6-letter words containing a, c, e
- claque — a group of people hired to applaud
- claret — Claret is a type of French red wine.
- clarke — Sir Arthur C(harles). 1917–2008, British science-fiction writer, who helped to develop the first communications satellites. He scripted the film 2001, A Space Odyssey (1968)
- claude — Albert. 1898–1983, US cell biologist, born in Belgium: shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine (1974) for work on microsomes and mitochondria
- clause — A clause is a section of a legal document.
- claver — to talk idly; gossip
- claves — one of a pair of wooden sticks or blocks that are held one in each hand and are struck together to accompany music and dancing.
- clavie — a tar-barrel traditionally set alight in Moray on Hogmanay
- clawed — having claws (sometimes used in combination): sharp-clawed.
- clayed — a natural earthy material that is plastic when wet, consisting essentially of hydrated silicates of aluminum: used for making bricks, pottery, etc.
- clayey — of, smeared with, or full of clay
- cleane — Obsolete spelling of clean.
- cleans — Plural form of clean.
- cleare — Obsolete spelling of clear.
- clears — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clear.
- cleary — Beverly, born 1916, U.S. author.
- cleats — Plural form of cleat.
- cleave — To cleave something means to split or divide it into two separate parts, often violently.
- cnidae — a nematocyst.
- coaled — Simple past tense and past participle of coal.
- coaler — a ship, train, etc, used to carry or supply coal
- coales — Obsolete spelling of coals.
- coarse — Coarse things have a rough texture because they consist of thick threads or large pieces.
- coated — covered with an outer layer, film, etc
- coatee — a short coat, esp for a baby
- coater — a machine that applies a coating to something
- coates — Joseph Gordon. 1878–1943, New Zealand statesman; prime minister of New Zealand (1925–28)
- coaxed — to attempt to influence by gentle persuasion, flattery, etc.; cajole: He coaxed her to sing, but she refused.
- coaxer — A person who coaxes.
- coaxes — to attempt to influence by gentle persuasion, flattery, etc.; cajole: He coaxed her to sing, but she refused.
- cobaea — any climbing shrub of the tropical American genus Cobaea, esp C. scandens, grown for its large trumpet-shaped purple or white flowers: family Polemoniaceae
- codeia — codeine
- coelia — Alternative form of cœlia.
- coeval — of or belonging to the same age or generation
- cohead — a fellow principal or leader
- colead — to lead together
- comake — to make together
- comate — having tufts of hair
- cornea — The cornea is the transparent skin covering the outside of your eye.
- correa — an Australian evergreen shrub of the genus Correa, with large showy tubular flowers
- cosmea — any of various tropical American plants of the genus Cosmos of the family Asteraceae, cultivated as garden plants for their brightly coloured flowers
- costae — a rib or riblike part.
- coteau — a hillside
- cowage — a tropical climbing leguminous plant, Stizolobium (or Mucuna) pruriens, whose bristly pods cause severe itching and stinging
- cowpea — a leguminous tropical climbing plant, Vigna sinensis, producing long pods containing edible pealike seeds: grown for animal fodder and sometimes as human food
- crabbe — George. 1754–1832, English narrative poet, noted for his depiction of impoverished rural life in The Village (1783) and The Borough (1810)
- cradle — A cradle is a baby's bed with high sides. Cradles often have curved bases so that they rock from side to side.
- craker — (obsolete) One who boasts; a braggart.
- crambe — any plant of the Crambe genus of the Brassicaceae family native to Europe, eastern Africa, and central and southern Asia
- crames — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crame.