Uncountable Nouns Ending in E and Containing SE

Browse 795 valid English uncountable nouns ending in E and containing SE, from Use, Service, Cause, Course, Sense, Purpose and Defense to rarer terms. Check definitions and spelling below, or visit our noun grammar guide to check quantifier and measurement rules.

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Starts with A
24 words
abuse
absence
applause
assemblage
anise
adipose
amylase
anaphase
agarose
arsenide
anisette
annamese
antabuse
aromatase
amylose
autoreverse
andropause
anthracnose
acetylcholinesterase
arabinose
arsenate
arginase
arsenite
antisense
Starts with B
24 words
browse
boise
bolognese
balinese
bse
bernese
bearnaise
biodefense
bouillabaisse
bughouse
bureaucratese
bavaroise
buginese
boiserie
bordelaise
brunoise
boxercise
brose
betise
bagasse
birse
becasse
bise
bienseance
Starts with C
24 words
cause
course
chinese
consequence
chase
cheese
compromise
collapse
cease
converse
conserve
casserole
cheesecake
commonsense
cellulose
chartreuse
cyberdefense
caprese
cochise
carouse
cerise
courseware
catalase
counterpoise
Starts with D
24 words
defense
disease
decrease
discourse
disguise
demise
disservice
disuse
decease
dextrose
dehydrogenase
deoxyribose
dauphinoise
dancercise
dulse
diapause
deaminase
dacquoise
deadrise
dissemblance
diabase
diastase
dispraise
duchesse
Starts with E
24 words
exercise
ease
expense
enterprise
essence
expertise
ensemble
eclipse
excise
equipoise
esse
earthrise
endonuclease
elastase
erse
enolase
esterase
exonuclease
ecossaise
emprise
eserine
ensete
epimerase
exopeptidase
Starts with F
23 words
franchise
finesse
fructose
frankincense
fricassee
furosemide
freebase
framboise
frisee
fougasse
fucose
faeroese
federalese
ferromanganese
fumarase
furanose
froise
filoselle
fadaise
faintise
faineantise
filasse
feblesse
Starts with G
24 words
goose
grease
glucose
grouse
gorse
genoise
galactose
glucosidase
glucokinase
gyrase
glycosidase
governmentese
gourmandise
glucuronidase
galactosidase
gelsemine
gentilesse
glutaminase
granulose
geyserite
gummose
gelseminine
galliardise
guanase
Starts with H
23 words
hose
hollandaise
houseware
helicase
horsehide
hemicellulose
headcheese
hexose
hexokinase
hydroxylase
heartsease
hyaluronidase
heathenesse
hexosaminidase
houseline
heptose
histaminase
hotanese
humblesse
hexosephosphatase
hydrase
hydrocellulose
helminthosporiose
Starts with I
20 words
increase
impulse
intercourse
incense
insecticide
interphase
inconsequence
isethionate
invertase
inobservance
insentience
inexpertise
ivresse
idlesse
interesse
insectifuge
illapse
idocrase
insulinase
inulase
Starts with J
5 words
japanese
jazzercise
journalese
japonaiserie
josephinite
Starts with K
5 words
kerosene
khotanese
kerseymere
keratose
kieserite
Starts with L
21 words
license
lowercase
lebanese
lacrosse
lactose
largesse
lactase
legalese
lipase
ligase
luciferase
loosestrife
lactulose
lysergide
laccase
lhotse
levulose
lignocellulose
lobscouse
lignose
lecithinase
Starts with M
24 words
merchandise
misuse
menopause
mayonnaise
mousse
malaise
maltese
morse
manganese
moonrise
milanese
moselle
meuse
maltose
metaphase
midcourse
marshallese
mise
mesenchyme
macanese
mousseline
myanmarese
missense
matelasse
Starts with N
23 words
noise
nonsense
nepalese
nitrocellulose
nonresponse
noblesse
nuclease
nonuse
neuraminidase
neuse
nonobservance
nitrogenase
noisette
nutsedge
nesselrode
nonintercourse
nucleotidase
niaiserie
novelese
nimblesse
noselite
nitroglucose
novarsenobenzene
Starts with O
19 words
offense
observance
overuse
omakase
omnipresence
oise
ouse
oxidase
outercourse
overexercise
osmose
overpraise
officialese
oxygenase
overservice
orthoclase
oligoclase
oose
overpoise
Starts with P
24 words
purpose
presence
promise
purchase
pause
praise
pulse
paradise
portuguese
prose
perseverance
poise
pretense
paraphrase
pseudoscience
pantyhose
primrose
patisserie
phosphatase
protease
pseudoephedrine
prerelease
perimenopause
polymerase
Starts with Q
1 words
quintessence
Starts with R
24 words
response
release
refuse
reserve
reverse
reuse
rinse
remorse
resemblance
relapse
recourse
recompense
repose
repurchase
roughhouse
ribose
reductase
roselle
recombinase
repousse
ribonuclease
reserpine
richesse
replicase
Starts with S
24 words
service
sense
sentence
surprise
sequence
seattle
seizure
sunrise
suspense
sewage
severance
semblance
sesame
seaside
servitude
surmise
seville
siamese
serpentine
sewerage
sertraline
semaphore
sucrose
seepage
Starts with T
24 words
tennessee
tense
taiwanese
turquoise
telomerase
telepresence
telophase
topoisomerase
tristesse
tropopause
transcriptase
trehalose
tendresse
transaminase
tyrosinase
triose
transketolase
touse
thiaminase
telegraphese
thrombokinase
tracasserie
trinitrocellulose
trichinose
Starts with U
14 words
use
unease
uppercase
underuse
urease
urokinase
unreserve
unobservance
uricase
underpraise
unpraise
undersense
unessence
upsee
Starts with V
12 words
verse
vietnamese
vaseline
viscose
vichyssoise
vitesse
vocalese
vraisemblance
vinasse
vivisepulture
vercellese
vainesse
Starts with W
2 words
wise
wuhanese
Starts with X
2 words
xylose
xerosere
Starts with Z
3 words
zairese
zymase
zwieselite

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