7-letter words containing a, c, l
- cavally — Caranx hippos, a carangoid fish of the Atlantic coast.
- cavalry — The cavalry is the part of an army that uses armoured vehicles for fighting.
- caviled — Simple past tense and past participle of cavil.
- caviler — a person who cavils
- cc:mail — (tool, product) Commercial electronic mail software by Lotus Corporation for Microsoft Windows.
- cecally — through the caecum, the large bowel
- cecilia — Saint. died ?230 ad, Roman martyr; patron saint of music. Feast day: Nov 22
- cedilla — A cedilla is a symbol that is written under the letter 'c' in French, Portuguese, and some other languages to show that you pronounce it like a letter 's' rather than like a letter 'k'. It is written ç.
- celadon — a type of porcelain having a greyish-green glaze: mainly Chinese
- celaeno — one of the Pleiades
- celesta — a keyboard percussion instrument consisting of a set of steel plates of graduated length that are struck with key-operated hammers. The tone is an ethereal tinkling sound. Range: four octaves upwards from middle C
- celiacs — Plural form of celiac.
- cellang — See Cellular.
- cellars — Plural form of cellar.
- cellary — Characteristic of a cellar; musty, gloomy, etc.
- celosia — any of several species (genus Celosia) of the amaranth family, of annual garden plants with minute, brilliant red or yellow flowers in large clusters; cockscomb
- cembali — Irregular plural form of cembalo.
- cembalo — harpsichord
- cenacle — a supper room, esp one on an upper floor
- censual — an official enumeration of the population, with details as to age, sex, occupation, etc.
- central — Something that is central is in the middle of a place or area.
- cephal- — cephalo-
- cephala — the head, especially of an arthropod.
- ceramal — cermet
- cereals — Cereals are foods made from grain. They are mixed with milk and eaten for breakfast.
- cerrial — of or relating to the cerris tree
- chablis — a dry white burgundy wine made around Chablis, in central France
- chabrol — Claude (klod). 1930–2010, French film director, whose films, such as Le Beau Serge (1958), Les Biches (1968), Le Boucher (1969), Au coeur du mensonge (1999), and La Fleur du mal (2003) explore themes of jealousy, guilt, and murder
- chackle — to chatter; jabber.
- chaebol — a large, usually family-owned, business group in South Korea
- chaetal — of or relating to chaeta
- chagall — Marc (mark). 1887–1985, French painter and illustrator, born in Russia, noted for his richly coloured pictures of men, animals, and objects in fantastic combinations and often suspended in space: his work includes 12 stained glass windows for a synagogue in Jerusalem (1961) and the decorations for the ceiling of the Paris Opera House (1964)
- chalaza — one of a pair of spiral threads of albumen holding the yolk of a bird's egg in position
- chalcid — any tiny hymenopterous insect of the family Chalcididae and related families, whose larvae are parasites of other insects
- chalcis — a city on the island of Euboea in SE Greece, at the narrowest point of the Euripus strait: important since the 7th century bc, founding many colonies in ancient times. Pop (municipality): 55 264 (2001)
- chalco- — indicating copper or a copper alloy
- chaldea — an ancient region of Babylonia; the land lying between the Euphrates delta, the Persian Gulf, and the Arabian desert
- chaldee — a nontechnical term for Biblical Aramaic, which was once believed to be the language of the ancient Chaldeans
- chalets — Plural form of chalet.
- chalice — A chalice is a large gold or silver cup with a stem. Chalices are used to hold wine in the Christian service of Holy Communion.
- chalked — Simple past tense and past participle of chalk.
- challah — bread, usually in the form of a plaited loaf, traditionally eaten by Jews to celebrate the Sabbath
- challan — An official form or document, such as a receipt, invoice, or summons.
- challie — a soft fabric of plain weave in wool, cotton, rayon, or other staple fiber, either in a solid color or, more often, a small print.
- challis — a lightweight plain-weave fabric of wool, cotton, etc, usually with a printed design
- chalone — any internal secretion that inhibits a physiological process or function
- chalons — a city in NE France, on the River Marne: scene of Attila's defeat by the Romans (451 ad). Pop: 47 339 (1999)
- chalupa — a small narrow boat similar to a gondola, steered using either oars or a pole, used in the south of Mexico
- chalutz — a member of an organization of immigrants to Israeli agricultural settlements
- chambly — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada.