7-letter words containing c, l, e, s
- deciles — Plural form of decile.
- declass — to lower in social status or position; degrade
- delicts — Plural form of delict.
- descale — to remove the hard deposit formed by chemicals in water from (a kettle, pipe, etc)
- eccles. — a book of the Bible. Abbreviation: Eccl., Eccles.
- eclipse — Astronomy. the obscuration of the light of the moon by the intervention of the earth between it and the sun (lunar eclipse) or the obscuration of the light of the sun by the intervention of the moon between it and a point on the earth (solar eclipse) a similar phenomenon with respect to any other planet and either its satellite or the sun. the partial or complete interception of the light of one component of a binary star by the other.
- eclosed — Simple past tense and past participle of eclose.
- elastic — (of an object or material) able to resume its normal shape spontaneously after contraction, dilatation, or distortion.
- elicits — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of elicit.
- enclasp — Hold tightly in one's arms.
- enclose — Surround or close off on all sides.
- enlaces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enlace.
- escalop — A scallop.
- escolar — A large, elongated predatory fish occurring in tropical and temperate oceans throughout the world.
- escroll — a scroll
- esculin — (organic compound) A coumarin glucoside which exists in horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum), California buckeye (Aesculus californica), prickly box (Bursaria spinosa) and in daphnin (the dark green resin of Daphne mezereum).
- euclase — a brittle green gem
- excusal — the act of excusing
- filches — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of filch.
- fleeces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fleece.
- glances — Plural form of glance.
- glucose — a sugar, C 6 H 12 O 6 , having several optically different forms, the common dextrorotatory form (dextroglucose, or -glucose) occurring in many fruits, animal tissues and fluids, etc., and having a sweetness about one half that of ordinary sugar, and the rare levorotatory form (levoglucose, or -glucose) not naturally occurring.
- glycose — any of various monosaccharides
- gulches — Plural form of gulch.
- hackles — one of the long, slender feathers on the neck or saddle of certain birds, as the domestic rooster, much used in making artificial flies for anglers.
- heckles — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of heckle.
- helices — a native or inhabitant of Corinth.
- iceless — Without ice.
- icicles — a pendent, tapering mass of ice formed by the freezing of dripping water.
- iliescu — Ion [yawn] /yɔn/ (Show IPA), born 1930, Romanian political leader: president 1990–96, 2000–04.
- inclose — enclose.
- incluse — recluse (def 2).
- laciest — Superlative form of lacy.
- lackers — Plural form of lacker.
- lackeys — Plural form of lackey.
- lacoste — René [ruh-ney;; French ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ;; French rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1905–1996, French tennis player.
- lactase — an enzyme capable of hydrolyzing lactose into glucose and galactose.
- lactose — Biochemistry. a disaccharide, C 12 H 22 O 11 , present in milk, that upon hydrolysis yields glucose and galactose.
- lancers — a cavalry soldier armed with a lance.
- lancets — Plural form of lancet.
- larches — Plural form of larch.
- latches — a device for holding a door, gate, or the like, closed, consisting basically of a bar falling or sliding into a catch, groove, hole, etc.
- latices — a plural of latex.
- launces — Plural form of launce.
- le clos — Chad. born 1992, South African swimmer; won gold in the 200m butterfly at the 2012 Olympics
- leaches — Plural form of leach.
- lechers — Plural form of lecher.
- lechwes — Plural form of lechwe.
- lectins — Plural form of lectin.
- lectors — Plural form of lector.