6-letter words containing e, c
- bicker — When people bicker, they argue or quarrel about unimportant things.
- bicone — an object shaped like two cones with their bases together.
- bierce — Ambrose (Gwinett). 1842–?1914, US journalist and author of humorous sketches, horror stories, and tales of the supernatural: he disappeared during a mission in Mexico (1913)
- biface — a prehistoric stone tool with two faces
- bisect — If something long and thin bisects an area or line, it divides the area or line in half.
- bleach — If you bleach something, you use a chemical to make it white or pale in colour.
- blench — to shy away, as in fear; quail
- bocage — the wooded countryside characteristic of northern France, with small irregular-shaped fields and many hedges and copses
- boccie — an Italian version of bowls played on a lawn smaller than a bowling green
- bodice — The bodice of a dress is the part above the waist.
- bouche — the notch cut in the top corner of a shield to support a lance
- boucle — looped yarn giving a knobbly effect
- bounce — When an object such as a ball bounces or when you bounce it, it moves upwards from a surface or away from it immediately after hitting it.
- braced — something that holds parts together or in place, as a clasp or clamp.
- bracer — a person or thing that braces
- braces — a pair of straps worn over the shoulders by men for holding up the trousers
- breach — If you breach an agreement, a law, or a promise, you break it.
- brecht — Bertolt (ˈbɛrtɔlt). 1898–1956, German dramatist, theatrical producer, and poet, who developed a new style of "epic" theatre and a new theory of theatrical alienation, notable also for his wit and compassion. His early works include The Threepenny Opera (1928) and Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (1930) (both with music by Kurt Weill). His later plays are concerned with moral and political dilemmas and include Mother Courage and her Children (1941), The Good Woman of Setzuan (1943), and The Caucasian Chalk Circle (1955)
- brecon — a town in SE Wales, in Powys: textile and leather industries. Pop: 7901 (2001)
- breech — The breech of a gun is the part of the barrel at the back into which you load the bullets.
- broche — woven with a raised design, as brocade
- bucked — cheered up
- bucker — the male of the deer, antelope, rabbit, hare, sheep, or goat.
- bucket — A bucket is a round metal or plastic container with a handle attached to its sides. Buckets are often used for holding and carrying water.
- buckie — a whelk or its shell
- buckle — A buckle is a piece of metal or plastic attached to one end of a belt or strap, which is used to fasten it.
- bunche — Ralph Johnson. 1904–71, US diplomat and United Nations official: awarded the Nobel peace prize in 1950 for his work as UN mediator in Palestine (1948–49); UN undersecretary (1954–71)
- c clef — a symbol (), placed at the beginning of the staff, establishing middle C as being on its centre line
- c of e — C of E is an abbreviation for Church of England.
- c-note — a one-hundred-dollar bill
- cabane — a mastlike structure on some early airplanes, used for supporting the wing.
- cabbed — Simple past tense and past participle of cab.
- cabbie — A cabbie is a person who drives a taxi.
- cabble — Metallurgy. to cut up (iron or steel bars) for fagoting.
- cabell — James Branch1879-1958; U.S. novelist
- cabers — Plural form of caber.
- cabled — Simple past tense and past participle of cable.
- cabler — a cable broadcasting company
- cables — Plural form of cable.
- cablet — a small cable, esp a cable-laid rope that has a circumference of less than 25 centimetres (ten inches)
- cabmen — Plural form of cabman.
- cabrie — a ruminant mammal, Antilocapra americana, that inhabits rocky deserts of North America and has small branched horns
- cached — Simple past tense and past participle of cache.
- cacher — One who caches.
- caches — Plural form of cache.
- cachet — an official seal on a document, letter, etc
- cacheu — a port in NW Guinea-Bissau.
- cacked — Simple past tense and past participle of cack.
- cackle — If someone cackles, they laugh in a loud unpleasant way, often at something bad that happens to someone else.
- caddie — In golf, a caddie is a person who carries golf clubs and other equipment for a player.