7-letter words containing c, e
- casques — Plural form of casque.
- cassate — (obsolete) To render void or useless; to vacate or annul.
- cassena — dahoon.
- cassite — a member of an ancient people related to the Elamites, who ruled Babylonia from c1650 to c1100 b.c.
- cassone — a highly-decorated, Italian dowry chest
- castell — A human tower formed in festivals in Catalonia.
- casters — Plural form of caster.
- castest — Sociology. an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups. any rigid system of social distinctions.
- casteth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cast.
- castile — a former kingdom comprising most of modern Spain: originally part of León, it became an independent kingdom in the 10th century and united with Aragon (1469), the first step in the formation of the Spanish state
- castled — like a castle in construction; castellated
- castles — Plural form of castle.
- castner — Hamilton Young. 1858–98, US chemist, who devised the Castner process for extracting sodium from sodium hydroxide
- catched — (obsolete, or, nonstandard) Simple past tense and past participle of catch.
- catcher — In baseball, the catcher is the player who stands behind the batter. The catcher has a special glove for catching the ball.
- catches — Plural form of catch.
- catechu — a water-soluble astringent resinous substance obtained from any of certain tropical plants, esp the leguminous tree Acacia catechu of S Asia, and used in medicine, tanning, and dyeing
- catenae — Plural form of catena.
- cateran — (formerly) a member of a band of brigands and marauders in the Scottish highlands
- catered — Simple past tense and past participle of cater.
- caterer — Caterers are people or companies that provide food and drink for a place such as an office or for special occasions such as weddings and parties.
- catesby — Robert. 1573–1605, English conspirator, leader of the Gunpowder Plot (1605): killed while resisting arrest
- catface — the deformity of the surface of a tree trunk which has been caused by fire or disease
- cathead — a fitting at the bow of a vessel for securing the anchor when raised
- cathect — to invest mental or emotional energy in
- cathode — A cathode is the negative electrode in a cell such as a battery. Compare anode.
- 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
- catlike — like a cat or cat's; noiseless, stealthy, etc.
- 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
- 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.
- caudate — having a tail or a tail-like appendage
- cauline — relating to or growing from a plant stem
- caulked — Simple past tense and past participle of caulk.
- caulker — a person who caulks the seams of boats or the like.
- caulome — the stem structure of a plant considered as a whole
- causate — (philosophy) The effect of a cause.
- causers — Plural form of causer.
- causeth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cause.
- cautery — the coagulation of blood or destruction of body tissue by cauterizing
- cauvery — a river in S India, rising in the Western Ghats and flowing southeast to the Bay of Bengal. Length: 765 km (475 miles)
- cave in — If something such as a roof or a ceiling caves in, it collapses inwards.
- cave-in — a collapse, as of anything hollow: the worst cave-in in the history of mining.
- caveats — Plural form of caveat.
- caveman — Cavemen were people in prehistoric times who lived mainly in caves.
- cavemen — Plural form of caveman.
- caverns — Plural form of cavern.