7-letter words containing c, a, e
- alcaide — the commander of a fortress or castle
- alcalde — (in Spain and Spanish America) the mayor or chief magistrate in a town
- alcayde — alcaide.
- alceste — an opera (1767) by Christoph Willibald Gluck.
- alchemy — Alchemy was a form of chemistry studied in the Middle Ages, which was concerned with trying to discover ways to change ordinary metals into gold.
- alcides — Hercules
- alcmene — the mother of Hercules by Zeus who visited her in the guise of her husband, Amphitryon
- alcoved — having or made as an alcove
- alcoves — Plural form of alcove.
- alcyone — the daughter of Aeolus and wife of Ceyx, who drowned herself in grief for her husband's death. She was transformed into a kingfisher
- alembic — an obsolete type of retort used for distillation
- alencon — a town in NW France: early lace-manufacturing centre. Pop: 28 935 (1999)
- alethic — of or relating to such philosophical concepts as truth, necessity, possibility, contingency, etc
- algesic — sensitivity to pain; hyperesthesia.
- algetic — pertaining to or causing pain; painful.
- allelic — any of several forms of a gene, usually arising through mutation, that are responsible for hereditary variation.
- almuces — Plural form of almuce.
- ambsace — double ace, the lowest throw at dice
- amerced — to punish by imposing a fine not fixed by statute.
- america — the American continent, including North, South, and Central America
- amesace — the lowest throw at dice, the double ace.
- amnesic — a person affected by amnesia.
- amoebic — of, relating to, or resembling an ameba.
- anaemic — Someone who is anaemic suffers from anaemia.
- ancaeus — a son of Poseidon who joined the Argonauts and became helmsman of the Argo.
- ancient — Ancient means very old, or having existed for a long time.
- ancress — a female anchorite
- anelace — a short sword having a double-edged blade tapering sharply to a point: worn by civilians from the 13th to the 16th centuries.
- anergic — Pathology. deficiency of energy.
- angelic — You can describe someone as angelic if they are, or seem to be, very good, kind, and gentle.
- anglice — in English
- anoetic — relating to anoesis
- anteact — A preceding act.
- anticke — antic
- apaches — a Parisian gangster, rowdy, or ruffian.
- apercus — a hasty glance; a glimpse.
- aphetic — pertaining to or due to aphesis.
- apnoeic — of or relating to apnoea
- apocope — omission of the final sound or sounds of a word
- apogeic — of or relating to an apogee
- aqcuire — Misspelling of acquire.
- arachne — a maiden changed into a spider for having presumptuously challenged Athena to a weaving contest
- arcaded — decorated with an arcade: an arcaded entryway.
- arcades — Plural form of arcade.
- arcella — a genus of freshwater, ameboid protozoa that secrete a hard, umbrellalike shell having a single opening through which the pseudopodia extend.
- archaea — an order of prokaryotic microorganisms
- archean — designating or of the geologic eon characterized by the development of the first igneous and metamorphic rocks and the first marine microorganisms; Precambrian, esp. early Precambrian
- archeo- — archaeo-
- archers — Plural form of archer.
- archery — Archery is a sport in which people shoot arrows at a target using a bow.