7-letter words containing a, c, l
- cutlass — A cutlass is a short sword that used to be used by sailors.
- cyclase — an enzyme that acts as a catalyst in the formation of a cyclic compound
- cymbals — Plural form of cymbal.
- cynical — If you describe someone as cynical, you mean they believe that people always act selfishly.
- cypsela — the dry one-seeded fruit of the daisy and related plants, which resembles an achene but is surrounded by a calyx sheath
- dactyli — an enlarged portion of the leg after the first joint in some insects, as the pollen-carrying segment in the hind leg of certain bees.
- dactyls — Plural form of dactyl.
- daglock — a dung-caked lock of wool around the hindquarters of a sheep
- dcalgol — Data Communications ALGOL. A superset of Burroughs Extended ALGOL used for writing Message Control Systems.
- debacle — A debacle is an event or attempt that is a complete failure.
- decadal — of or relating to a decade.
- decaled — a specially prepared paper bearing a picture or design for transfer to wood, metal, glass, etc.
- decanal — of or relating to a dean or deanery
- decanol — a colorless liquid, C 10 H 22 O, insoluble in water and soluble in alcohol: used as a plasticizer, detergent, and in perfumes and flavorings.
- decimal — A decimal is a fraction that is written in the form of a dot followed by one or more numbers which represent tenths, hundredths, and so on: for example .5, .51, .517.
- declaim — If you declaim, you speak dramatically, as if you were acting in a theatre.
- declare — If you declare that something is true, you say that it is true in a firm, deliberate way. You can also declare an attitude or intention.
- declass — to lower in social status or position; degrade
- decrial — the act of decrying; noisy censure.
- delicia — a female given name.
- deltaic — pertaining to or like a delta.
- descale — to remove the hard deposit formed by chemicals in water from (a kettle, pipe, etc)
- dewclaw — a nonfunctional claw in dogs; the rudimentary first digit
- dialect — A dialect is a form of a language that is spoken in a particular area.
- diconal — a brand of dipanone, an opiate drug with potent analgesic properties: used to relieve severe pain
- domical — domelike.
- dorlach — a quiver for arrows
- dracula — (italics) a novel (1897) by Bram Stoker.
- ducally — in the manner of or pertaining to a duke.
- dulcian — an organ-stop consisting of pipes made of reeds
- earlock — a lock of hair worn near or in front of the ear.
- ectypal — a reproduction; copy (opposed to prototype).
- edictal — Of, pertaining to, or derived from edicts.
- elastic — (of an object or material) able to resume its normal shape spontaneously after contraction, dilatation, or distortion.
- eleatic — denoting or relating to a school of philosophy founded in Elea in Greece in the 6th century bc by Xenophanes, Parmenides, and Zeno. It held that one pure immutable Being is the only object of knowledge and that information obtained by the senses is illusory
- electra — the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra. She persuaded her brother Orestes to avenge their father by killing his murderess Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus
- elegiac — (especially of a work of art) having a mournful quality.
- ellagic — (of an acid) derived from gallnuts
- emplace — To assign a position to something, or to locate something at a particular place.
- encinal — relating to species of encina
- enclasp — Hold tightly in one's arms.
- enclave — A portion of territory within or surrounded by a larger territory whose inhabitants are culturally or ethnically distinct.
- enlaced — Simple past tense and past participle of enlace.
- enlaces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enlace.
- epochal — Forming or characterizing an epoch; epoch-making.
- escalop — A scallop.
- escolar — A large, elongated predatory fish occurring in tropical and temperate oceans throughout the world.
- ethical — Of or relating to moral principles or the branch of knowledge dealing with these.
- euclase — a brittle green gem
- exactly — Without discrepancy (used to emphasize the accuracy of a figure or description).