6-letter words containing a, c, e
- cadets — Plural form of cadet.
- cadged — Simple past tense and past participle of cadge.
- cadger — a person who cadges
- cadres — Military. the key group of officers and enlisted personnel necessary to establish and train a new military unit.
- caecal — cecum.
- caecum — any structure or part that ends in a blind sac or pouch, esp the pouch that marks the beginning of the large intestine
- caelum — a small faint constellation in the S hemisphere close to Eridanus
- caeoma — an aecium in some rust fungi that has no surrounding membrane
- caesar — Gaius Julius (ˈɡaɪəs ˈdʒuːlɪəs). 100–44 bc, Roman general, statesman, and historian. He formed the first triumvirate with Pompey and Crassus (60), conquered Gaul (58–50), invaded Britain (55–54), mastered Italy (49), and defeated Pompey (46). As dictator of the Roman Empire (49–44) he destroyed the power of the corrupt Roman nobility. He also introduced the Julian calendar and planned further reforms, but fear of his sovereign power led to his assassination (44) by conspirators led by Marcus Brutus and Cassius Longinus
- caffer — Lb pejorative obsolete spelling of kaffir.
- cafone — an uncouth person; lowlife.
- cagers — Plural form of cager.
- cagier — cagey.
- cagney — James. 1899–1986, US film actor, esp in gangster roles; his films include The Public Enemy (1931), Angels with Dirty Faces (1938), The Roaring Twenties (1939), and Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) for which he won an Oscar
- cahier — a notebook
- caille — (in cookery) a quail
- caique — long narrow light rowing skiff used on the Bosporus
- cajole — If you cajole someone into doing something, you get them to do it after persuading them for some time.
- cakery — A cake shop.
- calced — wearing shoes
- calces — calx
- calder — Alexander. 1898–1976, US sculptor, who originated mobiles and stabiles (moving or static abstract sculptures, generally suspended from wire)
- calefy — to make or become warm
- calesa — a horse drawn buggy, once common in the Philippines but now mainly used as a tourist attraction
- calice — Obsolete form of chalice.
- calked — Simple past tense and past participle of calk.
- calker — a person who caulks the seams of boats or the like.
- called — having the name
- callee — a routine that is called by another routine
- caller — A caller is a person who is making a telephone call.
- calles — Plutarco Elías [ploo-tahr-kaw e-lee-ahs] /pluˈtɑr kɔ ɛˈli ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1877–1945, Mexican general and statesman: president of Mexico 1924–28.
- callet — a scold
- calmed — Simple past tense and past participle of calm.
- calmer — without rough motion; still or nearly still: a calm sea.
- calque — a borrowing by which a specialized meaning of a word or phrase in one language is transferred to another language by a literal translation of each of the individual elements (Ex.: masterpiece, from German meisterstück)
- calved — Simple past tense and past participle of calve.
- calver — to prepare (a fish) while it is still fresh
- calves — calf1
- camber — A camber is a gradual downward slope from the centre of a road to each side of it.
- cambre — Obsolete form of camber.
- camden — a borough of N Greater London. Pop: 210 700 (2003 est). Area: 21 sq km (8 sq miles)
- camels — Plural form of camel.
- cameos — Plural form of cameo.
- camera — A camera is a piece of equipment that is used for taking photographs, making films, or producing television pictures.
- camest — (archaic) second-person singular simple past of come.
- cameth — (hypercorrect, archaic) alternative third person singular past tense form of come.
- camise — a loose light shirt, smock, or tunic originally worn in the Middle Ages
- camlet — a tough waterproof cloth
- cammed — Simple past tense and past participle of cam.
- cammer — One who uses a webcam; a webcammer.