7-letter words containing c, l, u
- proclus — a.d. c411–485, Greek philosopher and theologian.
- publico — (especially in Puerto Rico) a taxi that picks up and discharges passengers along a fixed route.
- pucelle — a maid or virgin
- purcell — Edward Mills [milz] /mɪlz/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1952.
- quickly — with speed; rapidly; very soon.
- rackful — Enough to fill a rack.
- 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).
- sackful — the amount a sack will hold.
- saucily — impertinent; insolent: a saucy remark; a saucy child.
- 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.
- scapula — Anatomy. either of two flat, triangular bones, each forming the back part of a shoulder in humans; shoulder blade.
- schlump — a dull, colorless person.
- schultz — Dutch, nickname of Arthur Flegenheimer.
- scopula — a dense tuft of hairs, as on the feet of certain spiders.
- 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.
- scullin — James Henry, 1876–1953, Australian statesman: prime minister 1929–31.
- sculpin — any small, freshwater fish of the genus Cottus, of the family Cottidae, having a large head with one or more spines on each side; bullhead.
- scultch — culch (def 3).
- 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.
- scurril — vulgar or indecent
- 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
- slouchy — of or relating to a slouch or to a slouching manner, posture, etc.
- specula — a mirror or reflector, especially one of polished metal, as on a reflecting telescope.
- spicula — a spicule.
- 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
- subclan — a clan within a larger clan
- subcool — to cool (liquid) to a temperature lower than the temperature it was when it condensed into steam
- subcult — a cult within a larger cult
- suckler — an animal that suckles its young; mammal.
- sulcate — having long, narrow grooves or channels, as plant stems, or being furrowed or cleft, as hoofs.
- tactful — having or manifesting tact: a tactful person; a tactful reply.
- tactual — of or relating to the sense of touch.
- truckle — to submit or yield obsequiously or tamely (usually followed by to): Don't truckle to unreasonable demands.
- truncal — belonging or relating to the trunk, for example of the body or of a tree
- tuckals — An old statistical package still in use on some VM computers.
- tulchan — the skin of a calf placed next to a cow to induce it to give milk
- tunicle — a vestment worn over the alb by subdeacons, as at the celebration of the Mass, and by bishops.
- turlock — a town in central California.
- ucayali — a river in W South America, flowing N from E Peru and joining the Marañón to form the Amazon. 1200 miles (1930 km) long.