7-letter words containing c, e, i, l
- oceloid — relating to or having a similarity to an ocelot
- oilcake — a cake or mass of linseed, cottonseed, soybean, or the like, from which the oil has been extracted or expressed, used as food for livestock.
- ossicle — a small bone.
- panicle — a compound raceme.
- pedicel — Botany. a small stalk. an ultimate division of a common peduncle. one of the subordinate stalks in a branched inflorescence, bearing a single flower.
- pedicle — a small stalk or stalklike support, as the connection between the cephalothorax and abdomen in certain arachnids.
- pelagic — of or relating to the open seas or oceans.
- pelican — any of several large, totipalmate, fish-eating birds of the family Pelecanidae, having a large bill with a distensible pouch.
- penicil — a small, brushlike tuft of hairs, as on a caterpillar.
- pickled — preserved or steeped in brine or other liquid.
- piculet — any of numerous small, tropical woodpeckers, chiefly of the genus Picumnus, that lack stiffened shafts in the tail feathers.
- pilcher — a scabbard for a sword, or a similar outer covering
- pinocle — a popular card game played by two, three, or four persons, with a 48-card deck.
- plicate — Also, plicated. folded like a fan; pleated.
- polemic — a controversial argument, as one against some opinion, doctrine, etc.
- policer — a computer device controlling traffic
- polices — Also called police force. an organized civil force for maintaining order, preventing and detecting crime, and enforcing the laws.
- prickle — a sharp point.
- radicel — a minute root; a rootlet.
- radicle — Botany. the lower part of the axis of an embryo; the primary root. a rudimentary root; radicel or rootlet.
- rc file — /R C fi:l/ [Unix: from the startup script "/etc/rc", but this is commonly believed to have been named after older scripts to "run commands"] Script file containing startup instructions for an application program (or an entire operating system), usually a text file containing commands of the sort that might have been invoked manually once the system was running but are to be executed automatically each time the system starts up. See also dot file, profile (sense 1).
- re-coil — to coil anew or again
- recital — a musical entertainment given usually by a single performer or by a performer and one or more accompanists.
- reclaim — to claim or demand the return or restoration of, as a right, possession, etc.
- reclimb — to climb (a hill, mountain, etc) again
- recline — to lean or lie back; rest in a recumbent position.
- replica — a copy or reproduction of a work of art produced by the maker of the original or under his or her supervision.
- reticle — a network of fine lines, wires, or the like placed in the focus of the eyepiece of an optical instrument.
- richler — Mordecai, 1931–2001, Canadian novelist.
- saclike — a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- sanicle — any plant belonging to the genus Sanicula, of the parsley family, as S. marilandica, of America, used in medicine.
- schiele — Egon [ey-gawn] /ˈeɪ gɔn/ (Show IPA), 1890–1918, Austrian expressionist painter.
- scissel — the remains of a strip from which coin blanks have been cut; clippings.
- sectile — capable of being cut smoothly with a knife.
- selenic — of or containing selenium, especially in the hexavalent state.
- siclike — suchlike
- silence — absence of any sound or noise; stillness.
- silicle — a short silique.
- slicers — a thin-bladed knife or implement used for slicing, especially food: a cheese slicer.
- slicken — to make smooth
- slicker — a smooth or slippery place or spot or the substance causing it: oil slick.
- special — of a distinct or particular kind or character: a special kind of key.
- spicule — a small or minute, slender, sharp-pointed body or part; a small, needlelike crystal, process, or the like.
- splenic — of, pertaining to, connected with, or affecting the spleen: splenic nerves.
- splicer — a device used to hold two sections of motion-picture film, recording tape, etc., in proper alignment while they are being spliced together.
- stencil — a device for applying a pattern, design, words, etc., to a surface, consisting of a thin sheet of cardboard, metal, or other material from which figures or letters have been cut out, a coloring substance, ink, etc., being rubbed, brushed, or pressed over the sheet, passing through the perforations and onto the surface.
- stickle — to argue or haggle insistently, especially on trivial matters.
- tactile — of, pertaining to, endowed with, or affecting the sense of touch.
- telepic — a feature-length film made for television
- telomic — relating to the telome