Nouns Ending in SE and Containing NS

This list gathers 52 English nouns ending in SE and containing NS, such as Sense, Defense, Response, License, Offense, Expense and Tense. Use the sorting controls below to organize entries by length, or consult our noun grammar guide to review pluralization and capitalization rules.

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Starts with A3 words
antisense
aminotransferase
angiotensinase
Starts with B
1 words
biodefense
Starts with C6 words
cleanse
commonsense
cyberdefense
counterresponse
contredanse
cusimanse
Starts with D
2 words
defense
danseuse
Starts with E4 words
expense
expanse
extense
ense
Starts with F
1 words
frankincense
Starts with H
1 words
hanse
Starts with I
2 words
incense
insulinase
Starts with K
1 words
kusimanse
Starts with L
1 words
license
Starts with M3 words
manse
missense
mense
Starts with N
2 words
nonsense
nonresponse
Starts with O
2 words
offense
odense
Starts with P4 words
pretense
prerinse
photoresponse
protense
Starts with R3 words
response
rinse
recompense
Starts with S8 words
sense
suspense
sublicense
subsense
sonse
subtense
somatosense
spense
Starts with T7 words
tense
transpose
transverse
transcriptase
transferase
transaminase
transketolase
Starts with U
1 words
undersense

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