7-letter words containing e, t, c, r
- cutover — an area cleared of timber
- cutters — Plural form of cutter.
- cuttier — cut short; short; stubby.
- cutware — tools used in cutting, as knives or blades.
- cythera — a Greek island off the SE coast of the Peloponnese: in ancient times a centre of the worship of Aphrodite. Pop: 3354 (2001). Area: about 285 sq km (110 sq miles)
- decatur — Stephen. 1779–1820, US naval officer, noted for his raid on Tripoli harbour (1804) and his role in the War of 1812
- decerpt — (obsolete) Plucked off or away.
- decreet — the final judgment or sentence of a court
- decrypt — to decode (a message) with or without previous knowledge of its key
- detract — If one thing detracts from another, it makes it seem less good or impressive.
- dictier — high-class or stylish.
- directs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of direct.
- directx — (programming, hardware) A Microsoft programming interface standard, first included with Windows 95. DirectX gives (games) programmers a standard way to gain direct access to enhanced hardware features under Windows 95 instead of going via the Windows 95 GDI. Some DirectX code runs faster than the equivalent under MS DOS. DirectX promises performance improvements for graphics, sound, video, 3D, and network capabilites of games, but only where both hardware and software support DirectX. DirectX 2 introduced the Direct3D interface. Version 5 was current at 1998-02-01. Version 8.1 is included in Windows XP.
- ditcher — a person who digs ditches.
- drecnet — /drek'net/ [Yiddish/German "dreck", meaning filth] Deliberate distortion of DECNET, a networking protocol used in the VMS community. So called because DEC helped write the Ethernet specification and then (either stupidly or as a malignant customer-control tactic) violated that spec in the design of DRECNET in a way that made it incompatible. See also connector conspiracy.
- eckhart — Johannes [yoh-hah-nuh s] /yoʊˈhɑ nəs/ (Show IPA), ("Meister Eckhart") c1260–1327? Dominican theologian and preacher: founder of German mysticism.
- ecotour — A vacation tour or package that showcases ecology (wildlife, etc.) or is ecologically friendly.
- ectropy — (thermodynamics) The overall increase in the organization of a system.
- educrat — An education administrator.
- eductor — ejector (def 3).
- ejector — A device that causes something to be removed or to drop out.
- elector — A person who has the right to vote in an election.
- electra — the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra. She persuaded her brother Orestes to avenge their father by killing his murderess Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus
- electre — (obsolete) electrum, amber (alloy of gold and silver).
- electro — A style of dance music with a fast beat and synthesized backing track.
- enactor — One who enacts.
- encraty — the control of one's desires and actions
- encrust — Cover (something) with a hard surface layer.
- encrypt — Convert (information or data) into a cipher or code, especially to prevent unauthorized access.
- enteric — Of, relating to, or occurring in the intestines.
- enticer — One who entices or allures.
- erected — Simple past tense and past participle of erect.
- erecter — Alternative form of erector (one who raises or builds).
- erectly — In an erect manner.
- erector — A person or thing that erects something.
- erethic — (pathology) Being abnormally excited.
- ergotic — Pertaining to, or derived from, ergot.
- eristic — Of or characterized by debate or argument.
- erotica — pornography
- erratic — Not even or regular in pattern or movement; unpredictable.
- eructed — Simple past tense and past participle of eruct.
- escorts — Plural form of escort.
- estrich — ostrich
- etheric — Of or pertaining to the ether (all-pervading medium).
- eucrite — a type of stony meteorite
- evictor — One who evicts.
- exacter — An exactor.
- excerpt — A short extract from a film, broadcast, or piece of music or writing.
- exciter — A thing that produces excitation, in particular a device that provides a magnetizing current for the electromagnets in a motor or generator.
- excitor — a nerve that, when stimulated, causes increased activity in the organ or part it supplies