7-letter words containing c, r, l
- lacquer — a protective coating consisting of a resin, cellulose ester, or both, dissolved in a volatile solvent, sometimes with pigment added.
- lactary — of, relating to, or of the nature of milk.
- lacunar — Architecture. a coffered vault, ceiling, or soffit. coffer (def 4).
- lamarck — Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet de [zhahn ba-teest pyer ahn-twan duh maw-ne duh] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist pyɛr ɑ̃ˈtwan də mɔˈnɛ də/ (Show IPA), 1744–1829, French naturalist: pioneer in the field of comparative anatomy.
- lancers — a cavalry soldier armed with a lance.
- lancier — Synonym of lancer.
- larceny — the wrongful taking and carrying away of the personal goods of another from his or her possession with intent to convert them to the taker's own use.
- larchen — Of or pertaining to the larch tree.
- larches — Plural form of larch.
- lascars — Plural form of lascar.
- lautrec — Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri.
- le crac — former name of Kerak.
- leacher — to dissolve out soluble constituents from (ashes, soil, etc.) by percolation.
- lechers — Plural form of lecher.
- lechery — unrestrained or excessive indulgence of sexual desire.
- leclair — Jean Marie [zhahn ma-ree] /ʒɑ̃ maˈri/ (Show IPA), 1697–1764, French violinist and composer.
- lectern — a reading desk in a church on which the Bible rests and from which the lessons are read during the church service.
- lectors — Plural form of lector.
- lecture — a speech read or delivered before an audience or class, especially for instruction or to set forth some subject: a lecture on Picasso's paintings.
- lecturn — Misspelling of lectern.
- leecher — One who leeches; a physician.
- leofric — died 1057, earl of Mercia c1030–57 (husband of Lady Godiva).
- lerwick — a city in and the administrative center of the Shetland Islands, N of Scotland.
- leuctra — a town in ancient Greece, in Boeotia: Thebans defeated Spartans here 371 b.c.
- liberec — a city in the NW Czech Republic.
- lickers — Plural form of licker.
- lictors — Plural form of lictor.
- linacre — Thomas, 1460?–1521, English humanist, translator, scholar, and physician.
- lo-carb — containing few or fewer carbohydrates: a low-carb diet.
- locarno — a town in S Switzerland, on Lake Maggiore: Locarno Pact 1925.
- locater — a person who locates something.
- locator — a person who locates something.
- lockers — Plural form of locker.
- lockram — a rough-textured linen cloth.
- lockyer — Sir Joseph Norman, 1836–1920, English astronomer and author.
- locrian — either of two districts in the central part of ancient Greece.
- locular — having one or more locules.
- lucarne — a dormer window.
- lucerne — a canton in central Switzerland. 576 sq. mi. (1490 sq. km).
- lucifer — a proud, rebellious archangel, identified with Satan, who fell from heaven.
- luckier — having or marked by good luck; fortunate: That was my lucky day.
- luncher — Someone who lunches, someone who eats lunch.
- lurched — Archaic. the act of lurking or state of watchfulness.
- lurcher — a crossbred dog used especially by poachers.
- lurches — Archaic. the act of lurking or state of watchfulness.
- lycoris — any of several bulbous plants belonging to the genus Lycoris, of the amaryllis family, native to eastern Asia, bearing clustered, variously colored flowers that appear after the leaves have faded and disappeared.
- lyncher — to put to death, especially by hanging, by mob action and without legal authority.
- lyrical — (of poetry) having the form and musical quality of a song, and especially the character of a songlike outpouring of the poet's own thoughts and feelings, as distinguished from epic and dramatic poetry.
- lyricon — a musical instrument played by blowing into a mouthpiece, with the notes being modulated by a synthesizer
- maceral — any of the organic units that constitute coal: equivalent to any of the mineral constituents of a rock