Abstract Nouns Ending in E and Containing SE

Browse 457 valid English abstract nouns ending in E and containing SE, from Use, See, Case, Service, Close, Cause and Course to rarer terms. Check definitions and spelling below, or visit our noun grammar guide to explore examples of abstract vs. concrete nouns.

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Starts with A
15 words
abuse
absence
applause
apocalypse
assemblage
archdiocese
anaphase
autoreverse
andropause
allegresse
assemblance
appulse
assertible
altesse
anniverse
Starts with B
14 words
base
baseline
browse
bruise
biodefense
bureaucratese
boxercise
betise
berceuse
buzzphrase
bromise
bissextile
bienseance
bondieuserie
Starts with C
24 words
case
close
cause
course
chinese
consequence
chase
compromise
collapse
curse
clause
cease
cleanse
converse
ceasefire
commonsense
codebase
catchphrase
chartreuse
cyberdefense
carouse
counterpoise
chinoiserie
counterresponse
Starts with D
24 words
defense
disease
decrease
discourse
devise
disguise
demise
disservice
disuse
decease
drowse
dancercise
diapause
deadrise
dissemblance
dispraise
disencumbrance
diplomatese
dissentience
disseverance
delapse
dikaryophase
desesperance
diplophase
Starts with E
24 words
exercise
excuse
ease
expense
enterprise
essence
expertise
ensemble
eclipse
excise
equipoise
esse
erse
emprise
educationese
eyeservice
endosmose
extense
eglomise
electroimpulse
episememe
esprise
exosmose
ensellure
Starts with F
8 words
franchise
finesse
firehose
federalese
fadaise
faintise
faineantise
feblesse
Starts with G
8 words
glimpse
guise
grouse
governmentese
gourmandise
gentilesse
glosseme
galliardise
Starts with H
8 words
hypotenuse
hobbyhorse
heartsease
headlease
heathenesse
holophrase
humblesse
halosere
Starts with I
16 words
increase
impulse
inverse
intercourse
impasse
interphase
inconsequence
inobservance
insentience
inexpertise
isodose
ivresse
idlesse
isobase
interesse
illapse
Starts with J
4 words
japanese
jazzercise
journalese
japonaiserie
Starts with L
8 words
license
lease
lapse
lowercase
lacrosse
largesse
legalese
laisse
Starts with M
24 words
misuse
muse
menopause
multiverse
malaise
metaverse
morse
moonrise
milanese
metaphase
midcourse
misestimate
mise
minicourse
missense
mentalese
misere
misparse
motherese
metaphrase
monopulse
mense
misobservance
mainprise
Starts with N
14 words
noise
nose
nonsense
noose
nosedive
nonresponse
noblesse
nonuse
nonobservance
nonintercourse
nonsentence
niaiserie
novelese
nimblesse
Starts with O
14 words
offense
overdose
observable
observance
overuse
obverse
omnipresence
outercourse
overexercise
osmose
overpraise
officialese
overservice
overpoise
Starts with P
24 words
purpose
presence
promise
purchase
phase
phrase
pause
praise
preserve
pose
pulse
paradise
portuguese
premise
prose
perseverance
possessive
poise
pretense
parse
paraphrase
passphrase
pseudoscience
patisserie
Starts with Q
1 words
quintessence
Starts with R
24 words
raise
rise
response
release
reserve
reverse
reuse
rinse
remorse
resemblance
relapse
recourse
rouse
recompense
repose
ruse
repurchase
reprise
repulse
rerelease
roughhouse
rebase
reraise
repousse
Starts with S
24 words
see
service
sense
sentence
surprise
sequence
seizure
sunrise
suspense
showcase
severance
semblance
servitude
segue
surmise
serenade
storehouse
sewerage
semaphore
sublease
seepage
setpiece
sentience
subservience
Starts with T
17 words
tense
tease
turquoise
traverse
transpose
transverse
traipse
telepresence
telophase
tristesse
telecourse
tendresse
touse
telegraphese
tracasserie
triseme
trenise
Starts with U
17 words
use
universe
username
unease
uppercase
unobservable
uprise
underuse
ukase
unreserve
underlease
unobservance
underpraise
unpraise
undersense
unessence
upsee
Starts with V
7 words
verse
vietnamese
vitesse
vocalese
vraisemblance
vivisepulture
vainesse
Starts with W
2 words
wise
wheelhouse
Starts with X
2 words
xerosere
xanthophose

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