7-letter words containing a, c, l, e
- cheaply — costing very little; relatively low in price; inexpensive: a cheap dress.
- chelate — a coordination compound in which a metal atom or ion is bound to a ligand at two or more points on the ligand, so as to form a heterocyclic ring containing a metal atom
- chelsea — a residential district of SW London, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea: site of the Chelsea Royal Hospital for old and infirm soldiers (Chelsea Pensioners)
- chilean — of or relating to Chile or its inhabitants
- cholate — a cholic acid salt
- cholera — Cholera is a serious disease that often kills people. It is caused by drinking infected water or by eating infected food.
- chorale — A chorale is a piece of music sung as part of a church service.
- chuleta — a cutlet or chop.
- ciliate — possessing or relating to cilia
- cimelia — treasures
- citable — to quote (a passage, book, author, etc.), especially as an authority: He cited the Constitution in his defense.
- citadel — In the past, a citadel was a strong building in or near a city, where people could shelter for safety.
- clabber — curdled milk
- clacked — to make a quick, sharp sound, or a succession of such sounds, as by striking or cracking: The loom clacked busily under her expert hands.
- clacker — an object that makes a clacking sound
- clacket — Make a series of sharp sounds as a result of a hard object striking another.
- cladded — covered with cladding
- cladder — a person who clads (roofs or walls)
- cladode — a flattened stem resembling and functioning as a leaf, as in butcher's-broom
- claimed — to demand by or as by virtue of a right; demand as a right or as due: to claim an estate by inheritance.
- claimer — a person who makes a claim; claimant
- clamber — If you clamber somewhere, you climb there with difficulty, usually using your hands as well as your feet.
- clammed — any of various bivalve mollusks, especially certain edible species. Compare quahog, soft-shell clam.
- clammer — a person who gathers clams
- clamped — Simple past tense and past participle of clamp.
- clamper — a spiked metal frame fastened to the sole of a shoe to prevent slipping on ice
- clanged — Simple past tense and past participle of clang.
- clanger — You can refer to something stupid or embarrassing that someone does or says as a clanger.
- clanked — a sharp, hard, nonresonant sound, like that produced by two pieces of metal striking, one against the other: the clank of chains; the clank of an iron gate slamming shut.
- clanker — Something that makes a clanking noise.
- clapped — to strike the palms of (one's hands) against one another resoundingly, and usually repeatedly, especially to express approval: She clapped her hands in appreciation.
- clapper — a person or thing that claps
- claques — Plural form of claque.
- clarice — a feminine name
- clashed — Simple past tense and past participle of clash.
- clasher — to make a loud, harsh noise: The gears of the old car clashed and grated.
- clashes — Plural form of clash.
- clasped — a device, usually of metal, for fastening together two or more things or parts of the same thing: a clasp for paper money; a clasp on a necklace.
- clasper — a person or thing that clasps.
- classed — Simple past tense and past participle of class.
- classer — One who classes or classifies.
- classes — a number of persons or things regarded as forming a group by reason of common attributes, characteristics, qualities, or traits; kind; sort: a class of objects used in daily living.
- clatter — If you say that people or things clatter somewhere, you mean that they move there noisily.
- claudel — Paul (Louis Charles Marie) (pɔl). 1868–1955, French dramatist, poet, and diplomat, whose works testify to his commitment to the Roman Catholic faith. His plays include L'Annonce faite à Marie (1912) and Le Soulier de satin (1919–24)
- clauses — Grammar. a syntactic construction containing a subject and predicate and forming part of a sentence or constituting a whole simple sentence.
- clavate — shaped like a club with the thicker end uppermost
- clavers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of claver.
- clavier — any keyboard instrument
- cleaned — free from dirt; unsoiled; unstained: She bathed and put on a clean dress.
- cleaner — A cleaner is someone who is employed to clean the rooms and furniture inside a building.