6-letter words containing a, c, e
- advice — If you give someone advice, you tell them what you think they should do in a particular situation.
- aeacus — a king of Aegina who, after he dies, becomes one of the three judges of the dead in the lower world, with Minos and Rhadamanthus
- aecial — relating to or resembling an aecium
- aecium — a globular or cup-shaped structure in some rust fungi in which aeciospores are produced
- aeolic — of or relating to the Aeolians or their dialect
- aeonic — lasting for an aeon
- affect — If something affects a person or thing, it influences them or causes them to change in some way.
- afscme — American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees
- agency — An agency is a business which provides a service on behalf of other businesses.
- alcade — a mayor having judicial powers.
- alcove — An alcove is a small area of a room which is formed by one part of a wall being built further back than the rest of the wall.
- alecto — one of the three Furies; the others are Megaera and Tisiphone
- alerce — the wood of the sandarac tree
- alexic — relating to or of the neurological condition alexia
- allice — A fish, the allis shad (Alosa alosa). (from 17th c.).
- almuce — a fur-lined hood or cape formerly worn by members of certain religious orders, more recently by canons of France
- alsace — a region and former province of NE France, between the Vosges mountains and the Rhine: famous for its wines. Area: 8280 sq km (3196 sq miles)
- amebic — of, relating to, or resembling an ameba.
- amerce — to punish by a fine
- amorce — a percussion cap for a toy pistol
- anceps — (poetry, Greek and Latin meter) A syllable that can be either short or long.
- ancile — a shield that was said to have fallen from heaven, on whose preservation the fortune of Rome was thought to depend
- ancome — an inflammation or boil
- ancone — an altarpiece, usually consisting of a painted panel or panels, reliefs, or statues set in an elaborate frame.
- ancred — (heraldry) Alternative form of anchored.
- anemic — Pathology. suffering from anemia.
- anetic — soothing
- anlace — a medieval short dagger with a broad tapering blade
- annecy — a city and resort in E France, on Lake Annecy. Pop: 52 890 (2006)
- apache — a member of a North American Indian people, formerly nomadic and warlike, inhabiting the southwestern US and N Mexico
- apercu — outline
- apices — apex
- apiece — If people have a particular number of things apiece, they have that number each.
- apneic — a temporary suspension of breathing, occurring in some newborns (infant apnea) and in some adults during sleep (sleep apnea)
- arcade — An arcade is a covered passage where there are shops or market stalls.
- arcane — Something that is arcane is secret or mysterious.
- arched — An arched roof, window, or doorway is curved at the top.
- archer — An archer is someone who shoots arrows using a bow.
- arches — Obsolete. a person who is preeminent; a chief.
- archet — Lb musical instruments violin box.
- archie — Archibald Lee ("Archie") 1913–1998, U.S. boxer.
- arcked — a simple past tense and past participle of arc.
- arcnet — (networking) A network developed by DataPoint. ARCnet was proprietary until the late 1980s and had about as large a marketshare as Ethernet among small businesses. It was almost as fast and was considerably cheaper at the time.
- arcsec — 1⁄3600 of a degree of an angle
- areach — to reach
- arecas — Plural form of areca.
- arrect — (of animals' ears) pricked up
- ascend — If you ascend a hill or staircase, you go up it.
- ascent — An ascent is an upward journey, especially when you are walking or climbing.
- asemic — inability to comprehend or use communicative symbols, as words or gestures.