7-letter words containing c, l, u, e
- mesclun — a salad consisting especially of young, tender mixed greens.
- mulched — Simple past tense and past participle of mulch.
- mulcher — a person or thing that mulches.
- mulches — Plural form of mulch.
- mulcted — Simple past tense and past participle of mulct.
- muscled — a tissue composed of cells or fibers, the contraction of which produces movement in the body.
- muscles — Plural form of muscle.
- muscule — (military) A long movable shed used by besiegers in ancient times in attacking the walls of a fortified town.
- noctule — a large reddish insectivorous bat, Nyctalus noctula, common to Europe and Asia.
- nucelli — Plural form of nucellus.
- nucleal — of or pertaining to a nucleus; nuclear
- nuclear — pertaining to or involving atomic weapons: nuclear war.
- nucleic — Referring to the nucleus of something. (As nucleic acids are found in the nucleus of cells.).
- nuclein — (biochemistry) A phosphorus-rich protein found in the nucleus of a cell, later specifically nucleohistone or nucleoprotamine; also, any similar compound present in the cell nucleus. (from 19th c.).
- nucleo- — nucleus or nuclear
- nucleol — List processing language, influenced by EOL. J. Nievergelt, Computer J 13(3) (Aug 1970).
- nucleon — a proton or neutron, especially when considered as a component of a nucleus.
- nucleus — a central part about which other parts are grouped or gathered; core: A few faithful friends formed the nucleus of the club.
- nuclide — an atomic species in which the atoms all have the same atomic number and mass number.
- nucules — Plural form of nucule.
- nuncles — Plural form of nuncle.
- occlude — to close, shut, or stop up (a passage, opening, etc.).
- ocellus — a type of simple eye common to invertebrates, consisting of retinal cells, pigments, and nerve fibers.
- octuple — eightfold; eight times as great.
- oculate — Having eyes.
- opuscle — Obsolete form of opuscule.
- piculet — any of numerous small, tropical woodpeckers, chiefly of the genus Picumnus, that lack stiffened shafts in the tail feathers.
- plucked — to pull off or out from the place of growth, as fruit, flowers, feathers, etc.: to pluck feathers from a chicken.
- plucker — to pull off or out from the place of growth, as fruit, flowers, feathers, etc.: to pluck feathers from a chicken.
- poulenc — Francis [frahn-sees] /frɑ̃ˈsis/ (Show IPA), 1899–1963, French composer and pianist.
- pucelle — a maid or virgin
- purcell — Edward Mills [milz] /mɪlz/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1952.
- recluse — a person who lives in seclusion or apart from society, often for religious meditation.
- recusal — the disqualification of a judge for a particular lawsuit or proceeding, especially due to some possible conflict of interest or prejudice.
- saccule — Anatomy. the smaller of two sacs in the membranous labyrinth of the internal ear. Compare utricle (def 3).
- scaleup — an increase in size, quantity, or activity according to a fixed scale or proportion: a scaleup of an engineering design; a scaleup program of energy conservation.
- scruple — a moral or ethical consideration or standard that acts as a restraining force or inhibits certain actions.
- scuddle — to scuttle
- scuffle — to struggle or fight in a rough, confused manner.
- sculker — one who skulks
- sculled — an oar mounted on a fulcrum at the stern of a small boat and moved from side to side to propel the boat forward.
- scumble — to soften (the color or tone of a painted area) by overlaying parts with opaque or semiopaque color applied thinly and lightly with an almost dry brush.
- scuttle — Nautical. a small hatch or port in the deck, side, or bottom of a vessel. a cover for this.
- seclude — to place in or withdraw into solitude; remove from social contact and activity, etc.
- secular — of or relating to worldly things or to things that are not regarded as religious, spiritual, or sacred; temporal: secular interests.
- seculum — an age or period of time in astronomy or geology
- specula — a mirror or reflector, especially one of polished metal, as on a reflecting telescope.
- spicule — a small or minute, slender, sharp-pointed body or part; a small, needlelike crystal, process, or the like.
- squelch — to strike or press with crushing force; crush down; squash.
- subcell — a cell within a larger cell