7-letter words containing a, c, t
- cathole — one of a pair of holes in the after part of a ship through which hawsers are passed for steadying the ship or heaving astern
- cathood — the state of being a cat
- cations — Plural form of cation.
- catjang — a thickly-branched tropical shrub native to Africa
- catkins — Plural form of catkin.
- catlike — like a cat or cat's; noiseless, stealthy, etc.
- catling — a long double-edged surgical knife for amputations
- catmill — An apparatus with several beams protruding from a central rotating pole, used to train fighting dogs by having them chase a cat or other small animal in circles.
- catmint — a Eurasian plant, Nepeta cataria, having spikes of purple-spotted white flowers and scented leaves of which cats are fond: family Lamiaeae (labiates)
- catnaps — Plural form of catnap.
- catouse — New England. a noisy disturbance; commotion.
- catseye — a glass reflector set into a small fixture, placed at intervals along roads to indicate traffic lanes at night
- catskin — the skin or fur of a cat
- catspaw — a person used to serve the purposes of another; tool.
- catsuit — A catsuit is a piece of women's clothing that is made in one piece and fits tightly over the body and legs.
- cattabu — a cross between common cattle and a zebu
- cattail — any of a genus (Typha) of the cattail family with reedlike leaves and long, brown, fuzzy, cylindrical flower spikes; esp., either of two species (T. latifolia and T. angustifolia) whose long, flat leaves are used in making baskets and matting
- cattalo — a hardy breed of cattle developed by crossing the American bison with domestic cattle
- cattell — James McKeen [muh-keen] /məˈkin/ (Show IPA), 1860–1944, U.S. psychologist, educator, and editor.
- cattelo — A cross between domestic cattle and buffalo.
- cattery — A cattery is a place where you can leave your cat to be looked after when you go on holiday.
- cattier — Comparative form of catty.
- cattily — In a catty manner.
- catting — Present participle of cat.
- cattish — like a cat; feline
- catwalk — At a fashion show, the catwalk is a narrow platform that models walk along to display clothes.
- catworm — an active carnivorous polychaete worm, Nephthys hombergii, that is about 10cm (4in) long, having a pearly sheen to its body: often dug for bait
- caudate — having a tail or a tail-like appendage
- causate — (philosophy) The effect of a cause.
- causeth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cause.
- causist — a person who supports or defends a cause, especially a social cause.
- caustic — Caustic chemical substances are very powerful and can dissolve other substances.
- cautery — the coagulation of blood or destruction of body tissue by cauterizing
- caution — Caution is great care which you take in order to avoid possible danger.
- caveats — Plural form of caveat.
- cavetto — a concave moulding, shaped to a quarter circle in cross section
- cavorts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cavort.
- ceaseth — Archaic third-person singular form of cease.
- 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
- centage — the rate per hundred of something
- centare — centiare.
- centaur — In classical mythology, a centaur is a creature with the head, arms, and upper body of a man, and the body and legs of a horse.
- centavo — a monetary unit of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Cape Verde, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Honduras, Mexico, Mozambique, Nicaragua, and the Philippines. It is worth one hundredth of their respective standard units
- central — Something that is central is in the middle of a place or area.
- cepstra — cepstrum
- cerated — (of certain birds, such as the falcon) having a cere
- cerato- — denoting horn or a hornlike part
- certain — If you are certain about something, you firmly believe it is true and have no doubt about it. If you are not certain about something, you do not have definite knowledge about it.
- cessant — (obsolete) inactive; dormant.
- cetacea — An order of marine mammals that comprises the whales, dolphins, and porpoises. These have a streamlined hairless body, no hindlimbs, a horizontal tail fin, and a blowhole on top of the head for breathing.