise | 15 | - | - |
| militarise | 12 | adopt for military use | - |
| minicourse | 14 | - | - |
| mineralise | 12 | - | - |
| metaphrase | 17 | - | - |
| missionise | 12 | - | - |
| mirrorwise | 15 | - | - |
| monotonise | 12 | - | - |
| monarchise | 17 | - | - |
| moisturise | 12 | make (more) humid | - |
| monologise | 13 | - | - |
| mongrelise | 13 | cause to become a mongrel | - |
| mutagenise | 13 | - | - |
| musicalise | 14 | - | - |
| mylonitise | 15 | - | - |
| multiphase | 17 | of an electrical system that uses or generates two or more alternating voltages of the same frequency but differing in phase angle | - |
| multisense | 12 | - | - |
| multiverse | 15 | - | - |
| niggardise | 13 | - | - |
| naturalise | 10 | adopt to another place | - |
| nathelesse | 13 | - | - |
| nondefense | 14 | - | - |
| nominalise | 12 | - | - |
| oligoclase | 13 | any of a series of triclinic feldspars that form rocks | - |
| oedematose | 13 | - | - |
| nuclearise | 12 | - | - |
| orthoclase | 15 | a white or colored monoclinic feldspar | - |
| optimalise | 14 | - | - |
| outpromise | 14 | - | - |
| overbrowse | 18 | - | - |
| overblouse | 15 | - | - |
| panegyrise | 16 | - | - |
| parabolise | 14 | - | - |
| palatalise | 12 | pronounce a consonant with the tongue against the palate | - |
| lysogenise | 14 | - | - |
| macadamise | 17 | surface with macadam | - |
| lyophilise | 18 | to dry (blood, serum, or tissue) by freezing in a high vacuum | - |
| luciferase | 15 | - | - |
| matellasse | 12 | - | - |
| disespouse | 13 | - | - |
| disenclose | 13 | - | - |
| disinclose | 13 | - | - |
| dolomitise | 13 | - | - |
| earlierise | 10 | - | - |
| effeminise | 18 | to give a (more) feminine, effeminate, or womanly quality or appearance to | - |
| emparadise | 15 | - | - |
| elasticise | 12 | - | - |
| enigmatise | 13 | - | - |
| entremesse | 12 | - | - |
| enthronise | 13 | - | - |
| eternalise | 10 | make famous forever | - |
| epistolise | 12 | - | - |
| epithelise | 15 | - | - |
| epiloguise | 13 | - | - |
| episcopise | 16 | - | - |
| euhemerise | 15 | - | - |
| evangelise | 14 | preach the gospel (to) | - |
| fanaticise | 15 | - | - |
| fieldmouse | 16 | any nocturnal Old World mouse of the genus Apodemus inhabiting woods and fields and gardens | - |
| fibrillose | 15 | covered with fibrils more or less evenly disposed | - |
| fictionise | 15 | - | - |
| federalese | 14 | - | - |
| federalise | 14 | unite on a federal basis or band together as a league | - |
| fluoridise | 14 | subject to fluoridation; treat with fluoride | - |
| forecourse | 15 | - | - |
| fustianise | 13 | - | - |
| devalorise | 14 | - | - |
| devitalise | 14 | sap of life or energy | - |
| devocalise | 16 | - | - |
| diaphorase | 16 | - | - |
| dextranase | 18 | - | - |
| dexterwise | 21 | - | - |
| derivatise | 14 | - | - |
| desalinise | 11 | remove salt from | - |
| diplophase | 18 | - | - |
| discompose | 17 | cause to lose one's composure | - |
| digitalise | 12 | put into digital form, as for use in a computer | - |
