7-letter words containing c, l, e, a
- manacle — a shackle for the hand; handcuff.
- marcels — Plural form of marcel.
- mascled — Composed of, or covered with, lozenge-shaped scales.
- mcallen — a city in S Texas, on the Rio Grande.
- mclaren — Norman, 1914–87, Canadian film director and animator, born in Scotland.
- medical — of or relating to the science or practice of medicine: medical history; medical treatment.
- meilhac — Henri [ahn-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1831–97, French dramatist: collaborator with Ludovic Halévy.
- melanic — Pathology. melanotic.
- metical — a brass coin and monetary unit of Mozambique, equal to 100 centavos: replaced the escudo in 1980.
- michael — a militant archangel. Dan. 10:13.
- miracle — an effect or extraordinary event in the physical world that surpasses all known human or natural powers and is ascribed to a supernatural cause.
- mleccha — a non-Indian barbarian; a foreigner in ancient India.
- mycelia — Plural form of mycelium.
- mycella — a blue-veined Danish cream cheese, less strongly flavoured than Danish blue
- nacelle — the enclosed part of an airplane, dirigible, etc., in which the engine is housed or in which cargo or passengers are carried.
- noplace — nowhere.
- nucleal — of or pertaining to a nucleus; nuclear
- nuclear — pertaining to or involving atomic weapons: nuclear war.
- ocellar — pertaining to an ocellus.
- oculate — Having eyes.
- 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.
- oracles — (especially in ancient Greece) an utterance, often ambiguous or obscure, given by a priest or priestess at a shrine as the response of a god to an inquiry.
- osceola — 1804–38, U.S. Indian leader: chief of the Seminole tribe.
- oscheal — relating to or resembling the scrotum
- pacable — easily appeased
- palaced — having palaces
- panicle — a compound raceme.
- pedocal — a soil rich in carbonates, especially those of lime.
- 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.
- percale — a closely woven, smooth-finished, plain or printed cotton cloth, used for bed sheets, clothing, etc.
- placage — a thin facing on a building.
- placate — to appease or pacify, especially by concessions or conciliatory gestures: to placate an outraged citizenry.
- placebo — Medicine/Medical, Pharmacology. a substance having no pharmacological effect but given merely to satisfy a patient who supposes it to be a medicine. a substance having no pharmacological effect but administered as a control in testing experimentally or clinically the efficacy of a biologically active preparation.
- placket — the opening or slit at the top of a skirt, or in a dress or blouse, that facilitates putting it on and taking it off.
- placode — a local thickening of the endoderm in the embryo, that usually constitutes the primordium of a specific structure or organ.
- plancer — the soffit of a cornice, especially one of wood.
- planche — a flat piece of metal, stone, or baked clay, used as a tray in an enameling oven.
- plectra — plectrum.
- plicate — Also, plicated. folded like a fan; pleated.
- polacre — a three-masted sailing vessel used in the Mediterranean
- polecat — a European mammal, Mustela putorius, of the weasel family, having a blackish fur and ejecting a fetid fluid when attacked or disturbed. Compare ferret1 (def 1).
- prelacy — the office or dignity of a prelate, or high-ranking member of the Christian clergy.
- 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.
- raschel — a type of loosely knitted fabric
- 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.
- reclame — publicity; self-advertisement; notoriety.
- reclasp — to clasp (something) again or (of two things) to clasp together again