6-letter words containing a, c, e
- ocreae — a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- octane — any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 1 8 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- octave — Music. a tone on the eighth degree from a given tone. the interval encompassed by such tones. the harmonic combination of such tones. a series of tones, or of keys of an instrument, extending through this interval.
- oneact — a short play consisting of one act.
- orache — any plant of the genus Atriplex, especially A. hortensis, of the amaranth family, cultivated for use like spinach.
- oracle — Oracle Corporation
- packed — transporting, or used in transporting, a pack or load: pack animals.
- packer — a group of things wrapped or tied together for easy handling or carrying; a bundle, especially one to be carried on the back of an animal or a person: a mule pack; a hiker's pack.
- packet — a small group or package of anything: a packet of letters.
- palace — the official residence of a king, queen, bishop, or other sovereign or exalted personage.
- parcae — an ancient Roman goddess of childbirth and destiny. Compare Parcae.
- parcel — an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.
- parsec — a unit of distance equal to that required to cause a heliocentric parallax of one second of an arc, equivalent to 206,265 times the distance from the earth to the sun, or 3.26 light-years.
- paunce — Obsolete form of pansy.
- peachy — resembling a peach, as in color or appearance.
- pebcak — (humour) (Or "PEBKAC", "PBCAK", "PBKAC") Tech support shorthand for "Problem (Exists) between Chair and Keyboard". An alternative is "PICNIC" - "Problem In Chair, Not In Computer". An acronym commonly used by helpdesk technicians to indicate that a problem is due to the user rather than the system. See also UBD.
- pebkac — PEBCAK
- pesach — Passover (def 1).
- phaeic — (of animals) having dusky coloration; less dark than melanic
- placed — a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- placer — a person who sets things in their place or arranges them.
- places — a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- placet — (especially in a church or university assembly) an expression or vote of dissent or disapproval.
- plaice — a European flatfish, Pleuronectes platessa, used for food.
- pleach — to interweave (branches, vines, etc.), as for a hedge or arbor.
- plicae — Zoology, Anatomy. a fold or folding.
- pomace — the pulpy residue from apples or similar fruit after crushing and pressing, as in cider making.
- prance — to spring from the hind legs; to move by springing, as a horse.
- preach — to proclaim or make known by sermon (the gospel, good tidings, etc.).
- preact — anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance: a heroic act.
- purace — an active volcano in SW Colombia. 15,603 feet (4756 meters).
- queach — a thicket
- raceme — a simple indeterminate inflorescence in which the flowers are borne on short pedicels lying along a common axis, as in the lily of the valley.
- racers — Plural form of racer.
- racest — (archaic) Archaic second-person singular form of race.
- rachel — Jacob's favorite wife, the mother of Joseph and Benjamin. Gen. 29–35.
- rachet — flashy, unrefined, etc.; low-class: ratchet girls wearing too much makeup.
- racier — slightly improper or indelicate; suggestive; risqué.
- racine — Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- racked — Also called cloud rack. a group of drifting clouds.
- racker — One who racks.
- racket — a light bat having a netting of catgut or nylon stretched in a more or less oval frame and used for striking the ball in tennis, the shuttlecock in badminton, etc.
- rackle — headstrong; rash.
- raetic — an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- rancel — to search or rummage; ransack
- raucle — bold, rash
- re-act — to act or perform again.
- reachs — to get to or get as far as in moving, going, traveling, etc.: The boat reached the shore.
- reback — to provide (a book) with a new back, backing or lining
- recage — a boxlike enclosure having wires, bars, or the like, for confining and displaying birds or animals.