7-letter words containing c, o, a, e
- decapod — any crustacean of the mostly marine order Decapoda, having five pairs of walking limbs: includes the crabs, lobsters, shrimps, prawns, and crayfish
- defacto — (Australia, New Zealand) A partner in a spousal relationship not officially declared as a marriage, comparable to a common law husband or wife.
- demarco — Tom DeMarco proposed a form of structured analysis.
- dockage — a curtailment; deduction, as from wages.
- dodeca- — indicating twelve
- dogface — an enlisted man in the U.S. Army, especially an infantryman in World War II.
- dracone — A large bag used to transport a petroleum product (especially unprocessed crude oil) by sea.
- earlock — a lock of hair worn near or in front of the ear.
- eco-tax — a tax levied on services, products, etc that adversely affect the environment
- ecofact — (achaeology) A biological artifact not altered by humans, but which may be indicative of human occupation.
- ecotage — sabotage aimed at polluters or destroyers of the natural environment.
- ectopia — the usually congenital displacement of an organ or part.
- ectozoa — any animal parasite, as the louse, that lives on the surface of its host (opposed to entozoon).
- ecuador — a republic in NW South America. 109,483 sq. mi. (283,561 sq. km). Capital: Quito.
- enactor — One who enacts.
- encoach — (transitive, archaic) To place or carry in a coach.
- encomia — Plural form of encomium.
- epochal — Forming or characterizing an epoch; epoch-making.
- erotica — pornography
- escalop — A scallop.
- escolar — A large, elongated predatory fish occurring in tropical and temperate oceans throughout the world.
- evocate — (rare) To evoke.
- exocarp — The outer layer of the pericarp of a fruit.
- exotica — Objects considered strange or interesting because they are out of the ordinary, especially because they originated in a distant foreign country.
- faceoff — (ice hockey) The method used to begin play in ice hockey.
- faconne — (of a fabric) having a small and elaborate pattern.
- fonseca — Gulf of, a bay of the Pacific Ocean in W Central America, bordered by El Salvador on the W, Honduras on the NE, and Nicaragua on the S. About 700 sq. mi. (1800 sq. km).
- forecar — a small car to carry a passenger in front of a motorcycle (now obsolete as a vehicle)
- galoche — Alternative spelling of galoshe.
- geofact — a rock, bone, shell, or the like that has been modified by natural processes to appear to look like an artifact.
- gouache — a technique of painting with opaque watercolors prepared with gum.
- graeco- — Greek
- hoecake — an unleavened cake made with flour or corn meal: originally baked on a hoe but now usually cooked on a griddle.
- hotcake — A pancake.
- iceboat — a vehicle for rapid movement on ice, usually consisting of a T -shaped frame on three runners driven by a fore-and-aft sailing rig or, sometimes, by an engine operating a propeller.
- jaconet — a cotton fabric of light weight, usually finished as cambric, lawn, organdy, voile, etc., used in the manufacture of clothing and bandages.
- joyance — joyous feeling; gladness.
- joycean — of, relating to, or characteristic of James Joyce or his work.
- kerouac — Jack (Jean-Louis Lefris de Kérouac) 1922–69, U.S. novelist.
- kocaeli — Izmit.
- kolache — a sweet bun filled with jam or pulped fruit.
- lacoste — René [ruh-ney;; French ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ;; French rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1905–1996, French tennis player.
- lactone — any of a group of internal esters derived from hydroxy acids.
- lactose — Biochemistry. a disaccharide, C 12 H 22 O 11 , present in milk, that upon hydrolysis yields glucose and galactose.
- laodice — (in the Iliad) a daughter of Priam and Hecuba who chose to be swallowed up by the earth rather than live as a Greek concubine.
- leacock — Stephen (Butler) 1869–1944, Canadian humorist and economist.
- lecuona — Ernesto [er-nes-taw] /ɛrˈnɛs tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1963, Cuban composer.
- leucoma — a dense, white opacity of the cornea.
- loaches — Plural form of loach.
- locales — a place or locality, especially with reference to events or circumstances connected with it: to move to a warmer locale.